The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-11
NAY SAVE PREMIER.
Marine Surveyors Go to Inspect
the Wreck.
THE HOLE IN The WILLAMETTE.
Part ~ Her Cargo Wfli BE Discharges
-KaIss Report Abosf Identity
o. Drowned Maa.

The collision between the steamers Wiiiamesse
and Premier Wa the principal topic OF CONVEX
satfon on the waier fro1t yesterday wherever
two % more steam boatmen came together, every
one having his own vernon Of the case from
what he had resd and heard about IL Old nsv-
igstofs are not disposed 70 consider either esp
tain 81 fauit, bat look upon the sad disastsf -
one Of those unavoidable accidents that svefy
now and then occur with the most experiences
and careful
Manager c. J. Smith. Of the Oregon Improve
ment Company, had survey held on the VIII
annette yesterday. The surveyors wcfe Capt 4
Biondi, of Port Townsend. Loyd's agent: Caps
T. J. Burns, marine surveyor here for San Fran
eisco Underwriters, ana Capt J. A Hatfield
They found ;hat . hole had been toxin in her
starboard side 80 large that team OF hcrDes
could Be driven through IL The hole extends
below the water line, and her buikhead Il the
only thing that kept her from Giling with water
and going down. About 20 tons Of coal 70 b.
ing discharged on . scow from the forward
part, 20 ~ to throw her up by the head and en-
able the surveyors to ASCERTAIN the full extent
Of the damage II may be that, with temporary
repairs, she can proceed 70 San Francisco.
Capt Hansen vas very much worn hy loss OF
sleep and worry, but IL took considerable per-
suasion 70 induce him to 90 home and take
some rest
Capt John Irving, manager Of the Canadian
Pacinc Navigation Company, to which the Pre-
mief belongs; Capt z. Biondi and Capt W. J.
Bryant, local inspector. and Alexander Allen, OF
the dry docx, proceeded to the Premier yestef-
day % hold q survey on that vessel and devise
means Of saving he.. Their report VIII b
handed in today. 1t Is believed that temporary
she can be pumped out and d0ated to . dry
dock for dnal repairs. They vert out in the
tug Mystic. prepared to make . thorough survey.
dispatch received yesterday morning By
Rev. D. d. Proper, OF this city, superintendent
of the Baptist home missions of Washington, ,.
B., and Sorthern Idaho, seemed TO give eyi-
dence thst Rev. T. b. Hughes was the man
who was seen to jump overheard from
the Premier ct the time the collision
occurred. The dispatch Was from E d.
Knox, of Fairhaven. II stated that Mr.. Hughes
took passage on the Premier saturday, and had
not been heard from. Az Hughes name did not
appear on either the list of the injured or I'M
injured. Mr.. Proper At once concluded he was
the man who jumped overheard. and was pre-
pairing to have q search made for the body when
he received another telegram from Mr.. Knox.
which read:
Letter from I. 3. Hughes today. Marrow
escape with bruisex
The identity Of the man who was drowned Il,
therefore, still unknown
The pody of William Richardson, one Of the
killed, was sent TO Tacoma yesterday, aud the
body Of Johannes Moe will be sent there at II
o'clock today. The funeral Of John J. Rankin.
the other victim. takes place at $50 O'Clock to-
dav from the Sacred Heart church High mass
for the repose of the soul will be celebrated 1t
SIS O'Clock this morning, and q regular funeral
service takes place at the hour OF the funeral
Interment will be made in Calvary cemetery
and the regular 4:35 o'clock train will take the
funeral out
The steamer City Of Seattle Is to BE- placed on
the whatcom route while the Premier ID laid up