The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-08

20 Their Garments EnstI They
Were Heavily Coated with Iee-
Picked Up when Exhausted
BUFFALO. Now- The following ars
sba nAn1zs sf slxeagz II the nlaeesen nseE
wae last rheir lives or the steamer llAao.
wasen zank during tss gale on Sasursiay
us1ralag above Lsug paiag. On Lake Erie.
ALEXANDER GILES. caEtala, Baf-
saia.
GEORGE GIBSON. arst nate. Buffalo.
WILLIAM CLANCY, ehlet enssnsssr.
BgHaaa.
JOAN .. TAYLOR. steward. Banais.
NELSON SKINNER. hrst assistant en-
siaser.
Louis GILMORE. ~atchnau.
RICHARD AIEEAN. WheeinaH-
ROBERT WILLIAMS waeellnaa-
A J. RICHARD. lookout
HENRY THOMPSON lockout
CONRAD =. LANkE.g, fireman.
WILLIAM GREGORY fireman
JOHN HOLLY assistant steward.
FREDERICK MfTart. oiler.
EDWARD SMITH. Geckaand. RSches-
ter
~ BELL. daekhana
TIE names 81 three of the men drowned
are unknown 70 tEe steamship company.
Qns vas a fireman. another Geckaazd
and a talra a percer.
TIE names OF tae two nIen saved are:
I1oais L-zforee. 5anior sacond mate. and
William GIN. 4 aeckhand. Hvizg ar l17
Kent street. Rochester. y. 7.
II - rot known a raa off3ee OF ti1a Vest
srn Transit Company where the greater
porTien 81 The dead meu hail from.
The Idaho went 04e 0f commission three
or four years ago. bat fals summer sac
vas thoroughly averhauieG. After her
oEerhaaIl1g she WIS piaeed az the disposal
% the Naval Veterans Association. and
BY that organization Used as flagship
during the q a r eaeampmeut n Al
gust At the cIoss u the eacaunmeut shs
was nue into commission ~ a ereIEhssr.
The captain sE tie Inflated steamer
Alexander ellis. was oua OF the most
widely known II lake seamsn. He waa Al
years u age and knew the lake waters Ike
a book His brother Donald eslIliz Is ca D.
tain y the steamer Harlem
When the steamer Mariposa arrived IN
port. about midnight last night. win the
news Of tl1e wreck and having en board
the Two surviving a1anEers Of the srew.
Capt EGor had eaGs 70 say regarding the
ssarr On the lake and TIA rescue % the
txo u,sns
ssIt was sns OF rhe worst gales ever
We started from Chicago with a Load ~
uass. A. he WY down the lakes xe bad
a sgdt wfth the storm ard ] tcaUEnt anee
1r twice OF putting n some vtare until f1
II 7 had THESE two men who cane down
wita re would have % join their rnages by
thts ssrne
sTs vas about lg.s0 o'clock in the after
uoon wneu 7 fra learned af ne wreck 1f
the IDAHO. I was on deck when ny Hrzf
nate Nrrcr CAaruaFrfai1. came TO M and
s.FF 81
7r~th ara frnt - fheurhf ths-u we're
cCHuls -f rer ciGEf-w - g. fFe pointed
II cut - ~ and wlten E0t the gIasHes
IN if z couif f.gf2r<-gfre the nfa1 nfasnfv
Ne we're rlru uE ur9sF q good haaf af
steam # the tline an9 T DuT On Eees and
ruaae fer tire sra~
Wen aearnE vas 7g1zziad h0w 70
haia he nlen eT fsr Z conid not lcW-er q
hrst sn Fuch storm FEal'v 7 circ}sd
abaut ere srar -~-ff gar ar1r rrs2e zra
nv us7 ~trrF tes pscr fellows aG Tnev
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that their s~-rr r8& become Eurzb ar8
were - sI---f a10ur Re mast and almost
~v-1er ue rot ire n-an a1 6oars we rut
-Her- r. bi-sE sr1 cave t~ern s7ue warn
fFrst ara e1'ln- l't H7f --se-7 feeling 1rsctT
E0off wesr 10 rrf-sed ha~hnr~
N3~ tf Pre- ~=-,-''f 4,@At72-d q
szvartny velT-Aff5f nan - years - aza.
.as sazed rss AHs Ftara hs vss q v1ufh
Ea 81 m9re insE Ee1t -1tn -re average
seatartag Gaa. ans BIS story - eae DIS
aseer as fal1 early sAss morning. q
thrij1nx 0ne.
we seft zere Frsaay alSht aaaaa ssr
Ghscasa wlth cargo ~ genera z1ers-11.l-
& sad 8a ana every liCs seemed al
r,xa2 aaal W@ ger auesae the arealsSa-ar.
st1rs1 { ever saw Aavn 11e 1Ts4 a&
hressar s-gcE IS. we were E-s9e4 lp I'D
l1a ale Ehe t3p 8aH a second .8-er D
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