The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26
WAS A SWIFT DEATH
Ship Ande1ana Goes Dowr
at Tacoma.
FIFTEEN MEN WERE AB0ARI
Vessel Capsixed During
Heavy Gale.

Tacoma, WASH, Jan. 1.-THE most
appalling marine disaster that has
ever occurred in the history Of Tacoma
happened early this morning. During
terrific gale which swept over Puget
sound, the British ship Andelana, an
chored in this port. awaiting cargo,
capsized, and Captain G. w. Stating
and his crew of 16 men, who were
asleep below decks, were dragged down
to a sailors death without an instant's
warning. The full list of those lost
is as follows:
Captain q. W. Stating, Of Annapo-
lis, Nova Scotia; E. H. Grove. aged 80
years, Londonderry, N. s., first mate;
E. g. Doe. aged % years, las Essex
Talbot Road. Blackpool. England;
Nemey Jossaim, Victoria, B. c., stew.
ard; Joseph M. A. D'Holyere, Of Ost-
end, Belgium, apprentices; Richard
Reginald Hanze, Of Ostend, Belgium,
apprentice; Charles Smith. of United
States, botswain; James DAILY, Of New
York. boatswan; ]. r. Brown, of Bar
BADGES, cook; 81. Hanson, Sweden,
able seaman; Antoine Jensen, Dem
mark, seaman; John Nelson, Nolw way,
seaman; E. Ostrom, Finland. seaman;
Fred Hindstrom. Norway, seaman;
Edward Lett, Rega, Russia, seaman;
August Simonson, Holland, seaman;
Pat Wilson, St. Johns, N. F.. Sea-
man.
Just what time the disaster which
resulted in such appalling loss Of life
occurred is not known, as every per-
son on board the vessel went to the
bottom of the Sound with it.
The ship, which was of English
build. and worth probably $3.50. 600,
entered this port several days ago. She
was to have loaded wheat under char
ter to Eppinger & Co., of San Fran
cisco, for Europe. Yesterday she was
taken to the Eureka dock and all bal
last removed and the hold cleaned, pre-
paratory to receiving cargo. She was
then towed to an anchorage several
hundred yards northeast of the St.
Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company g
deep-water wharf, at which point dis
aster overlook her. She had out, &C.
cording to the best information OBJ
tainable, the starboard anchor. weigh.
ing at least three tons, while to either
side of the vessel were attached the
ballast logs used to keep ship upright
during the absence of cargo or ballast.
The ship was riding the wave serenely
when the shippers of other vessels an
chored close by retired the night before.
When daylight dawned no signs Of the
Andelana were visible Over the spot
where she rode serenely at anchor the
night before only danger-signal buoy
lamp was visible. When the absence
of the ship was discovered. Captain
Doty and Captain Burley took the ting
Fairfield and made an investigation,
and it was soon determined beyond
possibility of doubt that the ship had
gone to the bottom.
One of the ballast logs was found.
To it dangled part of the chain by
which it was originally fastened to the
Inflated ship. In addition, one of the
lifeboats. a matterss with the name Of
the ship on it. and several oars, were
found. Beyond these no other wreck.
age has been discovered.
As all on board persisted, only sur
misses as to the cause of the disaster
are prevalent. Judging from indica-
tions, shipping men say, the ballast log
found was from the port side Of the
vessel. She ship, according to all ac-
counts, was headed in a southerly di-
rection, or toward the head of the bay,
at the time the gale swept down the
Sound. The heavy winds caused the
ship to train on the chains, making the
log on the weather side taut and Civ.
ing tendency to lift the log from the
water, but the strain was too great for
one of the chains. and it snapped.
This released the towering craft flom
the greater restraint on the weather
side, and she lifted with the wind and,
there being little restraint from the
other end Of the log, raised it enough
to allow the right or mooring chain to
slip off. Thus freed from ballast and
floating like chip, the ship oareened
under the pressure Of the heavy gale,
and shipped great quantities Of water,
filling completely the hold and fore.
castle, causing her to capsize and sink
to the bottom, all in q very few min.
utes.
The situation was further aggravated
by the fact that the tides were just
setting in at the time the ship went
down. This in all probability forced
the stern of the vessel around and ex.
posed the broadside to the gales fury.
Late this afternoon the ill-fated YES.
sci was located. She lies on the bot.
tom Of the Sound, on her broadside,
under % fathoms of water, close by the
spot where she had been anchored.
Lived Over 100 Years.
Utica, N. Y, Jan. 17.-Mrs. Emily
J. Mosoley, who would have been 1O2
years old had she lived until April,
died at the Home for the Homeless to.
night.
Storm In Switzerland.