Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-02-02
.THEVAENCIA WRECK

nd ai SERIOUS CARGES MADE BY Thu
N. SURVpRi OF DISASTER.
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The Lost Partpf Nine Rescued While or
, a a Moufnous Trall-F. F. Bunker
nv Tells Terrible Experience Of tn.
red shlpwked Vlctims-caIIs Atten
SO ton Many Faults.
ing w
icy,
He Wet, B. C.-All the survivors
nse who med shore near the scene of
nal the vk have now been cared for,
ar the Iparty of nine, who had been
out stallat Darling river on account
drs. of tnooded waters, have reached
hen the amer Salvor at Bamfield creek.
she There in bad condition.
ser" credit is due to the party from
ard tn qvor, headed by Captain Ferris
his wtraVeled an almost impossible
pis- tror 10 miles. After night spent
rom 81 trail they started for home with
the turVlVors. Before returning Cap-l
illet Ferris visited the wreck. He
and rts the beach literally covered
Wreckage, and at that time five
er aes were on shore being identified
lcedney found F. F. Bunker, assistant
3 terintendent of schools of Seattle.
vii f. Marshall on the beach in a had
'uedltlon, the latter having walked
eae whole way suffering from a sprain-
or ankle and experiencing severe pain
dpe remainder of the party had taken
, the trail.
Bunker had lost his coat and shirt
lnd was wearing a blanket with arm
loles cut in it. MarshalPs ankle was
n bad condition. The two men were
AIKEN to a telegraph hut at Pachena
ND given food. Soon afterwards
Vhlle these two were being cared Tor
he rescue party arrived with the 9th .
r survivors. All were completely ia
lgued. The entire party was equip
ed with shoes, those who had been !
'lthout having been supplied with
noes taken from the corpses washed
shore. The survivors are loud in =
lelr praise of the rescue party from -
he SalVor. The trail is in a frightfull
and travel is most difficult.
Brave Cable Operators.
Messrs. Richmond, MouseIv and Mo c
ma, cable operators, were the first
reach the survivors. The telegraph
en- were completely worn out, having :,
yam several streams, but it would u
ave Deen impossible for them to a.
ing in the survivors without the q
from the Salvor's party. u
lie survivors who were picked up by Ia
e Salvor at Touquart, the men found IL
Turtle island, and those brought q
by the rescue party have been re- VI
0Ved on board the United States
venue cutter Grant with the excep- CO
m OF two, who are too ill to be re
lnsferred. The bodies secured by VI
2 SaIvor have o1so -. ~ lif
the revenue cr++or ~ CO l4o GU di
ne to Seattle.
Crew Lacked Discipline. Pr
:. F. Bunker said there was evident fri
X OF discipline among the crew.
this fact is corroborated by other en-
isengers. A messboy cursed. an Of pr
II TO his race for not giving proper he
ers. Mr.. Bunker said boat No . the
sent through the surf with more no,
n ~ passengers in it and only sew He
got ashore after it capsized He bas
In the next boat lowered, with his rig
e and two children. This boat the
sent out without officers or sea sal
D. The boat capsized and he tried
crawl back. AS he did so the boat Obi
tied and nearly filed. He got in I
his wife was clinging to the side anc
The boat. The girl was gone and Ale
boy was limp. He tried to restore Sell
boy to life and the little fellow 7
'Vered consciousness and began to "all
and call Papa" His wife said wit
could not hold on longer. He ing,
ed her goodby. Just then the in
again capsized. He told his wife thai
hold on, and took her with one bre;
and the child with the other, but pro,
ething struck him on the head and case
ost them. He was swept in and ther
three times by the breakers, but be &
ly managed to clutch the rocks
hold fast.
waited on the rocks after climb
out of the water until morning, -
then he climbed up the bluff and Oy"
d trail to hut which he reach
liter great hardship, having to W
a river to gain the hut. In the mite
he found some moldy beans and stOr,
ephone receiver. During the next Mos,
days the sufferings of himself and early
survivors who had Joined him tore
terrible, but help arrived from blow