The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-09
AWFUL SCENES ON HER DECKS.
Three Mem and . Boy Killed and
Many Injured.
One Man, Crased by Fright, Jumps
Overheard Tho Head OF Another
Torn From His shoulders-wulsm-
cite Tightly wedEed In the PFsmisr's
Side,

ABOUT O'CLOCK yesterday and four persons
were killed outright, one drowned and no
less than seventeen injured.
The vessels met in q dense fog. The
Premier was on her way to Seattle from
New Whatcom and was footing her fog
whistle every half minute, when the Will
annette, with cargo of 2, 400 tons Of coal,
on her way out to San Francisco.
loomed up Just ahead. The ves-
sells were very close before they
sighted each other, and the Willamette
gave two whistles to port the helm, but
before the vessels could change their
course, they came together.
The Willamette's bow struck the Pre-
mier on the port side at the companion
way, just opposite the pilot house. crash
ing through into the smoking-room and
knocking the pilot house out of position.
There were twenty or thirty passengers
in the smoking room, and when they
heard the loud crash they all jumped,
some of them running toward the stern
of the vessel, but the others rushing
around In confusion. Before they could
realize what was happening, the bow of
the Willamette crashed through killing
two passengers in the smoking-room and
injuring number more and killing one
passenger and an employe who were be-
low on the main deck.
The dead are:
FRANK C. wYNKooP. Tacoma, aged - years;
killed instantly.
JOHANNES MOE. Tacoma; aged 20: leaves wife
and three children; worked for Tacoma Electric
Motor Company, Tacoma; killed instantly.
JOHN RANKIN. Seattle, aged %; waiter, single;
Killed instantly
UNKNOWN MAN, drowned; jumped overheard.
UNKNOWN MAN; body still in wreck.
Those injured are:
Gus Davis, watchman, steamer Premier, ribs
broken, seriously injured internally, Port Town.
send.
Thomas Foran, left leg broken ct knee and
arm hurt, Fourteenth and Canal streets, Tacoma
w. II. Phillips, both legs slightly crushed,
ribs broken, Louisville, Ky.
d. J. wynkoop, Tacoma. cut above left eye,
bruised.
Mrs. d. J. wynkoop, Tacoma, hip bruised.
c. S. Gilbert, travelling man. st. Paul. bruised
and cut not serious.
Mrs. wilcox, Quilcens, WASH, wrist and elbow
sprained.
E. NJ Vest. St. Louis. No.. badly bruised in
kneo and arm.
John LysIe. freight clerk Premier. nose cut;
not serious.
Jack Levy, steamer Premier, badly cus ana
bruised; not serious; had miraculous escape
from death.
Mrs. Ida Sutter, sturges, OAK. bruised mp.
Mrs. George w. Miller, Tacoma. injured
slightly.
e. F. Lee, Pontiac, WASH. slightly hurt
A. +. Lundberg. Physht wash. injured In
ternally.
Alban Leidholdt, waiter on Premier. left arm
broken and leg bruised.
Francis Hugert, Tacoma, slightly hurt
Jacob Nelson, Port Townsend, arm chest and
legs hurt: not serious.
John McDougai. Seattle. finger broken and
otherwise slightly injured.
The Premier was cut down to the waters
edge, three plates having been cut through
and the water began pouring into her. but
her bulkhead kept her from filling.
AS soon as those on board realized what
had happened they climbed over onto the
Willamette lest the Premier should sink
The Willamette's bow was broken, she was
also taking water, but her bulkhead pre-
vented any danger of her sinking.
The plates on the two vessels were inter-
locked so they could not pull apart, and
the Willamette pushed the Premier across
to Bush point. on the opposite side, and
beached her in about twenty-four fathoms
of water. The Willamette then made an-
other effort to extricate herself, but
to no avail. Tho tug Goliah was
sighted with a vessel in tow and signaled
to. She let the vessel go and went to tho
assistance of the steamers.
The Goliah made an effort to help part
the vessels, but it again failed, 80 she took
the passengers and the killed and injured
on board and brought them to Seattle, ar
irving here about II O'Clock last night.
When she left the vessels at 6:15 tho
Willamette was aground on an ebbing
tide. The vessels are still locked together
Following is list of the passengers who
sustained no injury:
R. l. warson. Seattle, 222i Fifth street.
Fl. A. Moore, snohonish.
J. NJ. Riley. Anacortes.
d. w. Wheelock, Portland
T. Bennett, Tacoma.
William Bowen, box .069. Seattle
Mrs. Ella Higginson, Whatcom.
Mrs B. <. Whitmore, Lampoc, Cal
w A. Wilcox, Qutlcene, Wash.
Mrs. J. c. Pruett. corner Spring and FOURTH
Seattle.
A. II. McKinnon, Anacortea
George Posen, Portland, Or.
John Lewis, Seventh and Miller streets, -
attle.
Dr. z. dec :ge, Port Angelica
Charles Allen, Portland, Or.
J.. r. Dwver 20 Sansome street, ean Francisco
NJ J. o'Donneli. Port Townsend
L. Selii, Tacoma.
Isaac Foster, Ballard
John Carroll, Portland, Or.
l. A. Fallahee, Everett.
Grant Choate, Puyallup-
Capt Biondi, Port Townsend
J. II. Burns, Seattle.
Miss Lulu Rose. Seattle.
Charles Lee, Geneva, Wash.
william Monahan, Fairhavsn.
A. ID. Brown, whatcorn-
J. r Francis, Santa Crus, Cal
ii. p. Carlson, Seattle.
o. II. Adsit, juneau, AlaskA
E9N. Collins, Seattle.
w. II. Harker, Seattle.
John z. Albert. Tacoma
Capt }. II Jordan. Oakland, c.
4 smith, Tacoma
Mrs. C. j. Best, Seattle.
Charles Buckley. Whatcom.
Rev. J. Wolf, Brooklyn. Wash
| &c Clark, San Francisco.
Fred Rhae, Port Townsend.
John Bradley, Port Townsend
Fred LeBIsnehe. Seattle.
George Foster, Ballard
g. r. Choate, Port Angeles.
Frank McCurdy, Port TOWNSEND
George H. Stewart.
Charlie Tai Hung.
With the exception Of those mentioned
above the ships crew escaped unhurt No
one on the Willamette was injured. Both
crews remained on board their vessels.
The passenger expressed the grsatsst