Show LOST IN BARCLAY SOUND the cleveland wrecked off vancouver isle BROKE DOWN IN A STORM vessel buffeted by the sale gale for or four days Fir finally raIly drifted into barclay sound lind find close to starlight reef fearing sho would strike the reef it was decided to take to the boats four were lowered lovered but only one heard from twenty two lives lost victoria B C dee IS 15 the steamer cleveland capt hall as stranded in barclay sound bound anil and three boats containing twenty members of the crew and two iwo ren are missing ills ieng the captain purser engineer one pa casenger james Lath bul and boat ere arett reached after spending tire the night in an open boat with a big storm raging this Is the story atory id by purser WhIt whitbeck beek ho cit at nan almo at 3 this morning from alberni and came to Vic victoria torla on the noon train the cleveland an lion steamer ot of tons bened by charles nelson of sin sew fiandaco Fiand co between that city and sound left the arin gate on oil the ith instant tor for seattle SI she had been on cut tire tin way may tao days arid ami was vall out to sen HOA chen during doling a ai most pei becic tic gule gul her broke sal were mere then hoisted and an air effort made to get eel to cape flattery l heavy IN ands hou however ever drove hr northward arid and after dicing buffeted about aboul by the elnorma for four days day being carried nor tilt ard oll all the time ond and in toward vancouver island lnla nl she hc drifted litto into barclay sound on the night of december luth hy by the west entrance and doner kiy close to starlight reef there ft I 1 as a bis big sea bunning I 1 anil and the wind was mas baoming groat great guns eun fearing that abe he would on the elie reef recai and knowing that thai if IP ho did there aej bouhl ill bf be no hope for tier hr tier her officers decide to take to the boats four boats delft lowered and they started sart d out to seek for a place of safety an wits rondo to lind land on one ter rf tire iho small le landEs but tt it was unsuccessful tile wine wind making tt it impossible impo they then started for antler antl nr island and tie thy e call kalns boat mad alpha passage pap sage in it a big biff surf burt vas oking TI the le captain signaled to lu the other oilier boats to follow but they tile filled fill cd to do d 8 ao 0 a and n dit it to la sup postil that being unni 0 1 t to 0 on the captain bom boat a after fter tire the signals given they jhc ill hid had been swamped after that tint nothing wits seen bern of the three boutie cort COLT t hull hall landed hla his boat safely on the boach after going through the A alpha pha passage and spent the night there next morning hla his party made their v way ay to t ill ulace orize u chere here they were carcil for by john Wai kolitz a storekeeper in the ni cantline th the steamer had drifted luthar into th the sound bound haning missed striking man mony islands anil and reefs that lay in her paty pa ange she finally wint went ashore at jn an ilcisin camp aall point on elie north mt horo or of 11 liar artlay lay sound pound As soon coon as u fhe bhe had been located capt hall again took charge charef but he found that the indians indiana had been there and looted the vessel after walting waiting for some time for tho the 0 other three boats capt decided to send the purser to alberni to telegraph I 1 to victoria for the pT tiT star t c d train from in a boat manned by tuo indians but did not get fret far be fore hla his canne cane capsized by threats I 1 the he purser punier induced indu c ed the indians to taka him buck back to 10 where he secured a crew of hite men to take him to alberna arriving there he be found the warm dun tie 0 o lie came on to victoria thre there la is little doubt that the ahr three ee boats containing tho the twenty mem rec r of the crew send to tact pasi st have act en t alb r b 0 x 0 of I 1 chiv hiv alt and a I illow bol loved to awve been lie in th tin bo beattle attle were up the next morning on th the braa it one nn of odilie I 1 tie boxers aci was nt at ali the p to to kulil arni arm andalft an and dAlit the other oilier further north |