Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-07-22
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the Ffery 1eDen&-
A special dispa.eh to the PosT-LSTxI-
ruEm-xz yesterday msruinR snno1ncso
that the steamer wildwood had taken
ire and barued 70 the ustsr's edge, a.
las .. m, while lying at the wharf N
savmryta. No further particulars wefe
,e,~ivsd snsil the arrival Of tbs Zephyr
is,s evening, having on board Captain
rbos. Grant, owner If the WIidssod,
sFo slated The facts 10 be as fpllovs-
sThe wi.dwaod was buils at Rainier,
Ofge1u. in 1884, by John Wood Co..
mere being tao others Interested WItn
lin. She vas intended 10 carry The
nail 10 she CaehAiis river. bot proved
roo dsep draft for that parpose. hfr
.oa,t. wheu built. VS. el3.OD- Jofn
Wood fInslEv got the grea'er portion o.
hsr. and s3rt her arouRd 20 the SOC O.
a. Originally oaiit. she US neitneI
.aisahle for freight or PASSENGERS hff
YzueFs we're losing money with DER On
mas gsceant, aud l bought bet ~
rr,,at bargain, paying q little lees tnan
$500 for hsg. Ter tonnage a. tnat hese
sas II tons. stripped her down % tns
suH, and al an expense OF nsariy tSsV
at her In Grss class shape Tor per-
freight and pa ssngeFs. and iDesessto
,sH net tonnage from IL tons 10 4o.tS
ora; her gross tonnage being ocDo
soTls. Az fixed 40 ste answered my Puf-
ryp,,e admirably, and the travelling pds-
ID have accorded her lIbssal patfs n
asa since | started her out two
seeks AGO. In fact there has
moi bean Q day that she has
oot uaid rnsfs than expenses, and last
saturday she cleared - over all ex-
ossnaes. I tosk her 20 Port Townsend
Saturday. aad bad her measured, paid
ner custom house does, and got oHt all
he ,a4eesMary papers. On Monday she
Gent 40 the SQUAD, leaving Seattle At III
g'caOck, arriving at Olympia at 8. As
ssa.s nav custom, watched the boat an
al after midnight. l went all through
Der twice, onee at 10 o'clock, and once
a. midnight, aud neither say nor smell
ANYTHING TO indicate that there was nre
sm,ouldering on board. At ! O'Clock
called the mate 70 relieve me, and when
uartiAlIy addressed heard the roar OF
Are. and rushing On deck found the
hoat anveloped in q sheet Of flames. 1
rushed from door to door, arousing the
tutnaios. The engineer, Peter smith,
ala not answer when called TO him,
| ard after srousine the cook and stew
| 4rdess | returned 10 the engineers room.
ard entered the door. The flames fol-
| lowed me, and l ives compelled to e..
cspe BY the window. In doing so, !
hnd nv hair burned, and my head
saorched. The engineer reached the
deck and attempted TO jump ashore, but
| M struck hts knee on the wharf, and
fell back into the water. took small
beat and picked him up. O1e OF bis
laos was badly cut. After all
hsnda vers ashore We got q line
ont forward and held her u
the dock; but Just before the
steam FIRE engine was ready TO play or
lar saw that IL she remained another
| uliupte this steamer Willie, lying on Ihs
inside of her, voold be destroyed, a.
her upper works were already chArret
ahd commencing 70 smoke, 80 ! Rav'
orders 10 let the Wildwood 80. The It'd,
vas ebbing, ard she drifted down stream
and finally brought up on spit tina
makes out bsioS PerciyaIs wharf
, shere the hulk vas made fast Will
lines Of hose were taken out 10 small
) h,o4te and water thrown on her. Nothin!
ramains Of her bat the shell OF her hui
and some warped and twisted una
chinary. lost all my clothing and per
a0nal effects; Mr.. VIM. Mayfield, 60,
parser, lost his watch and clothing
John Jorgensen (my csewl lost every
thing except his life; Pete Smith, th
chief. NOT only lost all his persona
fleets, but vas injured and nesTl
drowned besides; Mr.. Crockett, th
o,ok, and Mrs. Crockett. the stewsrdess
lest all their clothing. The lazy wrappe'
herself in quilt before rushing asher
took all hands 20 the hotel, and fitte,
hem out with clothing. then got Oh
boari the Zephyr TO come to seattle 9
500 about the
INSURANCE..
when I bought the boat had he
insured for 5000. and after she wa
completed ana found she had cost IN
nearly. II not quite $4,000. increases
the insurance 10 5000, divided q
among the companies as follows
Pbmnix OF Brooklyn, 5000; CONNER
eid of San Francisco, 5000; Mel
chants Of Newark. N. j., $1,000. gu
$1,000 in the Springfield. This none
will be sufficient 20 pay the balanc
which owe on the purchase price q
the boat and all the bills there ar
against her, so that no man shall lose
dollar. except myself. BE- the burnip
OF the Wildwood | lose the savings Q
many years Of hard work and exposure
Ny health was failing 90 that could u
longer stand the hardships aud expc
sure incident Go followiae the sen |
large vessels, 90 | concluded 20 inves
ny savings in the wildwood, and thu
bs' enabled 10 be nay ovn master an
J make q living without overtaxin2 M
strength. and ] osn tell you 10 wa
pretty rough 10 see my fond hopes Roiu
np In smeke and Aame. | shall Fetur
10 Olympia and make some dispositio
OF my employees think l can rails
money 10 pay theTa all of. 90 as not
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