The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-03

ma marine disaster bhich carried
/ ! 1sYh it all the elements of mi
.rlous escape from death the West
x.ale Land g Improvement CON-
ssy's feryboaf City of Seattle.
CIT. ". ]. Waite. ran doUn the
Eaasd States coast and geodetfo Sur
~y vessel Patterson. Capt. j. T.
Phi. yesterday. 1'hae the latter
Nv At aacho, in the bay off the Ferry
Hyu dock. Serious damage has
dpa tie government ship. The az
ojkal. qvhich IT appears zvould haze
ieen abersed bat for the density of a
~ uheh hung ageraVatingty Ioqv
~ the auater. occurred at $50
s'eioek yesterday morning.
0sHE ferry. running a. an admitted
/ speed Of Ave knots an hour, bore
down and struck the Patterson Just
sssf Of amidships on the port side. tear
IL hole from twelve 10 fourteen feet In
kosth Ample evidence Of the force Of the
u.king vessels movement is found Ia the
hes that the apron nose Of thu ferry was
nYen clear through the Patters)n's thick
sweden side. demoIish!ns four state
81 Oh a
~ cutting blow besn delivered below
nther than above the water line. the Pat
snsn, even within a stones throw Of
As1 could hardly more than have made
he aoeks before sinking.
Censternat on 10th Vessels.
nsas terrific crash. generating con-
s~rnasion aboard both crafts There were
safly forty passengers aboard the ferry.
snd perhaps double the number on the
ssrvsy boat
Half dozen OF the crew who were on the
upper deck 81 the Patterson saw the City
4 Seattle bearin. down when she VAS not
nash more than half 4 length away ana
ays the alarm II was 70 this fact no
ssaht. that he lives Of two or three 81 the
pztss,soa's Officers, and certainly that Of
N c. Laughiin. her surgeon. were
ased With this alarm Dr. f>suEhiin. who
ss stiIl abed glanced through the port
esse ara the ItiEs bbf a lew ittl
asay. lie sprang from MS bunk win the
sgiii;y born ~ fright, landed on hts feet.
tex the main contact blow Knocked aim 20
HI knees He rose and f-aped through
DE door Just rs the ferEy's apron pro)ec-
gsa thrust through the side II the Pat
arsor and folly three feet into the state
ron
Occupants of Staterooms.
The adjoining ~tsterooms we're occupied
y r NJ Newhali ward room Officer; A
= Jiacomini. craftsman. and Richard
nsr.ekson Jiacomtni had Il particularly
tase call ard his state room was. n pos
sss, even more demolished than that ~
y, Langhl!n. Newhali was dressed. n ne
the
The reverse action Of tho ferry's engines
easrkIy withdrew her nose from III" PAT
ts-son's site. While practically all ~ the
farntnre tn tho xtaterpous was damoli<h~
81 some valuable Photographic tu$tru-
aea,s escaped without INJURY
The collision broke the city - Seattie's
= or ~ hat did no other damage
Statements OF the Captains.
Capt. Pratt. commander Of the vessel
E4les That he ala not care To make any
eimAta IF the rattersOn's damages until
se had undergone a nautical survey H~
ats the Patterson WAS ~ anchor and had
s1s chapSsi her position since she dropped
asr hooks that the vessel Hes just where
~ Grant often drops anchor and that
=" could not have been tn the pathway q
Ia ferry
Capf. Waite master u the ferry said:
u Is trl!s re Patterson was at anchor but
We tide fsHtj ny and throw her In our
course