The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-02
Steamers Delayed BY Binding
Snow and Heavy Seas.
GEORGE STARR IN DANGER.
New Year Ishered IN Amtd Great
HIuster-Al-kf Arrives Ef09 the
North, Locking Like . Giant iee-
berx-6reas AorsheSn Overland
Trains on Time-snew I'm Cascades.

There MAS Gid and ssssiosSs storm s1~t 3
The Sound yesterday morning tA4i AAA'fsFs'
and tossed about STEAMBOATS, after . ssisaai''.
tnzt made fns1y iasEsn<NFa nervous aba
sumo vEry rnuea ff1ghssnSts 1aN "AsSs
rolled 80 high ard Lhs SKA Vas 80 ssAs''
ira; several steamers we're IN cAngsf
Mort Of the steamers we're delayed sever a.
hear. arc. asd rot arrive ia seattle Iafti
evening. wien sheg should have come n
during the u.orsssfse and Afternoon.
The sa.th Pacific. cite In tie afternoon.
came In several hours LATE SIZE naa GA
board the Dorothy Aofto. opera company,
with fairfy-flye mefnEers. @ao ~Efs 10
have taken the O'Clock tr2ia yesterday
81, Portland. bat 1t Rad g0sis soffac hosss
" aaf. the boat arrived. The company kes's
the gusTnbefz on board the North Paslsle al
ifs own expense. 50 they VIII eaten the esarsy
train down IN the morning.
The gslfAas severe winds and heaviest - as
were encountered by file boat ia tiis Gull
of Georgia and Ia The nesg1k1r mood OF
Lumgni Island. which b about Sasty Hsi!rS
oat from Vancouver. Tasss tstsfee sssss IN
east wlEd and cnoppy seas ~sTe ases, from
the fierce attacks OF waica the stsa5ntf
eroarsed aud creakexs The storm ragged liz
strongest al abou; clock yesterday morn
tHK
The city OF Kingston. whles. came up
tins Sound yesterday mornsng, also expert
efseed very rough weather, al dsa tie Geosge
T. Starr.
the most difficult trip Of all. She lett
Blaine Saturday night. ard aas due ner.
al octock on sunday morning, buf did not
arrive until 30 last assns, ssxtfssa hours
late. But xss was not under steam AZ the
Way. Capt. Brsfson *Hs afraid 10 continue
tie Journey before be had reached What
com. He found Il ssecessary 10 anchor be
tween Blaine and Waatcosn assfts the wind
had 70 ssuEna degrees sus21sscd AS daylight
came on 6unda3 nsofussix The Thlriing
snow and rain. the beating wind and The
hssh-rolllns SEA which swept ever the ior-
ward deck or the yesss1 male II dangerous
fer him 10 precesd.
So thick WAS the snow that IL was Inn
possible for him to see The waves rolled
upon the forward deck ard against the
doorways leading 10 the sugine roam. These
were kept closed during the trip, The boat
pulled AT her anchor chains All Saturday
night. While frightened passengers feared
they would be wrecked On the shores OF
the Sound. Even the areg Of the vessel
consider that t1ey we're In great danger and
they declare thai tnsy we're sAtFeniety
lucky in not being wrecked.
The steamship Ai~ht. which arrived last
night from SkaEwag and Alaskan ports.
had like experience. but being stronger
and mere powerful she was Tot IN ssaeh
great danger
1T was terrific In lts force" said Capt
Gage. We encountered a neroc east solfa-
east wind early Saturday morning al
Queen Charlotte Sound ard did not sst out
OF II fer twenty -four hours. TIE waves
reikd high ana tRe deep. green water
broke over our bows and spent it, furee
against the matches and sides of the cabin.
Notwithstanding the fact that we had on
no cargo. II WIS at times difficult fer the
boat 10 ride the wasss.
why. AT times Ne made only two knots
sn hour. 40 strong was the gale that blew
almost directly IN our faces
TIE Al-ki Is severed with snow 30 that
abe seemed whea canning Ina last Might 10
be moving tcebesg from the Arctic
The storm has NOT affected the railroads
greatly rn{IAf aye tad
AL trains, with the exception OF the Great
Northern overland. We're on time. There
was ahent five feet of snow on the Cas-
rade mountains. thus causing the overland
- be fseiIfed three hours. II dill not reacl,
Seattle until 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
There Is also snow on shs mountains al
Sfampcsfe raSA where the Northrra Pacific
ef0sass, hut IL has not set delayed trains.
The latest Information received bs the lo-
cal cfileiais OF both roads last night was
that all trains We're running OF time