The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-30
LUMBER SHIPS BggAK AWAY.
The Viking and Bangor Beat IN Their
Sides and smash Bankers.

The T0-s1 damage done oy rhe s-o-n
was s1Sls. nee 1y the Lake Shore cozl
bankers II Smiths cove z15 the vesses
which were loading there 4 1erriEc gust
struck tie thrse-uas-e3 schooner Viking.
which Es-s anchored zooaI two hundred
yards n9-fa o. the bZake-s. 81 about
O'Clock n the morning. causing her 70
cr2g her anchor and 20 crashing into the
i-estle little Oe-0E the bankers. tearing
Up tie track cutting the tlu5e-s and
knocking ont several pies. The ships
To-t side wss rakee tgy 2 distance OF SKY
feet and the bzlEarks broken through IN
several places Al Gae same tine the f0lr-
nzste1 schooner Bangor. Of san Fran
cisco. which vas TED up d the north side
q the bankers Tzs sent br0sdside into
the wharf, doing g-=a: damage 70 her poT.
sde.
Iae schooner Viking. N charge % Cap
tain y. Dannevig anchored Monday night
or the bunke-s, intending 70 load yesfe--
Gay Win small .anbe-. She vas secured
By two anchors fore and aft and he'd
through she night. although after the
WIND arose the captain and crew were n
fear that she wo1l3 break away 81 any
moment. Al SIS Gus Porrnsnn, the c0ok.
was warming himself by the stove IL tie
ceck cabin when she began 70 drag her
anchors. He crie1 out. shes going,
boys! Look ont
The captain and crew a.! gathered to
getneT on the deck and waited fo- -he
crash. Tie wind and waves drove the
vesse. rapidly toward the bunkers
and she struck almost broadside. Tlnoers
large snd small. iron rails and piles we're
scattered and hurried into the waters in 2
moment. One huge cross beam had struck
the schooner aIn!dships and pierced the
bulwa-ks. thus holding her fast Every
gost Of wind and succeeding wave sent
the vessel crashing into the timbe-s .ef,
standing. Her port side for distance OF
sixty feet, commencing about thirty fee.
fTom lie Prov. was ripped and torn. II
vas impossible 70 get her loose or make
ropes fast, because there are no stzncaions
along the tces;le. The boat lay in this
position rom O'Clock IN the morning
until aoo1t 3:l5 Il the afternoon, when
the tug Mystic arrived and succeeded in
hauling her OF and towed her 70 Salmon
bay, where she viii De repaired.
Captain pannevig estimates the damage
a. $3,011. The schooner : uninsured. Tie
Bangor was tied up 81 the ounkers Mon
day night. and II vas the intention Il
Captain John II. Aspe 70 lozi lumber
yesterday, bar instead be was compelled
10 stand by snd see MS new boat grind
against the wooG WORK Of the wharf with
out means Of preventing the damage. The
wind drove the boat br0a5side against the
bunkers with every incoming wave. The
woodwork from the water line 70 The ION
Of the bu.w2rks for distance OF eighty
feet was rubbed uptl Il looked - II \ had
seen years OF service. and bumped
against uuDberlesS wharves The bu. sa-ks
by the forward STAYS were crushed
IN ana II several places holes had been
stove IN the side. 4 huge log had become
TetEed between the piles and the boat IN
s1cA manner tina. one end KEEP. iammlDg
into the side about even wiki The water
line. The danger that i might crush
through caused tie captain - Sc: his men
u chopp.ng x out. II was siox 100 and
required the man with the az . stand on
TIE slippery log with MS back 70 me
schooner's side and chop when the waves
would permit.
Csutaln Aspen estimates that the dam
ace Will reach $lVao. and states
tia. the ship IS partly insured.
Size xss bGiit N San Francisco for The
coast trade. and was launched October -
o. the present year, this being her first
TIP. Her dimension are, kee.. IL feet:
beam. 81 feet: hold. - feet. Sh,. Is owned
IN san Francisco. and chartered bv {.
Hoopa- 4 CO. The crew consists Of twelve
men s. told. The damage. % far as IS
ce-tainei. i above the water line
The wharf Is also seriously damaged,
the Viking having knocked ont SIX
ben,s OF the t-eSi-e Ind made a
break III the track which prevents
cars from raining cut 10 the end. The
Bangor rs aiso done considerable dam