The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-02
distance Of 10 to - feet away. He dts
MOI know the GienogIe was 20 sasi saat

distance Of 10 to - feet away. He dks
moi know the GsenosIe was 70 sasi that
day
The Gianoxse seesnss: to haye consider
able h~zdwAy. IS there were foan and
white waves aroana her. He had = plain
yiew Of the BOW o. the Gs~nogie as she
born dgwn on htsn. The Cssuogsc struck
the Kingston sixty o. SEVENTY fees a2sasr
q his rom. The second room Of. the ssar-
board eide. which was twelve or sixteen
feet hack ~ TIE gssos house He did rot
80 any light The course -of the Kingston
was south southeast from Browns point
20 tbs Tacoma dock His Gyss thought
vas for The passengers. aud after ssesng
them safe aboard tfsH sssessexle Be- climbed
on the iatferss port cable and VAS aolssed
aboard over the fcrecaxtse heads Under
ernss-exa mara tien by Engissser Cherry. h.
sid II WAS aborst fifteen sernndS from
the tire h. Saw the GIenogie until she
struck ard 'sssse was going very fast hs
explained
III she was going fs~s She would have
gone right through you. wouldn't she7''
pyorounaed the auestsoner
swer. II don't think enc was going full
speed
lie did not know whether the KIngston
was gs'ins ahead or astern. nor whether
the Gisnosis moved after she struck the
klnwsfen.
PILOT BRANDON CALLED.
Capt, Branaow was then called III. said
he had been f.igt and master Of the King
sson. except during her trip around the
Horn, and had been on her on Page: sound
for the last nine years. He s,eered the
Usual eourse the morning Of the coIiiAon
The weather was beautiful and clear. ex-
cept For the fog bank that lowered on
Browne point. toward Tacoma When 500
feet on Browns point. X bore about north
~ east. steered the ship south southeast
south y south by chart Passed the stake
neht on Browns point ~ 3:s7. and proceed
- On that course for SIX minutes.
slowed down ut taE, bst for no parsicu-
lar reason. BLEW fog whistle. ard had the
same reply fram the Glensgse, although the
iatter's whistle seemed to he fun Of water
judging BY the sound This whistle was
about one point or the Klngston's star
board bow. His ship was lying almost
eth. saag1nE ahead in bare steerage way
Al thr LAST signal the Glenagle seemed to
Be- bearing down on tho Kingston on the
starboard bow: then gave siarbsard whis-
lie and wen; ahead. Bisw Two short whis +.
tiss, ard went ahead ~ full speed. hoping
10 cseaf out o. the course OF the approach
Ing steamer. Han ~ fun speed of the en-
GineA for hftesn seconds. when the ships
struck. Did not ger more than tw9 or
three miles an hour speed before collision.
~ TROUGH NOTHING HAPPENED.
Witness told OF lowering the boats and
getting everything in readiness "a SAFE the
passengers, and said that somebody called
10 him to 10 or the Gienogie. he did not
explain who the somebody was, saying he
did not knnw, nor what was wanted Of
him. And then whsn he left the Kingston
and climbed aboard Of til. Gieneg he
Says be saw the Gienegle.s msn lettering
around with apparently nothing To do. aad
not paying any attention 10 the wreck, no
body on the nigh, heads. bat he saw seF.e
people on the steamer ceiling some rape
OF doing something else. he knew not wEaS
The first time bs saw Pilot Cater, Of the
G.enagle, was fortv minutes after the
wreck. when Cater said tn hina: MY God
we coalda-t step our ship: we have SEQ
tons Of freight In her." and latter showed
his compass pointing tn north 4 east 10
show that the GHenoxle's course had not
been changed. He did not know tile name
OF his auarfermssier. who was with him
In the psict house when the collision oc
Cured. although he said the man had been
with him for a year. The Kingston had
swung one and fourth points to part be
fore the G!enogic M her. as shc had put
on the starboard helm. Had Just started
Sfo heaye apart when he saw the G;ienogie
The position of the helm at the yinie OF the
collision was BARELY .lttle 10 por, He
stecfed south southeast after rounding the
paint. to make the wharf
Characterization: When rounded
Browns point fog was n mile ahead Ran
half a mite under one bell, then stopped.
Just about the time heard Gienogies fog
whistle. Steefed on same course tn dock
that tho ship had followed I'm her ZOO
trips. SAID the t'ienngie would not have
10 cross the kingSton'a course 10 get on
her own course frum the buoy IL King
ston had stopped. instead Of proceeding
abs ad under full speed al The time Of hear
ing Glenogle's whistle. Kingston would
have lost her Nose, and II had gone full
spssd astafn IL would not have been much
better.
OUTSIDE WITNESSES TESTIFY.
same Interesting testimony was given
BY Capt. A r. Hunt Of the steamer Vie
Ter. who VIEWED the collision HE MAS tow
ing barge 20 Tacoma. aud passed the
Gienaxis going eut to sea He 1xw the
collision ffoFn a distance If three-a,,a rserS
OF mile, and heard the passing signal
Both vessels We're swinging rapilly, ana
then prolonged blast from the ssfasfssle
Tits signaling was repeated Rna then th.
2ienaxie put her helm hard apart ana
swung rapidly. Immediately before, ;hs
collision he saw the k{nexton's headlight
and sfateoard quarter boom up esaf at the
sok. barely 80 fe"s frum the s,lcnosla
Beth vessels were swinging rapsatv aud
the Gs.nogie s;rssck sfe kiuxstofs 4 .sttfe
ahafs OF arnsdshsas AZ neasly right Angles
zach vcSssi wss eolag st probably two
mites an hour The Kingston vas Some
distance - port " her usual course
4, III Hunt engineer 0f the Victor was
another wa1ness Of she caeaStwoyshn f9s
said the NsStor MAS probably nxn-tsaxhth@
or a mile from the wreck. TIE Kingston
was going SLOWLY, probably one and a half
or two ustsss as houF After efv wreck
fgnHd wrwekags Sc - 50 Yards from thr
~eene cY tie g2iississ ssteygs IT fhs Glen.
cgse @1aa between tbs Seek ana shas shin
The tsisnoxis was going AZ probably =
fss- nssls gait wien ths Nsckar tasSess her
and had heea saius5ns fear 81 tsxs min
utss hefvFN 'he sNlsssiga Sha VAS Swing
ing rapidly 50 starssased whsn the boats