The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-01

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Passengers on bazra, ard thai her crew
Numbered fayty-tso persons.
Another steamer 81 ska ssfEe esrszS azs.
whica arrived at sAe i=sahs - Jersey a.
aesat aoaa ts5ag, Reports having passes
many Bodies 0f s5esin-s ~ 'he disaster
brat the CaAcuss rcexz.
a snryfray 81 tbe disaster Faarsed fsusa
ssys sas sg&ea 81 she stella 81 rs fcz - rs
nos essrrssnEsseG. tssuxh tae fes whistles
were soundsa. Bush asaH thaf 81 80 a.
M. The enesnerr snowes hla 81 t7r engine
roozn a .IaI ssgis.arsag speed q E77
kr0sg
He .avy TIE vtssei struck wishia twenty
five rninusss af.erwaT9.
g,.~n f.artaar asserss THAI tEo iEesseAss
were ss,nk gsth the steamer. ssis!cA. after
resting OK tAe rocHs ter ter Or fsf5sss faAn-
useg, sg,s.s Is ;wo and d.ssppfzts7-
same Americans Aboard.
7, - Though. sssxlnle the Psrtans were
the os.fv Americans CO beard, as the iAss
q survivors does rot e2n&aEa TIE ''a'''f9
of any other Americans. as far 80 Known.
TIE s@cond r3ate vas ne cay eniSsE oA
tae s,esla ~ho vas saved.
News spread. slowly in London
LONDON. Masea gt-Tl.e news a The
disaster 10 tie steils spread slc@ly taF9as'
r.o..ssag. lr he s}szenca * ne us~al new
rarsra .eaay fse4ag coed Friday. rs the
eftSrnoaa advanced small groups gAfhsFea
a. tAe Waterloo station. where many pain
f,il scenes occurred a large croSd coli
iev..as 70 wais she arrival Of the train from
Southampton saa evening. which brought
.nrae 81 tht. survivors, Aessrs. ptTld h&ng.
a I<,nasu merchant. Hebron aud Green
.r. ALI Of whom boge evident traces Of ths1r
suEsflnxs.
story at the Disaster.
Mr. King. who ~as among the lass to
ieaye tie salp. said:
Toward evening We encountered
mis-. which soon developed into dense
fog There aaa, however. 40 appreaen-
slsr, sts6sfs rIg- 4 great shock told as ina
,1e stella had struck the rocks. screams
r4ut the air. hat Fhe eO9inssS % the 81
oeerx eensiaagablv allayed the exeiieizie u
The rrex behaved Hplenaiaiy. lowering tae
fs,afg sith greatest pretupfst0de- Every
. woman aaA supplied wi;h lie oett AZ
# s we thought tfere would he hihe TOT
ali The boats 80 clear away. bIt sidconly
lhe b,tlers burst wfih deaseaIag report,
q rel1GIk yDs EfliP afh&Ass-1ff@-
MIR. King and two flreuan. Osborne ana
Bailey. were the last 10 leave the vessel
he bad just given up life helt 10 aad
Clergyman wife. and was literally pulled
,nso a boat by second Mate Reynolds. ~no
was instrumental In saving many lives
one boat Upset..
The boat with . persons. driftcd for
af,een hours in the intense cold. and was
finally picked up by the Great western
Railways steamer Vera. frefn southafnis-
ton. Mr.. King believes tha. five boats
we're launched he saw one uptarnsd'
with children ciinging to It.
s The testimony of the passengers who
have arrived here confirms the early ae-
counts az the disaster. except thai some
deny that the boilers exploded
SIX Lost From a Boat.
The tsharfsourg correspondent OF the
Daily Mall says
'.rhe eight passengers Of the Stella. wao
. we're landed here, were rescued from
boat that originally contained fourteen
men. The boat capsizea. and ak were
drowned The others chung 20 the Keel Tor
Ave hours and then managed 10 right tae
beat, which was half full OK water
Description at the Ne~sei.
The steamer Stella. which belonged 10
the rondan 4 Southwestern railway and
ran Ia connection Nth SIS ianf service
WAS built AT Clydchank. ~ Messrs- j. x
q Thompson. in iSso She was 2a5 feet
Tong. sai In width. and is.s drangAt. Tier
gross tonnage was 1.ens and her horse
bower As. She was steel built. had two
screws. eight compartments water ballast
and triole-expansion engines, with schoon-
er rig.
Captasn Lost HIS Hearings
other accounts say lhss Captain Hooks
supposed the fog Was merely in the banks
a. Il the usual experience. and decided 10
rs.n through il. hut as Il became CON
t,nuaily aenser. he lost bis bearings.
when the Stella struck .befe was ter
ritia sensation a noise Of metal and wood
work being torn away. the vessel passing
ever the Jagged rocks SIT full speed. and
her side belng ripped open Ike match
wood when she sili over the rocks she
turned completely over carrying a lot
az People with her
The eight survivors who were landed AT
cherbourw by the fvg Marsorin. were
picked oT sorne floating furniture vans 5y
a fishing beat.
THE iast.s an board ore 90 thu life boats
Gang hymns All nignt long 20 keep Nip ihs
spirits az ;hefF companions. Two bodies
ver. MASHED sahoga au the Island 81 Al
dsrney.
one passenger SAYS Be remarked Il the
crew on taa high fate of speed AZ watch
the stella wss travelling iR the fog. telling
as "a Sc