The Jasper Weekly Courier

A WATERY GRAVE.

Reported Loss of the Schooner Active, with All on Board, Thirty-Three In Number, Off the Coast of Oregon.

OTTAWA, Ont., April 22-A special from Victoria, British Columbia, gives an account of a terrible shipwreck, accompanied by the loss of thirty-three lives, which took place off the coast of Oregon, about thirty miles north of Cape Flattery, during the early part of this month. The information was first brought in by four Kyuquot Indians, who arrived at Victoria yesterday morning, having occupied ten days in making the overland journey from the scene of the wreck.

For some time past considerable anxiety has been felt regarding the schooner Active, having on board five Swedes and twenty-eight Indians, and which is long overdue. The Active was engaged in general coast trade, and had a valuable cargo of assorted merchandise on board, which, however, was not insured. The schooner appears to have been caught in a storm which raged during the early part of the month, and to have been dashed on shore, where she speedily went to pieces, all hands undoubtedly perishing.

As far as known, no one witnessed the disaster, the Indians having their attention first attracted by the large quantity of wreckage washed ashore, including bunks, Indian mats, bedding, etc., which was washed up, but nothing actually bearing the name of the vessel. The general description, however, together with the nature of the articles reported to have been recovered, leaves no doubt that the unfortunate vessel was the Active. Among those who have perished is Mr. Jake Guttman, (one of the owners), Captain Getschamel, Anna Jacobson, Charles Frederick and Billy Lessong, besides the twenty-eight Indians before mentioned.