The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 29, 1906, Page 1

’ HAVE BEEN SAVED Second Officer Patterson, of the Valencia, Says) Life Boats Could Have Reached Stricken Vessel wm} at Any Time During Tuesday or Wednesday--- “*| Investigation Now Being Carried On ith ty way The charge made in San Francisco by P. C Admire] Dewey's quartermaster at the time of the battle of Manila, and D ]. Sullivan, both of the United States navy, and who were aboard the steamship Queen when that vessel hh went to the relief of the stricken Valencia, that life boats | qquld have lived to reach the Valencia, is borne out by the F geatimeny given this morning before Marine Inspectors Turner pat had struck manned by Boatswain Carthy and the sailors, We have saved all then left on the stranded ship if anyone had been | on the bluff te pull in a line, We} [bad plenty of ow, three more aft. | ed the last one was fired. We! burned seven or eight rockets on! Jorgenson one boat left hat w Me. | Patterson and McCarthy both testified that, in their opin- at jen, small boats could have reached the wreck at any time {hy surt ail rent dering Tuesday or Wednesday and that nearly all of the pas Did anybody tak ree of and crew could have been saved, aft which left We ay They further testified that had the life boats been kept our Turner safely through ea the steamer = until Tuesday or Wednesday they could [yous haa “ , vd an " “ff my " : have been sent away from the vessel, with full complements of {spoke to me said it was the _ passengers and crew, and have passed outside the breakers | last chance, and 1 od that t Was ae well to die in the sea and been rescued . They testified, also, to the utter lack of discipline aboard I] the vessel after she struck, a condition responsible for the un- i _ pecessful attempts to get the life boats properly away from the wreck. Further, they confirm the charge made by F. F. Bunker b> oats and life rafts were sent away from the Valencia |‘) 0) Paty ; Be no one in charge and in some cases with not a man |i any mon were asked or not ‘ghoard them capable of handling them in any kind of a sea. umped from the steamer and was aft. The er raft Asked Women to Go Were any of the passengers as » Johnson asked the wor ey would not get on, but pulled on the Quced at the ng betwoen f and five miles iene about 1 tee before we did ew ‘ an From this time on we Seheshon niet a defo put out the lead every 15 minutes 4 that there not nd W At 11:18 the lead gave $6 fatho irills on the steamer en route : a ab 13:50, $3 tats and th He only ed the was most imme hoaled vase San Francisco, and amen of thé to 90 fark Jo : : the officers of th if 8 « know of previous conditions é Greet the work ite ye " ether the drills had been car se looming out a Boatewain MoCarthy ntinulng | ; alied bis attention to it. I — Pio ten ove ay afternoon, sa mty of liebe V6 wteamer to have Where are we? 4 cared © Westend. an bis testiv | the poopie were all: with « tote apacity | eave jd have car a the seas then r ty, he be bed sailors aboar to Ged without the personal su enday to the time Through the Surf he replied m they could aft and get th all righ | > wr cee MeCarthy tostified further t soundings had been commenced sday, a few All Hands on Deck 20 k age Monday morning and] continued all day. Hel h at § o'clock Monday/ « [ovening, when Second Officer Peter | the | "en took the wateh Both Mr. Peterson Carthy testifie have reached the Valen Turaday Wednewday | seaward wide. that many boats had gotten away the excitement without be rly manned (at least they know anything definitely on his point): that a person ashore Tmmediatety wk, Mr. Peter-| stru > gae’s story whows. the ard per Pamally gave everyone life pre S aerver, and shortly afterwards ev- lifeboats and fasten them at the @yeee Went down into the saloon raila. He distinetly ordered not te Were gives & lunch, But later, | put out the boats, but to leave them the vee] began pounding tied te cdered were also deats ont, « ghtened | steward. @owdel into them without “Our orde . Thought. evidently, other than sengers in the boats t to away from the doomed vease them (the boats) to the rails 3 ‘ean was wrecked directly be- {pat five women in my boat and Se Captain Johnson overran his | Seren or eight male passengers, Two] @t the top of the biwff coult” have he W sallor pariance. Thie means |of the women clambered out agsin savest the people by pulling ip and falling by dead reckoning. the | and ed aboard the steamer. The|[a*tening & rope; + that properly ; @itance was marked down as | Valencia was then rolling heavily in| @anned Itfeboats could have gotten by the log cach day. When|the water. There came « cry to] !0 to the wreck, and that « properly he Weg showed the vessel at a cer-jlower all the boats, but I do not |*duipped iife saving statlon could fifa point the currents and wind | know whether the ler was given |have undoubtedly saved the pas Mi apparentiy not been taken by any of the ship's officers or some |*ngers If it had been located any- | firount, and as: a matier of fact |of the passengers. | was hanging | *bere near | Ge Valencia was. away ahead of on with my hands in a piece of net | Sou Ghe shoaid have been. The over the side of the steamer. Some BUNKER WILL @illew soundings taken when the one, | do not know who, lower 5 } Weed was actnaily nearing the boat, and, an | could 5 fieres of Vancoaver island were from the net, it left n e ite way | s the members of the the vessel was in the vicinity after two men pulled me aboard Othe Umariiia. reefs jagain and found the captain stand on know, F. F at his wife and chil a minutes later ta lower away and Mr. M t beats cou a all right} either e fail. Life preservers | oa rnished everyone by the | fro * the bridge there. My boat mad y from me upset he ship an Could Have Saved Many. “Lifetoats ould = have all the boa , smashed, but 1 mn his way from San : who lowered them Th © Was th Ld sistant superinten Wee's life cavingyaention anywhere |oniy one lifeboat and two rafts lett | st witl take the position Sear the awtth lows of life would ‘Sanehegy to tated |he reaches this city hake been preventer oe boi . pn ce oe ter sn it possible that be MF Peterson's testimony in sub on ay the stea Vet | on * ia ton wih Francisco, according a memor- | + Saad ia eee gh a ed but no word of the i . :- th a . © a by ° ear f ta « th ace - af none t Wy. . I RIA 1 ne | e “ t bh * h ast an ‘ne Capttin | nig h wa: t " n| of ¢ t ] . . . . at Bla 1 642 at h hich table GR round Umatitia ghtship; he ¢ Monday i whee pce Homa! thought it wa . that | went wa I «a as at point. Att ‘. a t hat we | t atone “ ° fr ° fave wa 60 (Whon « and as 1 know ; y [ ‘ dewa fo low pit : nccawnt had been nd an of Up again or current. 1 ba x "s Water Was Shallow ' . At ot only a - oO I ; ou al } on, and ove aia MoCarthy Party Leaves, ly this Tare rs0niy | aaa ad Whitney by Second Officer Patterson and Boatswain | Tuesday aight \* HRA : 10 © iv fal i the boat t McCarthy. two of the survivors of the Valencia wreck Ha © boats been kept by the! @ . ship until Tuesday morning they) # HERE'S A COMBINATION, | \* SENATOR PERKINS 18 CLOSELY AS \* ® B. WHITNEY jof Frederick VIT Y LIVES COULD FIREMAN RICHLEY ENDORSES CHARGE | BAMFIELD, B. C., Jan. 29. Daily Star, Seattle. Shall leave for Seattle on first boat, as aroused public opinion has forced Pacific Goast Steam- ship Co. to place adequate force; on beach to care for dead. My services here no longer needed. F. F. BUNKER. | | Wich h an ee eo * OF COMMERCE AND LABOR IN PRESIDENT ROOSEV : eLT * CABINET, OWES HIS APPOINTMEN e TO SENATOR GEORG C. PERKINS, OF CALIFORIA | spite ” ° * * * VICTOR H. METCALF, SECRETARY.OF THE DEPARTMENT & | * . | . + * oi (ATED WITH THE IFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY, OWNERS OF THE * WRECKED STEAMSHIP VALENCIA, * — SENATOR SAMUEL H. PILES, ONG OF THE MEN AT * WASHINGTON WITH WHOM MR. MRPCALF SHOULD KEEP * ON THE MOST FRIENDLY TERMS, 19 THE SEATTLE ATTOR * NEV FOR THE PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INSPECTOR OF HULLS, AND ROBERT A * TURNER, INSPECTOR OF BOILERS, ARE THE APPOINTEES * OF VICTOR METCALF * MESSRS. WHITNEY AND TURNE® ARE NOW HOLDING * AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUBE OF THE DIBASTER * TO THE VALENCIA WITH THE VIEW.OF ASCERTAINING IF * ANY BLAME CAN BE ATTACHED TO ACIFIC COAST * STEAMSHIP COMPANY, OR ITS EM@LOYES FOR THE * WRECK OF THE VESSEL AND THE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE + DOESN'T IT LOOK TO YOU, MM, READER, AS THOUGH * THERE MIGHT BE SOME INCLINATION ON THE PART OF * INSPECTORS WHITNEY AND TURNER TO GIVE THE PA * CIFIC COAST COMPANY A LITTLE THE BEST OF IT? SR * * * * * * * . > * * . * * - . * * * IT'S RICH, HE SAYS | vinced that w tid tatk facts, and how We BFE In position not nly to The Ohanog talk but tb demonstrate an produce gs Tha/tfhmp steamer Veruna, char-| amounts” sald A. 1 tered by Balfour, Guthrie & Co. for h ¥ 4 trip lo the Orient, is loading flour y for « few days on business “Hut at the Hammond Mi! and will fin jone mile east of there | bodies of young and middle « The Only Paper in Seattls That Dares to Print the News VOL, 7. _NO. 288. a5 CENTS PER MONTH Says He Will Back Up F. F. Bunker in all His Ac- cusations Regarding the Utter Lack of Discipline Aboard the Valencia After She Struck the Rocks. Seattle, Wash., January 28, 1906 BODIES “Frank Bunker, Bamfield, B. C The above telegram reveals just how much Frank Richley FOUND | thinks of the capability of the officers on board the ill-fated steamship Valencia when she struck the rocks on the Van- | couver coast. When seen this morning Mr. Richley betrayed | some reluctance in discussing the incompetence and in ability “T am with you to the end reg of discipline aboard steamship Valencia Frank Richley or unwillingess to instantly cope with the state of affairs the moment the Valencia struck. He has yet to appear before the board of inquiry and declines to say anything at length regarding F. F. Bunker's charges, He unhesitatingly declared, however, his opinion of the almost total lack of discipline among the crew the moment decisive action became impera- tive. ling charges of lack Fireman.” Chief VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 29,—Cap Beale reports that the body of Fred Erickson, of Ollweirs, la, ie ashore In one of his pockets was found a pur ENDORSES BUNKER'’S STATEMENT “rp Mee cha Ccodiiek ten! When asked if he was acquainted with F. F. Bunker's dent association. accusations he stated that he was not, and when told what Mr. Near Cape Beale there are three) Bunker charged against the officers on the Valencia, he heart- ily endorsed every word and said he would stand by Mr. co One b ce tch, but bathing else to identity either, | Bunker to the end e third body may be Mins i Said he: “I was asleep when she struck. I thought that Wyck. She is ¢ bed ax about/ the Valencia had struck a sand bank and so informed Bill years ¢ with light complex-| Py, P , as running a set dame aan. Wines daa oe Daugherty, a fireman, who was running past my berth. I Captain Johnson and a number on her left band, one set with | dressed and rushed on deck The first order I and the other with 4| Of officers were standing on the bridge. a red ston large pearl, She has on a dark) heard was from Captain Johnson, who said: ‘Lower away ok nt nd waist, which has two rows! those life boats.’ io re | RUSH FOR BOATS VICTORIA hahbut seh " “Everybody rushed for the boats. Wolf’ Alex McLean on board, is| life boat No. 2, and the men began tc raf. Stove Winch, one of the vet | and yelled to them to make way for the women and children. saeeshge from one of the harbors pt A few of the men left the boat and sor omen wentin. The the west sg her eafe| boat Contained 15 people. She lowered safely and was hurled arrival there, Winch will not ‘out of sight. I found out afterwards that only seven of them clone the name of the harbor, a» be) reached shore. All the women were lost widen 1 ar private sengene. hoot | “THERE WERE NO OFFICERS STATIONED AT weret. The identity of the cn; B.C. Jan. 29. I took my position at crowd in. I shouted mer Bila G., with cast announ: tle han been sald about property ish takiagion t Tacoma, Shel siced schooner 1s yet to be extas-| ANY OF THE LIFE BOATS, AND AS FAR AS I COULD his district until we were con-| will sail te about a week shed — THERE WERE NO OFFICERS OR ANY OF THE - CREW PUT ABOARD ANY OF THE LIFE BOATS TO TAKE CHARGE. I REPEATEDLY YELLED FOR MATE HOLMES TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE Was Father of Queew of England and Czarina of Russia. | COPENHAGEN, Jan, during his 2. — King ; spheres of fe, long | of #2 years, With the exception of CHRISTIAN, IX. died suddenly @t) the ghe/umfortunate and unavold 3:90 o'clock this afternoon, able wy, With Prussia right at the ae na beg Ais country was prosper « hristlan passed away) ous Gad gimtented with his benign quietly, & few relativ y being rule. Me geeared a foreign crown. | that b& Geasee, for one of his young Frederick, born | ent gouge, amd he arranged matches er of Haakon, VIL. | for two of iis daughters which made ueceed Immediate | them gail of Russia and queen = jor Eng) respectively. No scan |dals Gave, marred the family rec king of Denmark, | 0r4, ae hag been the case in every April 8, 1818 He| other goyal family in Europe. | ascended to the throne on the death | — It ig aftan forgotten that for po by ¥ | ition! addastrategical purposes ( of 1852, | pen . with her batteries and he right of sue- | formidpdie, torpedo flotilia, is the present Christian 1X was born on of the which tinction of the | Constaptimpple of the north, and spon the house | that Bp coveta the Danish cap ital with the same intensity of de ees in many’ sire ag abe covets the seat of the fetally tn@erested in ne ing the Be attle franehiae at the carliest poss | ble time in order to bes “ | teen ae t thir end | : : Chicago, M jhee & St. Paul rat | way of Washingtor | § A. J. Earling, of the] ill go ov M k ived in thefts He hot . s0 “ | will be wet het y i been in th rested £ 5 i He w¥l rex the chy for KING CHRISTIAN OF | DENMARK IS ‘Aged Monarch Passes Away Suddenly: | LAUNCHING OF THE LIFE BOATS, BUT HE NEVER | RESPONDED. I NEVER SAW HIM FROM THE TIME | THE VALENCIA FOUNDERED.” THOSE IN THE LIFE BOAT. | “In the life boat I entered were F. F. Bunker, his wife and two children and four others, whom I did not know. We capsized once a few rods from the Valencia and the only ones in sight after she righted were Mr. Bunker, his wife and two- year-old boy, and myself | “Mrs. Bunker was screaming, ‘O, Frank, Frank.’ He re- sponded, ‘All right, dear, I’m safe.’ A few moments after the |boat capsized again and Mrs. Bunker and her baby were | drowned. Bunker and I grasped the gunwale and were hurled ashore. BUNKER HEARTBROKEN. | | | “He was heartbroken over his terrible affliction, but | fought bravely against his bereavement and we made our way | along the shore. How we struggled to Bamfield has been told over and over again.” Mr. Richley says he is out of steamboating forever and | will go to California to take a position with the Santa Fe rail- lroad. He will stay in Seattle until the board of inquiry ad- | journs and will then lose no time journeying homeward. j THREE BODIES | ———» ARE RECOVERED VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 29.—Three/ H. Hoelscher, of Seattle. Consider- commands the only entrance to the able money was found in the pock- Baltic sea, just as ¢ recovered from Jead nm. Another of the commands the entran a wreck this’ vict as yesesor of $24. The sea. It is true that is that of other two are unidentified other straits leading out « ti nople more » the Black are two the Bal La “see J. J, BRUER LOST ON THE VALENCIA | | PROMINENT ST. PAUL LUMBERMAN FOUND TO the scene « morning mely danger and Denmark within 24 hours the whole Russian navy co pass through them ~ } FRENCH BARK SAFE ON SOUND HAVE BEEN A PASSENGER ON THE WRECKED VESSEL PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.. Jan 29.—No further news has been re VICTORIA, B. C. it been veri- » San ncisco by A 1 here of the rey ! B f St. Pa sly man, who ofat f ' Apa and Tyee ! . eos mead of:4 ' 0 + te i ( t \I His) oy ed t ' be , ( | news ta er aken to A a hreatened his ae , ore fiss y nister w 1 the re the sailing that