The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-16
CITY OF COLUMBIA
A HOPELESS WRECK.
Continued From Page Ona.

ana ktls only supports AsAL l1T tIA4s Spe VIE
/ the +Eo connections, one al the pollSls ne
/ other al the engines.
! The parting Of that pipe. swinging above
The heads OF those men, meant certain
! death 10 everyone in the engine room And
| they knew Il, but not one man there offered
| 10 leave his post. Death Stared them IN
/ the face and they knew II. but each man
| stuck 70 his past and performed his work
a. cbeerfully as II he had been aboard the
/ s;aunchesc vessel that ever sailed out OF
! port. / wondered "a tnelr coolness and
/ bravery during this trying time and
/ saw what kind Of stuff the men were made
o. when one OF them came 10 me and said
/ Captain. you have stood by us through this
| voyage, now We viii stick 10 you as long
| as the ship holds together
| Ready to Take to the Boats.
with the steamer III her condition it
/ did not seem possible for the vessel TO
| reach port; she rolling fully thirty
| degrees, had acquired a heavy lis. 10 star
| beard and was grooming and creaking in a
/ manner that was terrifying 10 the passen-
gers. Without letting them know, / had
/ fresh water placed in the lie boats and the
| biscuit beakers filed. Everyt hing vas made
| ready for the speedy abandonment Of the
| steamer IL. case 1t became necessary on ac-
! count Of our inability 10 keep her afioat.
In the storm one lady was thrown TO
| badly bruised by coming in contact with
| the stand in the room. Lawyer Edgar
| Caypless Was sitting in my room and d
| sudden hlrch OF the vessel threw him to
the floor. wrenching his knee cap. The
| chairs in the dining room, fastened to the
| floor, were torn loose Altogether our ex-
/ perience was che TO he remembered We
! sighted Pauka light at 2.3o "Wednesday
morning ana dropped anchor at 40
| want TO say here that too much cannot be
| said in praise Of Chief Engineer Turner
| and the men In his department. They
| stood by their pests unfinichingly and by
| their superhuman efforts enabled us 10
/ reach shore
The Coiumbia's Passengers
THESE passengers were aboard the Column
| bla during her last trip: c. o. Powell.
Ars. &. o. Powell, Frank Smith, Mrs
| Frank Smith and child. Jennie Br.gger
| Lucy Benson. a. c. Thompson, Father
| Dcugherty, Samuel BurIing. Edgar Cayp-
| less. Capt. John Barneson, S. M Emery,
| L. l. Williams, II. tombstone. ID Bar
| rows, James T. Meade and r. w Riddle
Her Keel Had Been Broken.
Capt. John Barneson, one of the Column
bias passengers on her ilI-starred voyage
and later one Of the board Of survey which
passed upon the wreck. arrived home yes
terday on the Centennial He said 10 a cor
respondent Of the Post-Inteliigencer at Port
Townsend:
Judging from the condition of the vessel
nave no hesstaacy in expressing the opin-
Ion that her Keel was broken on the VOYAGE
around the Horn when she came out to en-
sage in the Alaska trade. and that the sex
tensive repairs made a Valparaiso, with
or the vessel was compelled TO go were only
temporary patches. the results Of when ere
apparent now. II this is not the case ma
vessel could not have possibly collapsed as
she has since entering the harbor at Hno.
Before II WAS finally decided to turn
PACK, the vessel was in deplorabie cOndi-
ton, ami / thought every hour would be-
Der last. AS the waves rolled under her
she strained terribly. ana while settling
down perceptiby fore and aft. il was plain
to the naked and Inexperienced eye that she
would raise Amidships. proving conclusively
that her keel was broken. In the after end
all the oakum came out. and every lurca Of
the distressed craft seat tons Of water ,n;o
Fer ho.d. The pumps. discharsing TWO Six
IncA and three t0ur-iuch streams were kent
going continually. Sac broke her main
service pipe, ier-.nch copper Hanged pine.
and then y vas u case u lie and dfa,n "
:! We raced into he harhlr e HID"
Continued story OF Misfortune.
The Pacific ocean seems % have been
aocdoo % sAe Columbia. fer the moment
she crossed t5e lie between tie Atlantic
am The Pac.Hc last spring she was driven
h trade winds IN tae r5cks In MaseHsu
strait ard severely harmed SIZE laid up
Ter repairs 81 Valparaiso on ne way M.
Natn see A.; 20 SEATTLE she was made the
tHtt e filtration, uf..il sac Vas finally
cleared and departed on hr first ana last
voyage r. taese waters last August p. on
tie Nay down ;here VS. troAAIe with the
PASSENGERS, seine Il rae members Of 4
drama..- c"mpary aboard. Z $ ALLEGED.
m sbeh4N.cs 80 thai hey were thrown into
.rons
As s1on "a Honolulu WAS reached these
victims q tae captains discipline retau-
ated oy a.tus asme. Is SUITS for damages.
Thus tae N-fsfed craft LETT litigation At
home only 20 bee plunged iEt0 vastly more
abroad; and there she remained tied up
under tha H1aai.an curtis orders anita
rescued three weeks aSo by representatives
80 the company. who vent - FInra.ul;s .on
tho Certenuti, tsIN armed Nth bonds.
powers IF attorney, ~. So was cleared.
beaded wt.h ah2 lunches a5 brrtnae ara
thirteen passengers aH1 started far home
October -
bright beginning Of the End.
4 ~as under the apparently tn5st favor
able circumstances tha, the hoo4,oc3
steamer lef, Seattle two ana a hair months
asn. Fer weeks her coming denart.lre was
hrral3td al ever tae Iana aei when sac
departed sae Was loaded n The batch r.v-
ers VITA freight. bar nfyv uas~ergerS ana
NUMEROUS excursion parties were In p-a-