The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 31, 1906, Page 1

Marine ee en Investigation in al: Ane Cent--Last moe Bd seattle sta SEATTLE ype moa n hour before he where he found} TESTIMONY OM MD Hit yer The y found ward falls ¢ the oy ia rho took a CAN PRESENT VALENCIA INVESTIGA- | sagt wa my gang ov" | TION BEAR ANY G00D RESULTS Boat Capsized | Are Marine Inspectors Whitney and Turner in a posi- | Richie limerwe oak N ‘ nt | tion to get at the real facts in the question of who was to h witer | and t " ca ot blame for the wreck of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com- reaches wate fely. This w [ ting i pany’s liner Valencia, and would it not be proper for the Parvboat Baas ast. f ‘ t i ‘ federal authorities to institute a thorough investigation : , ; " Few changes ¥ere | through an entirely independent and unprejudiced board? tamily also wore in the eratt,|(ommen se Bam tice agg we These questions are now being asked on every side and | The witness explained th ! ~ by people whose opinions should carry weight. Rev. F. I Marine wh and the Valencia, was alee; ieapeat y € | whee b truck, He felt u ae fnves(e i ew of ship tremble as she collided w Te steamehip Valencia with pa the shore, When he came out o war care to dis any dire re | the all the steerage passen tmony (be n ate the | cers ware # around excitedly Cen ' p « yj He t ht at first the sh ha for blame m with the}only struck a sand ban bie le ‘ at followed) The witnes jeclared that ure te ’ heard 1 gnals calling the we t ‘ ationa, but hea addy to tw he boats. He a " the davits to , for the tras was continued eady hung He did noi ‘ Inspectors Entangle ye Hy we . | , . Fireman Kv wh " b ' @ bow s . Semmbied in | Att feboa Ric htey «ald th - 0 ' ; s - . a w . He ewitehed with startling In Wrong Channel. falcon night wat peat strack. to boat stations. Afte Gowers ot me verse! a Mig ware tore a 5 ead & living chain ake bh foo ked up by} 7 " win of Topeka. | AND BLAST FURNACE witness there tement among w. The firee Bringing the announcement of three big projects which he has put } under way, James A. Moore return ed this morning from New York and « nm cities, after an alm. | absen arty a month rdered| He is authority for the statement get the} that as doon as plans can be f Memen gathered in the social hall. | Is begin on the « upticate of Noble Fellows Op Tuesday, Hoddinott says, they ised up a shelter for the women SMR cabbage crates. He remem-| bored a Mrs. Bairdstaker, who was Sheard with her d, telling an the west side o as soon a8 possible upon a six-story » bia SEA RCHING AND TURNER SITTING IN JUDGME t i, . OWN ACTS, HAVING ALREADY k s the dang € it@d in courts of com erg ADs ; } The investigation has so far developed but little direct Revenue Cutter Grant Assists in the Work of! aman when the - i tg Z odes tor re te ~ ” Hie heard | hl jew " " * bene red | as cause the renew ‘ Mr. Pete ERAL IN THE ROOM AT LEAST, APPEARED TO | INA thar the recovery |] BE TRYING TO BREAK DOWN THIS TESTIMONY. ‘ ha Sunes eee ae They sought constantly to show that the witness was wrong was formed to hand ont | j epee before oe a eter thorn A and because he was not fully familiar with the sea terms and Thrown Overboard j - Secovered will be taken sailor vernacular, partially succeeded. Why did the in- ified that be| Jc Ae MOORE ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL SOON | red Ericknon'e coone \ |] Spectors seek to discredit these statements? : re on a is : a Ce n Cape Beale by sen It has not been disputed that, with the exception of the throws over. | BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON DUPLICATE OF AR- |« and is now at V taptain and one other officer, all the officers and crew were CADE, AND ALSO UPON SIX-STORY BUILDING | siso Van Wy-t “ Wharton, who appeared before the present examining board | with this pertinent inquiry, is only one of a large number | who are expressing the same ideas ARE NOT MARINE INSPECTORS WHITNEY fT ON THEIR ASSED UPON THE VALENCIA AS SAFE AND HER EQUIPMENT | TN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW? This is even prohib n law tegtimony along the lines desired. What the people want to know is “Who Is to Blame?” If the inspectors conduct- ed their questioning along the subject matter covered in . * " HE anybody out to Tee to) the examination of the first witnesses it would take them r G ov at at ‘ or it “ cts. Looking for Victims and Burying the Bodies. |,,,7°°,0"s' sent, tous out ot sar- [J aimiition years to get at the real facts. 3 ily ere pit by indians weet of here. || ADROITLY SIDESTEP DIRECT QUESTIONS WHEN i BY ©. L. DAVID. A man's body was f \ ‘ ee ie Oks || WITNESSES REACH THE LEADING ISSUE OF ene cain Oe achena bay with « ‘ HH WHETHER OR NOT LIFEBOATS COULD HAVE BAMFIELD. BC, Jan. 31—The | at Gen we oe ay, T REACHED THE VALENCIA FROM THE SEAWARD Revenue Cutter Grant arri Ang with SIDE? They hammer away in good fashion about the life- jj Basafield ot § ; Buah for Victoria ‘ ona :~ belts, because it has not yet been disputed by any of the eee re witnesses that these lifebelts were good enough in quality as they ar an. boy and girl hes been a one t ra at deast to pass the required tests. But these lifebelts could LW to date The woman wore twolio them. to tow out ehr oties I nf and did not save any lives. It was the lifeboats from the tree roots today — wras in rings, one with a white stoue, the/surt. ee tiie Queen and the City of Topeka which those despairing — Sane wie cae ae Pee een smgier ret stone, & grey] Indians have just arrived with \f S0uls waited for and upon which they pinned their hope for S Indians are still searching on shore rhe ust . high to land boat coats Hay in Pachonss Rody was found (eee so z na bay PROTECT STEAMSHIP COMPANY. When Witness McCaffrey voluntarily expressed his belief that the crew was not competent, that the men were |// rattled and that it was due to their not being at their sta- ]}) tions on the night the steamer struck that so many lives wal of | Were lost in the boats, THE INSPECTORS, TO SEV- | that | changed to the Valencia from the City of Puebla on this, a dressed in ai] Shem last trip up from San Francisco. Does it not stand to + feason that the men were not familiar with their posts THERE HAD NOT BEEN A SINGLE LIFE DRILL ON THE VOYAGE OUT. Then why is it that the in- Spectors do not ask some of the rescued seamen and of- ficers questions along that line? WHY DIDN'T THEY ACT? Why, again, is it that the inspectors do not ask Boat- swain McCarthy or some of his party sent ashore as a volun- teer crew, “WERE YOU NOT SENT ASHORE FOR THE DIRECT PURPOSE OF REACHING THE BLUFF BACK OF THE STEAMER AND HAULING IN A LINE?” Up to the present this question has not ap- peared in the examination. The public understands that MéCarthy and his men were dispatched to reach the cliff . <with the intention of hauling in that life line. They did not do so. Witness Allison says he has heard of no good reason why. Neither has the public ee ee ee a RICHLEY IN ERROR Fr ng. 7 of immense benef her what a t of fellow the Officers on the boat were. This Sante of the company. on which thief steward had always call eh belts tying around on the BODY IDENTIFIED AS THAT OF SEATTLE—PETERS' SEARCH rte ae = eee = & doomed for 10 » As te sate “hike 4 “4 | 2S" BAHADA BRINGS a) ===" A WRECK VICTIM W. WILGON,.A PASSENGER FOR The inspectors are not going deep enough into this in- vestigation, cither to get at the real facts underlying the surface or to satisfy the public. The public already knows about the actual wreck in detail; the survivors have been interviewed time and time again on the general incidents; what everyone is now waiting for is “WHO IS TO BLAME?” To find this out will require skillful probing. The company is not going to voluntarily confess any derelic- tion on its part, if such exists. It is up to the inspectors to make the officials tell. Unless a more forcible method of questioning is employed this cannot be done. 1S FRUITLESS se ane ee ee PUTS QUEEN IN VERY BAD LIGHT | BVIDENCE AC MULATES TO SHOW THAT . _ HADLEY IS | QUEEN AND TOPEKA ALSO COULD HAVE | j REACHED VALENCIA WITH LIFEBOATS Ieee eee eee eee eee ee ee ees ite eee eee ee eee ee ee eee eee ee ee es r n thp empha sta ent that plan ntire new act both Tuesday and Wednesday ofwhether a properly equipped turf The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News r WASHINGTON WEDN LSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1906 VOL NO. "290. as CENTS PER MONTH | AEST AND OUR Ant LEAT BOATSWAIN WCARTHY |Man Who Led the Volunteer Boat |Crew Ashore in Search of Aid For Those on the Valencia Answers the Criticism of Those Who Ask “Why Didn't You Come Back?” “To all insinuations and direct charges that we r effort to force our Valencia, I after strug vay to the cliff overhanging the « want to earnestly and deliberatel ng through the dense underbrush and perpendicular cliffs, I can truthfully insurmoun we could not k progressed a mile a month towar Valencia, Mr, Cornelius Allison and others notwithstanding.” (BY TIMOTHY J. M'CARTHY.) The | — naoaherss preeipit and so d of foot that my ed to » inland from 60 to 100 he telegraph tantly, vclow, indere simply bee e one’s way t gh the tough ter time to make our way seaward th, but could make no impression uman efforts on our part to even hich a trail had once been we able to once gain that 108e helpless souls on It Wag Impossible, ‘ I only wish to God that my party could have been the means of saving those who were lost. It is charged openly that we took thought of no others but ourselves the moment we landed. If there is a grain of truth in the despicable charge, why in God’s name did my men volunteer to take a lifeboat |ashore for the express purpose of seeking help for those on board? Do you think we would have taken our lives in our hands’ in an attempt to reach shore and then turn away from those for whom we volunteered to risk our lives? It is not reasonable. It is not true. The danger of attempting to reach shore was not to be compared with that of attempting to reach the cliff. The former was providential—the latter impossible, We did our best and our consciences are clear. My crew and I are pained to think Mr. Allison and many ahers have accused us of deserting them. The charge may have been made in bitterness, but it is not true. BUNKER EXPLAINS FRANK F. BUNKER, VICTORIA, B. C. YOU ARE BEING CRITICISED FOR YOUR FAIL- URE TO REACH THE BLU ABOVE SCENE OF WRECK. WILL YOU MAKE A STATEMENT FOR THE STAR? SEATTLE DAILY STAR. (BY FRANK F. BUNKER.) VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 31.—My party climbed the bluff at a considerable distance from the wreck. We thought to get into the interior and arouse the inhabitants and then get back to the bluff, but we found no inhabitants. We found a rude trail along the telegraph line. We were in doubt as to whether the Valencia had any means of shooting a line and whether | she was near enough to reach the bluff. Our judgment said to follow the telegraph line to the first station and get help by | land and sea and to then return over the trail to the bluff, but |when we found the station and telephoned, my party was brave, but completely exhausted. It was a physical impossi- bility for any of us to get back over the tra ail that night. The jmext morning a terrific rain had so swollen the streams that leven Lineman Logan and his men, who were on the wreck side of the Darling river, could not get through to us. ———————— then runt aid | a Queen’s Desertion Awful. » would, 14 Y and th a » wa af an xP ng ' t we t I hat the Quee he tug w . W w w the Q t r r a ar tinued Weather Forecast—Fair this afters wes. wheyaee noon, tonight and Thursday; light ed a nia regulat | north to east winds. «