The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-12
SURVEYING THE DAMAGE.
Steamer Premier Can Re Raised-Fu-
neral of Collision Victims.

Capt. John Irving, manager of the Canadian
Pacific Navigation Company, and the board OF
surveyors to survey the steamer Premier, re-
turned yesterday morning on the steamer City
OF Kingston from Bush point, where the
Premier Is lying. The surveyors have not yet
inside report, but none OF them express any
conbt that the vessel can be pumped out and
taken TO dry dock. A further survey will be
held today.
Another survey was held on the Willamette
yesterday, but IL was found more coal would
have TO be taken ont forward before anything
definite regarding the extent OF the damage
could be nseertatned. She is up by the head a
considerable, but not enough to bring the
bole in her side entirely above the water. More
coal Is being discharged and another survey
will probably be held today.
Speaking OF the disaster yesterday Capt. Irv-
ing said:
II was an inscrntable accident. As 10
whether all was done that should have been
doae 70 avoid a collision 10 question which
only formal inquiry can determine. The
English rule OF navigation is that when two
vessels are approaching each other head on, or
nearly 30. they should turn To the right, which
Is the Law Of the road. But there are exceptions
TO this. As for the Premier, have 10 idea
what VIII be done with her The board of sur
yeyors may order her fixed up, but don't want
the job she Is wreuehei from stem to stern,
and in my opinion not worth fixing up. If her
plates had not become hooked onto tho Will
emetts she would have sunk where she was
eLncss Jul as ~ WAS tue ntiu Der II p
Capt John A. oBrien. the hero OF two ocean
disasters. said yesterday:
came up from San Francisco In connection
with the settlement Of the loss OF the Wetmore.
think the whaeback Is total loss, although
she may be raised again In the spring. She will
not go TO pieces, because she IL the strongest
vessel ever bnilt She will not sink in the sand,
because The sand is too firm, but sand may drift
over aud around her, and If thete any OPEN
fngs in her IL may get inside. she lays broadside
To the beach and lays firm.
Speaking of the Premier disaster he said:
The only rule for navigating vessel In fog
u TO use good Judgment In the present
the officers OF both vessels were on the alert to
avoid danger, and the accident can not be at.
tributed To careicssness or negligence. AS to
whether good judgment was used, that can not
be determined until all the testimony is heard.
cept when the vessels by mutual agreement,
through Signals. decide otherwise.
The funeral of John J. Rankin. one of the VIC
tins of the disaster, took place al $50 o'clock yes
terday from Sacred Heart church High mass was
read in the morning for the repose of the soul,
and q regular funeral service was held at the
hour the funeral TOOK place. The attendance
was large, and the casket was covered with the
most elegant floral tributes from various friends
oil the family. The regular 4:35 o'clock train on
tho Lake sh ore road took the funeral out to Cal.
vary cemetery, where the interment was made
John Rankin, the father of the deceased, ex-
tends his most sincere thanks To the MANY
friends who showed SO much kindness in his
bereavement.
The body of Johannes Moo was shipped to
Tacoma at IL o'clock in the forenoon.