The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-05

EIrRrKA. Cal, April 4.--one Of the
worst wrecks. considered from the stand
point OF loss Of life. In the history of Hum
holdt bar. took place today. Tha little
steamer Chilkat. with nineteen souls on
board. left Eureka at 10 o'clock. Before
noon she was upside down on the har and
ten of her human freight were no more.
OF the nineteen or the vesse, thirteen com
prssea the officers and crew and six were
passengers. OF the passengers two were
saved and four lost. and OF the crew seven
were saved and six lost. The saved pas
sengers were H. Smith. OF Scotia, CAL.
and W. c. Morser. OF Oakland. Cal. They
had been working near Ferndale for several
months The lost passengers are NJ. ..
Busan, Peter Fry. Il. o'fsrlen and Il. J.
Roland. Busan was a tightrepe performer
and 1t is supposed that his home was in
San Francisco. Fry was manager OF
creamery at Ferndale and was we'll
known citizen OF this county. Il. o'Brien
was going 10 San Francisco to Mi a sstua-
ton. L. ]. Boiand was a printer.
The members Of the crew saved were:
Peter Jensen. mate: William Baekwood.
chief engineer. Clyde Idghtner. first assist
ant engineer. T. G.. Bohall. steward: Will
lam Grip. fireman; Peter Hansen. fireman:
William Black, seaman.
The names OF all the seamen lost are NOT
yet known. The drowned include. however,
the captain. F. B. Anderson: the second of
fieer. name unknown: e. Capolia cook.
and A. johnson. seaman.
Capt. f. u. Anderson was master OF the
vessel His home is IN San Francisco. He
had a wife, but no children.
or the peopl. saved six got away In A
boat and were picked UP by the steamer
North Fork. which had pasrei out Just
ahead Of the Chilkat They were Carried
on 10 San Francisco and win reach there
tomorrow. There were taken out Of the
water by IN. men nj the lIfe-sav.ng sta
ton and are now In this city. They are
Mate Jensen, Fireman Hansen aud pas
sangsr Morser. From them the cause oe
tho wreck wgs learned. The Chilkat was
almost over the bar when a big sea struck
her forward. carried away the wheel
house and the wheel. disabling her steer.
ing gear and smashed her upper works
generally The captain caiIst for block
10 try a temporary steering gear. but be-
fore anything could be done. the helpless
boa. fell into the trough OF the sea and
the usn came pilirg up from below with
the information that the water had
poured down below and put out the fir~a
TIE ship was entirely helpless and another
breaker went over her Everybody got
up On the hurricane sieck and an attempt
was made 10 get the smar boats clear.
The breakers followed each other fast
and ths fourth and fifth ones struck tho
ship in such a way as 70 furn her upside
doan. II II believed the men rescued BY
III. North Fork managed TO get one %
the srrali boats adrsf, after tho steamer
went over Morser says he saw no boat
launched. that there was not time before
they were all in the water Morser tells
"a graphic tale Of the hsnetsng he re-
ceive1.
T7fe Chiikas was loaded with shingles.
lumber and butter. The water wa- COW
cred with this wreekaRe and time ard
time again Norser Was Knocked from sha
plank To which no was einwinz, Hia
watch stopped a. II -. indicating shas was
the exact time AZ which the Chiikat went
over There waa plenty os water where
the vessel was wrecked. After turning
turtle she drffted psrthsriy and finally
struck the hsaeh ahzsss; mile and a half
from TIE spot ~ ,he accident. she now
lies canple es hundred vsrdis oT shore
IA the middle ~ the breakers WITH only
sne top ~ her hali showing. IN, 10
breaking up rapidly.
TIE fshlkat was crew steamship.
buff, ia Astoria IN 12s fer the Serth IA
cssn Steamship Company az mis- ~.
Sire was fas seet fnng twenty feet beam
and her n.. tonnage was &c.
Fer the past fsw years sire has ,ss~n
under command ~ Capt Andersen Rnf
was engaged in the cuas, trade , IN fss
,zx@engsrs ara freight.