The Tupelo journal., 1906-02-02
ALL LEFT ABOARD
HAVE PER|SHED'
THE STEAMER VALENCIA RENT
BY WIND AND WAVES.
NOT A LIVING SOUL LEFT
What Hope There Might Have Been
Dfssipated BY the Continuance
Of the storm That Sent lea
to Her Doom.


Of the Storm That Sent Her
to Her Doom.
Seattle. Wash, Jan. 25.-The steam
er Valencia, wrecked on the coast OF
Vancouver island, was pounded to
pieces by the waves and wind and all
On board persisted.
The death list will number 14O, n
third Of them being women and chill
dren.
The rescue steamers Queen and Sal
vor, with the tug Gar, reached the
scene of the wreck Wednesday fore
loon. Not a living soul was apparent
ly left on the vessel, which was a shape
less hulk, rapidly breaking to pieces.
Huge waves swept over the wreck
constantly, and it would have been i'm
possible for a person to have remained
on board.
1t Is supposed that the passengers
left on the vessel were swept off dur
ing the night, and the story OF the suf-
fering may never be told.
The entire list of passengers, with the
exception of the Is who reached the
shore Tuesday, were swept from the
deck to drown or be dashed to pieces
against the rocks.
When the vessel struck such a hole
was knocked in her that she sunk un-
til the main deck was awash. The pas
sengers gathered on the upper deck.
where they struggled to retain their
places.
During the night the wind blew a
gale of 60 miles an hour. The waves
increased in height, and dashed entire
ly over the vessel, sweeping men,
women and children overheard.
When the escuers reached the scene
Wednesday morning they were too late,
and there was no sign of life on the
Valencia. which was rapidly giving
way to the continued onslaughts of the
waves.
Within a few hours, if the storm con-
tinues, not a vestige Of the boat will
be left intact.
Story of the Wreck.
The Valencia sailed from San Fran
cisco on her second trip to Victoria, re-
placing the recently disabled steamer
City of Puebla, at II a.. m. on Satur-
day. This was the only clear day, and
from Saturday evening Capt. johnson
and his officers had to navigate by
dead reckoning. Nearing the entrance
to the straits the weather was very
thick, and the officers thought they
were in the vicinity of the Umatilla
Reef lightship near Cape Flattery,
which has a good fog signal on board.
Having made no observations, and
unable to make out their position in
the thick weather, prevailing sound
ings were taken, showing 80 fathoms.
Immediately after the men with the
lead lines reported 80 fathoms of wa
ter the steamer struck heavily against
some reefs off shore with a shock that
awoke all on board.
The steamer did not run up on the
reef, and was Immediately backed
away. AS she went into deep water
she began to fill, the impact with the
rock having greatly damaged the
steamer. The engineers signaled to
the bridge that water was pouring
up over the engine-room plates, and
they and the firemen were driven on
deck, but before they we're driven out,
in answer to excited jingles from the
bridge, they gave what speed was pos
sible, and Capt. Johnson turned the
vessel again toward the beach. The
only possible chance to save any Of
those on board was to put the vessel
ashore again, with the hope, scant
though it was, of landing those on
board on the rocky coast.
Before she struck again on the rocks,
the engineers, firemen and all below
had been driven above by the thrush
of water, and the seas oon began to
roll over the main deck. Water was
over the deck when the boats were be-
ing lowered, the lights being extin-
guished by the flooding of the engine
room before the work was commenced.
The loss of life was awful when the
boats were lowered. Two boats filled
with women and children were swept
against the side of the steamer,
smashed and completely wrecked, all
those in the boats being swept into the
sea and drowned.
Conflicting Stories.
Seattle, Wash, Jan. 25.-The latest
news from the wreck Of the Valencia
is conflicting and di~scouraging. A re-
port from the steamship Queen that %
passengers were clinging to the YES
sells rigging with no possible chance
of saving them, is followed by the story
that the wreck has gone to pieces. The
Queen was at the outer dock at Vic
toria when the first dispatch was sent.
AS only Is survivors have been heard
from so far, it is probable that the loss
of life will reach the estimate of 40
sent out late Wednesday afternoon.
Notorious Mexican Killed.
Sanderson, Tex, Jan. 25.-Mariano
Garcia, a notorious Mexican, who had
given the United States government
authorities along this part of the Rio
Grande border much trouble, was found
dood IN tho Moyicap side Of the river