The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-17

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The To-. ioiio1ins down PuyAhup rtvsr;
q tie head q the bay. noats out 20 ana
beyond Brown's point; the d: 1870
half mile. and i may be clear cesn g
Browns peint and on the Tacoma en0tG
This seems to have been the condition 6
Vas sighted ahead. and, a. the vessel
passed into the fog. the fog signal wa.
sounded several times, then the saren g
bow Of the Kingston and . number Of ag-
nails were exchanged. The Ktngsfon's en-
zines were slowed and stopped then she
the soose4 ri iced aSea
The Glenogie answered the starboau
signal with the danger signal. stopped
engines and reversed ful! speed asfefn:
The Glenogie. Capt. James Hutcheon.
passed OF from the Northern Pacific dock
at Tacoma on April 3 At o'clock q M.
point She was turned over to Pilot CAT
ter. who had fun charge of the ship.
THE Glencgle is a steamer Of 5. 80 groas
snsh ., s fss' % sn and n ena
merchandise. with passengers. She was
outward bound and was destined Tor
Hongkong.
GLESOGLE's SPEED THREE KNOTS.
when she swung clear from the dock
the weather WAS clear. but q fog bank
hung over the water between the wharf
and Browns point: At $40 the signal was
given for full speed ahead. which was
maintained three minutes. then the en-
gines were reversed fun sped astern for
q space Of three minutes. and were stopped
~. or just before. the time OF the col
lision. The ships speed. when under full
Roadway. Is fourteen knots. II would
&A-s - - -
before the collision did not exceed seven
knots. 1t is asserted by the officers Of
the Glenogie that their ship was lying
dead In the water when the Kingston
swung In and struck her on the port bow:
dence on this point, We believe she was
swinging under port helm and ranging
ahead at speed of some three knots, the
and going ahead at speed Of some seven
knots. The ships came together at an
angle OF about % degrees. and the result
OF the momentum OF both vessels was to
Glenogle's bow.
I'VE will state here that the City Of
Kingston was the finest inland passenger
naxe iS length me IS fees Ss.
running regularly on the route between
Tacoma and Victoria ever since her ar
rival m these waters. some ten years ago:
previous to this collision she has never
met with a serious accident
During all this time Pilot BrAndow has
been on the ship, and In fact, was her
Ptiot while she was running in the East,
and. for his experience in. handling said
vessel. was induced by Capt. D. B. Jack
son TO come to Puget sound to handle the
shtp In these waters.
TUE KINGsTON's COURSE.
1T appears that Capt. Anderson navi-
gated the ship from Victoria to Port
Townsend. then gave her In charge Of
Pilot Brandow. who was to take her 20
Tacoma: this appears to have been the
usual practice.
The ships average speed on tho run
was twelve knots per hour tup to the time
OF her arrival at Seattle: from Seattle to
Browns point. the average speed appears
to have been about ten knots. yet the pi-
lot did not appear to notice any difference
Walter 8. Everett. the engineer on watch.
testified that they had cut out one boiler
at Seattle. and that with two boilers she
was turning about e.ghty-eikht revolutions
would make nipety.six revolutions MIN
ute: also that her rate when at full speed
was twelve to twelve and one-half knot1
THIS clearly shows that the ship was not
making her regular time after leaving &C.
atsls s -,
time was noted in the pilot house log book
was shaped for thu Northern Pacific dock
at Tacoma. This course was maintained
Tor SIX minutes. according 10 Pilot Bran
Browns point. a:H. to the time she was
slowed down. 4.06, shows that she had run
her full time. as Pilot BfAndow states that
he never ran into Commencement bay
more than eight minutes before slowing
down. and u would appear from this that
he expected to And his ship we'll up to the
Northern Pacific dock. while as a matter
OF TACT. she was not more than a mile and
n nfvt Il
was ebbing. which would tend TO set the
ship TO the southwark and westward OF
her course.
GAVE THE sTARBOARD SIGNAL.
ut Is our opinion that when Pilot Bran
low first heard the Glenogle's siren he
thought she was at the dock and that the
signals were given to attract his attention.
TO enable him to locate the dock. and that
In this belief he siarboarded his helm and
went ahead fun speed TO swing his ship
clear. 1t seems incredible that he Should
attempt to cross her bow. believing her 10
be under way. However, he gave the
starboard signal to pass outside and to
cross the Gienogie's bow.
Marius Moiving quartermaster on the
CITY OF Kingston. testified that when he
heard the first signal from the Glenegle he
thought she was at the dock.
Capt. Hutcheon and Pilot Cater each
testified that Pilot BRANDON stated to him
shortly after the collision. on the bridge
OF tue tienoKfe. tndt ne tnougnt they were
at the dock and were blowing the whistle
for him TO keep outside of fhern-that he
had run his time out and WAS looking for
the bouy. This will account, in a meas
ufe. for the manner In which he navigated
the Kingston
The Glenogle cut into the Kingston's
hull for distance Of about FIVE feet The
fact that both vessels were under heaaway
while the Kingston was moving at prob
ably not less than double the speed az the
Gienogie. VIII account for the more seri-
Gus damage 70 the Gienogles port bow.
the Gienogie swinging on her port helm
with engines sfopped. the Kingston ewing
Ing on her s'arboard helm. with engines
working fun speed ahead
AT TIME OF COLLISION.
when tire collision occurred PHO. Bran
dow left the pilot house without giving
any signals 10 the engineer but the engi-
neer on watch Waiter & Everett. storpe.
the engines Immediately after the collision.
shut OF the valves and went on deck. after
ch~srvfng that the wafer was coming in
too fast for the pumps TO handle IL. An
auxiliary steam pipe was cut and the
enginee room vas n,irg with steam neces