Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-26
Associated Pres, Di,paiches BY special wlres

Associated Press Dispatches by Special wires
Victoria, b. c., Jan. 26- Word was
received last night at Bamfeld from Cant.
Ferris, who left with q party from tho
steamer Salvor yesterday morning TO
bring in the nine survivor. of the steamer
Valencia who were al Darling River. about
~ miles from Bamhold The party was
l2hours on the trails. and from accounts
received by Capt. Ferris the survivors are
suffering great privalions. Some are
without boots and win have TO walk in
bare feet Others are iusnlhcientiv
clothed. Capt. Ferris intended 20 leave
at dayhreak today for Bamheld with the
entire party. but did not expect to arrive
until tomorrow morning The Salvor will
wait. The trails are In a very bad condi-
ton sbeing almost impossible in some
places.
With the finding Of four more survivors
Of the Valencia disaster on nrret Island.
one Of the archipelago in the centre of
Barkley Sound, the total number OF
persons accounted for is 81.
The tug Lome, which returned last
night from the wreck OF the Valencia,
brought John Segalos Of San Francisco.
fireman of the Valencia, rescued hy tho
steamer City of Topeka from a raft and
placed on board the Lorne. He is a
| Greek. In an interview, he told of a
futile attempt made by him to swim
| ashore. carrying a line through the
breakers, and Of how he and II other SUR
vivofs had spent six hours on Wednesday
on a fragile raft, bufetted by the gale and
| swamped by the running seas until picked
up by the Topeka. Segalcs, speaking TO
an Associaotd Press correspondent on
board the Lone, said:
at was my turn on watch in the fire.
room when, at ll.b0 o'clock on Monday
night, the Valencia, going very slowly,
suddenly struck the rocks and shook from
end to end. SOrder GENE 20 the engine
room to reverse. The boat backed from
the rocks, and shortly afterward the water
came rushing in az the rate of foot a
minute and We all knew the steamer wars
doomed. The officers and the crew passed
out life-belts 90 everybody, and orders
were given 20 man the boats. II was ter
nble, the darkness, the rain, the crashing
OF the wreck and the roar Of the boiling
surf, Panic seized many, and there was
blind rush in the blaclSness 20 get to the
boats. AZ 1890 O'Clock / saw a boat,
loaded with 25 persons, crashing against
the davits and every one fell into the sea-
Among them was the first assistant en-
gineer, who was rescued and Is ON board
the steamer City of Topeka, going to
Seattle i helped 20 load three more
boats. but they were swamped. About
this time the Valencia driited hroadside to
the rocks On Tuesday morning, about
o'clock, three unsuccessful attempts
were made to shoot lines to the shore. On
Tuesday afternoon | volunteered to swim
TO land. A rope was fastened TO me, and
] plunged into the surf. Before ! left the
wreck a passenger, a womaan | did not
know, came 10 me and offered TO give me
"a thousand dollars II ] would get a line
ashore. told her | could not accept her
money as It was my duty to try TO save
lives. II was no use. was simply
dashed back by the waves, so l cut the
/ line. and a liie-buoy WIS thrown TO me and
, l was pulled on board, stunned. As the
vessel settled, the passengers and crew
sought the masts and rigging. Many
were swept off the decks. Others jumped
into the sea- seeking 10 swim ashrDe. On
Wednesday morning Capt. Johnson told
8 us the only chance for safety lay in the
RATS. He urged the women to get on
, them. There were about a dozen women
alive then. some in the rigging and some
on the deckhouse They refused to take
to the RATS. ] jumped from the mast,
5 where had climbed, and was helped upon
one of the RATS. The sea was running
heavy. and there was a fog, in which We
: lost sight of the other raft, that left at the
same time. Il was about six hours after
wardlthat,we were picked up by. the Topeka
and received every care and attention on
that vessel"
Segalos was transferred to the Lorne
so that he might be OF service in guiding
that vessel TO the location OF the wreck
Advices to the Express from Uclulet
TODAY say that the men who left the Val.
encia Wednesday afternoon on the second
/, life raft, which was picked up by the
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