Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-01-19
WAS 4 SWIFT DEATH
Ship Ardelara Goes Down
at Tacoma.
FIFTEEN MEN WERE ABOARD
CAPTAIN and Mate Among Those Lost
Vessel Csp.iEed During
Heavy Gale.

ever occurred m the history ot ."roi-'
happened early this morning DIFins
q terrific gale whlcA swept over Fuse'
sound, the British snip Andriana' an
chorea III ms port A"A't..- C"t-o'
cAp-ized, ami Captain q. ". Siam;
and his crew Of ~ met VINO were
asleep below decks. we're dra=G5A Gown
TO \ sailor : death without an instant ;
warning. The full .-i Of those lost
Is - follows:
Captain q. " SAILING OF Annapo-
liz, Nova SCOTIA; +. II. OfoWe' aSe4 -
years, Londonderry. y. :, at-' nate
I. @. Doe. asei - years - Es7ex
Talbot Road. B-acHpooi, En=-An0'
Nemey Jo-sAlm, victoria, g. - STEW
ard; Joseph VI. \. y Holyere. ~ Ost.
end, Belgium, apprentice; hicharl
Reginald Hanze, ~ O-lend, be. I'm,
apprentice; Charles smith, u | nlted
States. uotswaln; James DAILY 81 New
York. ooat>wan; }. i. brown, q bar
oa ioes, cook; II. hanson, sweden
able seaman; Antoine Jensen, Dem
marx, seaman; John Nelson, Norway
seaman; L. OsGlom, in4anu' seaman
Fred Hlntstrom, Norway, seaman;
hdvard Letz, he2A, hu-s!a' seam an;
August >imousou, flol.Arl, seaman
Pat Wilson, =. John :, y. r. sea-
man.
Just what time the disaster when
resulted in such appalling loss II lie
occurre Is net known. - every per-
son on board the vessel went 70 the
bottom OF the Sound VIII It.
The ship, which was OF English
build, and worth probably $50, 900,
entered thi: port several days ago. She
was to have loaded wheat under char
ter 10 Eppinser Il Co., Of san Fran.
cisco, for Europe. Yesterday Sic was
taken TO the Eureka dock and all BAL
last removed and the hold cleaned, pre-
paratory TO receiving cargo. She WAS
then towed to al anchorage several
hundred yards northeast u the 81.
Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company
deep-water wharf, A. which point dis.
as;er overlook her. Sic had our, ac-
cordins TO the best Information oo-
taInaole, the starpoari anchor. weigh.
in. AZ least three tons, while to either
side Of the vessel were attached the
ballast lo=s used 20 keep ship upright
during the apsence or cargo or ballast.
The ship WAS riding the wave setenely
when the shippers OF other vessels an
chorei close 10y retired the sht before.
hen Daylight davned 10 signs If the
AndeIana were visible over the spot
where she lode serenely az anchor the
ni-hJ before only danser-sisnaI buoy
lamp was visible " heu the absence
OF the snip was discovered. Captain
Dotv and Captain Burley took the ting
Fairfield ami male an uvestlsation,
and 1t was soon determined beyond
possibility OF douod that the snip had
gone to the bottom.
One OF the ballast logs was found.
70 II dansled part Of the chain by
which IT was originally fastened TO the
llI-iaIed snip. In addition, one Of the
liteooats, mAiterss with the name Of
the ship on 1t. ami several oars, were
found Beyond these no other wreck.
age has been discovered.
sail on board persisted, only sur.
misses ~ to tie cause Of the disaster
are prevalent. Judging from indica-
lions, shipping men say, the ballast log
found WAS from the port side Of the
vessel. She ship. according to all &C.
counts, WAS headed in a southerly di.
rec1lon, or toward the head Of the bay,
at the time the gale swept down the
Sound. The heavy winds caused the
ship TO train on the chains, making the
log on the weather side Jau5 and Civ.
ing tendency TO Lift the log from the
WAFER out the strain was too great for
Que 0i 'ne cnAlns' ana 1t snapped.
! MS fe-7ase1 'Ae 10 7erins craft flom
'ne -rTSIef restraint on tile weather
soc ar3 sHe Ilfled Win the wlnd,and,
there peius htt!e restraint from the