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Show THE "PACIFIC." San Francisco, 11. A dispatch from Neah Bay, W. T., dated yesterday, yester-day, gives tbe statement of Neal O. Haley, quartermaster of the l'acijic rescued by the revenue cutter Oliver Walcutl on the nioruihg of the 7th inst., to the following cllect: About 250 people, were on board. When they went below atS p. m. everything was-all right, the lights were in place. .When the shock occurred they ran on deck and found everything in confusion. confu-sion. The passengers were crowding on the hurricane deck; the ship fell off into the trough of the sea; saw a large vessel under sail, which they said struck tho steamer; saw her green light distinctly. The passengers passen-gers crowded into the boats against the commands of the officers. I with the chief engineer got the port boat forward into the water, got fifteen women and six men iu her; she cap sized by the Killing of the ship; saw1 none of them afterwards; supported myself by a floating skylight about fifteen minutes, then got on a portion of the hurricane deck with some eight others. On looking for tbe steamer I found she had disappeared, leaving a floating mass of human beings. be-ings. Tho screams for help were fearful but soon ceased, and we were alone on the raft. There were the oaptain, second mate, second cook and -four passengers, including a young lady. At one a. m. next morning, morn-ing, the 5lti, it blew a gale from the southeast, the sea making a clean breach over the raft, to which we lashed ourselves. About 4 a. m. the sea washed overboard our captain, I second mate, the lady and another passenger. About 0 a. m. the second cook died. Cleared up about! p. m., and we saw land fifteen miles distant! and a piece of the wreck with two or moro on it. About 5 p. m. another died; on the morning of the 0th another an-other died, leaving me alone. About 4 p. m. a large empty box floated near mo, I got it on the raft for Bhelter and elepfc soundly that night, for several hours. The morning of the 7th I saw land on both sides; was surrounded sur-rounded with float kelp, which made the water smooth. It continued calm all day and night. At 3 a. m. I was rescued by the cutter. A later report from Neah credits O'Haley with the statement that the second mate told him whilo on tho raft that tho chief mate, with eight of the crew in a boat, got clear of the ship. The W'atrott has gono cruising along tho coast of Vancouver island. Guxxie Tdjair went south. Tho WalcoU. took Indians and canoes to search the shore for any that may have landed, as tho current has run strong from tho westward, carrying the bodies of the recovered far up the straits, It is bo-lieved bo-lieved that the two saved is all th.it will be found alive, except theso in the boat with the ma to in caso they mado shore. Evidently but little of tho siern broke up, except the hurricane dck. Nothing has been yet scon of tho ship which struck thu '1'ai-ijic. Several vessels from the outside havo been spoken, none of whom had seen her. O'llalloy n;iys the captain was tho last man to leave the ship. Tho following are the passengers of the l'acijic not heretofore reported : J. Foster, J. W. JJoylo, J. II. Sullivan, Sulli-van, J. Kennedy, Wm. Powell, (ico. Bird, Elward Shepherd, J'nmk McLaughlin, Mc-Laughlin, Geo. Bryson, W. Campion, Win. Power, Jiichard Tur:ibull, Jno. Kcnaley, Chas, Smith, Geo. Per no, A. L. Jt liney, G. Journeaux, F. Journcax, F. Earnest Meyer, Joseph Havcrty and wifo, J. Thompson, J. Crcdcn, P. Carty, C. N. Miles, Adam Foster, Dennis Cain, K.Lyons, J. Pelltier, Mr. and Mrs. Keller and child, Mrs. A. Reynolds, and thirty-live thirty-live ( Ihinatiifn in Lhn Htnrrni'n. Tliero were six Chinamen in the cabin and $100,000 iu privato hands. Victoria, 11. Tho atoamihip Gun-sic Gun-sic Tut fau- returned at 0 o'clock last evening from a cruise in tho neighborhood neigh-borhood of Capo Flattery for the sur-vivorH sur-vivorH from thu J'ncijic, She found no living pernoiis, but picked up the body ol a woman identified as that of Mrs. Kellar, of San Francisco; tho body of Mr. Viuing, of iSteilacoom, W. T., and the body of tho stoker of tiio lost ship. All of thoso bodies bad life preservers on. Tho Oliver Wnlcutl picked up Iho body of tho asuinUnl steward named Richard Jon:1, dead. Tho steamers aro still searching lor more bodies. An inquest on Iho threu will bo held to-day. Portions of tho wreck aro beginning to como ashore near this port. |