The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-04
THE BUCKEYE WRECK
Rody of H. Kaufman, the
Dead Passenger, Found.
.mce sTALLcUP's SUIT LOST.
.,t.cked the Validity OF Tacoma
water Bonds-The Result OF the
Tacoma Municipal Election.

~r..,~or,. Aprii 3-The hull OF the
--.~ked steamer Buckeye was picked %
-. AFTERNOON by the tug j. f. Boydsn,
a~,t~ ofDoslte the site OF old Fort Bell
..~sana about six miles from the place
800 she was swamped last night IL
- s,een lowed here and Deached. Her
s.aer works are gone, and her boilers
- engine are PROBABLY lost
raA body OF II. Hartmann vas
.aasd ri So this evening at the mouth
- Little Squaiicum creek. about two
sss,ss frou. here, BY two boys. They told
- oti.er boys, who secured the body
"a brought It 70 this city. On the body
- diamond shirt stud. a gold watch
.nd sS7E 81 money, mostly gold sew ed
a. me breast OF his gndersnirt. His neck
,as cut by the glass In the cabin window
,sroogh which ne crawled TO the upper
as~k and there Is a confusion on his
Hal He had the life preserver on ..hich
bad kept his body afioat while Ii arifted
With the tide about six miles from the
seene OF disaster. Kaufman would kave
he's saved could ne have held TO the raft
fxenty minutes longer. He was a mernner
81 ss.eral fraternal orders. and carried
lfe assurance to the amount o. s. GO.
4 reward OF $50 had been offered by Mrs.
gaeyman for his body.
Anthony yogt, n German stock dealer,
n FftGay HarbcT. who was In the bow
t>,sr with live stock which was billed to
rzlrnavsn. gives one Of the cIearest ac-
soaats of the disaster. There we're five
tsad Of cattle. twenty sheep and two
Asgs. al heTded IN the bow. and he was
telsw among them doing what he could
a. ksso shem from iurchfng from one side
a ne arrow vessel 20 the other. but all
~. ss could do awaited little after the
ssszmer passed Eliza island. The wind
VS. blowing a gale. the waves were run
ssag high and the litkie vessel careened
% that the live stock all lurched TO the
hTsr side and allowed the water 10 pour
n through The hstchways in such volume
fass she could not right herself and quick
b filed. vogt climbed 10 the upper
deek and cut away the small boat.
bit made the mistake of lower
hg her bow foremost, so that
shA was swamped almost instantly.
There was then only the iifeboat and life
raft left. The former was carefully low
cred and the captain, Oscar Hahn, Engi-
peer Snyder. the cook. fireman. yogt. VIII
D. Jenkins. of this city, and Mrs. Kautz-
nan. OF Anacoftcs. put of In her for the
shore. about three miles distant. with
Hahn and snyder at the oars and vogt
haiiIng with his hat and shoes. After a
hard battle with the waves for an hour
and a half they reached land safely and
made their way through the woods 10
The mate and pilot, Capt.
a steamboat man OF long expert.
ence, who was AT the wheel when the dis
aster occurreds II. Kaufman. a iiguol
dealer OF Anacortes, and Messrs. Asher
and Bennett, abstfactors OF this city. re.
naatnesi aboard the steamer. They soon
put out the ilferaft and got on it. flashing
It to tho steamer until she began sinking
when they cut loose and began drifting
with the wind and tide. Kaufman was
soon SO bcnumbed with cold that he could
hold on no longer and fell of into
thu sea, the others being unable
TO aid him but Bowden. Bennett
and Asher held on until they were rescued
IN an exhausted condition by the tug
Boyden. about o'clock. The tug Katy
was also out IN the gale looking for the
survivors and wreckage until after 4
eeiock The Boyden tried for over two
hours 20 tow the wreck into port, hu,
sanld do nothing with her I'm the heavy
SEA Dir. Kaufman owned some prop.
TH on Elk street here, and was com.
Re here with his wife To pay his taxes
al visit friends He was about Is years
asge. and besides his wife leaves two
ans IN Anacortcs. Mrs Kaufman 4
tow with Mrs. f,oux IN Fashayen, ane
= nearly crazed with grief The loss on
ne cargo r. about $500. and fails mostly
aron Mr. Nogt. The value OF the steafne,
vas about 5000. and the amount 81 ,hs
insurance. II any. cannot be learned here
today.