The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-02
PASSENGERS AND
CREW. in PERIL
STEAMER ON ROCKS OFF VAN
CoUvER ISLAND.
. NUMBER HAVE PERSISTED
The steamer Valencia, With 1S4
Souls ON Board, Ran Ashore DUR
ing q Dense Fog-In Danger
of Going to Pieces

Victoria, B. c., Jan. 24.-With "a
passengers and about 60 in her crew.
the steamer Valencia went ashore about
ten miles east Of Cape Beale during a
thick fog. about ~ o'clock Monday
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
reached Cape Beale about 8 p. m.
Tuesday. The survivors say that a
number were drowned in trying to
leave the ship.
Nine More Got Ashore.
Nine men got ashore about Is miles
from here. Two men are prisoners on
the face of the cliff and can not get
up or back to the ship. The sea will
likely reach them when the tide is
high. The men report pathetic scenes.
One woman dropped her child in the
sea in trying to hand it to her husband.
A little boy of five is running around
the deck trying to find his mother, who
is among those 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 5 p. m. Tuesday for
the wreck.
The Valencia's Passengers.
"A M W-
Following is the Valencia's passen-
ger list:
First Class-For Seattle: J. S. Wild
mer, ]. Neley, N. H. Anderson, Miss
Van Wyck, Alice Stoltenburg and two
children, F. T. Fondo, R. T. Brown, G.
Taylor and wife, Burt Parker.
For Juneau: E. Pentila.
For Tacoma: Frank Novoch, Tom
Brown, Sem Sam, P. Waughtil, E.
Waughtil.
For Victoria: J. Fernie, ]. McCaf-
ferty.
For Vancouver: A. Karr.
Following is the list of officers: Cap
tain, o. NJ. Johnson; first mate, w.
Holmes; second officer, P. Peterson;
third officer, ]. H. Cameron; fourth Of
ficer, A. Aberg; purser, ]. ]. O'Far-
rell; freight clerk, F. Lehn; assistant
freight clerk, E. E. Hopkins; chief en-
gineer, w. Downing; first assistant en-
gineer, T. Carrick; second assistant en-
gineeer, S. Davis; third assistant en-
RIM. Nelson; chief steward, j.
H. Hoddinott: second steward, N. H.
The Valencia is an iron screw steam
err of 1888 tons capacity, 1927 feet
long, with a beam of "a and a depth of
10 feet. 1t was built in 1882 by Cramp
& Sons, of Philadelphia. During the
war with Spain the Valencia was en-
gagged for a time in the transport serv-
ice of the United States, conveying
troops to and from the Philippines.
A Gale Blowing.
The meteorological station reports
that a gale has been in progress on the
island coast for the past two days. Off
Vancouver island a velocity of 40
miles an hour al reported. A tre-
mendous sea sweeps into the rocks near
Cape Beale in heavy weather with high
breakers. +.
Capt. James Gaudin, agent of marine.
who received the first message Of the
disaster from the lightkeeper at Car
bay, when asked his opinion as
to the probable cause of the wreck, said
it was possibly, as far as he could judge
from dispatches, at Pachena bay, which
is about half way between Clo-Oose
and Cape Beale. Separating the two
points is a stretch of coast line, prob
ably ten miles long. Slightly nearer
Cape Beale than Choose is a bay
known as Pachena, at the entrance to
are the notorious Seabird rocks,
on which the steamer Michigan was
wrecked about ten years ago. Capt.
believes it is on these selfsame
rocks that the Valencia has struck.
SuccOr at Hand.
Victoria, B. c., Jan. 24.-Carmanah
that a ships boat passed there
at / p. M, Tuesday, with several peo-
pie in it. 1t is reported that the whal-
Ing steamer Orion has arrived at the
scene of the Valencia wreck from the
whaling station at Sechert, and is try
ing to save as many lives as possible.
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