The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
80 PERISH.
The Death List May Be Swelled
to Seventy.
When All Is known Concerning
the Valencia Wreck.
100 UNACCOUNTED FOR.
Many Are Supposed to Be
Clinging to the Ship.
She Struck a Rock While Crop
ing in a Fog.
Place Is Noted for Long Record
of Disasters.
When All Is known Concerning
the Valencia Wreck.
100 UNACCOUNTED FOR.
She Struck a Rock While Crop
ing in a Fog.
Place Is Noted for Long Record
Of Disasters.

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99a1eie' EFasil'' Jan a. w N
ing mas been heard from the sSehe VI
the wreck of the Valencia. While 1t Is
houed that relief reached the fast break
iner v-rscl- before ,7a7-lIett this morning
.--l.,. - -. ...5s,,-..,7 80 5, the case oyv-
il01 -, 81 ~. - l1,,,7i+iore
4ls 70 tne pl eN dllile "So1l10i
"A resume OF the SITUATION inns mo-
ing Shows that at least 80 persons per
ished and perhaps as many as 10 Some
thing like a hundred persons so far are
,,.,l-,.,,,,,t,7 80 .,,,7 AZ, ,,ras,1r,7ed ~ he
- - rlft+s,- gi+iC5sr7s
l-ii6-t-@ 90 'tl9 "l4en-
Oh th3 government Sigildl sci VIZ a.
heard among ship men, The government
wire from Tatoosh island to tha main
land Fa- never been maintained. Had
= ~, ~ .+.,,.7-,- morning
'P '.41.s471- .7;r,-.+,b
Nu59 0oeiu ia''- D05-ii ms -
ed to the scene instead d "nole uaS
was losi.
Story of the Wreck.
t.--
victoria Is. S.' Jan = L ne
er Nale1cla, captain Johnson. OF llie
Pacific Coast Steamship company,
with "a nasseneers ON board and
$500 II eo .,-.7 - A.. .ss+
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NaIu vi cape Peale on 1il9 ailUOuF F9i
island coast early Tuesday morning
with heavy loss Of life greater than
that OF anv other disaster that has
occ71rred near 1era since the terTihle
loss of 1ffa forlov,-irrr tba oo1IfeioT of
fbe s15n 0rDf,ens V7,itb t1a steamer
Pacffc when en- ro11te from, victoria
ro Portlard
-r57e e1,,.1-i7-,,,-e, ,,,1,, b.,-s res.ot,e7
cone r7o.,ls ~ - +..,,-e,i,, - 80
.-el,,,e,1 + ~ .,, i-t,-
+. 4 y
-. T - 's--e ~ ~ poL -L -
4-,,,-,s4 1l1.,r-i7 H. lt- -
So tiL1 - " LLSll
=is1 - - ~ ll1l-lliSi = sue a
-l ~, 49, ~ 80 tils
s--,,s., t,.-74ilis lSAI oFeI Aoo per per
"S- tte4ste74 W ttte 9ettOOA aech
,t-s " - "es tIgA parry
N4tl tlie ironing sea
@ y VI lli5 man nam ueCh- "A sOuth-
9et.57t 5et % "lue Win lle Wlnd
Iitl DusIl ellV coIuase OIL Lne
F'1'70- e't d NsloClts OIL over fV
ilas5S-,.s i,lil[ am 3 mQuI a4q nlgh sea vas
sDurna- bi@b over If sn5 b,,s-e sli .
bounding IN me daelr th,s.' 49, - -
break mn the wreck
Unless tbe severai e+ssr,a,s ,,t,+a7
have been hurried to +f7a aeeie+e,,,,l -
the wrecked v-aseel ear7 - r. -. y.
to save those vino re17sf IN, tr ~ ,,-rs
il is doubtful if anv of them VIII reaci1
shore for a landing i'm such a Mace is
extremely difficult if at all possible.
The Valencia sailed from San Francis
60 on her second trip TO Victoria, re-
placing Lne recently disabled steamer
1lty oI Fuepla at IL a. In saturday
ms was the only clear day and from
SATURDAY eVehln captain johnson and
ms 0InceIs hao TO navigate by means of
ueda reckoning Nearing the entrance
70 me sua4ts the weather was very
thlGk anu tne oIIlCeIs lnougnt they We're
IN the Nlelnlty OF Jne = Inallila reeI llght-
snlp mean ape fiattery WIlcn mas
6oVu 10y SIsAa1 Ol oodIu, f1aVlnT mao
oOl itrI =, ~ tlltl til 10 make our
V-siii,,er eorI,f7i,7s-s l,-ere taI-s77 6,l-i,1,
80 fathoms. Immediately after the men
with the headlines reported 30 fathOr1s of
,,ster fine steamer struck baa1rf1,,
AGAINST some reefs off shore yvifb =
shock which awoke all on boa~z
THE steamer did not rim 1tnoY7 the
reef and vas iu7rnediatelv barl<ad av,,av
As sha vent into deem water She basan
70 an +te f7nract v,-f+b the roci- I,a1si,7qr
greatly DAMAGED the steamer.
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