The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-21
IrSLrrHGowsHrRE HooDooED.
A Long Succession or Misfortunes and
Fatal Accidents.

A Long SUGGESTION Oh MAesoSs"sA<S es1.s
Fatal Accidents.
port Toxsend. March 2o.-Special.-It Is
SO seldom shat a ..hoodooed" vessel comes
into mort that craft of that reputation
naturally attracts much attention among
maritime observers. The sailors along the
water front all unite in declaring that the
British ship Liniithgowshire. now In port.
has been s'hoodoeed." Indeed. the record
of fatalities on the vessel In the last SIX
months Is remarkable
Archibald Clark. young Scofchman'
of good parentage. about 2 years old, the
third of7icer. met . tragic death Monday
morning aboard the strip. while engaged
In sifscharging ballast. He waA the third
one TO lose his life within the past few
months. The ship IL out In the middle
ground discharging a few hundred tons
OF ballast preparatory To going TO Had
lock to load q cargo OF lumber for Port
Prize. The ballast Was being taken out In
tubs and Clark was experimenting the
work While his attention Was otherwise
euga ged the sling to which q big tub was
attached swung back from over the yes-
sells starboard side, striking him ter
rife blow ON the head. knocking him down
through the hatch to the lower hold. The
blow and The fall caused instant death.
His comrades rushed below and picked
up the Hfeless body. The only visible
signs OF life that were apparent were
few gasps, muscular contraction or the
frame and the auivering of few muscles
OF the face. Sad. indeed. were the express
sions OF his fellow voyagers as they gent
IL and tenderfy carried the body on deck.
Clark was n good seaman. well liked by
the crew and his brother officers. He was
A member of the Masonic order, belonging
TO a Glasgow. Scotland. lodge. The fun
e-al will take place this afternoon from
the Seamen's Bethel Every sailor In
town. and there are nearly loo. viii be In
attendance by the crews of two English
vessels now In port.
The record of the I.inlithgowshire's yoy-
ages reads like an old sea romance. She
left Ilth. England. for Melbourne. Aus
traiia. In command of Capt. James Black.
and then proceeded TO Newcastle and
ioadeS. coal for Valparaiso. IN was while
hound for the latter port that the master
contracted fatal Illness. Adverse winds
and continuous battle with the elements
caused the ship 20 make a long passage.
Cant Black. though suffering exeruciat-
ing agony. herolcaily bore up under the
agFlfct;on. hoping 10 reach port In time To
have surgical operation performed.
whereby his life could be saved. DAY
after day the ship slowly made her way
across the Pacific ocean. and when within
a few hundred miles OF the Chilean coast
she was nccairned for nearly two weeks.
voyage. The captains Illness became
more alarming and IL was apparent that
his lease of life was about to be fore
closed and then the wind. as II ashamed
OF the exasperasiag delay. srrang up from
the westward and sent The white-wtnged
craft bounding ever the hsliows toward
ya,naraiso Port was reached al last and
the captain, though barely alive. insisted
upan being taken ashore for medical
treatment Tenierfy he was placed In n
swift launch, which darte3 toward tho
wharyes Death, however. WAS swsfter
than the launch. and the spirit 81 Capt.
Iarues Black started upon another voyage
to a port of eternal happiness.
The first oficer. David Lawson. then
S,.-~easaa 10 the command of the ship
nrs sn s,,e time sailed for Portland. Or,
"a Toad grain for England. Hardly had
.ba crest of the Andes mountains been
ssipres beneath the white caps If the
southern ocean when he eytnced signs OF
,osantsv. A week after the voyage began.
one evening as the sun was disappearing
4, the ocs-sdenf. Can't. Lawson came on
saeE ordered the officers and crew from
Sslov then dramatically bowed to the
assembly eseppesi GA the rail- and plunged
tag, The sea before any OF the crew could
arrest his mad effort
The life beats were instantly lowered
.ns I'll. ship hove 70 A long. thorough
zrz3s 4r<~frrteS%fIf Sf8E[1 = So stAaNN E0s ktzS
hossx TIE only sssns CT life In the SEA
was the constan. snarping Of school OF
sn.rk. that had nsea following the ship
fc- days
Tna rrxt mate then took charge and
.,r..sns<s The voyage. 4 storm arose and
xh.ftss the ballast necesSifating the ves-
sci goinr into san Diego sor TaorS ballast
There the owners sent William Anderson.
,Ne rreSare master. down from San Fran
rss~, u, take command The voyage was
resumed. rat a ssccession Of Gains caused
her 70 get into Portland one week too late
:, .ake advantage OF q profitable charter
See was then senf 30 this port and while
y,~ Care rtatrsry the second mate acct
,4snsaiiv fell frcru betw@en decks 20 the
lover hold ard by a miracle his life was
saved though his limbs ami body were
badly injured and paralysis may set in
yet Then the ship reached Port Towns
end ara was safely at anchor when yes
,e~gsay's fatal accident happened
The I.saitfhgowshira has visited Puget
sound several times In recent years and