Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1897 — STEAMER CLEVELAND LOST. [ARTICLE]

STEAMER CLEVELAND LOST.

Vessel Is Wrecked on the Coast of Vane on Ter Island. Uncertainty aa to the fate of the overdue steamer CJeveiand, which sailed from San Francisco Dec. 4 for Seattle, was cleared away by the receipt of a telegram from Captain Hall, master of the ehip, addressed to the owner. From the rather indefinite details so far received it appears that the steamer is a total wreck on the west coast of Vancouver island, in Barclay sound, twelve miles north of Gape Beale. The captain and six others are safe, but twenty-two are stall missing and it is feared they were drowned. The steamer broke down during a severe storm off the mouth of the Columbia river. Captain Hall tried to put into Puget Sound, but the fury of the gale and rapidity of the current combined to make the vessel totally unmanageable, and when she finally ran ashore on Barclay sound, the panic-stricken crew rushed for the boats. Despite the warning of Captain Hall, who advised the men to stick to the ship, she was beached. None of these boats have as yet been heard from and it is feared that they are lost, although it is probable that they may have landed on the coast of Vancouver island at some remote point. The captain, chief engineer, purser, three sailors and one fireman, who remained on board the Cleveland, succeeded in reaching the shore through the surf safely. The vessel and cargo was valued at $75,000, on which there is little insurance.