The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-15

S.lcAfRau. Last AEEHzz ne attempted 20
take the s:srn-wheel steamer Eugene
from Portland 70 s. Michael. but met dis
exter az Vancouver island.
George Foster Beck purser, and one
CT the owners 81 the Clara Nevada. Is orIe
o. the sest known young men In Port
land, having lived there the greater por-
t!on q his tfe. he se about = years OF
age and IL the soa-fn-law Of Mrs X. l.
Hawthorne, probably The weziihsest wo-
fnan IA Portland.
Pilot Ed Kelly II one Of the oldest
Alaska pilots on the Coast For twenty
five years ne has been In active services.
For two months before the Negada sailed
he was under salary with the Pacific *
Alaska Transportation Company. The
Eossile Is said TO have made
strong effort TO secure keiiy's services.
The other officers were We'll known ir
marine circles and OF recognized CON-
potency. Engineer David Reed has been
On most Of the large steamers Or the
Coast In the last twenty years and un-
derstood engines thoroughly.
THE porter OF the boat was Ernest
Denim. Seattle boy. and son 81 Hiram
Dohm. steward Of the Northern hotel.
He was known among his associates by
the soubriauet OF "Doughnuts.
The Clara Nevada was purchased last
August at government sale by the Nc
CURE Bros, OF Portland, for sfsnoa. She
was then the Hasaler, and had seen long
service la the United States coast and
geodetic survey service She had steel
hull and had five water-tight bGiknsadz.
two more than are usually built in coast
steamers II IL understood that the
Corona had but three. When Ia the EN-
pioy OF the United States government and
known as the HassIer. she WAS a steel
hull screw propeller. She was built In
Camden. n. j.. In 1872. and was built for
Ex4.tss IL
the Pacific ocean. Her dimensions were
as follows Tonnage 3is.ts: length. fA
feet. beam, Eat feet: draft. ~ feet.
An expenditure OF sI5.0o in repairs and
alterations transformed the Hasslcr into
the first-class passenger steamer Clara
Nevada, and when she left this port Jan
uary q on her initial voyage 10 Dyea and
Skagway for tho Pacific e. Alaska Trans
portafion Company. n would seem that
never had a more seaworthy craft de-
parted for the north Her boilers and
hull had been subjected TO a most severe
examination by United States Steamboat
Inspectors Cherry and Bryant. and pro-
ncunesd all right.
On the up trip were the following pas
sengsrs: X. c. White. w r. Dunn. A.
Paskey A. Y. Hill ]. Caldwell f. s. Dur.
{. A. Mciirlarty. Mrs. L. Boyce. George
Mayfield. X. Mcciaren r. Miller. Charles
Franklin. &. Marrying Latty Boycs. r. C..
Berry, 3. IL. knipper. William holland,
Jerry Peterson. f. q. johnson. Ianto
6pada, J. W. Lansing Fred Harrington.
O. A. Sodsrberg. l.. Bloom. Mira T. Fsllet.
g. t. Cox, T. W. Pritx. J. w. Craig. Peter
Johnson. L. u. Warner Chris Jarstead
Scott Frost, John Mecarter. Jehn Der
ham. J. Hsmar. A. Mattsan. John A.
Beekman. ]. w. Biddie. James Biddle. G
1 smith, @. W. stapleion, John Neal, r.
r. Roudy. j. II Hlliiarf. 4 ~ wertz d
II ~
Young, j. NJ. Privett, s. Scrios c. Dumas.
Z. j.. Adams. Frank Elliott c. GIL r.
Cockriii. Charles Masters Lewis Durand.
DIR. g. A. Mead. J. Swanson. c. b. Tih-
bets. Robert Johnston, +. J. conahan, ".
T. Haley. George Bremen, c. ID. Wheeler.
-. u. Goetzs Mrs. Marie Bloom, G. T.
Arnold. ". y Fiouaghan Y Nakayama
James Maekie. J. A. Thayer. joel II.
Chisei James Collins, A. f. Reynolds. Col.
Fred Wilson, Max oppenheimer, Henry
Mctiran. Charles V. Derile. O. W cald-
Well. Axei swanherg Mrs l.. c. Darling.
Mrs. w Mesirohm. A. s. Miller. O. IL
Moore, f. II. Griffith, r. C. Srneieer Mrs
Anna Bark. NJ II. King. Mrs q .
Woods. A Juneau. Otto Hidden. n. A.
hent 6. =. i-add. Charles Sterling
on February 3 Purser Beck wrote from
juneau; Arrived here a. p m after
very windy trip from wrangel VIII
arrive at skagway Friday night and start
honie SUNDAY morning. and with good iuek
VIII arrive In Seattle in six days"
That the Clara Nevada left sknxway on
SUNDAY. February .. i reported by the
Resale, which arrived here last night
having left skagway two days after the
Clara Nevada
other passengers Of the Resale spokeu
10 In regard 80 the disaster expressed sur
prise. but could give no additional ipfor-
nation. nor, In fact, any information al
all.
II. =. Mcclure. chief owner 81 the
Clara Nevada. vas ia Port Haaiock ve~-
teFday and vas kept informed If the news
bulletins received Ia the Post-I nteliigencer
by telegraph.
W. W, Mcclure. secretary ~ the conn
A. who was in this city. refused 10 be-
heve the eafly reports but when shown
The special dispatch received here lat. II,
'he eFefiins from Nanalme. bearing what
seemed 70 be incontreregtlbla evidence -
the loss of the Nevada, ha expressed ,he
keensst sorrow
III H. not the iess 81 the vessel he
exclaimed hrokenly. but MY friends ara
the passengers. Think Of tbs lives los,
IL IS too much, la his state of mind hs
e''uid give bat little Information eoncr-r,-
inE the vessel Even on what seemed
suon authentic Information ht refused =,
e@feNe taAt tssc S*eamer had been lagf
There was anis one thinx shat could
possibly have hsen responsible sos the as.
astrF- a Negligent fireman mfSht Aave
run cold water in;o the boilers while they
We're Dry. United States Steamboat Ia
spseters Cherry and Bryant gave the Clara
Nevada a rissii examination I thought
~ The time they were teo exactfns Waite
en ihe ways eighty Ae.cs were bored in
her hul ana not 2 Plate was found lsSs
taaR fhe dimensions allowed ~ law Rrv-
ant said teefe WAS absolutely Yroah5ng
lacki0g n thc hull
Inspector caesfy sent into tho boilers
and Inspected each thoroughly from ton
81 hattom. The boglgrs were bsglit IN ,Nsa
hy me Fali0n ieou Works - san rran@
cisco. ard s'aerry pronounced tAesrs All
right, he Insisted that hales be barred
aiad EaVpfsfsns ~ safety qsugs he nut IN
Several hoes wsvt arsaed ana The hagrrx
wzfv brewer &c 20 Al
'Nu Ne sesg which (o.}aWed a prgSssr,
q Jas pounds. c0'3 water was put IN
'@uaf - SO ssoUetis steam gressarr. ana
Z 3Ad rc5 ga anv way AFFECT thn NogssrA
E0E3m@sF Evet afterwards fafa IRE thst
~ iae t.sas tat safefy wave HAD hsen =;
sevsUtF feB1ss<- Ffe ~eif saat rae raA-
eHfnrf9 havteg hseu neeay averhAusss
anA 1elus YES stjT Ae would ea~~v "a
neTa 10 Skas~Ay. teesusa ~ ness.e-s "a
snere This MAS "a Savlng n caal sn