The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-17

- sarticuiars OF the burning at sea Of
- AFRICAN ship William II. Starbuck
9~suhR are contained In q copy OF the
n.-csrriu Gazette, OF December 2. The
- eetIed from Port BiakeIey October
- - IezSJO feet Of lumber. shipped ny
- Pefs Biaksiey Mil Company. destined
- ~ a. Cape Horn to Delagoa bay for
800 Everything Was propitfous until
- AZ q the disaster. The crew and Of
3S~rs were new men, shipped Al Port
-nnend Capt McDona.a waS accom-
Sssied BIZ his wife and children. boy OF
- fvo g.ris, one OF 10 years and the
- sx INFANT Of II m0Dths-
Tife vas first discovered in the fore
..sk n ~ O'Clock the night OF November
Z ~ Dur hours later tfae whole deck and
- rfGKiaE were a mass OF flames. Water
~ seen poured down into the hold imme-
5snfety the ship mad been hove 10 and ey-
- n1ort was made 10 quench the fire,
- Il Gyead first along the big cargo OF
1eers D bundles. which were TANNED be-
s1ses the wings where the rough lumber
- piled 10 .ha decks.
1cfjnx a. z chimney the center OF the
ksW deck soon gave = draft 10 the flames,
SGnthed. and finally orders were given to
Siontien the ship. MucE time had already
fc6n lost and at early dawn. as the three
1ee1z containing the captains family. Of
6cefs and crew Of the Inflated snip pulled
e0a1 the flames were sky high and the
30 was afre. from stem TO stern.
Nov the fro originated VII never be
tnovn The one plausible Iheory ID that
a 70 kandies OF cedar doors. dry az tin
ske.sstored In the middle of the hold, took
~ ~ the friction one with another. Like
hatfbwood they would blaze ~ the slight
n ous boat was Capt. Mcdonald. If,
ne and three children, three seamen and
~ ships carpenter. G.. Henderson. An
ecnsr boat contained First Iate G.. Nc
DUnan. the cook and Ave seamen. and the
hird boat held second Mate Towards,
Reward Small and four seamen, Jones.
Cook, Domingo and Smith. All three
bS6O we're provisioned for thirty days
~ 4 was not known that the second mate
eeuld nayigate. he vas carefully Instructed
nof . lose sight of the other two boats.
But the fourth day out. November TO- d1r-
~ the night, the second mates boat dis
appeared and was not seen again.
Ancther calamity overlook the party
ppoald's boat capsized from an extraordi-
Mry sea. and all It's occupants were soon
etngtng to the bottom Of the craft. The
explains boat hove to and had them all
q board before mary hours with the ex-
cepttoD Of the cook. Cape Verde man.
Da Costa ~ name. who sank Immediately
upon the boats capsizing and was seen no
norv.
in orler to make room for the new ar
nyais every thing that was not absolutely
necessary was thrown overheard. The
former allowance of one pint OF water
dry TO each person was reduced TO half
that amount. 1t was moutttfuI a few
times day. Something TO wash the food
down their dry threats. that was all
Canased fruit was what saved them. for
thsr~ was plenty Of that
The boat reached Honolulu November "a,
after sailing 200 miles from latitude Is 10
north, longitude i2l.45 west. where the
catastrophe occurred
The William ii. Starinck was OF LET tons
and sailed December. 1897, from New York
10 Yokohama with Kerosene Oil. thence in
halhsl to Port Townsend. She was built
a Bath. Ne. about sixteen years ago. was
{ wooden full-rigged ship. and was owned
Ay the Starbuck Company. OF Portland
Ne. OF which III ID. Troop. the wealthy
shpbuilder OF 81 John. n. B.. is mana
Ger. The register and articles were the
only thiIss;s saved from the wreck, the
manifest ana other papers being left aboard
The ship.
Cnps Mcdonald was formerly In COM
mand Of the ship J. b. Troop. in the Hong
kong liverpool trade. and has been with
the Troop Company for many years. ris-
Ing from a seaman. HE was native OF
Name. He never before met disaster