The record-union., 1898-06-02

Sea. He refused to place his wife and
child on board the launch saying: The
vessel is doomed, and we will die to-
gether''
Among the prOspectors was a party
Of sixteen, headed by Major Ingraham.
who We're outfitted by Prince Luigi OF
Italy for two years prospecting trip
In Alaska. or this party the only sur
vivors are Major Ingraham. L. NJ. Les
sey, C. H. Packard and G. H. Penning-
ton.
The surviving passengers suffered
great deal of privation, and for thirty
hours their only food was sack OF
prunes and sack of turnips from the
ships stores. Sufficient water was
caught by spreading a tarpaulin during
q rain storm.
The news of the disaster and the ex-
pected arrival of the survivors from
Victoria caused large crowd to gather
at the dock in this city. Carriages were
waiting, and when the City of Kingston
landed the survivors, they were imme-
diately carried to their homes or to
l.
could be seen had not yet recovered
from their shock, and consequently
could not give very accurate account
of the disaster, which came on them
SO suddenly. They were unable to ac-
count for the vessel springing leak
and sinking so suddenly. They We're
warm in their praise Of the work done
by Captain Crockett at the time of the
laundering of the vessel
Captain Crockett gives the following
account of the wreck: 1--WE were lying
to to mend our foresail. A moderate
gale was blowing, and the seas were
running high. l had gone to bed and
was sound asleep, when the watchman
awakened me with the announcement
that something was wrong. 1 arose at
lonce and found the vessel leaking.
hurried investigation showed that she
would soon sink, and l at once notified
the passengers of the situation. Most
of them We're asleep underneath the
deck. A scene of confusion then took
place, and it is impossible to give any
detailed account of the events that fol-
lowed. The darkness added to the
confusion.
"The Jane Gray carried two life
boats and two launches. l at once Or
dered the boats lowered. The first life
boat was swamped. The launch Ken
noma belonging to the Ingraham
party, was successfully lowered. At
this time the Jane Gray was almost
under water. A heavy sea struck her
through her beam. There was no time
to launch her other boats. The water
was over the matches, and every one
below vas certainly drowned. Those on
deck hurriedly got in the launch. A
sack of prunes and one of turnips was
hastily taken from the ships stores,
and this was the only food we had until
we reached Vancouver Island.
''As the launch drifted away from the
almost submerged schooner we saw
eight or ten men standing on the lee
rail. clinging to the rigging. Soon they
disappeared from sight. Two of them,
Job Johnson and c. j. Reilly, kept
| af1oat by clinging to bundles of boat
lumber. Two hours after they We're
picked up by our launch, making twen-
ty-seven in all we had with us. 1t is
| just barely possible that there will be
four more survivors. Just before the
Jane Gray disappeared under the waves
we thought we saw the second launch
that was on board with four forms near
it. They were SO indistinct that we
were not sure. They seemed to be get
ting into. the launch. We saw moth
ing of them when daylight came.
I'VE improvised sail and paddles,
and after drifting thirty hours in the
! launch finally landed inside of Rugged
Point, Kynquot Sound, on Vancouver
Island, eighty miles from the scene of
the wreck A fire was built on the
beach, and we made a meal on roasted
mussels. We had had no food since the
night before the disaster, excepting the
sack of prunes and turnips that we
threw into the launch. We got our
drinking water by spreading out a
tarpaulin in a driving rain. 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
becalmed, and arrangements were made
TO carry our party to Victoria. We
reached there this morning in time to
catch the steamer for Seattle
The Jane Gray was a schooner of
1O1 tons BURDEN. She was built in
Bath, Me-, in 1887. She was owned
and operated by McDougall & South
wick of this city. Outside of the miners
outfits she carried no cargo.