The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1906, Page 1

THE TERATING. Au:Azu!.— “The Admirabie Crich- T ALHAI'BB.A-—'DI Jekyll and Mr u:r Hyde.” ‘0‘ l . CALIFORNTA—"A cazar Beautles.” ”k gy o / Forecast for January 24: | San Francisco and vietnity—Cloudy { ST i e ks neettied weather, probably showers; | resh south winds, s, A. G. McADIE, Nell ot District Forecaster. 1 OLI—'Foxy Quiller."” PRICE FIVE CENTS. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1906.—PAGES ONE TO TEN. I<R-\\1CISCO wms 0 FIGHE nmmuvm 0F OCEA TRAVELERS The Steamship Valencia is ashore on the rocky coast of Vancouver Island. Many vessels are hurrying to the scene of the wreck in the hope Y.f saving the passengers and crew. There are nearly two hundred persons on the doomed ship, most of them being from this city. At a late hour last //zg/zf but six men had wcrffde’d 7 rmc/zmg the v/rorf Meager reports state that fifty lives /la've been lost. — % gL | J‘Tz:flMJHIP UflLENCIfl WHICH ABOUT MIDNIGHT MONDAY DURING A DENSE FOG, STRUCK THE ROCKS OFF CAPE BEALE | Vessel Carrying Nearly Two Hundred Souls Runs Ashore Near Cape Beale Lighthouse, on Vancouver Island, and It Is Feared That Many Passengers Are Drowned. E BEALE, Vancouver Island, B. C., Jan. 23.—The Pacific Coast steamship Valencia, Captain Johnson, from San Francisco, bound to Puget Sound with ninety-four passengers and a crew of about sixty, went nhnn ahout ten miles east of Cape Beale in a thick fog about 12 .0’clock last night. She is on the rocks against a high cliff, and is likely to go to pieces at any time. One boat’serew of six men reached here about 3 } p. m. to-day. Theyssay that a-great number of persons were drowned in trying to leave the ship. /Nine men gotashore about fifteen miles from here. Two men, prisoners on the face of the cliff, cannot get up or hack to the ship. The sea will likely reach -them when the tide is high. The men report some very pathetic scenes. One woman dropped her child into the sea in trying to hand it te her husband. tain death staring them in I B. C, Jan. 23— fter 2:30.p. m. and as the telegraph wires could h the news Vancouver evard of so many én essels and fine seamen. wire, dated Cape ale ane dressed to Captain gent of the Marine and sheties follows: “Alstear lu~ been wrecked. About| 100 drowned. Nine have reached the telegraph hut. Will ner tidings, the whole | ine disaster | the face. wire particulars later.” S/GNED BY KEEPER. This was signed by Keeper Pat- | terson at Cape Beale. A subse- | quent message, received soon aft- erward from the lighthouse keep- er, said : “Steamer Valencia is ashore in a bad place. About a hundred | persons on board. Between fifty | and sixty were drowned. -Rush {mssistance. Six men have arrived { here.” A message received at a late hour from the keeper gives little additional particulars .of the 3 wreck. The officers on watch thought they were going ashore on Umatilla Reef. There was great loss of life when the boats were lowered, as.the seas were running mountain high. SIX MEN REACH SHORE. A boat with six men reached the shore. It is believed that over 100 persons are still on the wreck and in imminent danger of death, though if she holds until one of the half-dozen steamships on res- cue bent can reach her a number may be rescued. The - steamship . Queen City the 'Canadian Pacific Railway feet, which left Victoria at 2 a. m. for the west coast of the island, owing tothe fog passed by the wreck and went into Bam- field. Young Daykin of the hghthouse at Carmanah and another man are reported to have left in a small boat to attempt the rescue of two men imprisoned on. the cliff. SPEEDING TO WRECK. Anticipating a hurry call, the steamship Salvor, which alwngs ready for. Jutmushxu flm gathered her men together and in a very short time after the posting of the second dispatch she was heading for sea under a full head of steam and bound for the wreck. She will reach the spot some time during the night. She is well equipped to afford the succor in which the Valencia stands.in such | need. The tug Czar, with Captain Troup on board, is also hurrying to the scene. The spot for which the Salvor und the Czar are heading is Pa- between Clo-Oose and Cape Beale. ‘Here the sea extends inward for a distance of about half a mile. The bay is almost landlocked. At the entrance is a dangerous reef, known as the Seabird Rocks. It is upon these that the Valencia probably has come to grief. Captain Gaudin, when asked his opinion as to the probable scene of the wreck. said it was possibly at Pachena Bay. At the entrance to the bay are the famous Seabird Rocks, notorious by reason of the fact that on them the steamer .hsatElqumnltmthmmchm&y,m*flhwefllmmlfichgmmmddsewhor »mwpmmdlyhgnfiwqqhtmm mdflnnhey 3 \ A little boy of 5 years is running around the deck trying to find his mother, who is among the drowned. There are still about one hundred and twenty -five persons on the ship, with almost cer« mark the scenes of other disasters which will readily be recalled by, shipping men of this city. The rocks stand out boldly and treacherously and as they stand in the way of the open Pacific swell at a point where current and wind seem to concentrate their greatest force a landing, unless under most favorable circumstances, for the poor unfortunates on the steamer appears impossible. If, as thought, the vessel came to grief in this locality, she would 'be nearer Cape Beale than Clo- Oose, and this fact accounts for ‘Continued on Page & Columa &