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Show PARALLON Story of the Hl-Fated Ship's Disaster on Rocks f Seattle, Wash., Wash. 7. How the crew and passengers of the ill fated ship Farallon were saved is told by J. Ii Thwaites, mall clerk of tho wrecked steamer. In a special dispatch dis-patch from Seward He 6ays: "We had one passenger to land at Illamna bay, where we arrived early on the morning of January 5. In a blinding snowstorm tho steamer crept along. Pilot Crooks realized the peril, but ho missed the entrance and the ship struck a Teef a mile off shore. The Farallon hit tho reef at high water. wa-ter. When the tide receded was was caught amidships on the rocks and her engine and machlnerv displaced so that they rolled violently. At noon the Farallon waa on her beam ends. "Down the icy sides of the ship we lowered ourselves to the small boats. They were tossed about by cakes of ice. Blankets and food were also lowered to the boats. The shore could be dimly seen through the veil of snow. Wo could hear the roar of the surf and the reports, like tho?e of cannon, when Ice cakes were hurled against the rocks. It seemed for a time that we should be unable to land because of the high surf. At lat wo discovered a small cove that offered some shelter, and landed safely. A more desolate region could not havo been Imagined. "The sailors put the ppssengers and supplies ashore, and then turned back to the Farallon, from which they took sails, tarjnullns, baggage, malls, provisions pro-visions and mat tresses. In the meantime mean-time the party ashore was busy setting set-ting up a camp, for all knew that the stay while waiting for rescue might bo long. Tarpaulins wero spread upon the snow for a floor. Boxes and barrels of supplies formed walls and lashed oars made gables. Sails were spread over the frame, hut lacked two fopt of reaching the ground on one side shelter, leaving an opening Ihrough which the Icy wind whistled. A slml'ar tent was erected further up tho icy slop. When night came the outlook was rMsheirtening. The wind Increased In bitterness Fire was maio from driftwood dug out of tbo !ce and enow. WTe had no lights. We mnde water for our coffee by melting scow. We ate our roenl of coffee, bacon ba-con and frozen hrca,l In gloomy si lence, wearing mittens and overcoats. On subsenuent da vs. wo roido trips to tho wreck and brought off material with which wo constnftod stoves snd other conveniences. WTo snort tbo Mm wrctchodlv nnd mnnntononslv, fbn cntber b'nr so cold tbnt no one ventured out except to get wood from the beach." I |