The Valencia Shipwreck on the West Coast TrailFrank Lehn Valencia Survivor

The Valencia Disaster

 Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail1. The Valencia Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail2. The Voyage Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail3. The Boats Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail4. The McCarthy Boat Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail5. The Bunker Party Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail6. On the Valencia Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail7. The Rafts Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail8. The Turret Raft Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail9. The Rescue Ships Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail10. The Aftermath Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail11. The Survivors Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail12. The Lost 

The West Coast Trail

Shipwreck on the West Coast TrailPrologue Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail1: The West Coast Trail Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail2: When to Hike & Fees Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail3: Trailheads Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail4: Getting There Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail5: Considerations Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail6: Campsites Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail7: Shipwrecks Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail8: Routes Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail9: Sights & Highlights

Frank Lehn Valencia Survivor

 

Frank Lehn was the first assistant freight clerk on the Valencia who survived on the Topeka Raft.  Daily Colonist Feb 13 p6: Frank Lehn. Frank Lehn The second raft was prepared and he had jumped for it when he felt the steamer’s deckhouse being washed away.  Frank Lehn recalled in an interview, that on the raft passengers held on to the life lines on the raft, which had practically submerged.  He did not believe that assistance could have been rendered by boats from the Queen or other rescue steamers.  Assistance could only come from the shore.  The Queen looked to be about three miles away.  He remembered seeing Miss Van Wyck, a heavily built lady and her daughter, a little boy of about 7 years and several members of the crew of the Valencia when he left on the raft. The Valencia was about a ship’s length from the shore he said.  He remembered the gun being fired three times when the rescue steamers hove in sight, but no discussion as to the method of being rescued.