The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1900, Page 11

THE SUNDAY CALL 1 the Wrecked Steam Whaler Wolcott QREW AND PASSENGERS ORLIGED 7O CAMP AT THE FCOT OF A GLACIER perintendent of Apollo m Un- ga, and h wife is an daughter of John M fourth street. The north none the worse although both dec repeat it. Mrs. May scription of the wreck of the W It was not a ve sald in describing ¢ disaster. “We had Heads, and then Iving wide awake struck I knew ins struck on a rock, tho Heved It was a wha! door and, asked the was perfec that wom MR.< MAYON AS A CASTAWAY CANMNE R Y OMN oA Tel A ro hope of getting away unt!l the storm "/ abated and we could venture forth in the 5. At low tide » was high and 1 the water was over he tide came into the snow as Presently the be our baggage n Captain came down and work gave us plenty of m to get me up and ready to leave w ' far away 1t c to the ship and seenred a good sup- €X¥ercise and pre ed us from suffering the ship. In a moment I was dressed and 1t £ mile.one Way “ P fram the egid qltheugh, the.weather wWas we got upon deck, where the truth was racllBn, And fnany, of ft. We could not comparatively mild. very soon realized. The small boats, un- . the boat bumped the walls were almost “On Friday after midnight the storm der the direction of Second Officer E. B. nd I jumped ou n, and we could not blew itself out,and we at once took to ‘ood, were launched w , boat up on a l limb the gl pt for a few feet the boats and rowed to the ed as the tide rose and of beach, where the other boats s until we h teps in the fce. The miles dis 1t was a har washed over the v lowed us. The mad next morning we found that there was we knew we were safe when I was the first p: ‘here were ¢ three me boat, and I can't sz Y the cannery of ilors ard men for the kind treat vou. " If you want()8hd. & cook ment they accorded me. What a contrast an years—I'll comeand shelter it was to th rgogne affair. It Is quite ) there on the true though that Pilot Keen did rather « + s s o e Aremained there lose his head and he did make the re- rest did. I ¢ mark man for himself.' But if all go to Kac men act | they did at s wreck It ien't about Colonel ) CarTy the 80 bad after all. % she. askeds DO tol/ down a “One of the sallo our boat had no § Booe S0l AET Bobl ars \ sehooner came ¢ days, but More than shouted ‘There isn’t any beach’ ame: hotrs later. Denton rushed. dowa¢ Captani Snow or was due than we struck against a small cliff. My \try. She had just fin-/)along that way any hour and he was busband jumped out in his big rubbcr er mistress for dinner. ¢ afraid if he left he would miss her. The b and in flve minutes we were ashote, he crled. - wAiss Fel-() others concluded to remain a but I although the breakers were still dashing ent to Kadiak on the schooner and the OVer us. or arrived there at about the same I shall nmever forget how hard thuse nd received the first news of the men worked removing the baggage and provisions. Soon pi of the shattered heard the water rush in e hold of our wvessel s ran n order to back us the rock and the waves wually T into the Mttle too much in praise antl dra Continued From Page 4 Denton T wn as he came out of the drawin, eltram was tu 1 then to white a with a quick 1 e ong in a et you,” ho said, quietly. “And ished dressing niy realized that [ could go on no is off er without knowing whether you had m'’s just told me she and Colonel Man-) ¥ Your father thought ours Isty's engaged to be married!” d boy passion. Dot’ But she spoke to an empty pantry. nd deep—*was it Brown had been summoned to the draw-Y disaster from me. We then went down 1 boy passion?” ing-room )and picked up the rest of the Wolcott's and torn bottom of the wrecked ship ¢ a swift sign of denial, and as I must tell him myself, tress ) passengers and the crew and sailed for drifted ashore and we built a fire, but s0 he caught her hand in his, had pleaded. “I hurt his s this(/ Unga and thence came home by way of Captain Snow stayed by his ship for over wanted you all these fifteen afternc I don't to do it/ Seattle.” three hours longer and displayed excep- nid. W come to me again. p le! Resides Dick Mr. Benjamin was sent to the northern tioBal brave se. to :peak ng she & ng and half crying. 2 I here was only about fifteen feet of I ot s tenh ton AR SRt IR L ; ; CTYINE. reglon five months ago by the Alaska p..p“p VoS il . I knew that I hands 1 and turned her face, flush had told me that he felt that it was his -:‘"““‘ iy o He was ready to come had to climb as the fide Tose, and as we »>w why T have and quivering to him. duty to warn me against you, and—and—( Dome last Janunry, but could not get a clung to the ecting Sharp rocks fre- S i Dok onaaid, aulte stoic Ene waran Wi tant { vessel coming down il the Wolcott quently pleces would crumble off and ( came along. strike us DD DT DD DD DD DS @ George C. Mayon 18 the son of the su- jauory n haat and to the cannery P Jwo Clever Liitle Jan Francisco Favorites to Appear at the Orpheum, Hih B . cannery on Ka to remain from when we went aboa to Unalaska, for she t up. From there we returtied t then to Seattle, a journey of eight days. From Secattle we came home by rail o_far as Depi ates Mar- shal L. L, Bowers' crowdi aside those who were trying to get me into the frst boat is concerned. I did not notice seemed to me as if there was ¢ prejudice existing against him. true, he got into the first a while 1 heard bim say ten my three prisoners. afterward that these down the door of thel rescued.” Mr. Mavon is age exhilited by I bieycle at Miss the men managed to hey rowed nine miles returning with a big dory. acked everything, and with new hopes we started for Steam Whaling Company’s {adiak Island. There we had v 2 till the 77 or S N N N N Sy N tly proud of the cour- s wife during the try= etty tough er excent get along very well We had plen to eat. We pic 1D got some 1l that washed e made a grate »al and had a y n_with our dians. We At low wreck “It was witkout sh ‘managed t circumstan coffee and driftwood a i could walk i high tide we ! snow and w dragging When 3 ; Unga he i Leyshon a i Apollo cuar i brick and all t} by the purser a | Exee'sior. | "The steamer Golden Gate *h the Wol arrived at Eea | the Wolcott's sur | It appears she b oft Kadiak Isla back for Seatti age reratred { The Wolcott was formerly a revenus Pacific Steam er, and was =old to t aling Company several was considered a go~d vessel oughly seaworthy. Ths oa | cers and ew of the Wol steamer wa Inst were | Passengers—Genrge C. Mayvon Tnra; E. H. Bentamin. San F | L L . Deputy I'niced States shai, T'ng Jobn Wiid, T'nga Toomey. Unga: Trafine Lukauen. Unga The crew—Captain Samuel F. Snow: J. H. Levsho: “nli:;er: Jnr;xe-mfland first ¥ vell- officer: E. B. Wood, second officer; Theo- iodi i Qore Morrls, chief engineer: George .J. Y ity , Murphy, first assistant engineer; J. W. L-be EIven S Y. { Keen. pilot; Charles Rowell," fireman: o “hEPPINPS W, F. Van, fireman, O. Kitmaura, stew- ard: W. Goshimer, cook: M. Matsuri, o g APCTC AL L0 LK SArnold Grazer and Liitle fazal, : Arrold Grazer, Just a Little Jong fo Baby, B R B e time b for himself,” as r the most valu-