The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-27

farseastfe Tbs pssat sBss. ras,s see sEzs ssxae
lights 81 shs Kknx>sRa
Fnst vessel went 90. aiming directly g3-
the gNsTs sszEs OF TIE Gfe7fag5e q ksxs@ f7r-
~ar1 ~ arn5dsmsTs~ ST d svesst 81 Fsg@ %
SIX Knots azs acgr. ucsHorSsE0g 20 Ese -essz-
rs0ny Of fne sfiercgi~ts s1sz1eevs Sse
ssans asanEt somewhat. In time 20 asslsss
. Greet ccsHsaon. ard crashed tnE1 ssass
ssessEse's fso~s several sefs Bark fEssrs sEsr
stern krsssEg Into the EastaF wEsh tse-
quart shsea hung her up Tbs crash &C.
Kingston carried tssr PERHAPS thirty CT
fsrfy fee; ahead after THE collision before
sas bscsrse rigid. and ssss velocity asss
sss1acssnfiy great 10 tgra ser arsssnd tise
ansies. bs.s without damaging ffe star
hoard side
SEE Was burg little asafi Of a1asJsis.r=.
tbs SAsnaEles hgw easfs-sns her b2Ese
&sssssif s%ESn feet ard psStsgs fss toissat-
liant serseastle under the top Of ffss deck
e tie ksngstnn's smoking re9Fn1 Tas
ksngsgt2n hung M for about twsssEy Fitn-
GS-s Assd then weHt 3g~n- the after part
~ fhe Upper weeks hanging 10 fsss sslsss~
nKis. Capt HufehsaH Nas aeDt 4asssz to
see is vaE Possible 60 push t:se kGisg-
ktgn ashore ar snsa snaEs&% water f05r
bslafs were ora red cut. ane ~ which
reached the water. bat q search ~ the
pasF~ers of t1e TWO vessels fozgfsa that aass
pFapis wer. accounted Tor. fgne OF tae
eFew was ssseSsd wp a!ty yards 70 tire
Iss~are. where nc sas ciingf3g 70 q spar.
The Kingston s1nk ln exactly twenty
minutes from fgs time sire struck.
be nFst man from tbs Kingston 10
board the tsteuo@Se ~as boarding hsSslSes
keeper named " tight, ara he Ras c}9s8fy
followed. sen minutes after Sfe sell sl1ta
by Capt Brands~, the EIncS,oas psIet-
Capt Gatfsr testified that ssrasssiaY al
dressed ihsss words to HIM saan rs
~ him. / sized yaf5 aa at fha " bar
and thought YEA were blowing fer ne 10
keep outside of yea I'd run r;iy firg}e
@Nf ana "as looking FOR thas haoy Win
3 light on IL, The statement that Inc
sflsnagie VAS NOT uosing al the time 6f
tlas collision, Capt. CATER said he cogl,i
prove by The fact that aefsr4s fgaa, the
wreck fssd not oraftea ffty yards away
ffens the time 81 tins crash until the
elepagls started uusier sses sleaFss for tina
dock
Statement of the Master.
Capt. James Hgtcheon. the master OF
the ts5euGzle and the usst witness exam
lnei testified along the same lines as in
Dictated in the foregoing. 1--WE started
under slow head al 49, saJa he. and
the engines we're gsing faii speed Tive min
uJsN later. AT Az 1 heard 4 short hast
"T our port bow, and soon after heard
be same whistle again; ported sae Eeira
OH the nrst blast, and swung II hard
sport on the second. Upon hearing s9o
blasts, crowded the engines fun speed
astern. Three minutes later saw steam
or crossing aur bow fruEn perk IA STAR
board. stepped the engines ~ seen a. 7hs
Nsf Ask ara ks&kE fEs snip \ pos .fAtl Enfn
all the passengers weE. SAVED. Ne were
there forty or fgyfy-f@o minutes. Made
fast To part of the wreck on she star
beard side and steamed slowly ahead ar
irving alongside the wharf at $50
,rhs Kingston blew the frat whistle.
whieh was answered and AZ the same
time We ported our helm. although full
speed WAS kept up. Upon hearing tho
second whistle put the helm hard spogt
which was easily ff3ae a. %e have steam
steering gear. Two minutes eiapsei ht-
tween the first and second whistles ~
the FIRST signal the shin was heading
northwest and by north. and then swung
around three points II the north Hair
u minute after the second signal heard
the starboafd whistle. replied with the
danger signal and sgnaled To stop the
engines and 20 astcrn at full speed At
THE rate We we're going wa mad not tine
to gather way and could hold our shin
In 30 feet When we heard the first blast
the TIVE ships were probably nalf fails
apart and we were a mile and 4 quarter
from the wharf AZ the time the accident
angie Of thirty 10 tnirty-five degrees the
Kingston striking cur port bow az the
tweuty ~four-fs6t mark. The collision hap
peued az s:l5 o'clock"
Told by Other WIfsc.S-s.
The only passenger examined WAS A T.
Won Etltngsr. OF Portland. who Wa yuing
from Victoria "a Tacoma on the Kingston
Its testimony was ilnmAtefsaI. as he was
In his berth ut the time of ths collision