The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-02
OVERHEARD All TACOMA.



TINS ~ tea boiler recently bulls ia san
Francisco fo7 tbc steamer North Pacific At
a cost OF s1a.eo1, aud landed At Tacoma by
the sseAmef Ak, IS resting easily Ia the
bottom 81 Cesameueen4e hay sao5tiy
after the boiler arrived the company asked
Mf A. o Benjamin II ihls city what -
would place ii IN position Tor, sga be y
piled two hundred q llars. lie Is this
Wnghly experienced an. and knows hat
such a Job Is worth Noi Gazing 10 allow 50
aach money Ia 81 out ~ the piaee, the
company agents let the contract 10 Ia.
COINS house mover named James Randall
for one hundred aud sixty dollars.
Tuesday evening az 10 oelgck the boiler
had tseen Eat Ia proper position on the
Whasf. aud V ben tie tide brought the
steamer deck and tae aeog % The whaFf
an level the moving was eegnn. The
boiler ,ras Supported On thf.e inrh FIR
planking. A. soaa as vac e.iss ~ 81 tile
heRvy iron structure cana SYN We u.s.
Toe boat sunk iawes iu the wates aa4 the
boiler rolled on beard, bat the fets three
iucs plank were insufficient - support the
enormous weight 81 thirty taHs and snapped
IKE tanthpieks, leffsuy the whole weigh;
az The bother fall on the loFt guard Of lie
steamer The guard gas smashed sad pcs
,ihiy some serious Strain sustained BY the
hull The port rail went to She water a.
ihe boiler ayHt over. and the stern lines
snapped, thc steamer swinging lar ouf iuf0
The water Il was almost miraculous thar
noue of the mtn GA bHnr3 were injured
There was great Cammulioa an iha boat
and t}se Noise Of the breaking thinkers aud
sp'ashiag water eould Pc heard GA e. &c
aYsnUe,
TuE ENACT LassgIoN
oi The boiler could Dot al frs be d er
mined. oFiag 70 the sluplng characfcr VI
the hagt0m % the harhor Close 70 The
yhayf the wassf s > feet deep, bat litiic
further oni p Is IN feet deep Far q time
Z; YES feared thai 2 ls boiler bad - -ifk au
thc bank an8 roliea 81 into sues deep
water that t could newer D. rc9,ivcred
Yesterday morning tae officers ~ exc COM
pang c.iiauleneed Sounding 81 the poius
where thc boiler feE. aud found that Il lsv
On rs side "a about e fees ~ wateg 81 how
nEuslgR tS>TavcroSs
Captain Clancy, port captain II Che com
paug. wss iu Nicfar.a as tRe ua1e. and
message something Ike tbis wss seni 20
him ~The Fsoiac's beiirr j. in the bottom
of commencement bay What shall We
doF To which tae captain promptly re
piled -t,ri g uUt, II course \ diver has
tcen seni for. and the work vf recovering
the ae boiler wliI commence a. soon a. he
arrives Au immense pair % shears has
been firSed up aud When al Is in readiness
sn engine VIII be httchcd on % tae tackle
ard fhe Seiier win be lAadsd on seoR.
from whence it viii ~ shifted into posiiina
on the North Pacific THIS wtll entail a
great cosf 50 say nothing % She delay II
will cause Ia finishing up the vessel Il Wa
in;eadch for,
Ia speaking of this affair. the rosr-IS-
sEiIf8EScER Tacoma correspondent
SAYS
s.Tae driver who IS r,ilef upon q raise
che fssafu-nSe boiler q the NCsrfh Pacific has
20; arrived from Port Townsend and
nothing was done slth regard 20 the hoai
or boiler TODAY hut wait The boiler Is
found e. H. iYing 81 ~ side iusi ia front
~ tho Vharf where she slipped into the
Wafrr hv tire rarrruinE - the bat when
ths immense weight dropped onto b. Il i
rct thouFht there NIL he mach trouble ia
raising 81