The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1906, Page 1

1 4 - 7 ( ~ :t/y’; THE WEATHER. Forecast for January 26, 1908: San Francisco and vicinity—Cloudy Friday, possibly tule fog in the morn- ing; light east winds. A. G. MoADIE, District Forecaster. — all Prints More News Than Any THE THE THEATERS. “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. AR—'“The Admirabie Crich- Alcazar Beautfes."” ““he Yankee Consul.’” Matinee. nson. " udeville. weet Nell - £ ] ° of BATTERED HULK OF WRECKED STEAMSHIP VALENCIA SINKS AND CARRIES WITH IT LAST HOPE OF RESCUE STUMP OF MAST ABOVE WATER A MONUMENT FOR THE WATERY GRAVE OF 114 SOULS The steamship Valencia, which went ashore near Cape Beale, is no more, and there is but scant hope of rescue for those who remained on the vessel after the departure of the life raft picked up by the Topeka. The vessels which went to the aid of the Valencia have left the scene of the disaster and are now in search of survivors. have been accounted for. Second Raft Makes Turret Island, but Frve of Nine Men Leap to Their Deaths. Sea After Making a Gallant Struggle for Life. Were Saved From Death in the Waters of the Pacific. | VICTORIA, Jan. 26, 1:30 a. m.—John Legalos, the fire- man who was rescued from the Valencia’s raft, and ar- rived here to-night, says: There were eighty-four people v actual eount on the Valencia when he left on Wednes- 1y morning. ORIA 12:50 a. m.—Adyices from Uclulet at 12:40 a. m. state he Valencia on Wednesday afternoon on the second was picked up by the City of Topeka, drifted into Barkeley ving at a small island, off Village Island, Wilsen, the thitd erboard, and in attempting to swim . ashore was ing nine landed on Turtle Island at midnight Wednes- ing five went crazy and jumped into the water. .One., the nem. started out for heip, anl had mot returned when the re- aken on board the launch Shamroéck of Victoria, after the men were drifting on the life raft they saw the steamer City time, but were unable to attract attention ugh they tried frantically to do so. nsiderable ship. Cape Beale 00k has a wife alth ight that night and tried to make for it, using L. L Hancock of San Franeisco was in command in San Francisco. nks they al He savs he knew the follow- 1 Mr. and Mrs. Orgon, with dren (when he left the wreck the parents and three children were Mrs. Nostrum and a child, and drowned gone & one | boy ¢n boerd); ¢ e on the raft who were drowned are: Wilson, third en- Wallace, steerage waiter, and a man-of-wars-man, §. 8. Concord, name unknow®. The man in the bush on He thinks Frank will be found all right by the a passenger to Toquart are badly exhausted be helped along by One had to be car- the rescuing party. They are IDRECKED STEAMER IS NOW SUBMERGED Rescuers Toil Over Arduous Trails in Hope of Succoring Those Who Reached Shore. C, Jan. 25.—The wrecked steamer nd broken, and but a po VICTORIA, B submerged Valencia now 1lies m of & mast stands above water and of steamers and tugs have to-day been turning thelr attention to the vicinity in the hope of finaing boats, rafts or wreckage still survivors, though the chances are small. Ashore several parties have been toiling over most arduous trails, some carrying or to those who were washed ashore, others scouring the rug- ged rocks of shore line seeking for survivors who may have reached shore and be lying, foodless and helpless, and others are engaged in the melancholy duty of recovering bodies. Forty Men Saved From 1l/-Fated Vessel, Of the tota company of 164, but 33 have been definitely accounted fof, belleved to be the other survivors, were seen on shore from the ling vessel Orion, near the wreck, huddled about a fire. ~ Six survivors taken from the Salvor; nine, most of them so badly cut up and without boots and so overcome that they cannot stand, much less walk, e still camped at Darling Creek, a telegraph hut, and eighteen oth- ers were picked up by the City of Topeka. With the three seen from the half from the wreck, added, the survivors total forty, th list of 114 persons. Not a woman or child is among the saved, Scant Hope for Those Who Remained on Board. Scant hope is entertained by those on board the patrolling steamers that any others will be recovered, for the doctors on rescuing tugs s: - the lmit man endurance will have been passed before this time. The fleet of steamers engaged in patrolling were seen this morning in the vicinity of Darling River. The steamer Salvor, which left Bamfield Creek this morn- ing after sending part of her crew over the land trails to seek survivors, and the whaling steamer Orion (a vessel better equipped than any in this neighboruood to throw lines to & wreck, being equipped with a harpoon gun); the steamer Queen, which stopped at the scene en route to San Fran- cisco; the tug Lorne, sent from Victoria last night with a party of blue- jackets and & lifeboat on board, were all there, and, as far as could be learned from correspondents at various points, none had succeeded in find- ing other survivors. The steamer Salvor made an effort to get one of her boats through the surf, near Darling Creek, this morning, to land supplies for the men at Darling telegraph hut, but the surf ran too bigh, and it '”jfled impossible to get a beat through it. The boat was forced to return. g Continued on Page 3, Coltmns 5 and & mer been iised eand a nan [ | Lose Their Minds and Jump Into the|| Not a Woman or Child Aniong Those Who | | So far forty lives out of the 154 on the vessel when she left San Francisco +- BRITISH TARS RISK LIVES IN THE SURF Launch Boatand At- tempt to Reach the Shore. Spectal Dispatcn to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan., 2%.—Despatches from Bamfleld say the men seen on the beach between Beeguaress Point and Klan- away, may not be survivors, the pre- ponderance of opinion being that they were men who had gone from west coast points to endeavor to succor any who reached shore frcm ethe Valencia. The people ashore were sighted first from the Salvoh and the steam whaler Orlon was signaled and advised to go nearer shore and Investigate. The Orion went as near as possible and reported that there were two groups of people, on shore. With the heavy surf and swell beating in: from sea, it was Impossible to land there with a boat. The tug Lorne was communicated ‘with and the blue jackets from H. M. S. Egerla on board were asked if they would attempt a land- ing. Thought it was recognized by Captain Butler and all on the tug Lorne that the work would be extremely hazardous, the blue-jackets volunteered. to try and put out their life boat which was taken from Esquimai.. They made a desperate at- témpt and reached within three boat lengthe of the shore when they were obliged to return. The sailors were in command of Lieu- tenant Knight of H. M. S. Egerfa, who reported that there were eight or ten people in the group. He does not think they were shipwrecked men as they did not make any attempt to get off when the boat was fighting to make a landing. Before leaving the sallors on the Lorne tried to float food ashore In barrels, but the surf swept out the barrels and none reached shore. On the return of the Salvor to Bam- fleld a ents were made to send a party from the land side to where the men were seen on the beach. o ~ P o475 . T s, Ae=ILI HORE FRO/ ‘gnt mAFT | THE SURVIVORS OF THE STEAMER VALENCIA, WHICH WAS WRECKED ON THE TREACHEROUS COAST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND LAST MONDAY NIGHT THREENOFA MEMBER OF ’rux:: CREW OF THE ILL-FATED VESSEL, WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE MET DEATH IN THE ANCRY , SEAS THAT SWEPT THE DOOMED CRAFT. WOMEN TEAR CLOTHING FROM BODIES : ‘phers, who had a rough. AND USE GARMENTS TO SIGNAL FOR AID Awful Expel"ienciéi of Passengers Huddled Upon Deck of the lll-Fated Ship Awaiting the Death That Meant End of Their Suffering. on deck at'the time, smoking a cigar | the water. - Then eame the attempt ta and was looking at my watch when the | get out the lee boats. first crash ‘came. In an Instant all was | ROAT DAVITS BREAK. excitement. - There were the shrieks of | “Bureer O'Farrell took charge. Fous trightened men-and women, the wails of | women and a number of men went im little childrén and the hoarse orders of | the boat. Just as they were lowering the officers’ of the ship. The vessil|tne boat the davits broke and the sterm reeled like a drunken man. slid over the | o¢ the boat fell to the water, while ree? and struck again. the bow hung. in the afr. j * “The command to back her off was | .« given and she went astern at full speed. | ( F¥eTY T e (e but it was too late. The water Was| yor 5 second I caught a glimpse of s pouring .in like a milirace and with & .o niz04 face, then mom"u“d .e sound which drowned all else. The wind | qRoR B4 (8C%, then another and o swung the vessel's stern to the beach | 1r wos awful = The waves, dashing and her head to the waves. This saved | over the ship, started breaking her u: many. lives, as she was then swept.back | They swent. the deck loose, and every {_to the shore and struck m In| swell lfted 1t. Wo clung to the rig- such a position that she partly | cing and deckhouse. Then an at- supply. of provisions. +; [above the. Water apd.on an even-Reel mpt was made to get a line ashore. . Every wave now washed clear over | 4 areman named Seajala agreed to TALE OF SURVIVOR. her. and- many people who hastily | gwim ashore. He was in the water ** The"following is the story of G. L.|rushed on deck went to their deaths fully half an hour, but was unable to ‘Willitts, one of the passengers of the|withoyt time to murmur a prayer. make the beach. The Ship strfick in Valencia and ome of the men. rescued | “The order was given to get out the |'s bad spot. She is directly at the foot he boats. Two-of them on the weather | of s precipitous bluff that comes sheer e e iy Continued on Page 4 Columm L to Bamfield that many of the survivors at Darling were badly cut and bruised. 'Tliey were unable:to take the train, but had provisions for two days. { This. morning - other efforts were madé to'cfoss the stream to the wreck. All Tailed to cross, with the exception of F. S. Bunker, a surviving passenger, who is assistant . superintendent . of schools at Seattle. He started to swim with a rope about his waist and landed safely, although he was almost washed to sea by the swift current of the flood- ed creek before he landed. . At low tide this afternoon, the telegraphers report- ‘ed, another attempt would be made to cross. Possibly the survivors who are. good health will make a start.on the in. for Bamfleld to-morrow, and this 11 relieve, the pressure: on’ the scan VICTORIA, Jan. 25.—The whaling steamship Orion arrived at Bamfield Creek station at 3:30 p. m. 'from the scene of the wreck. and reported hav- ing seen three men on ‘shore, where they had a fire lighted, about a ‘mile and a half west of the wreck. It was thought the men are survivors as yet unaccounted for. The Valencia ' lay submerged, Wwith only a portion of a mast sticking out of the water. The Orion brought back articles of cloth- ing, together with blankets torn into strips, with which the unfortunate pas- sengers had evidently lashed them- selves to the mast and rigging. Three bodies are kKnown to have been recovered this afternoon, - including those of the woman “G'W"“““ ously reported. Little wréckage so far has washed ashore. Some sheets, a pil- | low and a few ribbons have been| picked up. Communication has been had with Richmond McWha 'and Mousley, the telegraphers from 'the Bamfleld Creek cable station at Darling River, where thoy succored < ors at the telegraph hat. sh. 3 11 on .the | side were launched and were smashed riing of Tuesday, January 23. I was “like eggshells as soon as they ) 2 & - ” +