The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 25, 1906, Page 2

STORY OF WRECK _—_-—— ™ (Continued from Page One) Rpsdiiseee ancinetninnpann and brought to this place. given by the survivors Fluhme, baker; Frank Lehn, first freight cléetk; Joseph MéCaffrey, passenger; J. Walch, waiter; A. Hawkins, passen- The following are the names er; P, Peterson, second officer; J, Poddenot, waiter; John Pornson third cook; C. L, Allison, tourist from St. Paul; W. Dorsthy, fireman; John Cigodas, fireman; Thomas Carrick, first assistant engineer; G. Willis, passenger; G, Primer, fire- man; G, D. Haraden, passenger; M, Tarply, quartermaster; P. O'Brien, waiter; W. Raymond, messman, SIGHTED AT NOON WEDNESDAY. The lookout of the Topeka first sighted the raft at noon yesterday, but thought it was only a log until with the ‘aid of a powerful glass human beings were discerned clinging to a floating buoy, The signal was at once given and the course changed which brought the steamer nearer to the raft, but the survivors were so exhausted that they could not fasten a rope to their raft and it was necessary to lower a boat in charge of Second Officer Burke. After many fruitless efforts a line was made fast to the raft and the work of rescue with the aid of lines progressed until all had been taken aboard the Topeka The rescued were in a pitiable condtion. They were half frozen and almost starved. Huddled in the center of the raft were three survivors who were too weak even to raise their heads, while wave after wave washed over them and threat- ened each minute to sweep them into the sea, FIRST DETAILED STORY OF WRECK How the Vessel Ran Out of Her Course and Piled Upon the} Reefs Near Cape Beale. Death and destruction swooped down on the ill-fated Pacific coast liner Valencia as the new day gave way to the old last Monday night rocks. Panic, death and confusion completed the picture that the evil god of the clements cast over the waters. With the ves- sel filling rapidly from a gaping hole in her starboard side forward, passengers screaming im agony and fear, the forbid- dingly cruel rock and howling gale of wind and rain to the rear, the sea tragedy was complete. No pen story, however, graphic, can picture this transi- tion from life to death. With the knell of doom shrieking from high the lost went to their eternal rest. Resistance was practically futile and those who escaped are today seared im mind and body, humbly thankful, woe stricken at the ter- i ible harvest death reaped from their midst. HELP CAME TOO LATE. Steaming along with a 50-mile gale at her heels and a strong current pushing in from the Pacific, the staunch liner and the 154 souls aboard went crashing upon the cruel and relentless shore, eight miles south of Sea Bird Today only the angry waves, still licking eagerly at the | |what was to ensue, this was ercomplished, temporarily | nature of the accident i dow: jee Wut vA THE SEATTLE StAR—THURSDAY, JAN, 25, 1906. horror of that moment. One instant riding the stirface as easily as a bird at flight, the next choking, gasping and trem. bling beneath the impact of the terrible shock, only prelim. inary to the harvest the Grim Reaper executed during the later moments, The Valencia was on the rocks and the contact threw everything in confusion and cool headed in the face *of jm pending disaster, Captain Johnson and his officer strove to calm the frightened passengers, In the dumb uncertainty of A few of the women and children were hysterical, but the men as a rule quietly faced the emergency. None at first realized the magnitude of the accident. As quickly as possible, Captain Johnson backed the vessel off into deep water. It was hoped that only the plates were sprung and that the craft could reach port safely, Within }a few momenta, however, the deluge of water came pouring down into the hold and as the engine room was rapidly filling the officers almost immediately appreciated the desperate Captain Johnson, as a last resort to save his passengers and steamer, had the craft started for the shoals again, which she reached without foundering, BLACKNESS OF THE NIGHT, The blackness of the night only intensified the distress of the fear-stricken people, tremblingly waiting for they knew not what. Courageously the vessel's officers and orew stuck to their posts, As it became evident that little short of a miracle could undo the damage wreaked in those few moments | when jagged rocks dealt the Valencia her death blow, Captain Johnson and his officers turned their attention towards sav- ing the passengers. Huge mountainous waves came tearing in from the broad sweep of the ocean, piling thousands of tons of water againat the helpless vessel as she lay on the rocks, exposed to the almost hurricane strength of the ever-increasing gale. «Into this cauldron of seething foam the lifeboats were put out, like corks in the arms of that mighty strength of wind and wave. Several tugged at the ropes which moored them against the black, precipitous sides of the steamer until they were loaded with precious human freight, only to be overturned and pounded down into the heart of the ocean. DESPAIRING SHRIEKS, Occasional despairing shrieks from the luckless ocowm | pants, and they, too, disappeared from sight. Today lifeless | bodies, all that is left of these victims of the storm king's wrath, have been pounding to pieces on the shore at variows | places near the scene of the wreck, their frames cold in deaty | wet and bedraggled, mute evidence of their awful end. uw Those who escaped to shore and are here today to tell af | what happened still shudder at the recollection. Individually none can give anything like a clear and coherent account, but pieced together the evidence offered by the living for the dead shows that the scenes at the wreck defy description. All the | horror possible was concentrated around that stricken shigit | little there is to relieve the tragedy > Face to face with death the passengers and crew fought for their lives, but it was a losing battle for many and the! demon of the deep must have laughed at their attempts to evade his relentless edict. FIVE BOATS LOWERED. In all five boats were lowered from the ship, and two life rafts, of which only two boats reached the shore, One raft with 18 was picked up yesterday by the Topeka. The fate of the others is a foregone conclusion and none who have reached the scene of the wreck have the least doubt but that they were all overturned and the occupants drowned, Several of the boats never succeeded in getting away from the helpless ship, but were smashed against the steel side of the vessel, disappearing beneath the water almost immediately. Two life rafts got away a short distance, but the resistless breakers Bunker was largely influence Mr ghtor, as it was manned by able amon ahd he thought that the 10 Hinking the trip to Beatle Ip the Heat chanve of saving thelr lived. No | hop bettering his health and, ac fooner, Tewever, Was the craft | companied by his wife and daughter ewung out from the davite than the wan coming here to make his me rope bolding the rear end broke off | meter in the day the City of bo and, Upping on end in the alr, the | pekn mighted what at first thought to be a lox of wood. which later proved to be a liferaft tn « later boat Mr. Bunker man-| from the Valencia with 18 men) aged to reach the shore and ts now | aboard, and this was ple ked up after at Rarmfield, from which point he| much difficulty, asd aly after three of the oecupants were Washed over ooeti pants Were Mpiiled fato the pit! lene nea. j}and others with him will probably be pleked up by ohe of the boats at | board in sight of the mon on the uh » and returned to vria,| City of Topeka, who were rapidly fr whence he can reach Seattle, | seeking to effect a rescue. | a | KNOWN DEAD AND MISSING Te Pee eee eee (eee eee ee 1 FIRST CLASS FOR BKATTLIC FOR JUNBAU | | N. HL Anderson Mra. D. D. Stewart | Mrs. FF, Bunker and two B. Pentila | & children + ew Cole f FOR BELLINGHAM | J. J. Dawe | Mra. J. Thompson wt h h o WwW. & Hume 5 B arama | FOR VANCOUVER. | | Harry Woolridge | | Mattle MH. Harraden Fog gee | A. Kar i. 912 foth av. 6 Ww. c om Poste ‘tele FOR VICTORIA Jes graph operator eee ee ee eee ee ee Burt Pa F. Peterson | D. No Petors m™ Rosenberger, of : pang bei sot W. Lo YOR TACOMA preety my Frank Novoch ak A vie | Tom Brown leg : two cnt’ &! Sem Tam . P. Woughtit by . bg 7 ett Mixa |. Shaver, dawghter of EB, Weughtil Mra, Howoal wor and 2p wad eekieens oun pe PB ag Tee e eee ee ee ee " igma Miss Van Wy an Fran THE CREW. ptain O. M. Johnson W. Holme rd Mato J. H. Cameron Engineer § ye Third Assistant Engineer R M Net i Recond Steward N. H. Camp i bell. | Carpenter T, A. Linden Watchman H. Offa Quarytermaaters R. Carlsen, J Montgomery, A. Johnson Seamen J C. Willlama, L, | Peter Hogan Olsen, L. Abisledt | J. H. Herakamper Deck Boy Ben Lock | A. Handgert Purser J. J. O'Farrell | RR. Hill Otters John T Lynch, A } J, Hoste. Pickering, C. 8 Gamage. } James Inglehome Firemen Win, Harper, J | c Dalhauty, M. Stanclar, J. Spar } ob Loorlng row, 8. Bedjala | J ¥. Lucas Coal Passere D. Doran, P. | J. Montgomery Miller T. Manwaki Steerage Steward J. Oxborn. | T. Martin Stewardess Mra Mosgrove J. Morphy Cook L. 1 Haneoek Second Cook J. Cameron Mike Mynetivie > Raker Charles Lighme. Jacob Nikk Garvey - Buchanan Co,’s Friday Bargain List urked oe Vile Taffeta ed out ue yard and G¢ Calicos at 3 1-2c the yard, lerwear at 17 1-2¢ tl tions, House Purnishings, Grocerie all ¢ Read u lensed list and remember tl lings 59c Black Taffeta Silks 29% Leader's Bla pectal | 1c the yar Closing Price Tomorrow 29%c the Yard 6c Calicoes 3 1-2c 500 yard f and Ge alicos, ¢ la t of pat terns, closing price ars lengths, t! 3 126 Phese I not last t fi 15c Danish Cloth J 1 1-2c¢ Sacrde, hae 11 126 8 1-3c Cretones 5 1-2c 1 case of 8 1-3 hasan Cretones, good sel Of pate terns bought by the Leader to sell a 1. Cols i ¢ yar 5 1 2¢ 59c Gowns 35c All sizes in Ladies’ and Misses’ M ( ' 35c¢ Muslin Drawers 19¢ | Aft G. B.C " Sp rocery Dep't price 35c; Frida ecials in G Codfish, each 14¢ Frenct ‘ S 13e¢ Alaska 8 13¢ Canned June P. . 6 1-46 Our Mocha and Java ¢ Ib Be The whole stor s alive with bargains. GARVEY-BUCHANAN CO, SUCCESSORS TO WS ASAP SECOND. j Lumber Exchange Building. Second Ave. and Seneca $6 ALL DISEASES JP oP eee ee ee ee eee eee ee eee ee! Pee eee eee eee eee ee ee eee Pee ee eee ee eee ee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee Pee ee ee ee eee ee ee eee ee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee ee ee eee eee ee eee ee eee Tee ee eee ee eee eee ee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee ee remains of the once proud Valencia, as if exultant over their be people on them from the straps and sent therm hurtling 2 y. ¥ ‘eg rom and wife, rey Bg aa victory, and the grewsome details of the belated rescue, are (to their doom te : . OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, INCLUDING CATARRE to be seen. Too late the help came for those dozens of help- While the lifeboats were putting away the engine room wn eo B. Cram and ¢ IN [78 NUMEROUS FORM, SUCCESSFULLY TREATED Jess men, women and children. of the vessel became entirely submerged and to add to the } Measboys F. Martin, J. Mc From the south the Valencia ploughed her way through |terror all the lights, operated from the engines, were ex- (® J. IL Shannan |e Cnctag cies Mec c ‘URED the sea. Leaving the city of the Golden Gate, her hold and | tinguished. | “aenith lc. B Prose, Jobn M. Bell. J om ‘ . ; die enadorcahiy Sled wich goede and passengers. Tuesday IN TOTAL DARKNESS Somes Wendt yn Fgh otagg RS BY SCIENTIFICALLY IMPROVED METHODS OF TREAT she should have been safely berthed at the Seattle Then ca the sii decks of the W. Whenan | @ Wallan, J.B. Connors, C. Hod , ppery decks of the steamer those still eat dhe piers. while friends and relatives and the company | remaining abbard were plunged in absolute darktesg, The | {2 Yuner ae 5 A ONTH anxiously at the Seattle docks the awful holo | vessel sank lower and lower and with the continually ging +444 eee EOE EERE HARRAH Reed ee THIS INCLUDES ALL MEDICINER AND APPLIANCES ANB ‘dseeert had alveady been recorded. sea plunging over her sides the peopie remaining aboard were | FERSONAL TREATMENTS GIVEN EVERY PATIENT BY THE sight “— san ¢ o ~ = de berg ee placed in a desperate plight. One by one they were caught in | PUYBICIAN HIMSELF, view. elements combined to their | WE HAVE THE ONLY CURE FOR PILES AND ALL DISEASES. — WM. McHARRIE, M. D. 420.422.424.428 ARCADE BUILDING—PHONE MAIN 4111, OFFICK HOUSE—9 a. m, to 12°20 p.m: 2 to b Rm inge—Tuesdays and Fridays, € 10 to 30. Sundaye—* to lke the rushing seas and frantically but helplessly clutching for shrouds or stanchions, were washed overboard, Even lower sank the steamer and ever heavier came the onslaught of the angry ocean. More frequent was the loss of the helpless pas- sengers caught by the ferocious waves and death's account in a short time had become of appalling proportions, The destroyer lurked in every combing wave, flung his mantie abroad with every recurri: sweep of the sea, shricked hideously in each howl of the angry wind and lurked stark and pitiless and grim behind the pall of the stygian night. None there were to depend on for rescue, mone to save those despairing souls. That the death list does not include over the surface of the sea there was a | reckoning. alert and every device was used | on the steamer, but instead of straits they and their ves- ageg se meg up the merciless cliffs front- ith of bay. these and little mercy they gave the craft and 4 HORROR OF THE MOMENT. QUEEN UNABLE TO RENDER AID Stands by the Stricken Steamer Throughout the Day But Finds It Impossible to Lend Any Assistance. ‘ AMUSEMENTS. | rd Theater “The Popular Theater.” Both Phones, 667 ly jutting human | i i i | rs jundrede Turned Away Yesterday. The few scattering groups of survivors all testify to the| everyone: aboard is ascribed to the interposition of a Divine | Gteamehip Queen, of the Pacific | to the would-be rescuers to at last MAENT PLAY OF THE BEABON. |mercy. No live-saving crews were within sight or hearing, | Coest company’s fleet, which also | reach the object of their hopes and| TONIGHT, All Week. Mutinees whe the wncia, was the first fears. For it was seen at once that} Wednesday and Saturday, FE J All alone with their fate the people huddled on the burricane | decks of the steamer and, as their natures dictated, waited for the end, death or life, none could tell. [Carpenter's Interesting Melodra matic Product ny e “AT CRIPPLE CREEK. is Sede Den | Produced by the Best Company of| avenue, bGat fo the reseve of the stranded ereft. ‘The Queen departed from Viatoria ae as news of the ac the people aboard, if any were altve. oust be The in desperate straits. ging ewell from the ocean J. ARONSON on 104 FIRST AVE, S. ——— cident became knows, and steamed | rolled on from the southweat with | | Soy eed — out towards Cape Beale during the | resietiess: and endiess strength. The| PRICES e, Oe, S8c,| Of advert s roing * dull booming of the breakers om | Matiners wheat | Soe Sat cums | Nor ow h any niteness 4b and even Next Week—Emptre ater Com-| « ne We are all torn op making tn “The American Girt,” or . ms “4 | hese (he Valencia had gone ashore, that distance it was seem that the} Pa"! " . FEBRUARY (i —" renee | report placed the spot at Sea! Valencia was lying low and washed | oe ee RACE TRETH matantly ith tb charging crests. | STAR Rox achina Ta _ HUSBAND’S VIEW; : ea Paar aoe peal n Hege' MATCHLESS TURNS | Cape Beale ligt wasess. 90 Geet id Mon . % HAWAIIAN QUINTETTE pe a | ee ~ ; " 1 — 2 could have lived. | warp TRIO, HUMAN BR | Here she shot signals and the light-| So those in charge of the Queen | TINKHAM @ CO. MO house keeper in return placed a sig- | thought, and wisely refrained from | CYCLISTS : nal, which, transtnted, simply meant sending any more human being to| 7—-OTHER FINE TURNS Prices Mrs. F. F. Bunker and Child Spilled Into “ighters mea, eeriain dom eS. $75.00 Flat Top Double Desk 713 First Ave. the Sea From the Second Life Savirli| "piss acceler ws’ {tine btinny mor" [Plain Baths 12 {-2c} *°*"s 27s Panton Times This they found later was true. turn to Victoria to pick up ber paw Boat Launched. Partors 1. & R45. Bu tduring the next few hours. , a 45 © Roll Top Desk. #4 mnaern aed continue tay wapeee tei: Head Barber Sh TR oe ay Roll Top Deak 73-90 San Francieeo, The Topeka stayed ea y s rber op Sdeuchwicne 21 > by he ec 4 could offe Sor. Fire 4 Wash " 2) « $25.00 Roll Top Desk ot o boats which succeeded In pboth of whom were lost, Thi ober ne vs and aan tler no Cor. First and Washington anon Fe A. - Revolving Office Chairs away from the ship and inging around in the i wae aaeeeat ee ya but . 125.00 Remington Typ hore, one, cammen fin Telegraph| “Ww ' hing until the | oy shir the Penann be whe J. MoCarthy huts ,from h point they tele-| light comes,” said Captain Heecher ty Bich eee Bhi oy Me gong $100.00 «= Smith-Premier Type Thomas Shiel graphed, asking assistance for oT ¢ well known pilot of Port Town “Th . Guan lett V hard rey + it e writer BZS.OOT Campbe B. E. Ledhos, ft distressed vensel and giving first) send, who was aboard with Captain ar inet night, but th Tog hes 100 res A very fine Knabe Piano, 6] ainet Welle, Joke Mark, W news of the wreck Cox, Captain Coosins and others To 8 euch ans —~ on soltd rosewood case, cos an fon an The case of Mr. Bunker was par-|His statement was recognized as " ne . are Sea aad Ee ae meh lempana, Smee ee Th awe it'Wecapuaetawace AM Sattle-Boston Copper Stock thange for furniture. all of so, Wells | ndrth to accept position ef ab vie oe — *, and later f pid hardwood | three-piece Hi yor of age, of the|slatant superts (thé Sedt-\until the duties m0 the scene of the Hed re te for ed Stane y adhe tle schools, ar ompanile¢ re a crageliemecstts Fy. $3.00 Per Gallon room Sait Tor 10.00, || United Stance wary Ladhon was tie schools and’ wan accomparind|ing Ook, the vote Oi Costs You } ad gains ouneho! a fireman om the Valencia; Cafl| by bis wife and daughter, both of solng slowly and ¢ 2 Of the dead ' $1.50 Per 1-2 Gallon 9} « thet war's socomd-dlae, whons | whom went down to their’ daaQh "The sores paged tof Or SIXTY a — 5 yard and lost whtl aker was with . b DABNEY & WOODHOUSE he boat et asada a... rom a3 ¢ m w FACTORY PERHAPS z= PAYABLE $10.00 PER MO NTH. ant I f the flret ah ei w Age WE EXPECT TO COMPLETE THE RAILROAD AND Complete Housefurnishers and YR See ee ae wo pe se was laid for t BY NOV. 1ST. 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