The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-11
N LOST GOLFERS.
$50 Of the Steamers Which
Have Gone Down.
80 HAD NOTABLE CAREERS.
ev Was Invelved In the
3. -. rro.ble-Ths MoatssYSst
. BIsckbfrdeFs

Z. -. has been given UP Of ever see
Z - 81. ,.sxs;sr golfers keweenaw and
- again. ard they are no doubt
4 4. 8. bottom Ok the ocean somewhere
-. british Columbia and San Fran
- -, City seven human lives. Both
-. ~ers well known In this city.
Ka;lock, second assistant en-
-. IL the Keweenaw. leaves mother
5f- liner living In this city. The bal
- q The crea@ are strangers.
s..s.,s.r men generally are Of the opsn-
u 1hat the M9ntserrat was too heavily
- and the Keweenaw too light TO
- sueh large quantity oe coal In
ss..s..er season. Universal sympathy
s 8, fer TIE nnfortunates, aud the out-
- = II an must be closer watch by
.~.srs Of all manner OF craft
-. r.xeenaw first arrived IN this city
r~,aay. January S, 1859. under com
80 Is carry coal for the Black Dia-
80 esrupzny. She was then In COM
- ~ caps. jenkins. she brought u
'..-.,.I cargo around the Horn. 400 tons
: $50 Was for this city.
Mk1toYy at Inc heWt0oSW.
-. x<weenaw was an iron vessel. go
Z = tanr. forfy-two feet beam and twen-
....x fee. depth Of hold. She was built
:. uest Bsy City. Mich. IN 1891. to run
9 4. Ice OF steam freighters between
- Tork ana the Pacific coast. Her
sa..an vas round and maze Of extra
k..sy s1tei plate. About thirty incaes
-. ~ outer bottom was a water bot
- sa4 the keel and numerous bulk
s.aas d5rsaed thig space into sections. II
- ..t<aatd that. should a hole be
t-s<t1s d ire outer plates. the vessel
seuu IN be perfectly safe unless the
Sr..k oscurred IN the side above the Sec
81 bo..ofa, which evidently was the
...r me- was constructed so that. IL she
nussz III that was necessary TO do would
s Is open the seacoeks on the opposite
- ana Ter Ia sufficient water TO
/: exaaxhsen her up. Her engines We're triple
sxnuslor and she could glide along about
I - knois an hour and not use more than
nr,eep tons u coal in fwenty-four hours.
TAtn the vessel was completed she
CARED % her voyage around the Horn.
ia sna bad 10 be cut in two to bring her
arsaxA the locks In the Welland canal.
Va<a shs was being built provision was
nnas for this, and by cutting out the
nsess /. the center she came apart as
,ksxA she had Just been dovetaiied to-
ozSef. One section had a buikhead al
rs5y In AID temporary bulkhead was
=; ii the other, and she was taken
Asoufh Ia this manner without trouble.
~ sxs put In the dry dock at Montreal
"a put together again. every riyet hole
Sung a. true as when she was origin
ssY built She look on her cargo at New
T4fk and had a fair trip around, with
u <xreptan OF losing her wheel at
cays harbor,n mot In Washington. but in
q. Straits OF Magellan. and had 10 go In
o. ary dock at Valparaiso for temporary
Ralfs
oniy two members OF the original crew
aai came up TO this port were in her
xass she went down. They were A +.
1Wnme, Who was at the time manager
ssd part owner Of the vessel and third
ssssslani engineer. aud l.. Ravenaush.
saFpsnlsr Capt. Jenkins. her master,
tsasi her AT Montreal and brought her
% here.
Speaking Of the experience OF Patrick
Esslss, the member OF the crew who was
y waely treated at Valparaiso at the
tas of The trouble witt, the United
sasts a.. Jerome said at the time that
b lad no doubt but Shields had become
snzieated and provoked the assaults
. sane extent. but that he really was
sislAl out Of 1t 10 gain sympathy for the
slhTs Of the Baltimore. who claimed TO
hss been Ii.treated. Shields did not
ssss through TO this city. owing TO his
hlsfsss.
he steamer. which was under contract
2 ne Black Diamond company for one
yhr lsft the route two months before
- sshtraet time was Up 10 run between
- Francisco and Panama. on which
sss sFsyed for a year The Afackinaw. n
ssssr SHIP. finished the Keweenaw's con-
ssrs With the Black Diamond company.
Al 'ne expiration Of the San Francisco
faasma coatract the Keweeaaw went on
= cal run between British Columbia and
~ FRANCISCO. on which she continued
81 Der fatal voyage OF last month.
9Hese Is an almost universal opinion
S@aas s<afaring men that the steamer
as aasegether too lightly built for heavy
go and should only have been run on
srf Inland route.
Tho Names CT the Crew.
Aaps Jenkins was Well known and
s'sssf esteemed In this city. as was also
- Soc, II, G, Jenkins. second officer. 4.
!" Aalieck. second assistant engineer.
20 Seattle boy. and has A mother ana
s ssssssr resAa!ng "a this city. Capt. Ien-