The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-11
WORK OF THE STORM.
Steamers and Telegraph Lines
Have Hard Time.
TWO LIVES LOST ON THE SOUND.
From All Directions Come Reports OF
the Winds wild worsA Fisher
man saved From Drowning.

Ths Big bloT o. TUESDAY evening *
ssadsd az 0yer she SOUND county 80
GRATED great casgssfe ruatt0u VsiD on 80
ard On water. Nearly al tae &@r&fiiel
- arrived yesterday erougHs ue~s -
80 sfos-ra. ard .xhiis az al points y Naa
, szit 10 b. che most severe ever
EserseneeA. 10 casualties @efe fu -
Ia many TRANS the storm 1oisi lfaset
ing the night. although gresslg ns
afed Ia Everett Il N4s tar+os@. sii~
-, sr.oleslzr.es were bsOEa down.
st...raarg damaged and trees blown a@HH'
Telegraph and telephone H2Fes "ers ..
rresnffea And all csnm1ntszs Ton sin tafs
oaEfssde word. axceps - focai slsa@i's -
was ent of. The same coIils-3ol ~
fairs wss reported fr0sn y sA~-oo<n ssl'
other cities. The waters ~ A@a~e -,
TRITON. Lake Union and Green l@As yer
aaSheg info fury, bJt lpessiiy re sffA'1
s..ass xsfs Out az The t.ae. AZ FREMONT
tn, fsuss was also Vsry severe
The telegraph and telephone wsres'
whl-.. sere ali blown iONu By me Storm
-.ore nearly al ~ and "a WORKING CON
astg,u tast n8znt. The esty teiephone ser
80 as gotten .n good running order
saasrtns, the Afternoon, and the ioHE-d-S-
tafcs tine 20 Foyt Townsend '~sts a4so =
ratsrsa The line morta % SEetaSsiiizH.
rveresf. Mount Vernon. @sssecEn ana
Vancouver was down AZ sas1 feip2t =
baa a large force % alnesnen was a. ~t'@N,
and repairs sere expectss 20 pe hiisAhs4
Al afrrsoss any time. All me wires - the
Western Ua.on we're %. with the eSceI'-
st,u og the short stretch between Ncolcy
aad AnacorteS. THE PoEtal IeisFsfa4'h
.snez were ali right aouth and we're ai
,,u north as lar as Wooley. A. TINS
poInt the storm seemed 70 DC unusually
b9!sier0us.
slight Damage on the Water.
A. thss port the wind continued all
shrouga the night. and TIE waters o. me
harbor were turbulent and restless an
through tho dsE In the morning me
phgfe14EYs were discernibie fpr a long
distance ont and small boats that had
the pitsak - EsuTure out were vel
tossed about T'he steamers We're All
more or less behind tEne and reported fne
passage very rosagh. The Iittlc steamers
augusta. plying between Port Manson
anA this port and Alta, from Eagie HaE-
Dor - THIS port. dit not dare venture
ous for fear ~ being s~dmped IN sae b-s
seas
The damage cone 20 the North Pacific.
which with tho srhomc broke away from
o. mooring az the city buoy and drified
into the Flyers dock during the squall.
was light, only a small portion OF her
guard rail- being stove in. The Sehorne
WAS not hurt la the least. When the
boats were seen coming toward the dock
at "A hiah rate Of speed tae clerks In the
Great Northern depot Offices piled cut in
hurry. when they were a short dis
lance from the dock the wind seemed 90
have spent it's fury. and the boats arifteti
"a IA easily az II they had been making
"a landing. They were towed out 10 their
rnooring yesterday morning and made
fast.
Picked To In instruments.
About $50 O'Clock yesterday morning a
one-legged fisherman named Andrew Gus
talsou puiiesi his boat out from Duwauisa
river 10 "catcha da fish," and when he
got 10 the draw bridge OF the Terminal
railroad the storm struck him and bowed
him along at good rate toward the city.
When he vas about half way across aud
Just opposite Yesler dock a large wave
swaInped his boat, and into the water ne
wont Somehow his cork leg came of
while he was flounderinE in the alter.
and he WAS greatly handicapped with only
one leg lie grabbed his boat. bat II
would only turn over and over. aud he
woEsd undoubtedly have drowned had ret
Capt Campbell, of the tug MaynoWer.
who had been watching Gustafsoa for
some time before be swnmpFd. gone 70
his asssstai.cc lla was taken on board
the tug more dead than alive, hut insistcd
on having his cork lex iishci ont This
board and brought ga 10 Atkinson 4 Ter
wekh's office. where the man Wa dried
out. The occurrence occastonfsi coilsld-
erahle excitement along the water fruft.
a. there were a number Of people on the
wharves
Two Men Io~t I'm the sound.
The report circulated TUESDAY nIRht
that two men ln Il sioop OF West point
were seen TO so down during the squail
g. no aouht correct = II Wilkes. Of this
city. who was caught In the storm Just
OF West n0int on Tuesday night. told
fae following story q a Post-inte'iigencer
rrporfef last evening. Il was on my WAY
20 hts city from Stanweod. where have
been hrntlnE and fishing most OF the
winter in row boat With aa tmpro-
vised sail and WHEN between West Ytlnt
and Five mile rock ! saw the storm COIN
ms and par inso 4 sheltered cove. where
I f0and twa more hnats aud Ns.ai men
and a woman Who had par io there for
safety. Shortly after 1 landed ana just
before the storm struck as I aud tho
other parties noticed NO meH TIA a sail
bcak several miles out and trying q make
shore They were pitching and tassi-g
about in a terfiole fashion ana shortly
after the Storm swept tver AS with all
its faTy thc men and the boat disap-
pesrc1 freW view. having uo dauAt per-
fShoal xs - would have heen impossible
fog small boat io Use ID that sea The
storm Kept rep moro or less All night aUd
! had hard J'me 60 reach this city to-
cav. shortly after the nig blow Subs 'ttd
tbs waves were fuUy fifteen feet high.
70 Was 3 Terrible night"
William an Annie nohsou. who were
pitched into gre bay TUESDAY afternoon
during the strrfu ant Who owe their lives
90 the assistance cf the steinuev FLYER.
We're released from the police station ycs-
tcntay morning. Apparently they we're
none ihe worse for their unexpected bah
\ fal=c Rcport ct Disaster.
\ report vas ca~reut ia thc cltv YES.
tertsy aftcrUcon that THE ocean steamer
Naha Naia. which lcft this port last
Monday Hornins Tor san Francisco with
over ~ passengers. hal gone cu the
rocks eE gre moufb 80 tag Columbia r.v-
er The report is ptterlx fs1~e ana rs
stafte1 thTcaeh mischief er fetlx T. rr,-
attd ercat eNetteaent throurhalt the
ritYr @> fHssority ~ the va xsefsters
we're frnfo hHre telegram vzs sent 20
Portland in fcssri ta TIE matter. wnd an
sns"er Wat received stating that she re-.
tfft w. c2Haet ass +othinz had hes1
#eru 80 hrao. ~ tst Steamer Sssfserfe-
tendenf Fr"O .ri+s fatesrsite.fs Is head
quarters at say FRAN ieol eSkine the,-,
go wire him in~st}afsiy ou th0 Strhet~r
~ TIRE vessel $50 thsf BE- ,.sstf4 i.f.,-t-, In
ceneeY@et ga her safety
p0-fng che seual Tsses ssv -.feAt a +v..
crushed i~to she cabin o. a t.rnn ffsreo.
mana. = wo0a eatfes near Green faEe
breaking down fhc teor 8rJ tr~-rits,i,r-
a stove ifeusgnan1 Was asieer az she
5iufe. a0A escaped wtth q reo srrsr.nes.
tfc hat a nsFraN es~ape rhe -srnst stso
i'tw tavn same chimoexs ans stens.