New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-27
cgTRTY-SEVEN SAVED.
.,r VALENCIA'S WRECK.
.-,,tv-three SW-CiOors at Seattle
Men erased on Raft.


70 the rescue Of the persons on board
4 psk1 ia which struck on a reef near Cape
i re 80 was pounded 10 pieces. with the loss
B2S hundred lives arrived at Seattle at
". this morning with twenty three sur
..ro-s aboard
d''-f ..-,t,, OF these remained on board the
,-.l the Offices of the Pacific Steam
ga. -,-env were opened this morning. They
ST 49, taken to a hotel Not man who was
Wy h-oueht any Of his personal effects with
.srriou Of the clothing he wore and the
" - which were in his pockets.
81 wednesday night the City Of Topeka
side the strait, and early on Thursday
80 van westward along the Vancouver
.,vr,rd the scene Of the wreck. The
$40, ,-ss clear. When off Carmanah a light
-sin set IN around the ship and the
" -. ZINE. a half mile away was blotted out.
"A o,clocll the tug Lorne was Sighted near
.,.,A where the Valencia struck. She re-
~ - having cruised Eve miles TO the west
and had found no signs Of the wreck
-, segalos. the hero Of the wreck who
:, swim 10 shore with lifeline and was
-, drowned volunteered to show the
- life saving crew, which was going
- Yesterday in q small boat, where the
,,.,,,.,a lay. and he was transferred from the
-. 20 the tug. The Lorne then ran east
.,ogt two miles. but the lheboat could not land
near The wreck ,.
The salvor was next sighted by the Topeka
=. fur1ber VI the coast to the westward,
sr4rg signals The Topeka ran alongside and
90, Troup OF the Salvor reported that he
- :, hoard Boatswain Mccarthy and the
-,sn who landed at Cape Beale from the
,-.,s,cia and reported the wreck. He also re
80 having seen two other men on shore who
80 -i9rAd I'd a semaphore. The Salvor had
,o- hen able 70 make a landing,
.,.U tug was sighted in the breakers where
che wreck was reported 70 he The waves ap-
rss-ss 10 be sweeping all over her, and when
.bA ing was first sighted she was mistaken for
the wreck
AT ll.S0 o'clock this tug went alongside the
Topeka and proved to be the Orion, whaler,
Of Victoria She reported the wreck all broken
ID nothing standing except the stump Of the
nnainrnast She had seen no persons standing
on shore and no bodies in the wreckage
sixty-one persons are believed TO have been
aboard the Valencia when she broke UP. A list
compiled to-day. which does not include those
who had been drowned before the wreck went
down is as follows:
ABEERG, A. fourth o1cer
CAMPBELL. q y, second steward
DOWNING. W, CHIEF engineer.
HoLMEs. ", drst officer
HOPKINS Z. e. second freight clerk
HUGHES -- porter
JOHNSON Captain 0. II. master
EoDDINCC-. :. F.. chief steward
KUsGROvE Ms, stswa-GeFs-
WILKINS, --, hzrEeepe-
Eight women three children and forty men. names
c1knovE-
Victoria 3. c. Jan 26.-Word was received
last night at Bamdeld from Captain Ferris. who
started with party from the steamer Salvor
yesterday morning 10 bring in the nine sur
vivors Of the Valencia who were at Darling
River, about fifteen miles from Bamheld. The
Marty vas twelve hours on the trail and from
accounts received BY Captain Ferris the sur
vivors ere suffering great privatons. Some are
without boots and others are insufhciently
clothed The trails are reported IN bad condi-
ton
With the finding Of four more survivors Of the
disaster on Turret Island IN Barley Sound, the
total number Of survivors accounted for reaches
Hrty-seven persons.
Advices 70 The Express from UcIulet say
ast the men who left The Valencia on wednes-
DAY afternoon on the second life raft which was
Yoked UP by the steamer City Of Topeka, drifted
t,o Barley Sound. on arriving at a small
kand of Village Island Wilson, third engineer
Enped overheard, and IN attempting 10 swim
ashore vas drowned. The remaining nine land
e On Turret Island Wednesday.
Before morning five men went crazy and
Jumped into the water. One man. the strongest
started out tor help and had not returned when
he remaining three men were taken on boar
ne launch Shamrock Of Victoria. after bein
iound BY Indians. The chief cook F. Hancock
n san Francisco, was in command Of the raft
ne mas wife n san Francisco. The names Of
nose On The raft who were drowned are. VIII
S'h- third engineer Wilson. a passenger. Wal
ace. Storage waiter and sailor on leave from
no United States warship Concord.
Ao'lces from Cape BeaIe report that com
nlAlcaton has been held with the party which
sar'eo On January % over trails for the scene
y ne wreck The party reached the spot before
ne wreck broke up On Wednesday. and were
helpless witnesses Is The tragic death Of nearly
'~osoore people who were carried 70 death by
ae tremendous waves which swept over the
nllz OF the wrecked steamer The Valencia lay
seventy yards from the foot Of the bluff from the
10 o. which me people clinging TO the rigging
a-' huodled ~ the hurricane deck could be
seen
ne people on the ship cheered wildly when
esg saw the party on shore, evidently thinking
-'' they were 70 be rescued. About noon an
.-lnehse wave struck the wreck and crushed
IglAing 70 pieces. Every one was swept into
- sea 10 death Nine bodies were recovered at
~ To-day. None Of them has been identified.
.--s survivors and the rescue party from the
graph hut reached Bamheld tonight