The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-18
THEY CARRIED FIFTY MEN.
Like the Iyanhoe, They Probably
Sank the First Night Out.
The Germsnia and ofa Overdue.
bat There Would BE No ANXIETY for
Them II It Were Sot For the storm
They Must Have Encountered.

4fdW nave oSen lost al sea. with all on
board. Is now considered almost a GER
/ tainty. The Montserrat. from Nanainao
and the keweenaw. from Cornox. b. c..
are both seven DAYS overdue at this
port For several days tugs and coast
/ ing steamers all along the northern
coast have kept a sharp lookout. bat no
ftc3ngs of either steamer have been re-
/ ceiyed. Both vessels We're heavily load
/ ed, and the prevailing opinion is that
they We're lost almost together. in the
terrific gale that ragged of Cape Fiartery
/ on the night that they put 20 sea The
/ MontserTat. Captain Blackburn. carried
1 a crew of twenty men. and the Kewee-
/ nav. Captain Jenkins. had a crew OF
/ thirty men.
| Anxiety is also felt for the barks Ger
mania and Columbia. The Germania,
| laden with COAL has been out fifteen
| day from Seattle. and the Columbia.
! with lumber, sailed from Port Blakeley
thirteen days ago. However sailing
passages Of fourteen and sixteen DAYS
are of frequent occurrence. and. but for
the storm which the vessels have en-
eountered, no fear is felt for their safe
| ty.
From reports received TO date, II is
positively known that four vessels were
wrecked during the gale The British
ship Scottish Dales was dismantled off
Cape Flattery. but was picked up by a
steamer and towed into Port Towns
end. The bark John worster was lost
off Grays Harbor on the Washington
coast The schooner Garcia was wreck
ed off Tfllamook rock. Her crew of six
men are all missing. The schooner W.
L. Beebe was wrecked in the breakers
in an attempt TO cross the San Francis
co bar. All the steamers and sailing
craft that nave reached port since the
/ storm. report terrible experiences in the
| gale which has prevailed all along the
coast north of San Francisco.
| Capt. Rasmussen. one OF the oldest
sailors on the coast. and now commander
/ OF the Sea King. believes that both or
one OF the golfers viii come into port be-
fore many days. lie says it Is not likely
the steamers would suecumb TO the storm
at the same time. ana many vessels that
have almost been given up as lost have
turned mp ell right and have some tale
OF terrible battle with the elements
Neither of the coIllers could make any
headway against the storm which howied
up the coast. and probably one of them
broke some Of her machinery and hoisted
signal of distress. That one is most
/ likely the keweenaw, as she isknown to he
weak In some parts. especially about the
| stern frames which in all likelihood gave
way under the racing of the engines when
| the propeller was thrown out of the wa
ter. In that case the AIontserrat would
. have her IN tow. and the best she could
| do would be to keep her head against the
seas and drift with the storm II such
/ Is the case, the two steamers are now
somewhere In shelter in some of the havs
about the northern end OF Vancouver
/ island, where the crews can reach no
means OF Communication with their
| friends
The only copy OF the articles OF the
/ Montserrat which would give the names
Of the crew is on board the steamer and
i In possession OF the captain, so that there
( Is no definite record on land. II Is known
however. that she had IS men on board
/ ali told. and so far as is known az pres
ent, the officers We're: u. o. Blackburn.
captain, John Brewer. first officer; NJ
( Crowell. second officer; Thomas William
son, carpenter: Thomas Brennan. chief
engineer: r Linehan, first assistant en-
g!neers John Graham. steward: George
Edwards. cabin boy. Besides these there
/ were seven sailors. four oilers. four coal
/ beavers. three hremen. one watchman and
one weisman.
The crew OF the Keweenaw Is as fol-
{ lows: ". II. jenkins captain 4. W.
Bowdoin. first officer. Fl. c. jenkins. sec
ond officer: Charles s. Smith. chief engi-
neer; Arthur Jackson, first assistant en-
gineer: L. y. Eallock second assistant
engineer; J. w. Ryan, third assistant
/ engineer. L. ". Revenaugh. carpenter:
+ Halls Jackson. quarteTmaster; J. W.
Ui0rnkluxd. quarterrnaster: Hans Swan
+ son, seaman; Max Miller. seaman;
Charles Daley. chief cook: James Dolan.
assistant cook: II. Thompson. pantry
man; Thomas Martin, waiter; John Fra
ser mess boy: Paul Vincent. George #.
/ Wood. George ". Dakin. oilers. Luke
+ Moore Charles Lee. John Evoy. a
Burke a Stevens Thomas CoIlerton,
nre1nen: Michael Rauenagh. John Ward.
Z coal passers. Edward n Snow. appreu-