The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-02
THIRTY LIVES LOST
SCHOONER LADY JANE GREY
FOUNDERS OFF CAPE FLATTERY
Of Sixty-One People Who Were on
Board Only Twenty-Seven Man-
aged to Reach the Shore in Safe
ty-Graphic Story of the Loss
of the Vessel and the Escape of
Survivors,.

VANCOUVER, B. c.. June 1.-The
schooner Lady Jane Grey foundered
ninety miles west of Cape Flattery,
Sunday, May %. Only twenty-seven
out of siXty-one passengers were saved.
The survivors were brought here by
the schooner Favorite. They left for
Seattle at $50 on the Kingston.
The Jane Grey's passengers were
proSpectors. with the exception of Rev
Gambel, missionary, who. with his
wife and child, was on his way to ST.
Lawrence island, in the Boring sea. He
refused to place his wife and child on
board the launch, saying: THE YES
sci is doomed, and we will die togeth-
err"
Among the prospectors was a party
of sixteen. headed by Maj. Ingraham.
who were QUILTED by Prince Luigi of
Italy for two years prospecting trip
In Alaska. OF this party the only sur
vivors are Maj. Ingraham, L. NJ. Les
sey, G. H. Packard and G. H. Penning-
ton.
The survivors are warm in their
praise of the work done by Capt
OF the vessel. Capt. Crockett gives the
Following account of the wreck:
we were lying to, to mend our fore
Sail. A moderate gale was blowing and
the seas were running high. 7 had gone
to bed and was sound asleep wnen the
Waterman awakened me with the an
nouncement that something was wrong.
| arose at once and found the vessel
leaking. A hurried investigation show
ed that she would soon sink and 1 at
once notified the passengers Of the sit
uatfon. Most Of them were asleep I'M
derneath the deck.
The Jane Grey carried two life boats
and two launches. ] at once ordered
the boats lowered. The first life boat
was swamped. The launch Kennoma,
belonging to the Ingraham party, was
successfully lowered.
There was no time to launch other
boats. The water was over her matches,
and every one below was drowned.
Those on deck, however, got in the
launch. A sack of prunes and one of
turnips was hurriedly taken from the
ships stores, and this was the only
food we had till we reached Vancouver
island.
LAS the launch drifted away from the
almost submerged schooner we saw
eight or ten men on the lee rail, cling
ing to the rigging. Soon they disap-
peared from sight. Two Of them, Job
Johnson and c. Reilly. kept afloat by
clinging to bundles of boat lumber.
Two hours after they were picked up
py our launch, making tWenty-Seven in
all we had with us. It is just barely
possible that there will be four more
survivors.
eve improvised sail and paddles
and after drifting thirty hours in the
launch, finally landed inside of Rugged
point, Kynquot sound, on Vancouver
island. An Indian. who CHANGED to come
along, informed us that the village of
Kynquot was but six miles away. We
went there and found the sealing
schooner Favorite, and arrangements
were made to carry our party to Vic
toria. We reached there just in time
to catch the steamer to Seattle
| The Jane Grey was a schooner of 600
! tons burden. She was built in Bath,
Me-. in 1887. She waa owned and oper-
ated by McDougau and Southwick, of
| this city. Outside of the miners out
] fits she carried no cargn