Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-02-02
VALENCIA WRECK
TERRIBLE STEAMSHIP DISASTER
IN NORTHERN PACIFIC.
OVER ONE HUNDRED DROWN
Vessel Strikes the Rocks In Dense Fog
only One soatIoad Esespe-Aw.
fui Scenes Of Suffering and Death.


Victoria. d. C.-with ninety. four
passengers and about sixty In her crew
the steamer Valencia went ashore
about ten miles east OF Cape Beale
In a thick fog about l2 O'Clock Monday
night. She liz on the rocks against u
high cliff and Ii likely TO 20 To pieces
ut any time. The boats crew of six
reached Cape Bcale Tuesday about )
y. m. The survivors say that great
number were drowned in trying to
leave the ship. Nine men got ashore
about fifteen miles from here.
DcnyOr.-Thcodorc b. Shreve Of this
city was one OF the passengers ON the
steamer Valencia. He Is tho son Of
James a. Shrcyc, one OF the oldest real
estate brokers In Denver. He is lith.
o.raphcr and has n wide acquaintance
In this city. The family resides nj
1858 California street
Latcr.-Thc wrecked steamer Valcn.
ella now lies submerged and broken.
but portion of n mast srnndin. above
tho water. and the fleet OF steamers
and tugs have to-day tThursday) been
turning their attention to patroilins
the vicinity In the hope Of findin.
boats. RATS or wrcckagc still nfioat
with survivors. though the chances
nrc small.
Ashore several parties havc been
toiling over most arduous trails. some
carrying succor to those who were
washed ashore. others securing the
rugged rocks Of tho shore line. rcck.
: Ing for any survivors that may have
reached shore and be lying foodlcss
and helpless. while others are engaged
In the melancholy duty Of recovering
bodies.
or the total company Of is<. but
thirty.thrcc have been definitely nc
counted for. and three men believed
to be other survivors were sccn ON
shore by the whaling vessel Orion
near the wreck. .huddiing about n firc.
Six survivors have been taken from the
Saivor. nine men badly bruised aud NO
overcome that they cannot stand arc
stiii campcd Mt Darling. and eighteen
others were picked UP by the City OF
Topeka.
with tho three seen from the Orion
added. the survivors total thirty'siS.
leaving death list Of ii9 persons. Not
woman or child IN among the saved.
Scant hope iE entertained by those
ON board the pntroliing steamers that
any others will bc recovered. for the
doctors on rcHcuing tugs say the limit
of human endurance will have been
passed before thtA time.
The nine survivors OF the Valencia
who are Mt Darling river telegraph hut.
are reported from Bamiicld TO bc In n
dcpiorablc condition. 30 o.crcomc by
exposure and exhaustion that they are
unable to stand. much less to make
their way along the trail to the nearest
place OF shelter. One has Rpraincd
ankle. the others are without boots
and exhausted. several with their feet
raw and bleeding from walking to the
Darling river over the rocks II Ia I'm
possible for them to reach Bamiicld or
Cape Bcalc. even could they cross the
flooded Darling river In their present
condition. They have no provisions
other than those provided by party
of three which went TO them from
Bamficld with a small supply ycs,cr-
day.
Survivors OF the wreck OF tho steam.
ship Valencia. who were picked up
from life raft. say that Captain o.
NJ. Johnson made no effort to save his
own life. and that the last words he
was heard to utter as the raft loft the
ship. were: My God. send relief to
my passcngcrs!" The survivors say
that most OF the women refused to
leave the ship. prcfcrring to take their
chances on its rccling decks than on
the frail RATS. The last view the sur
vivors had of the persons remaining
ON the ship was when the raft was
tossed high on n mountainous wave.
They saw the men. women and chill.
dren clinging together on the hurri-
cane deck. while family through the
roar of the surf came the strains OF
Nearer. My God. to Thee" sung by
those who were about TO die.