, 1888-12-27
THE PACIFIC COAST.
A Vessel Burned Within Sight
Of Seattle.
xACOkA LEDGER OFFICE BURNED
1Ns Editorial Rooms and . Jobbing Once
Ssuatsd. Other 1terns ofInteress
From the Lively Burgb.

NY Left Erickson ournc0 10 tne Wa,er
edge ct 5 o'clock this evening on AK
Point, five miles west OF this city. FIVE M
lives were lost, and perhaps seven. The
Ericl sen is propeller of twenty.four tons
burden, and plies between Seattle and
SYDNEY, Mason county. She was EN-
route to that point when the accident oo-
cured. Fire broke out In the pilot-house
and it 10 believed TO have been caused BY
lamp explosion.
ANorHRR THEORY.
Another theory 10 that q demijohr in
She pilot.house was broken and the
whisky ran through to the boiler and
iqnited. There were thirty-six people
aboard at the time. The FIRE spread In
stantly throughout the interior cabin; The
Soat was about two miles from shore,
Cant. John RI, Nibbe, owner OF the boat,
vs. in command. He left tho wheel.
house for the purpose Of launching a life.
MT. but found the passengers trying TO
pat raft overheard.
FILL OvRRBOARD.
In the struggle 10 rescue q RAFT from 9
psasepper Captain Nibbe fell overheard
With the raft. Meantime the passengers
vere putting on life preservers and seisinY
arewood or anything else that would
Aest and jumping overheard. Cap
tain Nibbe saw his niece, Mlss
Annie Tolser. daughter OF Mrs: Bertha
folner Of Sydney struggling in the water
about $50 feet from him and did his ut.
uost TO push the raft toward her. but abe
drowned less than 100 feet away from him.
He was hampered with gum boots and
Uas almost helpless.
nKsCUED sRvEN PEPoLE.
The steamer Skagit Chief, en- route to
Tacoms, saw the lire and crowded steam to
Hivs assistance. She rescued seven peo-
ple. The steamer Mountaineer saw the
IRE fouf miles away and headed straight
Sor the burning vessel. When within half
. mile of the Erickson, they found people
STRUGGLING in the water.
RESCUED NINETEEN.
They lowered q small boat and sue
seeded in rescuing nineteen persons. One
man was taken from the water who died
in four minutes. his name 10 not known.
Ne said just before he died. that his wife
wss lost from the steamer.
THE LOST.
Tho list OF lost 10 as follows: Miss
Annie Talner, Sidney; j. A. Noreous OF
NE Noreous Brickyard Company. Sidney;
Jack Simmons, half breed fisherman; T.
Smith, OF Smith, Taylor & Co.,
Colby, and Q man and wife whose
namee we're not ascertained. The survi-
vors also report another woman as lost.
The steamer has no doubt sunk. Neither
the Sksait Chief nor Mountaineer went to
The burning steamer, 20 all hands had de-
serted her. She was enveloped In flames.
Both devoted every effort to saving life.
GALLANT CREWS.
The survivors speak In great praise OF
Ahe work done BY the officers, crews and
passenger OF tho Skagit Chief and Noun
iAineeF. The Erickson was valued at
10 600 and was not insured. She had .
light cargo. The Mountai neer with sur
vivors arrived here at O'Clock this even
ing.
TACOMA, w. T., Dec. 20. Special-Fire
broke out in the editorial rooms of tn e
Ledger Office about o'clock this morning,
cutting that part Of tho build
ing. Editor Fuller left the office about
for his homo because the IRE In
his room had gone out and the office was
too cold. He was the last man belonging
10 the Office known to be there. The fire
WAS discovered by q restaurant keeper OPP
posite, who gave the alarm by firing q
Citizens living near brought out
the hose-cart from the house half q block
away, and in ten minutes it had stream
playing ON the building and confined the
Gre to the rooms in which 1t broke out.
The library and the complete file OF the
paper was destroyed. The business Office
vas much damaged BY water. as was also
the Puget Sound job office in the same
buiIding. Tue Ledger's damage is about
$1,000. to the job Office several hundred
dollars. Insurance covers the total loss.
The Ere IL supposed to be incendiary, but
there 10 no clue a. yet TO the perpetrators.
Rumor had it that the material for the
New Years number was destroyed, but 10
found incorrect. The paper will come out
tomorrow as usual.
THE NEW RAILWAY COMPANY.
Articles of incorporation Of the Green
River Railway Company have been fled.
Power 10 taken 10 build the railway from
Green River Hot Springs through the
town of Slaughter 10 tidewater on Puget
Sound, own and operate coal and other
mines. Capital, 100000. Trustees-T.
y. Thompson, Ira A. Town. c. II. French.
?. L. Nixon and John Woodin.
ACCIDENT.
While A. G. Sands, superintendent OF
the Sunset Telegraph Company. was help.
ing men 10 raise . telegraph pole 1t
slipped, Sands being badly injured iu the
hack by the wrench.
A NEW HOTEL.
The Hotel Rochester opened yesterday.
All the rooms are taken and about fifty
guests are permanently located in the
building. This 10 residence hotel built
BY A. G. Smith.
THE ADMISSION QUESTION.
Mayor Drum has called q meeting for
Friday TO select delegates TO the territorial
admission convention in Ellensburg on
January Sd.
TACOMA, Dec. "a. Special. Colonel
Steely, member Of the council FROM the
Fourth ward, purchased q number Of tur-
keys, which he distributed to-day among
the deserving poor. Members Of the police
force we're detailed to look up cases of Ml
families reported by them TO be in need