Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-26
FINDING THEM Survivors of Wrecked
 Valencia. F HOURS ON TRAIL One of the Survivors Tells His Story of Suffering-Says There Were A on Vessel When
 He Left It.

received last night at Bamtield from Captain Ferris. who left with a party from the steamer SalvOr yesterday morning to bring ill the nine survivors of. the Valencia, who were at Darling river, about fifteen miles from Bam- field. The party was twelve hours on the trail and from accounts received by Captain Ferris the survivors are suffering great privations. Some are without boot and will have to walk ill bare feet. Others are insutficiently clothed. Captain Ferris will leave at daybreak today for Bamfield with the entire party, but does not expect to get ill until Saturday morning. The Salvor will wait The trails are re. ported in a very bad condition, being in places almost impassable.
 With the finding of four more sur vivOrs of the Valencia disaster on Tur- ret Island, one of the archipelago ill the center of Barkley Sound. the total number of survivors accounted for reaches thirty-seyen persons.
 The tug Lorne, which returned at midnight from the wreck of the Val. encia, brought John Segalos of San Francisco, a fireman of the Valencia, rescued by the City of Topeka from the raft and placed on board the LOrne. He is Greek. In an inter- view he told of a futile attempt made by him to swim ashore. carrying line through the breakers to attach the line between the wreck and shore, and of how he and seventeen other survivors had spent from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. of Wednesday on a fragile raft, buffeted by gale and swamped by the. running seas until picked up by the Topeka.
 Segalos. speaking to an Associated Press correspondent on board the tug Lorne, after being transferred, said:
 Tt was my turn on watch in the fire room when at 1:50 Monday night the Valencia, going very slowly, suddenly struck the rocks and shook from end to end Orders came to the engine room to reverse. The boat backed from the rocks and shortly afterward tine water came rushing in at the rate of about foot a minute, and We all knew the steamer was doomed.
 "The officers and crew passed out life belts to everybody and orders were given to man the boats. It was terri ble. the darkness, the rain, the crash ing of the wreck and the roar of the boiling surf Panic seized many and there was a blind rush in the black ness to get to the boats. At about 12:30 saw boat loaded with twenty five people crash from the davits and everyone fell into the sea. Among them was the first assistant engineer. now rescued and on board the steamer City of Topeka, going to Seattle. I helped to load three more boats, but they were swamped. About this time the Valencia drifted broadside to the rocks.
 Tuesday morning about 9 o'clock three unsuccessful attempts were made to shoot lines to shore, but noth ing could be done. That afternoon I volunteered to swim to land. A rope was fastened to me and plunged into the surf.
 Before I'left the wreck passenger, d woman I did not know. came to me and offered to give me a thousand dol. lars if I would get line ashore. told her could not accept her money as it was my duty to try to save lives. 2 Tt was no use. I was simply dashed back by the waves. So I cut the line and life buoy was thrown to me anc I was pulled on board stunned.
 As the vessel settled passengers and crew sought the masts and rigging Many were swept of the decks. 9th CTS jumped into the sea. seeking to swim ashore.
 .'On Wednesday morning Captain Johnson told us the only chance for safety lay in the rafts. He urged the women to get into them. There were about a dozen women alive then. some in the rigging and some on the deck house. They refused to take to the rafts. jumped from the mast where I had climbed and was helped upon one of the rafts. The sea was run ming heavy and there was fog in which we lost sight of the other raft that left at the same time. Ii was about six hours afterward that We were picked up by the Topeka and re ceived every care and attention on that vessel
 Segalos was transferred io the I.orne 60 that he might he of service in guiding that vessel to the location of the wreck.
 SegaIoS says that there were eighty four people by actual count on the Valencia when he left on Wednesday