The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-09

SANITATION for Capt. Gilboy, Of tho Pre-
mier, and his officers, for the manner
In which they acted under such trying
circumstances. They were especially
grateful 10 Capt. Gilboy for his kind and
considerate treatment Of all on board even
In the height of the excitement.
The passengers said that when the
collision first occurred the scene
was terrifying beyond description.
People were thrown ten to fifteen
feet, and all more or less injured,
and many persons narrowly escaped being
killed or seriously injured.
Jack Levy's escape from death was
said to be almost miraculous.
He was sitting in his
room Just where the bow Of the William
cite crashed through. and bis room en-
tirely spiintered, but he was taken out OF
the debris with only few slight scratches
and bruises.
Moss hsad wss cut OF and young Wyn.
koop's head was smashed almost to q
pulp.
e. W. Vest, Of g. Louis, who was one Of
the first persons hit BY the prov Of the
Willamette, gives the most graphic &C.
count Of the death of the Wyncoop boy:
81 was playing whist In the forward smok-
Ing room with O. X. McDongal, c. 8. Gill
bert and D. J. Wynhoop when heard two
short, sharp whistles. A moment later .
crash and al was confusion. I sprang
from my chair to see what was wrong
when tho prov crashed through the
partitions and hustled me over
and over towards the forward part
OF the Premier. In an inconceiv-
able short time there was q big
body of water Immediately under the spot
where We had been playing cards. Mr..
Wyncoops little boy was standing just
outside the room and when the crash
came . door was thrown from its hinges
and struck the boy on the head. The
little fellow uttered the words. ''Oh,
papa" and was dead. J. F. Gordon, one
OF the gentlemen in the room, crept over
the broken timbers and got his body. Mrs.
j. J. Wynkoop Was almost prostrased
with grief, and when the mother saw
the dead body OF her son it
Was heart-rendipg sight. After
the first confusion people seemed
20 regain their senses and all got on board
the Willamette without further trouble. 1t
was very foggy when the accident hap
pened and 1t wonid be impossible to say
which boat was out of her course"
One Of the injured men jumped through
hole, which was made in the floor of the
smoking-room, down onto the main
deck. Rankin was . waiter and had
just retired to his room and
was lying in his bunk, where his
body was found all crushed to jelly. He
was son of Steward Rankin, of the City
Of Seattle. The engineer Of the William
cite said he saw . passenger jump over
board just as the collision occurred. and an
other was known to be in the debris in the
hold, but the body could not be gotten At.
1t was not known who he was.
The Wynkoop family, father. mother,
son and daughter, were just returning to
Tacoma from the Nooksack river, where::Mr.
WynkJ5p was engaged boring for oil. The
grief Of tbs remaining members of the
family Of the death of the boy was de-
scribed ~ really heartrending. Mr.. Wyn-
koop seemed to forget his own injuries,
and thought of nothing but his son.
Upon the arrival Of the Goliah the seri.
ously wounded were taken to Providence
hospital and the others to various hotels.
Those at Providence are:
Alban Leidholdt waiter on Premier: left leg
crushed. right arm broken, head bruised and
cut
Qua Davis, saloon Waterman on Premier: sey.
erai ribs on lsft side broken, bruisc on head.
Thomas foran. Fourteenth and Canal streets,
Beacon Hilis lsft knee broken.
4. 1alhhse. 81 Paul; right foot badly
bruisedi heed cut Injuries will not confns
him.
The dssd were taken to Bonney & Stew
arts undertaking rooms.
Mr.. and MIRA Wynkoop will take the
body Of their son 70 Tacoma this morning.
johannes Noes body will also be sent
there Tor burial.
The friep do Of John Rankin live here,
and he will ind his grave here.
The Goliah returned to the Premier at
2o'clock this morning to try to get them
apart.
1t Is known that the headless body Of
man was seen in the hold of the Premier,
but It could not be reached on account
of the debris. The Goliah will try to re-
cover this body early this morning. No
clue to the identity Of this man could be
obtained.
Who the man was who Jumped over
board could not be learned this morning.
Several passengers say they saw him leap
over the rail and sink.
The steamship Premier was an old and
well known boas of the Canadian Pacific
Navigation Company. She was built at
Ean Francisco in 1887. was of 1850
gross and COZ net tonnage. 200
feet long, AZ feet beam and IL feet
Q inches depth. She was screw propel-
Tor, and was driven by fore aud aft COM
pound engine of the most familiar type.
6he had done good service. and was q
we'll known and approved boat.
Capt. Hansen and his pilot Hughes, of
the Willamette. and Capt. Gilboy and his
pilot Baughman. of the Premier, have
regulations for being extremely careful.
20 IL Is evident that the disaster was un-
Ayo.dahle. The Premier was abou. three
hours late.
It Ia estimated that Il viii cost about
$4,000 TO raise and repair the Premier.
The damage TO the Willamette cannot be
estimated.
STORIES OF rAssENGERs
Some OF tho Scenes OF the Collision n
Related by Them.