The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-03
THINKS III WAS THE IvAsHoE.
skipper who saw . ship Vanish
The Owners still Confident


Discussion as to the missing ship Ivan
hoe has been revived by the narrative of
Capt. Peterson, OF the schooner Fanny
Dutard. tolthe effect that he saw a ship
disappear near Cape Flattery, but his
story has not changed the opinion of the
Iyanhoe's owners that she Is still afloat.
though disabled. The story told by Capt.
Peterson. Of the Fanny Dutard, is as
follows:
"The Fanny Dutard left Port BIakeley
on Wednesday, September %. on the 9Th
We were off the cape, and at noon of that
day saw tug towing ship, which We
thought was the Iyanhoe. The next night
vas nasty one and at ? n. m. We saw the
ship back of us about a mile The next
morning At about ii O'Clock we saw
her again, still about a mile away. The
ship was IA sight for the next two hours,
her sails we're set aud she appered TO he
listed against the wind. instead Of with
thu wind, as she should have been had
her cargo been all right We
watched the ship closely and locke ed
for signals of distress. but there were
none. At about o'clock Capt. Peterson
went below and left three men on watch,
two deck hands and one man at tbs,
Wheel. The captain had been below
about twenty minutes when one of the
men called him and told him that the
ship had suddenly disappeared; he went
up on deck and found that the ship had
apparently sunk, although no one had
seen her 20 down. The Fanny Dutard
then put about aud stayed ia the vicinity
Tor some time. but could fad 30 trace of
the chip or OF any wrcckage Capt. Pc
terson then went on to Santa Bar
hara, and hearing nothing there Of
any ship going down, thought no more of
the strange disappearance OF the snip
which he had been so close TO. When he
returned 10 Port Blakeley. however. and
learned Of the supposed loss OF the Ivan.
hoe he took IL for granted thai the ship
which he had seen and the Ivanhoe were
the same. -
This IS Capt Peterson's story, bat the
conclusion he hss drawn that the shir ne
saw Was the ivAnaoe is almos. i'm possible.
fer he saws IL was noon OF the
=fth when he first saw the shin
being towed out by tug. The
ivanhoe isst Seattle on the afternoon Of
the 27th and had been az sea at least twen-
ty-fonr hours az the time Capt. Peterson
Grst saw the ship which he ala not enox
then, bat which he now TANKS nlusi have
been she lyanhoe.
The following dispatch gives the opinion
of the lyaahos's owners on the story.
which Vas teiegraphed from Pert RAksley.
"SAN fRkNClsco. New. 2-P r. Corn.
val. president Of the Black Diamond Coal
Company and principal owner cf the ship
Ixanhoc. sSiA entertalns considerable hope
for her safety. despite what Others thsnk 10
the contrary. Naea interviewed toaaycon-
ceEnsns the story tod ay Capt Pesersoa, ~
sas schooner fAnny pgtard Mr. Cornwall
said il aid not IN the least alter his opin-
Ion. Prom time 20 time. said he. 'wrsek.
axe has been picked ap OF the coast north
oi san Francisco aud reported as being
part Of the lvAnhoe. Alters ards / have
had 1. carefully examined aad found that
nos a b.s OF AZ came from cur xeSsel. Net
long aSo the British ship ElgtassiFs pgs
aato one o. the northern ports and her
captain reported having passed quantity
OF wree Sagc. among It ship's mast and
portion 81 a skyllshL Both we're painted
yei4os. and IS is sAs reported
thai tie lysnkoes mASts were painted
thai color, the conclusion ass AZ oace
arrived ~ that this wreckAge must belong
10 0aT vessel and that sas had gone 10
pieces az sea. Nas. as q matter CT lacL
TIE lEaahOe's mssts ~eFe nos painted az
az TIE sparS. hesevsF, we're painted
.sscS because she sas carrying coal, a.
hSet e0ler would soon become snearei BY
the dast from her cargo.
"iAs trRth - that not the slightest evil
aenes has been found 70 conAFm ths
stores ct The vessels less, and 10 not e~-
Iiexs sac i lost. Ms oglnloa il that the
issnaoe lost some Of her sails aud
spASs "a The Storm which she rrobz-
esy snsogateFsa sAoEtly after she
iets sssst.s % September -, aa9 ga2s sac
became disabled.