The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-29
last SURVIVORS
ARE BROUGHT IN
Sixteen Bodies of Wreck Vic
tins Recovered and Search
Going On.
FRIGHTFUL EXPERIENCES
AFTER LEAVING VESSEL
Four on Raft Raying ManiacS
When Supposed Rescue
Ship Sailed Away.

VICTORIA. II. c., Jan. 2S.-The steam
er Salyor returned from the wreck today
with the survivors. and the U. S, s
Grant viii reach Seattle tonight with
eleven more and three bodies, while the
tug Bahada, with two fShing dories. Is
trying to recover the others washed
ashore near the scene of tho wreck,
which cannot be taken over the dlnlcult
trail. Sixteen bodies had been recovered
up TO this evening. nve being identified,
and search is being continued for others.
Survivors in Hospital.
The Salvor brought Frank Connors. q
walter and George Long, fireman. to
Victoria, and both were Immediately re-
ceived ut the Marine hospital, as they
badly and swollen from exposure Con
nors was for time In danger OF losing
HE reason, when the raft on which he
driftcd 10 Turrct Island In BarlSlcy
sound, with nine others, OF whom four
became mad, one so violent that he had
10 be restrained by his fellows
Four Went Mad.
Connors. imbued by the hallucinatlon
that ho had seen a lighthouse. wandered
off into the bush, where he almost cue
he was found day later by an Indian,
lying on a log mutterlng almost insane.
and transferred 10 the steamer Salvor.
Long was also on that raft.
Hto LApeTlenCes
Both men had frIghtful experience
shocking Of It being when they eignaled
madly to the steamer City OF Topeka.
which they took TO be the Queen, and
saw the steamer sheer away leaving
them to drift nt the mercy of the waves
until they drlfted ashore, with four oil
their companions raYing manacs before
death came TO them.
Bunker Receives Praise.
T. F. Bunker and the other survivors
who made their way over the trail. suf-
fered similar hardShips before they were
transferred TO the United states ship
Grant, after being Succored by the Sal
Hors crew. Bunker was loudly praised
by his fellows he being a man OF great
NiGor and bravery. When he reached
Pachena he was clad only in his trousers
and had boots tied with piece of string
were covered by n blanket he having
given his shirt TO a fellow sufferer.
Total Saved Number Thirty-Seven,
From this party the Associated Press
correspondent who returned by the Sal
vor, learned that the signals seen on the
shore by the tug LOrne as a result OF
which tho Egcria's bluejackets were sent
TO endeavor 10 make landing on Thus
day, were not those of further survivors,
having been made by one of the party OF
nine journeying from Darling creek
This disposes OF the belief that others
escaped, and the total number of sur
Nlvors Is shown 10 have been but thirty
seven. out OF total on board the steam.
or OF l54 persons.
Steward and Stewardess Brave.
The survivors who drlfted into Barllcv
sound on a raft speak highly of the |
bravery OF both the steward and the |
stewardess and their department. The |
say when they left the ship the steward !
and stewardess were engaged constantly |
In passing food to all. and long after the \
crew took 20 tho rigging the steward and |
TO those lashed I'm the ward |
age OF the wreck.
Night in the Rigging.
The night of Tuesday. when tho shin
wrecked people were in the rigging. was
a terrible one as high wind, which was |
sealing schooner Casco. which had sailed |
from Victoria on Sunday last was blow
ing. The Cacso put into Bamfeld on /
" Sonesp9{ morning and Capt Munroc !
ing schooner was within a few yards OF |
peing wrecked of Cape Beale. and II she |
hSd not cleared the point her company |
OK twenty-four would doubtless have |
be en- all lost.
Storm Was Terrific.
When the sealors told Of the storm
which Capt Munroe said was one OF the
worst he had experienced, these at Ram
neld ,,e thought that rome of the people in |
survived that night. That same day a |
telephone message was received from |
,ilIen LiheHan Logan. and the land party
wreck from Cloo, Ose and the Innmao
told tragic tale of seeing the wreck |
preaK up at noon on Wednesday, carry
ing away all who had survived tho for
rofs oil the previous night.
Tells q Tragic Tale.
The three shots heard by those on the
Sseamer Queen as she stood by the wreck
on Wednesday were the sounds Of oiN
lefnpts made TO throw lines ashore. Line
nan Logan telephoncd the Associated
three lines had been sent shorewnrd. The
nrst fell short, the eecond reached shore
and m was caught by Logan. who was
making 1t fast TO a piece OF rock when
i broke. The third fell short striking
the face OF the rock
Last Hope Gone.
Those on the rock saw the failure NJ
me attempt, and when the signals were
made shouts could not be heard above
wreck WIS only fifteen yards away. So
the men on the wreck waved their orms
Indicating that there were no more lines
inc inc 'ast hope had gone. and soon after
"ard. when the steamer Queen had lust
eft the scene. the men on the land saw
the end.
Bodies Washed Ashore.
Before long the wreckage began to
wash on the rocks and there the first
I'VE poulSS were round. Barrels casks
and all manner OF freight was then
washed ashore. and the Nlttlnat Indians
ana those of Cloo-Ose and Pachcna have
since been busy gathering what they
The Nitnat Indians purpose to hold a
potlatSh IN few DAYS with the goods
they have secured. The parties AT the
scene are preventing any looting. how
ever The Government agents arc arpan-
lzlnS posses of Indians to search for
bodies especially in the BarlIley sound
and near Ucluelet where n Is
expected the majority OF the bodies viii
be recovered as the tide sets in that,
direction. ~
Hope to Recover Many.
This afternoon a dispatch from the Az
socinted Press correspondent at Tcuolot
reported tho finding OF a body on Erick
etts Island, west OF Turrct island I'm
the broken group, and later the eorre-
spondent at Cape Bcale told of another
body. that Of Fred Erickson OF Iowa
having been located near Cape Bcale
Government to Hold Inoutrv.
The Dominion Government has dcc,ded
10 hold an investigation Into the wreck
on the Valencia. and as a result OF this
II is considered that the question of bet
ter protection for shipping on the west