The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-01-26
Wrecked Mariners and Pas
sengers of the lll-Tated Vessel
Add the Stories of Their Elk
periences to Those Alrea> DIV
Told--All Deny That Women
We're Sacrificed Through Cow
ardice of the Men.

Aso,hsr chapter was added to the
story q The tragic wreck of the
.,s.mshlp Valencia when the reaeae
sssamsr CITY OF Topeka reached part
ssFl. this morning with - sur
tIsaFs saved from the fate suffered
N - many others aboard the lest
liner
of these people. N came away
frOn the vessel. fast breaking up.
aalv three hours before she weat TO
eleess ca the Foeksribbed Vancouver
& And ecast.
s.s others these who we're With
nssfWain Mccarthy in the lifehoat
raj leff the Valencia Tuesday att
efessn in an attempt to Ert q line
asAose are anouE the crowd. These
sea are herosS IN every sense Of
H. word. They volunteered % Try
ARD reach land With rope. an al
uoss hopeless task. and that they
are soAay alive 70 tell the story Is
considered a miracle
nacA q the tragedy that must be
written Ia rccouatlng thiS marine
disaster. one u The most pathetic
skat has ever occurred on the vest
eoaAt. : SIN visible Oh the faces u
he men. saatrhed 80 providenslally
rsom the watery grave that almost
Al sore of their fellow human be-
iAxs Suffered
Sail Wan ard White.
wan and white they ART. eyes deep
So aaa staring even yet. apparently
uYiax 70 pierce the darkness of the
aessalr shat settled aboard the
steamship when al seemed lu3t
HAAS paliid and weak and unesr-
taln IN their movements. Hands
thsse ~ers that in 4 large Measure
workel 20 save the few for the sal
vatsoa uhich vas denied 80 many.
To the casual observer the arrival
Il these rescued people was only ex.
trsordinAry from the fact that they
aas~srsf 10 have bern favored -
q Providence that claimed ~ many
others To the student OF human
nAfuYe il vas the final ending % a
chapter q horror. seldom cnroun-
tered and rarely II ever counter
parted IN The oceugeaces that mark
the unesual
As TIE lights % the city became
visible "a the people aboard the To-
reka. 70 their shame II IL not said.
mani of the reSspsG men broke iato
tears Thouxhts 81 those eespairiuE
souls Who had Eoar 20 their doom
IN TIE styKian darkness surrounding
the wreck made the contrast 50
psinfal that tears werc a reliwf.
tteps Ger Others.
Il was a disappointment that the
Topeka had not been able 20 save
others Even desgffe The star ex-
elnsise news yesterday telling ~ the
cad Of the vessel II vas hoped that
some few might have succeeded in
holding onto rocks until beats could
saeeeed in gctflnE close In by the
wreek This Was found an Impos-
sitls feat. however. and after cruis-
Ing around for an entire day az the
head % the straits without being
able 70 send small boats In close 90
the land. the reseue steamer re-
lnetantly headed back for Seattle.
oshsr craft are there yet. several
small steamers from Victoria, that
may lessen the death roll 10 a small
extent. but this n regarded as a
highly improbable hope only ten
able In view u the fact that there
il Abost one chance In a thousand
q a person from the wrecasd YES
sci having secured temporary ref
uEe along the inhospitabis shore.
FEES people we're al the pier When
the Topeka landed The names OF
the survivors picked NJ from the
rzft bad been sent ahead from Port
Angslss. and n was not known def
initelY wheu the steamer would Be
abe To warp into her berth Most
Of the company officials. doctors
and others vitality Interested had
gpne cut on the steamer when she
left Seattle Tuesday II was s 80
O'Clock when the dock was reach
81 90 the return. and most eYerF-
one came ashore Immediately. scat
tering around 70 the different ho-
felz
Add Littls to story.
II was little that the survivors Of
the wreck could tell which had not
already been published. Confifma-
tions there we're Of the general de-
tails. and a Straightforward denial
10 the charge voiced in the Times
last night that the women and
children had been neglected by tho
men in their efforts 10 get away
in tho lifebOafs and RATS
Gathered together In small groups
these rescued men talked over IN
voices modulased by their fearful
experieuces the seenes and Incidents
that will be Iudelibly impressed
apon their minds a. long as life
lasts Humbly thankful they were.
too. at the mysterious providence
which had snafched them 10 sud
deniy from the threatened death be-
meath the waves.
OF the rescued people SIX were Of
B1sssNaln McCarthy'a party. who
ieft the Valencia Tuesday afternoon
early To get n lifetime ashore. and
Who. Instead bad found the only
pfogfeaa possible ia another direc-
uon, where they reached Telegraph
hu's aud sent out the first news
OF ne accident. They proceeded 70
BaIafield. aud from there 20 Cape
5saie Here they we're picked up
y We tug salyor. Captain Troup.
- victoria, and transferred 10 the
.sassle boat, being brought along
WIN taose from the raft.
ssislis Gees to Lorns.
20, ne rait found in The straits orig
lazy heid - men. but John So
s.s. me fireman who endeavored