The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-30

Po-. Townsend. Sept. -speclal.-The
american = steamship Jmasiils. plgasg be
.Neen Puget sound ports ard san Fran
cisco. after almost founaeEng sa tfsa
4iratts, Has run ashore on Point wilson a.
ssis o'clock this morning. and IS c0Is.4-
red 20 De almost total wreck.
she struck submerged rock nea~ where
TIE bark DaFEd fios8ley was wreck q
some years ago, lost sixteen feet Of her
Keel and tore ragged hole in her bottom
sAsoagn Salca the water poured IN tor
rents. The passengers had narrow 49,
sape from being compelled 10 en- bark =
small boats and leaving tae vessel 10
founder IN the middle a. tae straits.
Fae Cmai!l.a ieft Victoria shor.y after
Midnight In charge OF Captain - II.
Lloyd. pilot OF twenty years experience.
Ind Captain j. G. Hunter fhe sh5p's com
'nAadeF. The weather aas denseiy logsy.
ana against a strong coo t.de TIE steamer
headed To- Port TOInsend. She bad land
20 over ha-f Of the passengers and arge
portion OF the freight az Victoria A n.
teEfa4s the whistle was regularly sosnd2d.
out the course from Victoria does not
Drsng the snip near any hea6lands. ccnse-
1ienfiy only d very t.m echo could D.
heard In thick weather a steamer IS al
SaEs coarssd Dy the compass. log ana
echo or the fog Whistle The sbo tide
sweeping dow. on The pert beam OF the
steamship swusg her q point cr ;w0 of
ne course. heading tAe vessel directly to-
ward the wrecked bark Hoad.ey. thrce.
to3Tths Of mile wrst of Point Wilson.
That vas In the proximity Of a very low
neck OF land ~hich lies behind the abrupt
5.uff that commands Point Wilson.
The sounding Of the whistle broueh.
back no echo. From the top OF MoTgan's
MI. the background Of Port Townsend
through the thin mist oprhang.ng
af4tr r4F L a -s.
discovered she brightness OK the electric
4shis. Then. too, 10 add 20 the unfortu-
nate condition % affairs. tt - alleged that
he fox whistle In Point Wilson was no.
bloNiag. Many masters OF vessels COM
lng into port lately have made similar
complaints. and al Jhe time other captains
have averreG that the NhiStle Was blowing
regularly.
n br.ef. such wss the outline of the
surroundings whcn the Cmatllla struck
rock.
Very few os the passengers we're awake
at the time. srd no excitement whatever
foiloWed. The rock was the same one on
which the ;ug Sea Lion struck tao years
ago, and was afterwards named ths J r.
Libby rock. Al low tide il IS covered with
nine feet a. waser. II Il sharp. Jagged and
Just the right shape 10 rip srigAtful hols
n the bottom OF 4 vessel 50 unfortunate
a. "a collide with H.
The Cuat-ia. which Was running a. hal,
speed and with a bright. cautious lookout
forward. without a moments warning
struck The rock. \ terrible. deep. re1na-
Hing. grinding nolse followed a. plate az.
ter plate vas being torn of In an IN.
ssant the engines were reversed IN re-
saonse 10 the pilots signals. TIE damage
~as done. Nearly eighteen feet 81 The
keel had been carried away. and a dozen
other plates loosenet. Word came from
The arcmen thai she vas leaking pIot
LLOYD Instantly realized The situation. and
knew that the Unatilla had fallen a vic.
Tin 20 the LIBBY rock.
RAPID action ant calm Judgment was
the essential element required 20 save tha
vessel frou' fo1useTlBg ana IKE PHO. auI
Captain Nunter were equal "a thc elne~-
geney. The I4h9y rack IS rhree-ToC~ths ~
4 mile from the shore. BanS went the
gong. ana the gagls Of the hel was the
5 Enal f0r the ais steamship 90 ra ahead
AZ fug sp@,d sac rounded to nla fes Eioally
and vas headed % rs east ~ a-onS rhe
shore toward Font W1Fen l. wa n rare
between 'he inTash.ns waters ard the abb.
3,y - the eng sneers and nreuen % keeu
the engines gong Slowly and steadily
the water boiled through ;he hole. ara
2 sAt }5udly ia sbe hlr wh.st.@ oE ha
steamship crF for assistance. Fae pilot
arf eapta p calmly calculated The tg1e re-