The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-20
STORM SINKS A VESSEL.
Steamer Marguerite Goes to the
Bottom at Her Wharf.
RoANokE.s MARROW ESCAPE.
Famous TreasuseshiD Seeks shelter
Of West Seattle Biua-Calfed
states Coast survey Steamer Pat
terson Drags Both Her Anchors-
ola Clan MeDonaid Gets . Violent
Shakfng Up-uavoo About City.

Old Clan MeOOuol0 oete - vA~Ae"s
Shakfng Up-uavoo About City.
CHE little fishing steamer SN3rgae'ife
= lies At tie bottom of the bay as 2 re-
SILT of Saturday nights fierce SOind
Storm. qvhich did considerable damage TO
local shipping. The old steamer Clan 6Ne-
Donald got Severe bafterins against the
railroad pilins and subArf Of the Pacific
Fish Company. at the foot of OiiCe street.
zvhese she uss tied sp. a hid gale
swepf the bay. CAUSING the big treasure
steamer Roanoke TO drag he, buoy and
drift touAsd West Seattle. <Dfae the
United States coast survey steamer Pat
fe,scn dragged her anchors for nearly 4
quarter of mile. Other craft acre more
0, less shaken UP and pounded against
Their EuharVes.
Su>fIE Marguerite sank AT her wharf.
that OF the Pacific Fish Company.
made fas, to this dock and came into vio-
lent collision several times during the prog
ress OF the storm. In the turmoil IL ap-
pears that the Marguerite drifted In under
some low projecting sifnbers OF the wharf.
became fastened and as the lido rose was
forced against tho tifnbers. Unable 10
rise with the tide the Marguerite gradual
" flied and finally sunk. AT high tide
yesterday afternoon some OF her upper
u ygr IN Is
that she can be raised.
Tho vessel Is owned by Capt III. II. Nc
Donald. master OF the steamer Skagit
Queen. She Is IS feet long and had a
capacity OF about Is tons. and was worth
perhaps yi.0oo.
Two watehnsen were supposed 20 be on
the vessel at the time Of the storm, and
had they been, she would no doubt have
been saved. But AZ later learned, both
watchfnen an hour before the storm set
In deserted their posts and came up town.
wharf Was In Danger.
In the hatterins sustained by the Nc
Donald piece OF the guard rail- was torn
from the stsrboard side and the house
slightly injured. Tho batterfng OF the two
vessels threatened for time 10 tear the
wharf Down. 10 was somewhat damaged
by the pulling down OF several piles
The Marguerite has been running OF late
about the Sound rs a fish collector for the
Wallace Bros. II could not he learned
on Tho water front yesterday what insur-
ance was carried. IL any.
tn. Roanoke performed many capers
during tho storm which ragged with moro
or less severity from II p. IN to l H. m
She must have dragged tho city buoy 10
which She was tied since her return, from
che north nearly half mile. dropping
II just In tho pathway Of the ferrybcat
~ Ant*
hold her. but she traiied buoy ana anchors
after her as though they were chips OF
wood. Finally her officers we're able 10
get her under the West Seattle blum and
there she Is at anchor along with the
Waterloo and another grain ship.
Damage to other shipping.
Tho Patterson, too. displayed a disre-
gard for anchors and gyratsd aboti, for
some time, moving nearly a quarter Of a
mile from her accustomed anchorage. The
United States revenue cutters Grant ana
Perry were AT huoys and were able 10
hold on through tho storm Several pleas
ure i1nnches and yachts. notnbly the Hem
fletts ana Rainier. broke from their an.
chorage and mornings at the brighton
beat houss and were adrfft for hours
No doubt numerous Puget sound vessels
were slightly injured and II IL probable
that serious damage was done about CANE
Iiattery, The wind In tina, ytesnity 4. rs,
ported TO have been blowing A gaia for
several days. forcing a Zee; OF twelve or
hfseen sailing vessels to lie I'm the shat,nr
OF the hills overlooking Seaa Ray.
IL was the hardest breeze that M.
CURED In Seattle since last January. at
thining maximum velocity Of th,r,y
Tour miles an hour. The strong wind
began at 1875 o'clock In the ryent,..
when IL was moving at the rats. or tw.n.
fy-nve miles an hour This steadily "a.
creased until al il $ II was blowing n,
hardest. 1t maintained Il rate of frn,,
thirty%two TO tsirts-four miles for ~,
next two hours. when II suddenly sron.
ped down 70 twenty-five miles and CON
tinwsf at approximately this rate u,ts,
. O'Clock IN the morning. when tina gov
eminent register on top 80 the New York
block showed tcn-fniie breeze The
~inu was accompanied by little rain thu
total precipitation from O'Clock sa.ur.
day night until 5 o'ciock The next p,or,.
Ing being only -h.nara,iths ~ a, f,,-h
ard this fen before "a o'clock at night
The wind was fran the south.
Wina storm Was General
weather report received ,rn.,, -,
Candy showed maximum, va;,,t.,- -
slxty~eiEht miles an hour Ia thu sagrh;
which was fear mtjcs less than the S,,s.,ss
or the afternoon. Portland res,e,.tss .
Mind az feFty-tNo miles. Tho telegram
Hines 10 N"ab hay wsfe eewn, =, no v,oyss
could hc received from thers The stor,,,
center moved up along tbs washinx.en
coast to and AioHa the saare 81 British
Columbia
The Wind blew down nuraacrteSs avn
fnss and signs afo1Ha town hut Nas not
strong eFsSsssSh 10 lat8sa AIRY ~ the hssta
tngs. SO far IA eousa he lssrna. yes,Ar-
day' Pedestrians aa the street sboos
midnight say IL MAS os,e 81 tina hap,s..ss
blows they ever knew n Seattle n,,,s
that IL was almost impossible "a. MI