The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-24
KINGSTON
WRECKED
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Now Lies at the
Ocean Bottom.
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REMIT OT CoLLElOy At TiCOxA
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Fss rAsessh . uIsssssr-
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TAcoMA. April 2A--A disastrous
marine accident occurred IN the har-
Dor yesterday morning when the
steamer CITY Of Kingston Was sunk
hy the steamship dleposle. The
Kingston wac cut entirely In two.
ana the hull aanh imsdiAtsly. while
Ne upper works hoatsd and were
bsachsd % tbs shors. No lives we're
lest. ~ boats from tbs Kiusston and
o,ssoU,s. esd two boats iysns in the
stream. were quickly utilized. and
the twelve passengers and the crew
Of seventy men were placed on board
the 0isnaxis.
The accident happened abou, I a.
IN. on Browns point. A fog pre-,
vailed. The kinsstea evidently lost
her bearings. and tainking tina, the
0issosis wss siili at sas dock. so,
In the course Of the outgoing vessels
when the aisnosie rounded the poin,
and she doomed tust ahead OF the
kinssaaa the isttsrs oslaecrs sesm
10 hare became confused
II y claimed that the Gienogls
agnaied by whlstis Cor tho kiaEs-
sea 70 psss outsids. bot the hinss-
tons ofscsrs probably did not dis
,tnsutsh the signals. and in attempt.
ing TO pasa inside. ran directly acres,
the bows OF tho Gisnoxie.
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eeeesss. the uienosis. Instead ol
hespiNe far out vas running close
h towards the posat
Cuofueion followed on the Kins
stoa. bot purser John f<ysie and the
night wsachmsn rushed 10 the differ
eat catins. and breaking Ia the doors
arouaed every one. The nramen and
engineers quickly reached the deck
Many Of Me ersW escaped only IN
their rsght clothes. while Others who
slspt scar the upper decks had time
TO gssb thar clothes. The passen.
sere ead crew quietly gathered on
the uppsr asek. and the boats wers
lowered end thsy were soon nlled
With the human freight and taken
on. board the Glenogle.
TIE passengers on the Gienogis
we're thoroughly shaken up by the
eoiicuion.
yust before the Kingston was de-
ssrssd. one ~ the officers went be-
Ion end cut the rope which held the
big ram which was always carried
in the hold the lead bands Of sheep
on and on the steamer. The animal,
took In the situation At once and
swan ashore.
u was only about eight minutes
sfss~ the collision occurred when the
hull sank and the upper works fioat-
ed They were taken IN tow by the
tug Victor and beached on the tide
nAta
IL 10 remarkable that With a pro
perty lass 81 possibly 500. eao. no,
one life wss saeriacsd.
The City at Kingston was in
charge Of pilot G. II, Braniow and
her captain was y. a. Anderson.
Pilot Ga,ter WAS an the bridge Of
the uiencGie.
when the Glsnosis reached the
dock she was found to be In a leak
ing condition. Several o fthe plates
% the atih ana sixth row from the
top were smashed 10, and yawnins
hole appeared. The collision bulk
heads prevented the oisnagle from
sinking. stevedores Csbe and Ham
ilton commsnesd unloading the car
so from the VITO forward matches
This morning che wss unloadcd SUM-
sientiy 10 ascertain the damage.
which amounts 10 ct least see.eoo.
John y. Hartman. Of Seattle. was
ans Of the passengers on board the
Kingston. He claims tina, the Glen
orle gave one whistle which was
answered by N ekingston. A slow
bell was rpng on the Kingston, then
one 20 reverse. followed by a sig
nal to 60 ahead full speed. From
this. Mr.. Hartman thinks that the
pilot must have changed his mind
and nnally decided that he could
eress ahead of the oienosie. when
the collision happened. Hartman
rushed on to the upper deck and
Jumped on board OF the Glenogle.
Rev. Horace VI. Chaplain was one
If the passengers HIs stateroom
was struck by the bow Of the Glen
ogIe. and he was pinned IN the
wreokass Ter several minutes. His
forehead was cut slightly.
The hero o fthe collision was Hen
volkenburgh. captaia Anderson's
hoy. lie swoke the captain by
pounding on the door and shouting
We have bumped" Captain An
dsrsou wanted to know full partlcu-
lars. but Hen yelled out. orders"
and the captain quickly told him TO
wake the glory hold"
All SORTS of opinions are expressed
"a to who ls To blame TOR the acci-
dent Attorney 4. q. Avery evil
IDENTIFY believe that the Gienosie was
and late last night libel
ed her for sife.eoo The Glenogie is
owned by the North American Mall
a Steamship company. operating the
Tacoma oriental line, while the
Kingston was operated by the Puget
Sound d Alaska Steamship company.