The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-09
BESSIE K. REPORTED SAFE.
North Pacific Passed Her Of
Shelter Island.
THE COTTAGE CITY IS DAMAGED
Leaking BADLY. but Continues Her
Trip--The Whtscfnw stEhted-fhs
Rescue Arrive. at sLaGwny Ia
Good order After n Hard TIP
The watlown In Troubi~ bal SAFE
IL Aaeher~a-Fors wrangei News

There nc longer remains any doubt aoon'
the safety Of the gasoline schooner sessse
K. which Jeff SAP Francisco February
for gEaTway direct. and which was re-
porter ,as+ week 10 have been lost about
10 miles above Victoria The zse-whsel
steamer North Pacific. which arrived In
port yesterday afternoon. reports having
passed the Bessie X. OF Shelter island.
a. tie entrance % Lynn canal. on the afr
ernson of March = The North Pacific
found the big steamer Cottage City. OF the
Pacific Coast Steamship coEnpzny's line.
a. Juneau. badly used Up from her double
brush with Alaskan rocks and sandears-
eh. was sasd 10 be leaking badly, bat ss1-
tended 20 continue the trip Tbs steamer
whlte.aw. which was on the rocks in
sight Of Juneau. was passed twenty niles
north Of that poiat and going north.
The North Pacific had an excellent voy-
age down. which was heightened some
what by the numerous stops made. The
trip to skagway was a pleasant one after
leaving Port Townsend. Two nsgais the
steamer lay a. anchor during the storm
which caused the Elder. oregon and other
large vessels on the northern run so much
bother The steamer had absolutely no
difficulty outside the breaking IN of the
forward anchor port. which caused her
20 put back 10 Pert Townsend at the be-
ginning nf the trip. Some u the passer1-
gerr left the steamer. with few OF tho
stewards crew. They we're prospective
Klondlkers from Missouri. and had never
been on salt water before, They thought
that the steamer was golng down when
the port wis washed IN, although the ac-
eiaent is ore that frequently happens to
the Kingston ard other steamers on The
Victoria run.
The North Pacific left Skagway on
March : and on the afternoon Of that
day passed the gasoline schooner Bessie
X Everyons had given this iittls craft
up for lost. and the rumoF that came
down from the North last week that she
had heen wrecked during the Dix storm
was generally believed. PILOT CampSeD
ssvs that the Bessie X. was OF Shelter
Island Just at the entrance Of Lynn canal
A they passed her the breeze freshened
up. The gasoline engine was shut of and
calls spread The passangess waved In
answer 20 the North Paciiie's whistle aad
nothing seemed 20 be wrong with the
little craft The whiielaw passed the
North Pacific ab0u' twenty miles above
Juneau A short time before she had
fostcd off the bar on which she waa fast
for several days. and WAS proceeding on
her Northern trip.
IS9e NORTH Pacific brings he frst news
Of Che tugs Rescue ard Waiiowa. which
left here several weeks ago with lumber
farEe- on which number Of passengers
rft cattle bad been uuartered. The Res
caa had arrived AZ skagway with every
tNirg IN good order. but after very hard
trr The wallowa was IN some sort 81
t-ophfe bur safely anchored about twenty
mrs nerth ~ juneau The Cottage CITY
tie rHeife Caast Companys new steamer
waa issrg a. Juneau when the North Pa
elac touched there Thursday night. ahf
rad been sshefs twice. 50 passengers toI
rilst Campbell and was taking in cor
siderable water Capt J g Hunter how
ever lufeuf.a 20 finish the trip and ,x-
pected % 'fe~e The nest morning fo'
sksswaw
s-o.a re. v'rsnVel Is one OF the buslesr
places on fh Nor fern run Just now. ''
eaid Cart cgrfaT vest tday afternoon 81
Pest-tnssl'iver reporter. There Is
an awful lara Z frslxh, aat prospective
KlcnaiiSers az fsat p0lnt TIE three big
Warehouses are fuH up 20 The reefs and
there is - prospect II things iooaening
El tEE Hf'fffF tttH# Efe E~tFtAtFE ~ FGtFftHffE
ice 81 a great rae ard The lirh, river
eteamsra have ret yef attempted "a make
the trip ~ "a telegraph creek. The
steamer T.aglise " hlch vert up from here
some time age - run or the Stckeeu ls
making tflps ~ the river ZEN miles She
hss been found 20 draw toe much water
for summer work on the river The kiou.
dksrs eager % ger over 20 lake Tesltn
sre taking all sorts Of Fisi<s 10 set mD she
Ufssfa fAz-4 Y ,.
i've Columbia river fishing boats starr
~ the river loaded Down with OUTFITS ar.i
Nth their owners aboard TIE amount
~ ico ~ she tiver ana the WY = e run-
nsug makes che work vErv dangerous.
wauid nes he surprised a. hear y Hives
hs,ng lost fsom tDis Kind Of travel
The Nerfh Faciar teft Sksgwav AZ ss-
On March 3 ana put tnto Departure hay
last night fer ecai she brought davsr
four passsnzefs ncHe e whom waz from
N&wscp Thy were August C.sch~eaf
Alter rauh 4 " Nedee ans 7 7
roAf Caps Garter has n letter signed ~
NO sixty H1ssssEvrs ttat we8t north or
the steau fhseklne the officers ror th.fl
caasss So and sxrrrssiar ~ entire cen.
rfenss 5r ht NoriH Pscl7c IS a thor,
CHgNtv ss&w gthv boat
Albert raais. Who reformed an she steam
- has been ~ lake rennett darinr shs
w,ntsr Ia saia Yesterday
a sweat mary people spsnt he win
seT ar ESQ chores Gi f.Ake reuusst sar-,.
- therN rssAst tfsal~ n1osis ever frcrr
SksHwsv during the Writer working az
the rfce 5sHs Fsnra Lake faennert Ysars
have o9sshes az fawn she river ars sar-,.
are csmrsa IS fHr naFfh a. Lake Tsxff,
The snow hk~ he~R saft f0~ tha past Yr.an-s
ara teeTe has been *srv Wff1a ssssvesrss--
on ths ether side - ~ surarsif 4,
skaEwax shef0 hss heea a decided ..Aaw~-
IN the weather ana tAe warm wind =
NEE aE tha snaw &nf fre wy Fast u
wiz eause the ftver ~ break ur Shortly
= & senaneas ara NIL make thimss ~,
fnaa&F The sasaiess a. skaxvsv hzv.
fer Ntfs ce~- sfnee fha}Y arrival on.
Na~5f seas anything - thsaa Thew haw.
Nrs1 recy bass Hunficx shelr osa~ta-,
back i1 tas wosfs expect % 60 IA A