Valdez daily prospector., 1913-08-23
CAPTAINS. St9Bf. ! ! CALIFORNIA LOSS
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 "The crew behaved splendidly and obeyed every order without question. My last order from the bridge was to get the women in the life boats. Pilot McGillivary and myself went down on the bridge. As soon as 1 came up to the surface 1 worked my way to a lifeboat that was full of wa ter and signaled a sailor, quar- termaster, a passenger and Chief Mate Abernethy. We bailed the boat out and hunting through the debris gathered up passengers. members of the crew and bodies of the dead that were to be found. I ordered two of my lifebOats that were full to land passengers on the beach and to return to the ! wreck as soon as possible for the purpose of continuing the search. "When the ship struck 1 blew several short blasts for the pur- pose of attracting the attention 1 of the cannery people and three launches immediately were sent | to our assistance. We landed at the cannery and did all in our power to make the survivors comfortable. As soon as pOssi- ble I sent a launch to Petersburg and another to Juneau, the lat | ter with bodies of the dead re- covered, for medical assistance and with instructions to inter- ccpt any steamer and send 1t to our assistance. The one sent to Juneau hailed the Jefferson and she arrived about , o'clock. The survivors and the dead were talk en aboard and brought to Juneau, arriving here about fl o'clock last night.
 The wreck was witnessed by many people on the wharf of the Gambler Canncry company and they immediately set about the work of rescue, taking every small boat handy and all the gas Ol,nc launcir'> reSculng many of ! the passengers and crew, whD 1 were floating about holding to wreckage or buoycd up by life i prescrNerS.
 I'D. C. Perkins, chief wireless operator, heroically lost his life. immediately on thc ships strik- ing he rushed to the wireless sta- ti'Alh and forcing the assistant to leave, put the sOunder over his ear and began sending out the dread $. o. s. His efforts wer" futile, however, as the message was never picked up.'
 Lester Hobro. a young man in the employ of C. D. Nunann, gen- eral passenger traffic manager, was lost. His home was in San Francisco. ! CaIifornia's Passenger List.
 The State of California sailed from ketchikan at : o'clock Sal urday morning with the follow ing passengers for the north:
 For Juncau--Mrs. June Wills, Floyd Bergson, August Viesh, D. II. COrean.
 For Skagway-- Mrs. Mary Jes- aph, Mrs. c. E. Sputhill and child, Miss Lillian orman, Mrs. Al. iBrn- hau n, Nick Rules, D. NJ. Vest colt, J. F. Erickson, c. Y. Nelson, Charles Gyling.
 Tourists--A. N. Floyd and wife, Mrs F. c Ward, Miss Lila ,B. Ward, Leslie F. H6bra, Miss M. Smith, Miss Ethel M. Cardiff, John Vandcrlas and wife, Miss Alice Johnson, Miss Anna l.. Cas- sidy, B. A. Wade, w. A. Dyer, p. F. Macey, Miss Belle V. Drake, E. J. Reid, A. P. Venniage, Law renee F. Ferris, $. J. Robertson, Peter Olson and wife, Miss Nell lie Hamilton, Miss Mannett, B. Harlanl Miss Blanche Fridd, Mrs. s. B. Riordan, Miss Stella Riordan, Mrs. Mary R. Dixon, and Robert Shaw.
 For Douglas--W. H. Daniel, Albert Daniel and Miss Faythe Null. .
 Boarded at Ketchikan--JOhn Null, for Skagway; and E. Green,