The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-02-02
Steamer Valencia Wrecked on
the Coast of an Island.
MANY PERSONS LOST.
L Is Thought That One Hundred and
Twenty.One Souls Perlshed on the
III.fated Ship. Not Woman
or Child Among the
Rescued.

A dispatch from Victoria, B. @,
saws the Valencia, which was en- route
from San Francisc, with 94 passen
gers ri d a c ew OF 90, went ashore at
midnight Tuesday nighb during a
thick fog and large number we're
drowned when attempting to leave the
9htp. The steamer Is on the rocks
against q high oliff, and Is likely to 20
to pieces at any time. Oae boats crew
reached Cape Beale at 3 O'Clock Tues
day afternoon, and nine mon got
ashore near the telegraph hut, about
10 miles from tn. lighthouse Two
men are prisoners on the face OF the
c(iff near whi III the steamer went
ashore and cannot get up the cliff or
return to the wrt Ck The sea will
probably reach them when the tide is
high The mon report terrible scenes.
One woman dropped her child into
the sea when trying to hand 1T to her
husbard who was in one Of the boats.
When the boats crew left there
was a little by running about the
decks crying tor his mother, who was
among the drowned. There are still
about l25 persons on the wreck, with
almost certain death staring them in
che face The steamer Queen, which
arrived here at O'CLOCK from San
Francisco, landed her passengers and
left at once for the scene Of the wreck.
The steamer Q leen City left at mid.
night ON her Regular coast cruise and
should reach the scene of the wreck
iu few hours. Urgent messages are
| heinn raonjuaH FOR oooiptonoo
| A dispatch from Cape Beale says
the steamer lost is the Valencia OF
San Francisco, which went ashore on
| Vancouver island coast near Gloose
The lighthouse keeper says about 100
were drowned. The news of the dis.
aster on the Vancouver island coast
In meagre, being conf ned to the mes.
sage received by Capt. Gaudin, agent
OF the marine service, from Light
!,h house Kaener. y - -'--t---..l ah Oano
Beale, saying: Steamer wrecked be.
tween here and Oloose, about 100
drowned, niLe reached telegraph hut.
VIII wire more :raticulars as soon al
possible" Cape Beale is on Vancouv.
island at the sou chern side of the en-
trance to Barclay sound. The name
OF the wrecked vessel has not been as
certained
NO SIGN OF LIFE.
The correspondent Of the Associat.
ed Press on board tile steamer Salvor
has wired from Bamfield as follows:
The steamer Valencia was located by
| the steamer q leen at 8 a. M. today on
Point Planway, about five miles from
Cape Beale. The tug Gar went in to
investigate and report that the
steamer was ashore. stern first and
her decks swept clear with the ex
ception If a small part Of the deck
house and her two masts standing.
No persons could be seen alive on
BOARD In the rigging of the foremast
was what the captain of the tug Cz.r
took to be signal, although he was
unable to say whether 1t was piece
OF sail or q human being cllnging to
the rigging.
Tue steamer Salv stood In for
about two miles but was unable to go
any further as q heavy sea and q west
erly gale was blowing, making 1t high
| ly dangerous, If not impossible, to
make closer approach.
The CZsr was within three quarters
Of nile from the wreck but could
go no further towards the Waller "a
and after making as complete an ex
animation as possible, she returned to
the Qleen and Salvor. The latter
steamer and the tug Car then left
for Bamfjeld creek, the Queen stand
ing by her companion line. When the
Salvor left the scene there was heavy
swell from the southwest and rain
was falling In torrents. The Queen
reported having heard three gunshOts
shortly before the arrival Of the Sal
vor, but nothing Of any living person
was to be seen.
Advices from Cape Beale say that
10 men have arrived, one Of whom Ia
the boatswain, the others being sail.
ors They reported passenger list OF
04 and crew OF 60 and said that
when they left the wreck yesterday
morning there we're about 100 persons
on board, q large PERCENTAGE of whom
were women and children who were
on the quarterback. Two boats were
smashed alongside and all the occu
pants were drowned
The Valencia lett San Francisco
, about ii O'Clock on Saturday last ant
heard no sound and saw no light pre-
saying danger Tho officers wore run
, ming by dead reckoning and were or
, the outloon for Chumatilla rect light
. ship when the steamer struck. Sh,
, was backed of after she struck bu
the water fl led the engine room, til,
> Bres were cxtingulghed and the en-
CINE crew forced out Of the room, al
Though not before tho Valencia hat
been driven hard on the beach.
g HORRIBLE EXPERIENCES.
i A special representative of Th
!, Post t-Intelligencer wired from Por
d Angeles at $3.50 q. m. Thursda
morning that the rescue ship Oity c
Topeka picked up a life raft at
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon six mile
off Cape Beale with 20 survivors c
the Valencia on board The me
y were In pitiabic condition and a
II most dead from exposure. The me
T, on their frail support battled bravel
q with pair OF oars TO reach the Cit
10 of Topeka, which, owing to the dar
T. gerous coast, could not run In an
u closer to them. Within half o mil
10 fron the raft hoat was lowered frol
u the deck, which was with much diff
20 Guilty, made fast with q line to til
p raft The work of rescue was dal
geroua. The men were too exhauste