Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-15
nGaTn0UsE MATTERS


| II s.seoose tenoef chabrIok. Captain
| n N 1reRory. arrived SATURDAY. even
ing With Lieutenant Uriel sebree. In.
spector OF this lighthouse district on
ooafo. and made fast TO tie Quinc,
street wharf.
iouf correspondent met one of the
on.csrs al tne xanRvsy, and ths firs,
question pat by him was, Have you seer
oosys PoeT-lSrELLIGExoER p Well
tne North Pacific had Just cone from
up the Soand, on her way to yjctora
and se supposed of course tha. tue pa
pefs nsd been brought dovn, bot upon
inqoiring at Mr.. JoHes's, IL g aeeut, and
a. other places, We failed 20 md a
paper OF that date. ! asked toe offioer
Nhy se was 90 aExioos to find a payer
sno ns explained that an article mad
oeen Published regarding the seavorthi.
ness OF tne Shubrisk which was NOS a,
al 70 the credit of the vessel, and the
omsers would like to see it. as they had
n1afo thas 1t was charged that at sea
.us otncefs had to choke the firemen TO
Keep tnem at their duty at the fires.
ininking that perhaps correct state
1nent OF facts would set your paper and
sne ofnosrs In friendly relations, as well
as prove interesting to your readers.
ih1oe bold 70 inquire as TO how such
report could have got into the paper.
lne ofncer replied that, thougn the
snoorick 10 one of the Oldest steamers
ON this coast. having seen service for
over thirty years, she Ia still quite
stauneh and strong. does not leak q
drop, aud In fact 10 ready TO outride a
gale where other vessels would run for
harbor. On the night of the z3d of
December, 1882. while rQnRing from
Cape Flattery to the Colam kia river,
after We had been on q tour of the
Sound, We we're overtaken by a storm
Oh Destruction Islans, which increased
In violence, arst from the southeast,
driving as OF the coast, and, veering to
the southwest, endanRering our vessel
from foundering. The only way we
saved our ship was by carrying more
steam than our allowance, keeping the
vessel up to the SEA by tripping the en-
Rine over the centers by hand frou. 6
O'Clock in she evening until 3 O'Clock
next morning. We were 4S hours in
making the distance that should have
been made in l6 hours bat the old
vessel carried as Ii. safety. while the
Danish steamer Volmsr, with Chinese
passengers from Victoria, bound to
HonRkong. put back with her houses
washed of.
The shocking story which the paper
has reference TO, may be explained by
the fact that during the storm, while
the chief engineer was handling the en-
Rine. the assistant WAS in the fire room,
and seeing one of the firemen, appar-
emily panic strickt n attempting to leave
the fire room, to fee to the desk. he
xaI 49, . k.. 49,
him to rsturn to his duty at the fur
naces.
Last December, while ON the vay
from here to Astoria, We were again
caught IN a gale, which washed OF our
paddle boxes.
Lieutenant Sebree took charge of
this district last October, relieving Com
mander George 4. Davis. Several buoys
have been added to the list OF those on
the Sound, two of which will prove of
great importance as aids to navigation
near Oak Harbor. where tue CITY of
Quincy ran en- rsck, putting a hole
through her bstt sm. Ia order to keep
the steamer from sinking. her captain
ran her on the beach. A buoy has also
been placed on Snskeline Point, about
three miles east of CoupeviIie. This
point runs out long distance.
The Shubrick leaves tod ~ with Col
leotor Beecher on board. who will point
ont to Lieutenant Sebree points in
Washington Sound and the Guif of
Georgia where day marks and buoys are
needed. Semiahmoo certainly needs
channel buoys and stakes. The SOUTH
~est end Of Protection Island and the
entrance to Port Discovery needs ct
tention, az there is dangerous shoai
making oat from the island one and a
half miles to the southwark. and moth
ing to warn vessel of the danger
On June 18th, the ship Enos Soule, from
San Francisco, ran on this shosl and
vas obliged to throw overheard ballast.
She came of by the assistance Of two
tags.
July l6, schooner M, @. Russ, Capt.
Peterson, from San Francisco, met with
the same misfortune, aud the next day
the schooner Joshua Grindle ran on the
same spot where these vessels had
thrown out their ballast. The weather
Was clear. and buoy. now lying on the
deck Of the Shnbrick, in position of the
shoai at Protection island would have
saved these vessels delsv and much ex
pense in being towed Of.
The ShubSick will return Wednesday
and proceed with the inspection of the
lighthouses between here and the Cape.
Mrs. Evans wife Of the principal keep
or OF the Port Angeles lighthouse. will
go down on the Shubrick with her house
hold goods. Mrs. Stratton, the former
keeper. will remove to her home across
the bay. The Department has decided
10 do away With the services OF female
keepers and assistants at all lighthouses
on The coast Of the United States, with
the exception Of those Who hold their
positions by an act of Congress, sach as
the wives Of officers who have lost their
lives In the service Of their country.
Mrs. Deunisou. assistant keeper. with
her husband as keeper at the Lighthouse
AZ Smiths Island, will be relieved BY
her son.
DEATH OF EDWARD X. CowLEs.-The
citizen whose name heads this item
died at the residence Of W. w. Barker
Yesterday morning. at 6 o'clock, bis
affiicsioa being that dread disease COZ
sumption. The deceased vas q native
Of Baetou, and in compsnv with his
vife came 10 seattle in 1877, where be
hss since resided. OF late years he has
been associated In the saloon business
With Henry Foster. About one year
ago his wife, o most exemplary and e.
| simahle wife and mother. died, leaving
TOO children, q con and daughter. The
deceased Was about Sc years OF age at
the time Of his death. The funeral
viii take placs from the Congregational
Church this afternoon, at 2 O'Clock, IN
der the auspices Of Harmony Lodge,
Knights Of Pythias. of which order be
was q member.
PAssxp AwAr.-After six months ter
ribts suffering from indigestion. death