The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 25, 1906, Page 3

THE $AN FRANCISCO CALL, EIGHT MEMBERS OF T _ CREW AND SEVEN PASSENGERS SAVED ¥ ONLY FIFTEEN [SCAPE. FROM THE. WRECK Survivors Are Still at the Scene of Disaster. » One Man R;ported Among Dead Did Not Sail. Pro:.BunkeriiS With| Party Now at Cape Beale. ————— special to the Seattle; R. Japanese, tle. the lighthouse , a second- ost his wife and r-old daughter; B. N. Led- ert Wells, aged 17, of na John Marks, A Lampson, C. Brown, all of N B. C., Jan. 24—Of the booked for Vancouver Valencia one, William i telegram having him stating that he Another, A. F. ported drowned. Fle had lived ears in New Westminster, been foreman of a cannery. arvivors who were at Cape ted for Bamfleld. Jen- from Bamfleld, and from the * Salvor, assist them The Bove peached Darling cross owing to the are expected at A ———— RECALLS MYSTERY OF PACIFIC. ary 23 Fifty Years Ago the IlI- ed Vessel Disappeared. ck of the Valencia in the early January 23 and the loss of calls to mind another aster which is connected same day fifty years previous. 23, 1856, the Collins Line fic, running between New erpool, left her pier in the ped with the tide down ver and started on her he Atlantic. She had 156 On J from both sides of the the < boat hen ot left her and from his watched her fade from view orizon, all human knowiedge r experiences ended. No tidings of her was ever had. t not a plece of flotsam s picked either at sea or along the s where the currents and waves s0 leave mute messages of marine dis- justifies the presumption that she down suddenly with all on board, deep water, to rest on & bottom far below the reach of the restless and pow- erful wave movements. Otherwise the current would have broken her up and sent some of her parts within range of Luman eyes and possibly given a clue to her fate. th —— i CASUALTIES ON WEST COAST. Fifty-Six Vessels Lost During Last Forty Years. PORTLAND, ‘Ore, Jan. 24.—Few world have such a record casualties as has the deadly West Cosst,” as it is known, of Van- couver nd, and the bleak, desolate capes forth into the Pacific from F y north. This treacherous west coast where the steamer Valencia Is lies wrecked has occasioned the de- struction of fifty-six wessels and cost 711 iin the last forty years. w e month past the West Coast as wrecked the Valencia and the ships David and Pass of Melfort, seven having been lost on the King Da- nd twenty-six on the Pass of Mel- Besides these wrecks in there have been more than ten lost, according to the list com- piled by the Morning Oregonian, are: Bright, in 1867, 14 11vés lost; ific, in* 1875, 260 lives; ship . . 15 lives; bark 1889, 20 lives; ship Sierra 1886, 13 lives lost; ship , in 1886, 18 lives; bark Bl Dorado, in 1887, fifteen lives; ship St. Stephen, in 1887, 22 lives; ship Ivanhoe, in 1894, 23 lives; steamer Montserrat, in 1894, 30 lives: steamer Keweenaw, in 1894, 3] lives; schooner 3 1898, 34 lves; British warship Condor, fn 1902, 80 1ives; schooner Triumph, in 1904, 22 lives, and sbip Lamérna, in 1 26 lives. BT S HAD PREMONITION OF DANGER. OAKLAND, Jap. 24—James Patter- son, chief cook of the Valencia, re. ported lost, was a resident of this eity, nié home being at 816 Twenty-ninth street. He was the father of six children, ihe oldest of whom fs 14| years of age. Patterson had been in thd employ 6f the Pacific Coast Steam- ship Company for more than ten years, and had served on almost every vessel owned by that company. Before leav- wirg that for the first time in his life ". dld not feel like going away, fearing Patterson was 45 years of age and s g native of Belfast, Ireland. He chilghood. His children are: James, 14; ie, 12; Mary, 10; Andrew, 9 ing bome for his last trip he told his m4 accident. had followed the sea ever since his Loretts, ", and George, 4 years of age. boatswain; | ncluding & number of | | THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1906. VALENCIA'S l 3= , | | ’ | | I 1l | | | i1 STEIITERS SIEPOX TND Qu=E>sy wwp s Crxe COTZHG 70 THE SCEME oF FE wpxECX. | |1 | | . BEAUTIFUL SOCIETY GIRL AMONG LOST LAURA VAN WYCK PERISHES Beloved Belle of Aristocratic Southern Family Will Be Deeply Mourned by Friends. BY LAURA BRIDE POWERS. dying and the light from the eyes than the souls, a-weary, found rest and wel- come in the Father's house beyond. For them, all is well! 'Tis for those who are left that we sorrow—the daughterless mother, the witeless husband, the motherless child. All hope gone! “Not a woman on board is saved!" Such was the pitiless message that | lashed over the wires last night to the Van Wyck household, killing at a blow the thin, small hope that Laura—the beau- tiful, well-beloved Laura Van Wyck— might have braved the battle with the | etrength of youth and been carried or tossed ashore, and was even then wail- ing in the black, bleak wilderness to send a message of cheer to the loved ones at RO TrR s ON WAY TO SICK MOTHER. Mrs. Minnie Stewart Left This City to Hurry to Parent’s Bedside in Juneau. While hastening to the bedside of home, her a. i 2 ying mother in Juneau, Alaska, But the hope died and its white ashes o o strewed the hearthstone, already wet | > Minnle Stewart, a passenger on the Valencia, went to her death in a watery grave. Mrs. Btewart was the wife of D. D. Stewart. a prominent mining man of Juneau, and former superintendent of the famous Tread- well mines. She came to this city last August and had been visiting with her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. C. McIntosh at 228 Douglass street, where Mrs. Stewart's daughter, Gladys, a beautiful girl of 13 years, Is stopping while attending school. Last week Mrs. Stewart recetved a dispatch from her husband that her mother, who is 89 years of age, had butta short time to live and had expressed the wish to see her daughter once more. Mrs. Stewart took the first steamer for Seattle to connect with the boat for Alaska. As fate would have it, the Valencia was the first steamer to sail from here. Mrs. Stewart Intended to take her daughter Gladys with her, took her out of school and packed her trunk. At the last moment she was prevailed upon by her sister-in-law, Mrs. McIntosh, to leave little Gladys behind because of the cold weather in the north. But for shis sudden change of plans the girl undoubtedly would have met the same fate as her mother. "I tried to persuade my sister-in-law to take the train as far as Seattle, but she would not listen to me,” sald Mrs. McIntosh last night. “She said she preferred the comfort of a steamer to the changes from one train to anothgr en route.” “Do you think I will ever see my mamma again?’ asked little Gladys, her wondrous gray eyes brimming with tears. The Call reporter did not have it in his heart ‘to tell her ‘would not. e with tears. The mother, until now brave in the face of the impending sorrow, heard the mes- sage that bared the truth, and with a cry sank into the arms of her sons. Two physiclans were immediately summoned, remaining at the side of the stricken mother, about whom let us draw the curtains of seclusion. Such grief is not for the gaping world. The young girl who went down ‘to her death off the cliffs of Cape Beale was the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Sidney M. Van Wyck and sister of Miss Nannie, Crittenden and Sidney Van Wyck. A companion of her mother—the founder and president of the Jefferson Davis Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy—Miss Laura had made hosts of friends among the members and had, since her coming out two winters ago, been one of the most fa- vored girls in society, the artistic Southern set knowing her best. Not only was she a girl of remark- able beauty, but she had inherited the mental qualities of the women of her race, one of the most noted of whom was her aunt, Mrs, Monroe Salisbury, who for two decades ruled over the smart set of San Francisco. A little over a year ago, accompanying her mother, Miss Van Wyck visited in all the large cities of the Bast, where her proud and unusual personality won her much distinction. A phase of her beauty was her spirit and her splendid vitality, both clements calculated to stand her in good stead in a fair fight for her life. And it was upon her tenacity of character that her friends staked , their hopes — until that pitiless message came coldly over the wires late last night. 5 The giving up of this beautiful young life will cast a pall of sorrow over a large part of the smart set, and a num- ber of entertainments planned by close friends will be a@andoned. No such personal sorrow as this has come over soclety since the going down of the Rio de Janeiro, when Rounseville Wildman and his beautiful wife—she who was Louise Aldrich—perished in the deeps. “Not a woman og board saved!" ‘Were the men aboard cowards to thus have saved themselves—these fifteen sur- vivors—and left the women to perish? Alas! What woman could withstand ¢he buffeting of the waves, the exposure of thirty-six hours to their fcy cluteh, | the mental horrors of the long, eager hours of vigil. the impenetrable darkness of the nights on the sinking ship? So wild has been the sea, ever since it caught the creaking ship In its maw, that no boat has dared venture nearer to its victim than a mile. And thus Death doth reap its harvest. Such tragedies of the sea happen, are talked of for a day and then forgot. But the tragedy of the Valencla will leave its scar upon the hearts of hundreds that knew and loved those who went down into the seething waters, to rise no more. To rise no more? 2 ‘What a thoughtless jumble of words! Scarce had the cry left the lips of the — SAN DIEGO WOMAN PERISHES, Mrs, Alice Stollenberg ‘With Two Children. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 24.—Mrs, - lenberg, who with her two mll:rt?lftg~ ported to have perished on the Valencia, was the wife of a rancher at Shelby. Montana. She was the daughter of AL mand F. Hardin, proprietor of a I ing- house in this city. She had been here on a visit of three months with her father and intended going home threc weeks ago, but the children were not 1, so she postponed leaving until a week ; yesterday, when she sailed on the Santa Rosa to San Francisco, where she .took passage on the Valencia. Lost, ——— TUG AND TOW MISSING. e st L0S NGELES WONE ANONG THE VICTIS Mother and Daughter Perish With the Valencia. Special Dispatch to The Call - LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24.—The records of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company here show that seven of the passengers on the ill-fated Valencia were booked here and took passage on that vessel. None of them is known to be a resi- dent of this city. The list is as follows: First class—J. B. Graham of Tacoma, destination Tacoma; George Harradon and Mattie D. Harradon, residence Ta- coma, destination Seattle. Second class—Theodore Chieves, J. B. Shannon, G. Ericson, 8. E. Dawson. The destination of the last four was Seattle, but there is no record here of their residence. They are laboring men and were en route to Seattle In search of employment. Two 'Los Angeles people were lost with the Valencia. Mrs. U. C. Rosen- berg of 916 East Twenty-seventh street and her daughter, Miss Ada Shaver, went to San Francisco by rail and there took the steamship for Seattle, whither they were going to make their home with Mrs. Rosenberg’s brother. Only a few months ago Mrs. Rosen- berg was in comfortable financial cir- cumstances, owned considerable realty in this eity, and her daughter had lucrative employment.” The mother went into a real estate deal, which terminated unfortunately, and in the litigation which followed she lost the property and was left practically with- out means. Her daughter became {11 and the mother was unable to care for her. Mrs. Rosenberg’s brother, whose home 1s In Seattle, invited them to make their home with him and they ac- cepted. L Mrs. Rosenberg’s son received a tele- gram from Seattle to-day stating that his mother and sister were on the wrecked vessel, but no tidings of them had been received. Professor Erank S. Bunker of the San Francisco Normal School, who, with his wife and two children, aged 2 and 4, were passengers on the Va- lencia, formerly resided here. mother lives at 153 East Fifty-third street. 3 i —_— WELL KNOWN TO SAN DIEGANS. First Officer on Valencia Formerly on Southern Run. g SAN DIEGO, Jan. 24—On board the Pa~ cific Coast steamship Company’s or Valéncla was a brother of Justice of the Peace George Holmes 6f Coronado, ‘Willlam Holmes, who was the.first officer bet ‘ltlillqnq vng;l es was well known here Wi m A ‘nmt at Coc:‘udo. E;e has mfl the coast for nineteen years, V] pre- ‘vln\uly yun as an officer on the Cunard line on the Atlantlc. He was for several years connected with the Lower California Development Company as officer, and fdr nearly ten years has been with the Pa- cific Coast ( much of the time as an officer of Calife e an arriving here each Saturday morning, 1 salling each Saturday night. 7 His | ; ’ Map of Vancouver Island Showing Where the I/l Fated Steamer Valencia Went Down With 139 Souls. | OFFICE BUSY ALL DAY 1N CIVING HOPE Steamship Men at the Telephone for Hours. “Wait for Definite News” They Urge. Try to Allay the Anxieties of In- quirers. There was little sleep on Tuesday night for the friends and relatives in this city of those on board the ill-fated steamship Valencia, and yesterday brought no re- lef to those anxiously awaiting tidfngs of the fate of the shipwrecked passengers and crew. All day long at the offices of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and at the Merchants’ Exchange clerks were answering telephone requests for in- formation. In every instance the answyer was the same—"Nothing definite yet. You must wait untfl the Queen returns to Vietoria.” But few of those interested called in person at the company’s office, and all of these were seen by Captain Thomas Wal- lace, the company's superintendent at this port. Captain Wallace has made many voyages and more than once has been reported among those lost at sea. He has several of his own obituaries in a scrap book at home. He knows something of the possibilities of growth and distor- | BUNKER SAVED BUT WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN LOS RSN T ‘Tragedj Comes to Educator While He Is on Way to Accapt New Position. Mother Who Was Swept Away With Lit- tle Ones Formerly | To see his wife and children lost to him was the 'pitiful experience of F. ¥. Bunker, AM., formerly a resident of Berkeley and a brilliant educator of this State, who left on the {ll-fated Valencia for Seattle to accept a posi- tion there as assistant superintendent of schools. Mrs. Bunker was formerly a «Miss Ball of Tulare, and the two were mar- ried about six years ago. Two chil- dren were born to the couple—Dorothy, a pretty girl of 4, and Frank, aged 2. The Bunker family had planned to make their home in the north, his po- sition. with the school department of Washington being a lucrative one; but the sea disaster put an end toa happy outlook. Bunker was formerly vice principal of the San Francisco Normal School, and is very well known in this city. The famfily lived for some time on Baker street, opposite the park pan- handle. Later he took up his residence In Berkeley. Mrs. Bunker was a young woman and was very well known to the resi- dents of Tulare, where she was born. Bunker is a native of Los Angeles, having received his early education there. He advanced rapldly in educa- tional work. IS H. T. HOELSCHER AMONG DEAD. Was First Time He Had Takem Trip for Company. One of those who perjshed on the sink- ing of the Valencla was Hermann T+ Hoelscher, a member of the firm of Will- jam Hoelscher & Company, wine mer- chants at 106 Taylor street in this city. Hoelscher's case is a sad one: He was the secretary-treasurer of the company, and had never left the San Francisco office on business. Last week he told his brothers that he wished to get away for a little while, as he needed the for his health. There was business to be done at Seattle and he was sent on the Valencia. It was his first trip on the water. . All day yesterday his brothers waited to receive a telegram from him an- nouncing his safety. Last night came and no message. When the news finally arrived that only the few had been saved they gave up hope. Hoelscher has three brothers, William, Victor and Arthur. His mother and sister live on Baker street. He was 28 years old and a young man with hosts of friends, He was strong of body and would have had a good chance to havs reached the shore in any ordinary sea. Some of his friends have not vet given up hope that he has landed somewhere safe but has been muh}e to telegraph. :. . ALASKANS WILL MOURN. Harry Woolridge, Faro 7~ Character of Northern Camps. There will be sincere mourning in the mining camps of Alaska when the news reaches them of the fate of Hi ry Weolridge, famed from Dawson to the Bering Sea for his remarkable coups on the faro table. His regular vocation was that of gambling, and his daring and spectacular ‘with heaps of gold dust had won him“high renowa In ~of the frozen tion inherent in every rumor, andl has learned in matters of marine disaster to keep his mind open until the arrival of official information. To the best of his ability he tried to persuade all who came to him yesterday to regard the awful un- certainty from his point of view, to dis- regard all rumars, await definite tidings and meanwhile hope for the best. One old lady whose only son left here on the Valencia went to Captain Wallace yesterday and in frantic woe begged for some definite news of her boy. After & talk with the superintendent the aged mother went away comforted and inspired with new hope. “‘Go home,” was his parting injunction, “go to bed and take a good sleep. Come and see me to-morrow morning and I will be able to tell you what you want to know. As far as I am concerned, I be- Heve your boy is all right and that the loss of life has been greatly exaggerated. Nobody knows yet.” Comparatively few of those interested, however, called at the company's office or at the wharf, but all day long the telephone brought appeals for definite in- formation, and in every case the inquirer was told to “wait and hope.” fomeefoi gl PANTRYMAN DROWNED. Young Charles Weich of This City Is Among the Lost om Valeneia. Charles Welch, a seventeen-year-old boy who was employed as a pantryman on the Valencia, was another who met a sad fate. Welch lived in this city. He was the son of Henry Weich, stoker of Engine Company 26 on Second avenue, near Point Lobos avenue, and the home of young Weich was across the way from the engine house. ‘Weich must have gons down after a Lived in ‘Z'(t/are. Although most of his life had been spent among the rough places of the frontier and in the company of rough men, Woolridge remained always the genial, unobtrusive man of clean habits. ‘Woolridge went to Dawson with the great rush of 1598, and it was in nota- ble faro games during the first years of the remarkable camp that he achieved fame for big winnings and losings. His career was most spec- tacular, notwithstanding that his per- sonality was modest. Woolridge had been spending the winter. in San Francisco, and was on his way to Seattle for a stay of a month before starting for Falrbanks over the ice In March. it STEWARDESS STAYS OVER. Mrs. Orchard Takes Rest and Mrs. Musgrove Goes to Doom. Mrs. Orchard, the regular stewardess of the steamship Valencla, stayed ashore on the coaster’s last and fatal trip in order that another woman, with whom the world had not been going very well, might earn a few needed dollars. She feels now that she owes her life to that little act of self-sacrifice. Mrs. Musgrove was the stewardess on the ill-fated steamship. She was formerly in the service of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, but when the Japanese Government took the three Marus for use in the naval cam- paign agafnst Russia tiey took away from Mrs. Musgrove her means of livell- hood. She was promised her position again when the liners were restored to their former run.s, 9 Dependent upon her own efforts, Mrs. Musgrove had to seek other employment in the meanwhile, and work proved scarce. The Nippon Maru will be here soon, and when that liner arrived Mrs. Musgrove was to have re-entered the ser- of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, and as no opportu~ nity had offered for some time Mrs. Or- chard was asked if she would be willing fight in the face of Imminent death. His parents are prostrated over the news that their son was among those who met a watery grave. AR N ' RAILWAY CONTRACTOR LOST. S§t. Paul Man Traveling With His Fore- man From lowa. ST. PAUL, Jan. 24.—Cornelius Alll- St. Paul. Allison's initials were 1y given in the passenger list as W. He {s a contractor for the Great Western Rallway. Fred Erick- son is his foreman. Allison Is a naval veteran and has lived In St Paul twenty-two years, Erickson lives In Oelwein, Iowa. Wonders of a - Modern Factory Machinery Does the Work of Human Hands and the Perfect. Food Is Made in Absolute Cleaniiness. o~ A visit to the greatest modern f actory is a revelation to any one famillar with the development of ma- chinery in recent years. Such a visit verifies the clal::: g the manufactur- "