The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-01-25

horror OF moment One instant riding the surface
easily bird at flight the choking gaaping and trcm
mary TO the harvest the Grim Reaper executed during tho
later moments. .##4 as.f
The Valencia was on tho rocks and the contact threw
everything in confusion and cool headed In the face o
pending disaster Captain Johnson and his officers strove TO
calm the frightened passengers In the dumb uncertainty Of
what TO enSue, this accomplished temporarily a
lew Of the and children hyateeal but the
as rule quietly faced the emergency
None first realized tho magnitude of the accident As
quickly possible Captain Johnson backed the vessel off
into deep water. Ii hoped that only the plates
sprung and that the craft could reach port safely Within
few moments however the dcuge OF pouring
down INTO the hold ana as the engine room was rapidly hng
the officers almost immediately appreciated the desperate
nature of the accident Captain Johnson last
his passengers and steamer had the craft started for the
shoals again. which she reached without laundering fl
RLAcKNEss OF THE NIGHT.
The baekness of the night only intensified the distress
OF the ieastrieken people uembngy waiting tor they
not what Coufageousy the vessels officers and stuck
to their posts As il became evident that little short OF
when Jagged rocks dealt the Valencia her death blow Captain
Johnson and his officers turned their attention towards
Ing the passengers #.tr
Huge mountainous waves came tearing in from the broad
sweep OF the png thousands OF of against
inc Vessel as she Jay on INC toes exposed To INC
almost hurricane strength OF tho everneeasng gale Into
this eaudron OF seethng foam the eboats put hks
eorks in the OF that mighty strength OF wind and
Several tugged the which moored them against The
black preepous sides of the until they loaded
with precious human freight only be overturned and
pounded down into tho heart OF tho ocean.
DEsPAIRING sHRIEKs
Occasional despang shrisss from tho Iuekiess oeea-
pants, and they disappeared from sight Today ieehs
bodies all that left OF these victims OF the king
wrath have been pounding pieces the shore various
places the OF the wreck their frames cold IN death
and bedraggled evidence OF their awful end
Those who escaped shore and here today tell 81
what happened still shudder the recollection Individually
none can give anything like clear and coherent account hut
peeed together the evidence offered by the living ior tho dead
shows that tho wreck defy description All ts
possible around that stricken ships
little there is to relieve the tragedy. -
Face face with death The passengers and ioughi
for their lives but II losing battle tot many and too
demon of the deep must have laughed al their attempts 20
evade his relentless edict-
FIVE BOATS LOWERED.
In all five boats were lowered from the ship two life
RATS Of which only two boats reached tho shore One raj,
with picked up yesterday by the Topeka The fate OF
the others forgone conclusion and who have reached
the Of the wreck have tho least doubt bu that they
all overturned and tho occupants drowned Several OF
the boats succeeded getting away from the helpless
ship but smashed against the steel side Of the vessel
disappearing beneath the almost Immediately Two he
RATS got away short distance but the resisess breakers
the people them from the straps and them hurting
TO their doom.
While the feboats were putting away the engine room
Of the vessel became entirely submerged and add 70 the
terror all the lights. operated from the engines were
IN TOTAL DARKNESS
Then the slippery decks OF the those still
remaining aboard plunged In absolute dafness The
pngng her sides the people remaining aboard
placed desperate plight One by they caught in
shrouds stanchons washed overheard Even lower
and heavier the onslaught Of the
More frequent the loss Of the helpless
aengc caught by the teocous and deaths
short time had become OF appalling proportions The
destroyer iurked IN every eombng wave flung his mantle
abroad with every recurring sweep OF the shrekcd
hdeousy in each howl Of the angry wind and iaked stark
and pless and grim behind the pail Of the s'ygan night
None there depend for rescue.
those desparng souls That tho death A docs include
everyone aboard Is aSerbcd the interpolation OF Divine
mercy No vesavng within sight hearing.
All alone with their fate the people huddled the hurricane
OF the and their dictated waited Tor
the end death life. could tell.