The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-13

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progress, and it seemed for time
that the Clsllam. with the remain.
der Of her passengers and crew was
10 be saved. But the hungry seas
were rot to be cheated { ftheir prey
and still more lives were to be
facrifced to the god of the waters.
The hull of lhe ClsNam began to
give way before the terrific assaults
IF the waves and the strain Of the
tow line completed the work the
seas had begun. sa1
The tug Sea Lion sighted the
Holyoke and her tow about mid
night and stood by to assist. AT
1880 the 9ClaIlam went on her
beams end, begans mixing rapidly.
AT 1:o7 she settled and the tow lines
were cut A few minutes later she
lurched and disappeared beneath
she wavee. Only her top works aud
Hoating wreckage remained to shew
that she had ever been. By heroic
efforts, the crews of the, two tugs
saved the lives Of nearly all who
had remained aboard the Clallam.
"A few were swept away and perish
ed in the blackDess Of the storm,
with none to heed their shouts and
cries.
The closing scene in this the
most terrible tragedy ever known in
these waters, was eight miles north
of Protection Island, only a short
distance north of Port Townsend
and approximately 80 miles from
Victoria. The Hulyoke picked the
.Cialiam up off Smiths Island. The.
survivors of the wreck were brought
.to1Sea,t!e at 5 o'clock tonight on
the steamer Dirigo.
Seattle, Jan. "a Times special
from Victoria, B c., says:
! When the steamer Clallam broke
down che was within half an hour
or less of her wharf here. The hacks
and hotel buses were there await
ing her, and then the news came
that she had been seen to stop
steaming off the point with Victoria
in plain view. She lad broken
down and became unmanageable.
None knew what had happened.
AT 800 P. M. she was seen to slow
around, and drifted away toward
D scovery Island, broadside to the
wind. She was wallowing heavily,
rolling from beam to beam in a big
sea.
Telephone messages were sent to
her agent, E. E. Blackwood, who
made great efforts to secure tug to
assist her. Failing, owing to the
absence of available tugs and the
fact that all steamers in port were
unable to get up steam in less than
five hours, he wired to Port Towns
end and the Holyoke and Sea Lion
were dispatched.
The steamer lroquois went from
Sidney and searched for hours
without seeing anything of her, and
in the dark none knew what had
befallen the steamer. Then came
the news of the disaater, and Victo.
ria is sorrow-sticken. Flags are d
half mast, and crowds are throng'
ing newspaper and telegraph Off
ces. 81 1t-:+ e. E'-7Et s.ft.
Many Victorians are among The
lost. N. P. Shaw is a son.in-lan
of c. H. Lugrin, well known in Sc
attic. He owned the steamer Ven
tura, and was head of a big meat
business in British Columbia ano
Dawson.
F. Captain Livingstone Thompson
was. .Lloyd's surveyor and promi
nent Victorian. He was an ole
military man.
Captain Tom Lawrence was for
merly in the Canadian Pacific
steamship service, and last year il
command Of the Yukon steame
Scotia.
Mrs. Galletly and Miss Galletll
were wife and daughter of the man
ager of the bank of Montreal.
/ Miss Annie Murray was a siste
of E. Burns. agent Of the Northern
Pacific in Seattle, whom she hat
been visiting.
Miss Diprose was a sister-in-lav
Of W. L. Challoner, the well-kpowl
ljeweler. She was a Tacoma nurse