Fireman Richley Endorses Valencia Lifeboat Charge
Testimony from Marine Turner and Second Officer Patterson supports the claim lifeboats could have saved most Valencia passengers if kept ready and manned. McCarthy and Peterson described mismanagement and lack of discipline aboard the Valencia, with lifeboats sent away without crews, and soundings indicating danger near Vancouver Island reefs. A Seattle reporter notes F. F. Bunker departing Bamfield after public pressure forces better beach duty for the dead.
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San Francisco
P. C. Jorgenson
Dewey
D. J. Sullivan
United States Navy
Queen
Valencia
Turner
Patterson
Boatswain
McCarthy
F. F. Bunker
Marine Turner and Whitney
Peterson
Mr. Peterson
Mr. McCarthy
Valencia Disaster Sparks Fireman Faith In Captain Bunker
Frank Richley the Valencia fireman endorses F F Bunker's charges of crew discipline failure after the Valencia struck rocks off Vancouver. Richley describes lifeboat chaos, Bunker aboard, and the drowning of Mrs Bunker and their child. Richley plans to quit steamboating for California rail work.
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F. F. Bunker
Valencia
Frank Richley
Vancouver
Richley
Board of
Bunker Expected to Assume Education Post
F. F. Bunker, who lost his wife and children on the way from San Francisco to Seattle, is expected to take the job of assistant superintendent of schools when he arrives in this city. No word on a possible change of plans has been received by Superintendent Cooper. In Victoria BC a wreck telegram reports a barque Admiral Courbet near Carmanah and a lightkeeper warning. a Galver steamer went to assist. In Chillicothe, a eastbound passenger train collided with a freight near here. three people were killed and several injured.
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San Francisco
Johnson
Flattery
Blanco
Puebla
Holmes
Bamfield
Richley
California
Santa Fe Railroad
Seattle
Board of Inquiry
Board of Education
F. F. Bunker
Cooper
Victoria
Carmanah
Admiral Courbet
Galver
de Eign
Weesel
Inspectors Probe Valencia Wreck Ties to Pacific Coast Steamship
A derailed Valencia inquiry by Victor Metcalf officials and Seattle attorney B Whitney investigates fault of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company or its crew. The probe, led by Whitney and Robert Turner, seeks to determine blame amid heavy loss of life.
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Victor H. Metcalf
Department OF Commerce and Labor
Cnt
Roosevelt
George C. Perking
Califoria
Perking
Pacific Coast Steamship
Valencia
Samuel H. Piles
Washington
MA M
Seattle
Pacific Steamship Pany
B. Whitney
HULLE
Robert A. Turner
Victor Metcalf
Messrs
Whitney and
Turnes
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Reader
Whitney
Turner
Pacific Coast Company
Okanogan District Promises Big Gold Output
AL Morrin of the Phil Sheridan mines predicts the Okanogan mining district will prove Washington can produce large quantities of gold to the world. The Verona steamer, chartered for an Orient voyage, loads flour at Hammond Mill and will finish cargo operations at Tacoma before sailing in about a week.
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Okanogan
Washington
AL. Morrin
Phil Sheridan
Verona
Fr. Guthrie & Co
Orient
Hammond Mill
King Christian IX of Denmark Dies at Copenhagen
King Christian IX died suddenly at 3:30 pm in Copenhagen with few relatives present. Crown Prince Frederick will succeed him. Born April 8, 1818, Christian IX ascended the throne in 1863 and steered dynastic matches for his daughters while maintaining Denmark's strategic protections of the Baltic.
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Christian
Frederick
Haakon, Vna
Norway
Christian IX
Frederick VII
House of Oldenburg
House of Glucksburg
Earling Visits City for Beattie Terminal Planning
President A J Earling of the Milwaukee railroad arrived yesterday and today surveys Beattie terminal property. He reviews preliminary work plans and aims to finish franchise details in Tacoma and other route points before leaving for the east. He will discuss with MA Williams of Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and will not disclose information until conditions are studied.
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Seattlé
MA Willams
Provident
Chicago, Miwau' & St. Paul Railway
Washington
Parting
Tacoma
East
Here
The
Cascades
French Bark Safe On Sound Near Port Townsend
Port Townsend January 29 No further news has been received here about the wreck of a French bark off Vancouver Island. The tug Tyee towing the schooner Okanogan and a bark believed to be the Admiral Courbet passed this morning. The Okanogan is bound for Port Gamble and the Courbet for Seattle.
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Okanogan
Port Gamble
Courbet
Seattle
Three Bodies Recovered From Valencia Wreck
Victoria B C January 29 three more bodies pulled from Valencia wreck scene this morning One victim identified as H Hoelacher of Seattle with considerable money found in his pockets Another victim held 24 in possession while the other two remain unidentified
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Woodland Accident Association
Cape Beale
Mise van Wyck
Valencia
H. Hoelacher
Seattle
I J Bruer Lost On The Valencia
In Victoria B C Miss Bruer of St Paul waits for the body of her uncle I J Bruer head of Bruer Bros lumber firm San Francisco confirms Bruer boarded the Valencia two hours before sailing and was not listed among passengers.
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Miss Bruer
Danish minister of justice faces threat from enraged insurance agent
An insurance agent named Boye gained an audience with Alberti the minister of justice in Copenhagen and threatened his life. The minister wrested the revolver from him and threw Boye into jail.
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Boye
Alberti
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