The San Francisco call., 1910-02-07
SHIPWRECKED
MEN BELIEVED
LOST IN NORTH
Hope Abandoned for Five of the
FarallOn's Grew Which
Started for lid
Survivor of Ill Fated Steamer
Tells of Four Weeks En-
Campment on Ice

SEATTLE. Feb 6-Little hope is
entertained among shipping men ia
miliar with the north that the five
men who went with Second Mate Gus
swanson To seek aid for the ship
wrecked passengers and crew Of the i'll
fated steamer Farallon viii ever be
heard from again.
Tho latest news from Kodiak, the
destination Of the men in the Iifeboat.
was received January o. At that time
thcy had been out II days and had not
aeen seen. That they could stand the
cold storms for so many days is i'm
probable.
frank r. T. Burns. manager Of the
Alaska steamship company, owners Of
The wrecked vessel, believes that there
IS chance that the missing boat crew
may have taken shelter in some in
let and camped on shore waiting for
aid He telesraphed TO government Of
hcials AT Washington, d. G, tonight
asking that the revenue cutter Rush,
which is stationed At Juneau, Alaska,
De sent on "a search for the missing
men. If the government does not
send revenue cutter on the quest the
Alaska steamship company viii send
r1e steamer Nucatau on special cruise
~ The aters in the vicinity Of Kodiak
island to search for the lost mariners.
Besides Second Mate swanson there
were IN the boat TWO seamen Charles
Peterson and Otto Nelson. and three
passen gers Captain Wedding and Al
bert Bailey of the launch sea Wolf. and
Charles Borne d landsman-
j. T. Thwaites, mail clerk on the
Iaralion. gave vivid description of
tae four weeks encampmeut on the
lee after his rescue by the steamer
Victoria. which picked up the sur
vivors. He said:
We had one passenger TO land at
llauna bay. where we arrived early
on TIE morning OF January :. in
rlndlnS SnowStorm the steamer crept
alouS. picking up the landmarks with
0iflruity. The pilot missed the en-
trance and the ship struck a reef
mile of shore and a mile north of the
fntra nee OF the bay. The FarallOn hit
The reef al high water and when the
ti4e receded she was caught amid
~Ilps ou the rocks and her engine and
nra ac1iuery displaced SO that they rolled
.ioIeltiF az the snip pounded. At noon
rle Farsilon was on her beam ends
and we were expecting her TO break in
ftvo or turn turtle into deep water any
All hanGs were ordered TO the six
hoats, and down the icy sides of the
rIII we lowered ourselves TO the small
boats ln the water Ihey were tossed
about ike chips and cakes of ice bat
tered them. The men let themselves
down 10 the boats on rope. Blankets
and food We're also lowered TO the
boats. We could hear the roar of the
surf on the shore. and the reports, as
OF cannon. when ice cakes were hurled
against the rocks. It seemed for
time that we should be unable to land
because Of the high surf The boats
we're also IN grave danger from the
Heatlng ice At last we discovered
small cove that offered some shelter,
and here we landed safely
The sailors put the passengers and
supplies ashore and then turned back
TO the Farallon. from which they took
sails. tarpsul1ns, baggage, mails. pro-
visions ana mattresses To get all this
stuff required two trips. IN the mean
l,me the party ashore was busy set
tng up 3. camp. for all knew that the
stay while waiting for rescue would
probably be long. Upon two feet Of
shore tarpaElIns were spread for
NOor. Boxes and barrels of supplies
gables for the tent sails were spread
over the frame. but lacked two feet
q reaching the ground on one side Of
The shelter, leaving an opening
through which the icy wind wfistled.
a similar tent was erected farther up
The icy slope. When night came the
outlook was 0ishearUening- The wind
Increased in bitterness and drifted the
snow about our hutS. Fire was made
from driftwOOd dug out OF the ice and
snow along the shore. We had no
lights. we made water for the coffee
hT melting snow in cans. and we ate
our meal or coffee. bacon and frozen
bread IN gloomy silence, wearing nit
tens and oVercOats.
We spent the time wretchedIy and
monot0nOusly. the weather being so
cold that no one ventured out except to
get wood from the beach. A more
desolate region could not have been
imagined.