The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-04

oe7c~rss beat rzs sooxsry a-os-E soc ire
ufe-rzsr. 5u1 fa@.zzg . find &. returned %
-he sxszaf ard took CO he crowd -nas E@a
s--s- .zrsez5 there AMI started WITH t1s
oere- boat ard c2noes for Ia v1zge
rsa,-e-cuzrserr OF nzsse 6ssao<- whs~s al
xe-e szsely ssn5s1 a. ia a. II
after cutting ZOOS. from the cap-a'a
boa. osacer q Siren and rs ner found IL
cute impossible TO make any hea1Eay
.trec. for shore. and VAS 9rssEng YEARLY
down ne eoast. Half an hour later TIE
snow .sc u2 ana they were surprises 20
see Ire saIp close BY nsn ard heading
20 the so1.n- Tney A. once pulled along
ss<7- ara Seaman HAr6ixan boarded Ger
and proceeded % load the rac- with s.ica
things as wo1-3 DC u use 20 them Aftef
provisioning the raft Seaman H2nlan also
went on BOARD. and tosethe- -1ey inse>
rIgase1 the condition o. the ship. add IA
On O1fcs. CTE-sen climbed On board The
raft coon after broke loose from the yesssa
ard was lost
"A. noon the weather cleared -. 50 tha.
tie snip E4s visible from shore, AMI On
ca- Gresr8s1E, with a volunteer crew co.,
sssing % 1zarter-raster. sailor ami TWO
fresnel. set 02s IN \ boat 10 overhaul mex
WHEN s9taIa . quarter Of & NILE o. t1e
ssezns- ard f1Ty eight railas from shore,
they we're surprised 10 see the head sails
turn directly from them Ssll they TO-
lowed ami made signals, but % no avail
When they saw the fishing schooner
Champion so Up Alongs1s me steamer
they fsI, thai the men On board we-s SAFE,
turned back to- shore a. 3.l5 .. IL. AM
mase Landing at 80 ?. III
IT SENS that when the engineers soar-
eon@d the engine room. they left The paz17s
working, and the forward tank. which
Sf.t ~ n E>aS
caat, allowing the ships head 10 raise SUI
Recently 10 allow her 10 Goat OF the ROCKS.
Although the forward hoId was full OF
water. after she had been Aghssned II let
bot little water On the lower deck Ia9
14lkheads OF the coal ounAers between
decks were o. plank and no. water-lsnr.
which was the cause % her sinking az
she aid TWO days later al Esau!nlalL
after the schooner Champion had gone
alongside and put two men aboard. the
steamer was headed for the Columbia
river. but bout dark tina British GOAL
steamer Wellington came along. and TAX
ing hold OF the Unatiila to.ed her INTO
EsQuin4alt arriving there al $50 p H. on
February Il Here a serious mistake was
made by archosing The steamer in deep
water instead % putting her on the bea en-
Or az Ieas; Ia shallow water. The steamer
was in charge Of Officer O'Brsen. who en-
tered her a. the custom housS captain
pro tenn. At 80 on the morning OF Feb
ruary y the Umatiila sank in forty-two
feet OF water. The fault OF this unfor-
turaate snchorlng is IN dispute between
Captain William Clements. pIlo; o. the
steamer Wellington, and Captain O Brien.
The former claims that he left the steam
er where tod % by Officer OBrien. and
The latter claims that he ordered the
steamer anchored in shallow water. With
in 80 yards Of where the vessel went down
there was shallow water
The contract for raising the Umatilla
was let 10 Captain Thomas p. II. White
law. o. San Francisco. on the ist OF April,
1884. and on August y she was raised and
floale6 TO the wharf al Esquimalt. where
size remained until June, iSSS. when the
differences between The Insurance COM
pany and the owners Of the steamer were
arnicab,y settled. The Una lila was then
sent 10 San Francisco. where she was con-
verted into a Are passenger steamer. and
has ever since been engaged on the route
between that city and Puget Sound ports
until her recent rrisaap 81 Rocky point.
=. L. CRAWFORD.