| Show AT HI LEAST FIFTY LI LIVES ES A ARE t LOST Steamer Valencia Wrecked Off Cape Beale Be le Vancouver Island HUND E HOPING FOR RESCUE I I Ii i S 11 Ii Heavy Seen S cs and I a nil ad Total Ili ii ii I Wreck reck of or Threatened Victoria B n C Jon Jam 21 The steamer Valencia Capt John ol ot of the Const Coast Steamship company n with wih 91 Jl passengers on hoard board and a 1 crew of r 60 fiO al aLq wrecked to the eastward ea of ot Capo Cape Heale on tile tho Vancouver Valcour Island coast coastin in fit the tie mornIng ot or Tuesday with witha lh n a heavy helY besot 1069 or life Ufe greater greate than that ot or an nn othar disaster that has hll ltd HII near lucre ller since the terrible loss loan 1015 of oC life following the collision coll ot or the tue still ship Orph tM the steamer when en In route from Victoria Ui tO Il land The h survivors rlou who ho have tench meach ed ell Capo lelle Jie le the tho boatswain I and I live seamen sel me I sent lent to lo secure assistance In hI ii ono of ot the steamers boats bo II report that at 01 least 51 it t persons person were drowned along alon alone Ido ide e the tIme steamer when bottle boats loaded with wih women and tint children smashed against the st Al rs side Ilde Oi after they ire are lower I d 11 front from the vowel vossel Cel When they left lett over persons Perli were huddled on the saloon alon deck nf lt t tile the steamer which was IR tte then partly sub submerged submerged merged with the tho sea pea wash washIng Ing lag over tile the main machi deck leek A southeast gale gitle Kile blowing with the wind whist whistling ling hug through the tho cordage of ot the wreck wred wrecked ed vessel at nt a velocity of ot over oer 40 10 molten Iles an hour anti alJ a I high sea wan against time tho hull hul sending spume high over oer It U and huga seas pounded on the thed d IJ deck ck threatening to 10 break up UI the wreck unless the tue several steamers which hoe have beep been he n hurried to 10 tIle the as tiC assistance al of or the wrecked vessel can ar or arrive arrive rive In time to lo save those who ho remain on the wreck vre k U I t Is doubtful It If flay any nn of them will wi reach rench shore for tor a n landing In lit such nit all luch ni possible a n place la Is I extremely If IC I at atall The Valencia alecIa tailed from San Ran Fran Francisco I ran cisco clico on her second trip to Victoria re replacing ro placing tile recently disabled steamer City Gly of ot Puebla at It 11 1 n II m rn 1 on Satur Saturday Saturday day Tills This Th was S the only clear cear day and train from Saturday evening Capt Johnson amid his officers had hod to navigate by b means macann at reckoning NearIng th thc entrance c 1 tili strolls straits tho I weather was WI wa waVery very Jery thick aha lna they thought they were In the vicinity of or the tIle reef lightship near Cape Flattery which lies has hasa liesa a good fog signal sigal on board bord Having had no observations and unable uMble to tomake tomake tomake make out their position In the thick weather prevailing sounding were sere taken showing 30 fathoms Imme moths Immediately HatelY titter after the men with the lentil lead lints reported 80 2 fathoms of or water l the tho steamer struck heavily against scotia fOle roofs roCs off or shore hore with a shock which awoke woke a all al on board Tho Thid steamer did lid not run up on the tho reef reet anti and was wan Ial Immediately barked away 11 As she went vent Into deep water wlter she hie began to fill the Impact with the rock having greatly damaged the steamer The he engineers whistled to 10 the bridge that water Wlter was WUI pouring up tip over oer the engine room plates 1111 they ther were unable to 10 stand Iland by their engines 10 so o test fast tl t did lid the water vater rise rhe In him the time en engine engine gine room They he and time the firemen fremel were driven on deck but before they tle were driven out In II answer to 10 excited Jin un Jingles jingles from the bridge they the what speed peed was possible and Capt Johnson Johnon turned tha tho th vessel ves el again toward the Iho beach belch As tho the Valencia was want foundering ns na asa I n a result of or her Impact with time the rocks the only possible chance to 10 save savo ae any I of or those on omi board hoard was lS to 10 put pul the vessel et el ashore again with the hope scent scant though It 1 was IVOS of oC landing those on board on 01 the rocky coast Before Detore clue Mio struck again on 01 the rocks the tho engi engl engineers engineer neer firemen fremen and all oi below had been driven above Ibo e by b the Inrush of ot water and the seas soon Boon began hen to roll rol over the tho main deck de k Water Waler was over oer time the deck when the boats wore being low lowered ered ored the lights being extinguished by b the Hooding floodIng of or the engine room lom before the work vork was ints 1 commenced The loss los of or life wan awful when th the boats were lowered Two wo boats hoat filled filed with wih women and arid children were swept against side of ot the stormier r smashed and completely wrecked all fl those In the boats boals being swept into nto th thu tho sen sea and drowned The scenes In the darkness were horrible for not hot nl a light showed on any part porI of oC the vessel after the electric lights suddenly went ent out when the dynamos were Ivere covered by b the Inrush of oC water Several boats bonIs and cail ald three throe life lre rafts were put over oer fro rO wreck and of those put over two boats boot I have hae been heard hearl of r One On Is II that which I reached Cape ape Beale Deale nine hours bouts after the disaster and reported to 10 LIght keeping 11 and omil they the had been leen sent by h Capt Johnson to seek ek assist assistance ance These TheM men melt told tol n i tale taI of horror They were the tho only ones oni to iy rach mach ach Cape Cals Denle though nine others were vere reported r Irtel When a telegraph hut hunt on the shore pharr they left lef UIA thia steamer at least W 6 per persons sons hud been heen drowned by the tho wrecking of ot the th life boats bools and ald the who hio remained on board hoard were huddled un on the saloon deck leck There must have hap been leen 10 holding to 10 the stanchions and andI 1 I climbing to the railings of the tho social nodal o lial ha and ami smoking room rOI on the saloon deck Then he the neri aen fL rolled over o r the tho main malmi mall deck deek lerk and swept against the houses of or the saloon deck which was wal I threatened with being bellg wrecked and carried away The Te outlook they said lole was vas wo poor for tor the lives les of or these per persons pOI sons frn unless assistance could be he scoured urd Many scorn the pathetic tales the Ihl sur survivors lur who hors related to the light keeper succored them at the station They were fre cre fatigued and amid suffered from the Iho privations endured In their long lont and arduous row amid the hard trip trill along niong alongshore shore to 10 the light station They rhey stated that two of those tho e who escaped when the boats boat were swamped had hail reached the high bluff 30 feet teet from which the time wreck was Iuis held heM These rhee men were un unable able to climb up the cliff and were shouting for C r assistance which could not be bo given Ilven They Ther were o 0 get get train from the rocks 01 or to reach reo h the time top lop of ot the bluff and whon the Ihl tide rose roo It WOn Wa thought they thc would be ho swept away When the lie boats boals were ere swamped and wrecked as the rca roa re swept wept thorn them against n allt the tho steamer teAmer ii a little boy was as seen en stand ln Ing crying by the rail rai on time tho saloon fleck deck vainly asking for tOl fo his hil mother r who hio had hod been en swept wept to 10 death train from fro the broken blokel boats boot One Omie lady lad whose hus hue husband bard band had got gol Into Inlo one of ot the boats tried to hand her h r child to 10 him but the th hoot boat swerved oft ot ns OA she sho dropped the little 1110 one anti and Ind It fell fel Into Inlo the sea The mother remains with wih those Iho e on mu tho tue wreck The father tather was van Wi drowned with tha thu th swamping of oC the boat hoat CLASS For Seattle Sate J P ji R WIdmer J 7 F 1 Neley Nalcy 1 le N It II Anderson Anler on Miss Van VanWyck 01 Wyck W k Alice Alce and two Iwo chil chmil children dren F T 1 Fondo n fl n T Brown O G W VV Taylor arid and wife vie Hurt Parker C A William Wilam Sible Mrs Mr W 0 O Miss Mies 1 s I Shave F P I Peter Pater Paterson son Oi N N Peters Harry Ward aril 0 G Walker H II I T Hel W O e Merle II n Hoelscher J J 7 Mrs litre Ira Wil Wilkinson Wi kinson MIss MIsH W Cole Colt C C Allison Fred Frail Charles harles a G Notion onen backer W V 1 l H 5 Bunker wife Olor e D P Harden Hardel J n U Graham Mattle Matle Harden For Mrs Irs 1 n I n Stewart For Mrs rs J 7 c e i Thompson AV W V H 13 Hume Jor 1 oi Vancouver Harry WoolrIdge A T Ralph William Wi 1 I Smith For lor Victoria Victorian 71 n D H Ii Jens Jes Donald Donnld lions Hoss How Howl Duff 3 or Tacoma Mrs Irl K I f ND CLASS CA H For James Wright James Januies M OXell ONeIl Harry Groggy Oel 1 I r W v Jacob Jacob Nik NIh ko ho 11 h I 1 Peter Peler Globe J K l Lucas J T I I Doherty Dohert P J 7 Campbel Theodore J f I B J ol t tI I Dawson U 0 p and amid wife 1 1 J amid J ery er ef C A Cosette Peter Ieter Hogan Holun W M 1 Ogle Osle Ind and wife 8 l I T J 1 H 11 Hera Hero D fl Dole A II I T 1 Vis Simpson on T r C Cent West We ent t W A Demi Dell H II I FIshier Fisher f I J Murphy n ft Hill lUl J T 1 WIN 1 Ii Ills hIts M 1 s Smith J 1 Hosle For Ju Jo Juneau Juneal neau neal B For Fur Frank Kovoch Tom Toimi 01 Brown Brwn Hem Hel Sam Tom Tain P 1 1 E K For or Victoria J 3 Fertile J For Van Vancouver Va couver A Karr J arr OFFICIALS 01 OF THU lE VALENCIA Following Is lei It the Ih list hint of oC officers Capt 0 O M Johnson John on first oller W Holmes Holme i second officer P I Peler eon fon n third J H 11 I Cameron fourth A purser purel J J 3 1 freight clerk cerk F J Lehn Lehni as assistant freight clerk IS g K g F Hopkins chief engineer W Downing first as assistant al engineer T 1 P Catrick second as ins assistant engineer H S Davis lavis third as assistant al engineer 11 It H M I l Nelson elson chIef steward J i 1 I second stew slew steward ard ord N H 11 Campbell Till lm CHEW CREW The Tite following Is 18 the lint Hit l t of or tho the crew ot of the in II addition to 10 the oIl 01 Carl cel whose hose have base h hen cn en already given Mrs Ir Orchard stewardess T 1 Mc McCarthy Ic Carthy C A car carpenter carpenter carpenter penter H It I watchman M TUP quartermaster It U Carlsen J Montgomery A Johnson tars lets mutes mates Illel T 1 J 0 U W Oo ln T r F Shields L l I Olson O e Drown Brwn L I 1 T 1 r Ahlstedt John Murk sea mica seamen Realen men len lieu Hen Locke deck boy ho John T 1 Lynch a tt I Pickering C F P damage Gannage oil 01 ers cn William Harper J P 1 I Primer M W Doherty J firemen F I P D Doran I 1 Miller ller coal passers J Osborn steerage steward L I h I Hancock J 7 Cameron I 1 Johnson cooks Charles Charies Fluhme baker L 1 WilkIns barkeeper J J 7 Hughes porter H Il I Cram Crr C Welch elch t W J I Martin Martha J McCarthy mati mess boys hOYI C H It 1 McCartney C K 1 F Frogge John M 1 Bell Bel J 1 B 13 Clements P 1 V OBrien S Homero J Walsh h hJohn John Wallace P I II n Connors Connor C hood Houd waiters The Tue he Valencia Is I an nn Iron screw steam steamer er of ot 1695 tons capacity 2527 feet long with a henna beam of lt 34 feet teet and amid a U depth of ot 19 10 feet Clot It WA as built bui In 1882 by br Cramp Sons SOlS of ot Philadelphia During tho the war with wih Spain the Valen Vahen Valencia Valencia eta cia cia was wa engaged for COI u a time In to the transport tran port service of the States conveying troops to 10 and amid nd from the Philippines H D TorA mAT i Victoria B n C Jan Jaim Jai 23 3 10 I fn mA A special from Cape Cafe Beale leale states that V when time the steamer l omer Valencia Palencia left I r San Sin Francisco at 11 it 1 a a m 1 Saturday the weather 1 was Wan WI clear but since has bUl been thick arid and Capt Johnson John on had hul con consequently COl to It navigate by reckoning The TIte of the steamer stelmer thought they th tile y were ivern near lear reef reet light lightship ship shill when the vessel drove droe In on the Vancouver Island 1 coast Soundings had hod been taken laken 30 1 fathoms has hav having ha haIns haslag lag Ins been secured a 1 few tel minutes before beon the tho vessel essel struck When she hit the tho rocks roc Its her engines were reversed and the steamer succeeded In hacking oft ot Into Inlo deep leep water Sh SIte Immediately be began b begun gun gan to nil fill 11 so quickly that the tue en engineers engineers und and firemen were erl driven from the th engine room antI and this the only chance to save cave 1 e the lives 1 VC of anyone on board was to 10 drive Ire the vessel vesel ashore When the six Ix survivors lunor who have ha e arrived at Cape Cale Benle Peale left the tue Valencia I she he was laying hendon headon hearon to 10 the pa ea M nail ami WIS vas Ins out 30 yards from the time high bluff on cli shore hore with the water over oer her lieu hermain main deck de k What were ware ure left ler of ot the tho th pas pan passengers ix a 1 large lare number having bell been previously drowned were shore huddled on the saloon deck delk Whon When the this boats bab were sere lowered soon after thu tue vessel was WIS driven drilen en Into shore she Iho began to 10 till fill fl and 11 there was a n great greit loss ot of life le The rha boats boals filled Jed with wih women and andI I were Iro smashed agaj gL t Ih Ithe side Ille of oC the th and nil all al in iii II them were lost host lost The hie he lights hud had hll gone out onit ou hy by h this timis time ami sll the crew crow could rould not see mice seeto lee leeI to work Several boats ba Is and three life Ufa I rafts were lowered Only two of them lime have been heard hearil from There here were core thought to be about persons still sll on the wreck and the tho survivors who reached Cape Beale Hele say sn at al least 50 0 were ere drowned alongside the lIne steamer before they left leC The rhe boatswain bont and nn five fits e seamen Heamen were nere tent to 10 secure as assistance 11 and are the on ones that r lochel reached ached Cape ape neale arriving there thereabout thereabout about 3 VALENCIA INSURED Seattle Wash Jan 21 Manager Pearce of the Pacific Pacto Coa Coast oa t Steamship company who Is now nol in mi this thin tits city cl said last night that Ilat the VII al aleria eria me As s lou for Approximately l of or which Is I carried by English underwriters underwriter ant and San the rem In addition to the Queen which was waa wa sent ent to tIme the Ihl scene of o the tue wreck from Victoria the steamer City Ity of ot I was lae WA from this Mils city ut at 10 last flight Mr Ir Pearce Peace said uld the first effort of ot the company compa ny would be to render aid to 10 the survivors of the die dis disaster aster Mr Mu Ir Pearce declined to venture an opinion ns an I to the cause came of the wreck saying that It t might have hav beon due duo to toa toI toa I a I number of or causes and ant th t he would not form torm an on opinion until he lie le had hud heard henri I from rein some comae MOle of the he I officers oters |
