Valencia Inquiry Probed by Independent Board Demanded
Public calls for a thorough, independent investigation into the Valencia wreck. Clergy Rev. Larton questions whether Marine Inspectors Whitney and Turner are biased judges, urging federal action to uncover who is to blame. Witnesses accuse crew incompetence and probe lifeboat failures, life belts, and rescue efforts.
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Whitney
Turner
Comany
Valencia
Rev
F. Larton
Topeka
Particare
Coast Steamship Company
McCarthy boat crew leader defends aid effort for Valencia victims
Boatswain McCarthy defends his party after Valencia disaster accusations. He recounts efforts to reach shore through dense brush and cliffs, noting the impossibility of advancing to the cliff and asserting their aim was to seek aid. He defends the crew’s actions as life risking but necessary.
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McCaffrey
Nurs
Valencia
Puebla
San Francisco
Ins
McCarthy
Allison
Hoddinott
Valencia Disaster Trials Highlight Crew and Passenger Roles
Testimony on the Valencia wreck details crew actions during lowering of boats and rescue efforts. Witnesses describe order quality confusion and the lifeboat misadventures as passengers and crew scrambled to safety.
City Council Sets Precincts for Elections
A special noon meeting of the city council decided on election locations in each precinct. Few changes were recommended from those chosen by central committees for the primaries.
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Thore
Bodies pulled from Pacific wrecks and search continues
On January 21 the Revenue Cutter Grant reached Bamfield B C as crews search shorelines for missing men and recover bodies. Four white men and two Indians are among the deceased or unaccounted for with recoveries reported at Pachona bay and the wrecked Vatenda.
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BY . L. David
the Star
U. & & Grant
Bamfield
B. C
Grant
Wyndda
J. B
Pharo
L. W. Sibley, Jr
Three Big Projects Under Way In Seattle Plans
Jamcs A Moore reports three major ventures underway in Seattle. A duplicate Arcade block will rise on Ind and Stewart with a six story building costing 200000 dollars for stores and apartments. A 3000000 dollar blast furnace project is planned for a location to be chosen, with spring construction.
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Jamcs A. Moore
New York
Inday
Union
University Ate
Ind and
Stewart
Gilmore Lote
Century Company
Moore
Seattle
Bahada Brings A Wreck Victim Inquest At Victoria
The tug Bahada delivered a recovered body and survivors to the city dock at 11:50. Chief Cook Samuel Hancock identified the deceased as W. Wilson, a second class passenger bound for Beattie, with a red woven initial on a handkerchief. Weather hindered searches. several unidentified bodies were later picked up near Victoria while Miss Laura Van Wyck’s missing remains sparked renewed concern.
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Miss van Wyck
Mr. Peters
Fay
Peters
Pay
Victoria
Fred Erickton
Cape Beale
la How
Cook Hancock
Dresed
W. Wilson
City Dock
Wilson
Cook Samuel Hancock
Beattie
Hancock
Valencia
George Francia Fay
W. A. Peters
Miss Laura van Wyck
Bahada
Perry
Noop
Cook Hancock i
Richley Denies Statements In Valencia Wreck Inquiry
Frank Richley testified before the board of inquiry and denied claims attributed to him in The Star. He said he never authorized sending his name to a telegram for Fr. Hunker and would stand by Mr. Hunker, or Mr. Bunker, to the end. The Star notes Richley’s later change of stance on Pacific Coast Steamship responsibility.
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Bunker
Valencia
Taland
Board of
Frank Richley
Star
Hunker
Ricney
The
Northern Hotel
Richey
Pacific Coat Steamship Company
Hadley Surprised by Rogers Decision in Missouri
Attorney General Hadley expressed astonishment in Jefferson City after being told of the Rogers decision by Justice Gildersleeve. He indicated he might need to plan an entirely new action.
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Jefferson City
Jan. Oh
Hadley
Rogers
Justice Gildersleeve
Valencia inquiry cites wrecked ship crew testimony
Evidence from the Valencia investigation shows that equipped boats could have reached the wreck from the sea on Tuesday and Wednesday last week. Quartermaster Tarpy, at the wheel when Valencia struck rocks, remained by the wreck until liferaft departure and rescue by the City of Topeka.
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CIA
Valencia
Quartermaster Tarpy
Topeka
Queen Desertion Stirs Witnesses In Sea Rescue Tale
Inspector Whitney questions a survivor about the Queen’s withdrawal and the failure of steamers or tugs to deploy lifeboats. The witness recalls waiting as small boats could not reach them and laments the apparent desertion at sea.
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Inspector Whitney
Bunker Explains Wreck Scene Near Bluff
Victoria BC January 31 My party climbed the bluff near the wreck Valencia and found no inhabitants. A rude telegraph line trail led to the first station for help. Exhausted, we could not return that night and rain swelled streams the next morning delaying all rescuers.
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Victoria
B. C
Logan
Darling River
Weather Forecast: Fair This Afternoon Through Thursday
Fair weather continues this afternoon tonight and Thursday with light north to east winds.
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Protect Steamship Company
McArthy
Cornelius Allison
Timothy J. M’carthy
Inef
P. Hoddinott
Hoddigott
Johnson
Hodding
Richley
Wrank Richley
Firemen’s Mess
Thie
Richtey
Mia
Campbell
Rickley
Ridley
Hiteankie
Revenue Cutter Grant
Padhena Bay
Mainst
Los Angeles
Indiana
Vatenda
H. Holstetter
Lorne
J. & Pharo
Pachona Bay
J. A. Moore
QUEEN
Valen
Frank F. Bunker
Seattle Daily Star
Frank PF. Bunker
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