 On the morning of 24 January, "Queen" arrived at the site of the wreck, but was unable to approach due to the severity of the weather and lack of depth charts.Seeing that it would not be possible to approach the wreck from the sea, "Salvor" and "Czar" set off to Bamfield to arrange for an overland rescue party.Upon seeing "Queen", "Valencia"'s crew launched the ship's two remaining life rafts, but the majority of the passengers decided to remain on the ship, presumably believing that a rescue party would soon arrive.