The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-19

The steamer Brixaam vas wrecked early
last Thursday morning OH d reef d quarter
OF mile on B!asas island. near the mead
Of Clarence strait. and thirty miles south
% WrangeI. All the passengers and crew
were saved. The vessel Is lying on the
rocks on an even keel. with her bow stove
IA and ner hold fun of water. Her cargo
Is believed 20 BE a total loss. The steamer
may be saved.
Full particulars of sbe catastrophe are
lacking but x Is believed by some mat
she lost her bearings IN a strong southeast
gale and Aeayy rain that prevailed Nednes-
day night and steamed on 10 TIE rocks. 1ne
place where she was wrecked u four niles
OF the regular course 10 Wrangei, instead
OF making the usual turn Of four points a;
J Aucoin rock she evidently steamed
straight ahead until Biashe island was
Close on her port and the reef brought her
voyage to Il close Part OF the reef shows
above water.
The captain. two pilots and a mate with
pilots papers were aboard when tile acci-
dent occurred. The Itr!xham's purchase
price was said to be .l5.s1. she Was ia
sured for $4,000 by the Bos'on-Alaska
Transportation Company, her owner.
Details Are Meaxer.
All the news OF the wreck obsainabie was
brought to Seattle by the steamer Dir.go,
arriving at 10 o'clock last night. The Diri-
40 passed the Brixham at 40 O'clock sun
day morning. That part OF the strait IS
fall OF submerged rocks, aud the pifiSo
Was not able 10 get Nearer than quarter
OF "a mile. She stopped her engines there
and hove to. whil. the male OF the Brix-
ham went off In a rowboat The latter
ouesied that the Dirigo take some Of the
passengers aboard. but having full list
this could not be complied with. The peo-
pie were ashore living In tents and COM
Portable
Vessel May Yet lie Saved.
Capt. George Roberts. Of the Dirgo. said
last night that unless a heavy southeast
gale struck the Bfixhsm and knocked her
bottom out. she could be saved. Although
there IL said to have been a heavy storm
when the wreck occurred. IL was calm
the next day. when the steamer Al-kI took
some of the passengers aboard on her way
To the north.
Cant William Roberts. of the steamer
Faral,on, said before his vessel left port
last night that he met the BriNham OH her
way up at O'Clock the morning of Oe-
toher IL. Wednesday. The steamers were
then two hours run this side OF Mary ISL
and. or seveuiy-fve miles from Bloshe
island the Brixham bound up and the
Farallon down.
struck I'm n binding storm.
1T vas blowing "A hard gale" said Capt.
Roberts. "and the rain came down in tor
rents. so that a man could not face II.
There is no question In my mind that the
EfiNham Was wrecked early the next morn
ans"
The Erixham ieft here early on the morn
ing OF Sunday, October e with sjxty-two
tons OF hay. go tons OF grain. forty tons
Of -four. no tons % general mcrcha naise.
fifty tens of vegetables. twenty five sheep,
twenty-five cattle aud the following first
Class passengers
List of Her Passengers.
+ W TafIt. = Il. S;oddard NJ Cold
stein, + T.. reiser. Mrs. \. y Davis. Miss
Emily Waters. J S, riuney, Thomas Shsp-
pard. - l.. HtsInE. {. II. fIebner and
wife r. f. Lang c NJ Austin AIRS NJ l.
Cronenwett. Mics Laura Cronenwe.t Mrs
". Payne. j.. tneallS Charles VI Mooney
II. Il. Howard. Miss Fannie saunders r
u y Leonard. william Huwles. Arthur
Swansen. Samuel Taylor. Frank Haynes
Elmer Haynes ArchihaId Fielding and
wifi, Taylor stewart. r 4. J Simonds rr
q =. iIun.ktm. Max Wostermap. lew :
NJ Mahon. Charles Fowler G. 4 Mar
Quette. Mrs Eieauor Marquette. i. l.. q
Richards nv Leonard Dayton. {. HART.
lam Ross : ~. Slantou. Arthur Thur
man Elmer Harding q olescu + olesea.
W L Kennedy
Tho Mrs. amt N!s= cronsuweft mention
ed are the mAt hoy and sister - Alhevf y
tronenwr1t general iraftC manager II the
EoSton-A iASl1t Transport alton Company
The latter had rGttT. charge ~ tsia ship
vessels r@ptafn o. James Durfv wHo has
been @Ith he fn@ l1&f five Years ana
brought her around Cape Horn }8et srr{rg
NHh hun ~ thr lf~f frtp were I!iet@ 4
Hanson ara cap Chester. p l. Larson.
she first mate. also has pilots papers