The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-31
GOVERNOR GENERAL
IN MORTAL PERIL
Ehief Executive of Canada Has
Nearly Fatal Experience in
Northern Fatsnesses
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

torn to shreds and his body generously
bruised and lacrated, while escaping
death by hairs breadth in avoiding
a fall into a yawning chasm of meal
culable depth. Earl Grey. governor
general of Canada, is not likely soon
to forget his return voyage from the
midsummer holiday in the Yukon. from
which he reached Victoria today by
the cruiser Quadra.
The misadventure occurred last FRI
day and it will beseveral weeks before
his excellency will escape the reminder
by aching bones of his near acquaint
ance with death.
Prepare for Hunt
BY midday Friday the Quadra had
reached the navigable part of Jervis
inlet, where Indians were engaged and
plans perfected for an early morning
start after mountain goat. Several
bands OF shy creatures had been made
out with the glasses climbing like
flies to the top of the beetling cliffs. as
the steamer threaded her way through
the waters Of the ford.
1t was this tantalizing glimpse Of
noble game that proved too much for
sportsmen's blood, and, as there re-
manned several hours Of daylight. it
was then about 5 o'clock. his excel
lency and Lord LascelIes determined to
go ashore in the hope of getting a
shot.
fr1d N .1rr7 in q n
hour to an appointed rendezvous, and
the governor general and Lord Las
celles separated. the former going up
hill and inland planning to strike an
old Indian trail and rejofn his COM
psnion half a mile further up the In
llei with the exception Of his Sig
| Newfoundland dog. Sabot. a present
from the governor of Newfoundland. he
was quite alone.
Governor General Missing
The boat returned by direction, found
Lord Lascelles at the meeting place.
but no sign of his exceIlency. Half an
hour passed and Lasceiies returned to
the ship, directing the beat to patrol
the shore line for the belafsd governor
general. An hour passed and keer anx-
| fety began to manifest itself aboard
ship. from which his excellency's boat
could still be seen where he had left
| 1t on entering the dense brush.
With the passage of another hour
searchers We're ordered out in all the
boats carried by the cruiser. this be-
| ing all that was possible, as It would
have been sheer madness to have at
tempted penetrating the forest by
night
The steamers whistle sounded con-
| tinuously and beacon forest fires were
lighted at frequent intervals. Between
10 and II o'clock single rife shot
was heard far up the coast line, and
| the nearest boats crew hurried in the
direction of the sound. No following
shots caught the ears of the searchers,
but after much shouting and reconnoi-
| teringa boats crew led by Sergeant Ma
! ior Clark. the governors orderly. and
First Oficer Johnson of the cruiser de-
tected a feeble answering hail, and
eventually made out the vague outlines
of human figure prone on the rocks.
On Verge of Collapse
The boat was quickly brought along
side and the exhausted earl picked up,
wet through and through, his cloth
| ing in rags and ribbons. hands and
body bleeding freely. and himself just
able to breathe the words: Its a
mercy I'm here alive"
| On starting out the earl had pene-
trated but a short distance into the
forest and up hill when he became
completely lost.
On Edge of Precipice
Tramping blindly, whittier he knew
not, the governor general stopped to
lean and rest upon what appeared to be
the trunk of fallen tree. 1t was but
the shadow of a giant fern. and the
weary earl fell heavily. That he did so
was seemingly providential. He slipped
and in falling clutched wildly about TO
save himself. his hand reaching the
outfung branch of a fallen tree. This
tree slanted downward
i AS ne arrested MS laii the earl was
happily moved by caution to feel be-
fore him. discovering to his dismay
| that the tree reached suddenly into
space, it's end stretching out over a
precipice of unfathomable depth.
Crawling laboriously back, bereft OF
the dogs company. the earl by fortu-
nate accident reached the shore, where
i firing his rife, he sank exhausted
His excellency's daughter. Lady Sybil
Grey, has also an adventure to recount.
Rowing along shore day or so earlier
with Lord Lascalles and one OF the
guides a large black bear was spotted
on the hillside. Nothing would do for
Lady Sybil but to land and pursue. Two
shots she placed judiciously. and the
skin is being carefully shipped home
| The korrigans, superstitious peasants
| believe, are the black dwarfs OF Brit
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