The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-25
INCIDENTS Of THE WRECK.
STEWARD or THE KINGSTON
PLAYED A HEROIC Part.
n~~~aes the stewara~ss, but Has 10
Jump for Hfa Li1e-The Damages
To- the .lesoxie Prove sertous, -
Plates Are Beas and Fractured

sp&csai Dssra.cs 70 sas Pos.-Intellissncer.
TACOMA April s4--sstevsrd Thoas lison,
OF the Kingston. played a heroic part
during sha exciting moments which f7l-
lowed ire COLLISION % the City OK King
ssor ard thu steamship Csier3gi@ Sunday
morning Thompson ris1sd his life 10
save that 81 Miss l. StnelaiT. 81 Victoria,
the ssewarsaess u tins kingston A. Mss
Sinclair reached a place u safety on the
hurricane deck II the Kingston, lying
tfsabers began falling ever ire spot where
Thompson Was standins- To avoid them
he jumped from the stnkir=s Kingston into
the hay and swan abou. until picked up
By a sEaan boat.
When the crash occurred Miss Sinclair
and two other women were in bed In their
state rooms under the main deck. near the
stern. Miss Sinclair went TO her door and
quickly saw what had happened. She be
Dsyed she had plenty OF time to escape,
and began 10 dress rather ieisurely. Very
soon the ssateroom began 10 fl! with VA
ter and before she could Put on a skirt
and cape she was aaee deep In water. By
this time the other ladies' sleeping below
had escaped and Steward Thompson had
come to the stairway and was calling for
Miss Sinclair 10 hurry. He Grasped her
BY the arm and assisted her upstairs 10
the main deck. Just as SIR. Thompson get
Miss Sinclair 10 place OF safety, one OF
the masts began tuai5lng down over the
place where they stood. Hastily assisting
Miss Sinclair TO one side. Thompson took
flying leap into the water 10 ess-ape the
crashing tsrupers Miss Sinclair lost every
thing she possessed except tire seanty Gp-
parei in which she ESCAPED. Her lost per-
sonas property includes FIVE rings three
bracelets and an expensive pair OF side
combs given 10 her by friend. She Is
SDRndfUR her TINA with friends hHFA yenH-
ing the putting on CT another steamer on
which she can reach Victoria
Pilots Brandow, of the Kingston, and
Cater OF the Glenogie as well as all
others connected vita the accident In an
official way stlil decline 10 talk Of the
collision pending the official invessiga ton
Pilot BRANDON has made public only two
brief statements but bo.h OF these are
Important One is that the collision oc-
Cured at exactly nine minutes past 4
O'clock Heretofore the time has been
stated as 40 or ABS. Mr.. BRANDON also
announced today to 4 friend that the
nearly 60 feet, Of water. She went down
about mile and a half this side of
Browns Point In one OF the deepest parts
OF the bay. The great depth of the water
here absolutely preciuaes any possibility
of raising her. She Is in water nearly
three times as deep as that In which the
Andesana sank on January u Wreckmas-
Ter. PanihRmps has not yet been heard
iron, IN connection with the Klnxsyo1. hut
II is doubted If either he or Attorney Tlt-
low. his counsel. will care TO undertake 10
raise her.
Assistant General Superintendent
Pearce. OF the Northern Pacific, has been
negotiating ali day with various persons in
Seattle and elsewhere for the charter Of a
steamer tos temporarily tate tha kigg.
stou's run TO Victoria. 1T is not considered
likely that the City of Seattle can be So
cured. since the Washington and Alaska
Steamship Company can gcarca.y afford 10
take her OF the Alaska 'oute II IL prob
able that boat will be chartered within
a day or two.
The cargo has been entirely taken out OF
her bow high out OF the water. This dis
closes rent on her port sds, running ios.-
gitudinaliy with the plates. The aperture
Is two feet wide ay fourteen or fifteen
feet long. She IL said 10 he further dam
aged entirely below the water line How
badly she Is strained came, be told until
she - docked and surveyed. As quickly
as possible she will be puT on the Quarter
master drydock. II IS not certain that her
broken plates can be fully repaired until
she reaches England.
Among the passengers on the Kingston
were c A. Stone and Lawrence Webster,
of Boston, civil engineers, WHO were en-
route 20 Tacoma 10 arrange for the con-
sfruclion OF the Cedar river water power
plant j r. fisott and =. KIRK Greene
OF Montreal. and Mrs. Frank Durand. OF
Victoria.