The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-24

eral people n II.
= It is reported here that the =
= whaling steamer Orion has arrived =
= at the scene of the Valencia wreck
= frcm the whaling station at Sc =
= chart, and is trying to save as
= many lives as possible.
= Victoria. Jan. %, 1O:4O p. M :
= The survivors of the Valencia I
= who reached Cape Reale in one of =
= the Valencia's boats, were: T. J. =
3 Mccarthy. bOatswan; Charles =
= Brown. Thomas Shields, John =
: Monk, w. GOstin and T. lamp
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Victoria, jan 23.-With ninety-four
passengers and about sixty in her crew
the steamer Valencia went ashore
about ten miles east of Cape Beale in
q thick fog about u o'clock last night.
She is on the rocks against a high cliff
and is likely to go to pieces at any
time. One boats crew of six men
reached Cape BeaIe about p. IN. to-
day The survivors say that a great
number were drowned in trying TO
leave the ship.
Heartrendng Scenes.
Nine men got ashore about fifteen
miles from here. Two men are prison
ers on the face of the cliff and cannot
get up or back to the ship. The sea
win likely reach them when the tide
IS high. The men report some very pa
thetic scenes. One lady dropped her
child in the sea in trying to hand il to
her husband. A little boy of years is
running around the deck trying to find
his mother, who is among the drowned.
There are still about 125 persons on the
ship with almost certain death staring
them in the face. The steamer Queen
left here at p. m. for the wreck.
Gale Sweeping Over Wreck.
$50 D. m.-The meteorological sta
ton reports that a gale has been in
= progress on the island coast for the
past two days. on Vancouver island
velocity of forty miles an hour was re-
ported. A tremendous sea sweeps in
on the rocks near Cape Beale in heavy
weather. with high breakers.
Captain James Gaudin, agent of ma
rine. who received the first message Of
the disaster from the Ightkeeper at
Carmanah bay, when asked his opinion
as to the probable scene Of the wreck,
said it was possibly, as far as he could
Judge from dispatches, at Pachena
bay. which is about halfway between
Clo-Oose and Cape Beale.
On seabird Rocks.
Separating the two points is a stretch
Of coast line, probably ten miles long.
Slightly nearer Cape Beale than Clo-
Dose is a bay known as Paehena, at
the entrance to which are the notorious
Geabird rocks. on which the steamer
Michigan was wrecked about ten years
ago. Captain Gaudin believes it viii
be on these self-same rocks that the
Valencia has struck. The rocks stand
out bold and treacherous, and as they
stand where both current and wind
seem to concentrate their greatest
force from the open Pacific, landing,
unless under most favorable condi-
lions, would appear impossible. If the
ship came to grief in this locality she
would be nearer Cape Beale than Clio
Dose, which accounts for the survivors
reaching there,
Driven From Fer course.
''In the absence Of information" said
Captain Gaudin, at is difficult to con-
lecture what brought the steamer from
her course, but, in my opinion, It was
q strong southeasterly gale blowing at
the rate of fifty miles per hour, as the
reports state, and the great current
which sweeps toward the coast, that
were responsible for driving the steam
er from her course"
Following is a list Of the passengers
on the Valencia:
First Glass Passengers.
For Seattle-J. S. Widmer, J. F.
Neley, II. II. Anderson, Miss Van
Wyck, Alice Stoltenburg and two chill
dren, F. T. Fondo. R. T. Brown, G. w.
Taylor and wife, Burt Parker, c. A.
Logan, William Sibley, Mrs. w. o.
ROsenberger, Miss I. Shave, F. Peter
son. n. n. Peters, Harry Ward G.
Walker, H. T. Helgman, w. c. Merle,
II. Hoelscher, J. ]. Buset, Mrs. VIII
kinson. Miss W. Cole, c. Allison, Fred
Erickson. Charles Samael G.. NOnen-
hacker, w. Dombardine, Z. 8. Bunker
and wife. George D. Haraden, J. B.
Graham, Matte Haraden. For Juneau
Mrs. D. D. Stewart. For Bellingham
Mrs. ]. c. Thompson, w. S. Hume.
For VancOuver-Harry Woodbridge. A.
Il Ralph, William Smith. For Victoria
ID. II. Jess. Donald Ross, Howe Duff.
For Tacoma-Mrs. Z. Bodertscher.
Second Class Passengers.
For Seattle-James Wright, James
Jnglehome, NJ. O'Neil, Harry Creepy,
w. Wilson, Jacob Looring, Jacob MIX
ko, Theodore Shreve, I. Pantha, Peter
Glubo. ]. E. Lucas, J. T. Doherty, Mike
Myoclvic, P. ]. Campbell, Theodore
ChieVes, J. B. Shannon, J. Erickson, s.
Z. Dawson, G. P, Nordstrow and wife
T. J. Campbell and wife, J. Montgom-
cry, c. A Cosette, Peter Hogan, w. NJ.
Ogle and wife, Yosuih Hosoda, S.
Rancuma- T. Manwaki, J. II. Hera-