The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-27
WENTDOWNTODE
Tragic Fate of a Fisherman
i'm the HarbOr.
BOAT swAMPED BY THE WAVES.
Joseph Pasquerelie Perishes. While
One Companion Swfms to Safety
and Another Hangs On.

Joseph Pasquerene. an Italian fisher.
man. was drowned about o'clock yes
tesaiay afternoon in the harbor near Bud
longs boathossse. as the result of. sfifl
breeze that caused the swanping Of ar
old boat which ne and two other men
We're padding along. The body was no,
recovered
His companions, George Legg and A.
D. Nunnnlly, were saved. the first by
swimming about one hundred feet to the
stern wheel OF the Henry Bailey. lying
at the end OF Yesier's wharf. and the
other by turning the submerged boat
over and ciinging across the bottom until
rescued by the tug Little Giant
The accident happened within plain
sight OF scores OF people and all say that
Pasqaeresle. when the boat filled. APP
pear1ed to be paralyzed and went down
without word and with his arms oyer
his head. He never came TO the surface
again after his first disappearance.
No effort was made by any one to Crap
pie for the body and the prospects are
that, as IL went down in saIcsl deep wa
ter. nothing can be- done about it and
that in due course OF time the body will
most.
The two companions. who survive Pas
querelle, were taken TO police headquar-
tiers where. after giving an account of
the affair, they We're released, Legg go
ing to his room at she City Mission and
Nunnally to his quarters in the Salvation
Army shelter at Weller and South Sec
ond streets There reporter of the Post
Intelligencer found them and learned the
simple story OF tr,e sad accident Legg
was the owner of the boat. which is AN
old homemade. fat-bottomed affair,
Thoroughly water soaked, and with but
little buoyancy. Legg kept her under the
Oregon Improvement Company's wharves
when not In use. Legg and Nunnaliy
have only been in this city a few months
and. being unable 10 secure employment,
made scanty living by fishing. In this
wise they made the acquaintance of joe
Pasquerelle who. being a fisherman, W Guild
join the party on their daily trips. Yes
terday afternoon SHORTLY after lunch Legg
and NuIinaliy started from where the
boat was mooged and having no oars.
used two pieces of boards to paddle to
the wharf near the City dock. They got
under the wharf. and. anchorsng the boat
fished there until after O'Clock AT that
hour Pasauerelle promised to meet them
and row back TO the Oregon Improvement;
Company's docks. They were about start
ing of without him when he put a;s an
appearance at the last moment The
weight of the three men was too mssch
for the frail craft. and, 1t being low
down in the water. the moment the trio
left the dock and reached open water the
unusually heavy swells washed over its
sides. The three men padded vigorously
70 reach quieter waters but little by little
the boat filed and all OF a sudden she
went under. leaving the three men strug-
Cling in the water. Nunnally did not
stop to look around. but measuring the
distance to the wheel of the Henry Bailey
at about one hundred feet. ana being a
good swimmer, struck ont boldly for the
wheel. When he was half way over his
heavy clothing began dragging him down
and several times the swelis washed com
faetely over him. 1T flashed through my
mind that / was going TO drown" he
SAID, land / looked back In time to see
poor Joe with his arms raised In the air
go straight down without a movement l
determined then to struggle to the last
and turning my face towards the wheel
again. / kept on and finally reached It.
The distance to me was nothing, but my
heavy water-soaked clothes and the
swells and choppy sea bothered me and
would have drowned me had / had much
fIrtsler TO go"
Nunnally appeared to take the matter
plliiosophicaily and when the boat filied
instead OF losing his head or starting OFF
on a swimming match with his chsrnany
George, ne cooiiy turned the water-lcggad
boat over and. siraid7ing her bottom
quietly waited for the assistance which
he saw from the comnotton on the docks
would seon come
Joe PasquereIie evidently lost his head
and appeared stricken speeches. as we'll.
for he never made an outcry but sank
beneath the waves without a struggle or
effort 20 save himself
Capt. W. J. Stevenson. who had watch
ed the overloaded boat for some time and
predicted It's filling when he saw her oc-
cupants struggling in the water called TO
the engineer OF The tug Lst;Ie Giant. king
by. 70 run 10 the rescue OF the men and
wethtn two minutes at most Lexg was
taken OF the swampef boat and a search
male for Fasquereile in the hope that
tho body might again rise 10 the surface.
TIE Sug stayet ove- the spot for some
time, hut, failing ~ see any sign OF he
now dead man. landed LegE.
Joseph Fasquereile the deal man. has
= tsrother in THIS city. Charles Pasquer-
ellie. also a fisherman. who lived with him
IN a. shack or he side Of Beacon hin
near the bay He did not hear OF hf.
brothers Geath until O'Clock last even
ing and his grief was pitifui 20 behold.
From him II was learned tina, Joe was IS
or 81 years Of age. a native OF Italy
which country ne Jeff. about seven years
ago. owning dire-t 10 Seattle. HE leaves
a wife IN Italy. but has no children.
The acton of tia three men In venttI--
ms out t1y slcFg a fra&I craft auss their
vigorous Tai1dEnE when reshzing THEIR
danger. lei many or the wharf 10 declare
that all three men were trunk This was
proven - BE- an error. Legg and Nan
rally are MT drinking ussn. ard they az
test ttas Joe ASA waS perfectly sober
With our daily Efforts at fishing" saad
fAsrg. '-wc mate barely enough 10 pay
for oar Hoams ant a sca1Fzy sssge,iy OF grs1b
les alone Buy }iauor Nh. W. were an
sober. AMI thanks - THAI FACT the loss Il
he Has nos greater