The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-17
CITY OF SEATTLE ADR|F1
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the exact peril the Seattle was In the dan ger the other ship faced in reseulng her, and the like" says an officer, twill likely have much to do with it all,"
 The work of reseulng the Seattle Is con- sidered bv passengers and crew of the Cot- tage City one Of the most difficult tasks of the kind performed in these waters. The passengers of the City of Seattle are described bv certain ones of the number who have returned here, as having been exceedingly anxious, but not panic strlek' ,n, and they give great credit to the cool ness and SeamanShip of the Seattle'S com mander. Capt. William Cornell Is master Of the City of Seattle, Capt. Jensen Is master of the Cottage City.
 The City of Seattle left here a. BIS a. m. Saturday, When some distance be yond HaineS a blinding Sncwstorm came on, and she was compelled to He to for several hours At G a. m. she started up again, but had proceeded only about Io minutes when her wheel fell off. and the ship was left adriit. She then drifted until 10 a. m., when she brought up at anchor at Bridget point. This is accord ing to a note received bv PurSer Pope from Capt. Cornell, Mr. Pope was notified that two or three anchors were put out.
 A boat in charge of Pilot Johnson was then dispatched 10 Juneau with hope of getting aid. After fourteen hours of hard work, during which but one stop was mlis ashore, and that Co build a fire and gel wlnn, the relief boat reached Juneau. and got Che Cottage City to go to the res,ys !, was 9. m. sunday when the Cotaes Civ got aW from Juneau. and at1w c3o that mo ming she reached the Civ of Seattle. One of the officers of the Cot. tgge City says:
 "lt was blowing a heavy gale and ,hs snow was thick when we approached the Seattle. We were two hours getting thr hr,. line to ,he ship. and then when we s.7r,ei to pull. away the line parted.
 'The City of Seattle, when we gave her the first ne, was hanging by her port anchor alone, the starboard and kedge an chorS hlving been carried away. When we attempted to pull her out the port an chor was cut away, and that left her withou, an anchor to cast in the emergen- cy. She began to drift back on the reef, ant they put up a sail and stood her of the shore. She w9S then 200 to 3oo yards of shore, and we had to make a number of other difficult attempts to approach and give her a second line, when she took and held ,o until we lowed her to Juneau, ar irving there at Q a. m. Sunday. The Se- attle'S chain would probably not have held three hours longer.
 We left Juneau for the run to Skag- way at G a. m, Monday, and were 3I hours in a blnding Si0wstorm and terrific wind.
 Had it not been we were 24 hours ahead of time on arriving at Juneau, there would have been no steamer for the crew to engage, and the Seattle would not have been saved. and the lives of her crew and would have been worth but little for me to speculate on. Not another steamer or this run has the weight and other qualifications that were required to rescue the Seattle under such conditions.
 Purser Curtis of the Cottage City slys:
 "Ci,y of Seattle was only 20 feet from the rocks and had she StTuck all aboard would have met certain death. There was no opportunity for getting ashore. She could not have held half day longer at anchor"
 F. N. Woodruff, of the Northern Com mercial company, who started south on the Seattle, said;
 "l WIS still up and in the after cabin when the ship lost her wheel. thought at the tine tkat the ship had struck arock, and Somew hat believe so vet heard a noise forward and then a jar beneath me and then one aStern. and thought the ship had struck something forward, gllded mostly over it and then hit something with her heels. However, it nav have been merely ilTing of the machinery. lt was the impression of all the passenger she had Stru,k rock. The ship had been potroliug back and forth in the canal for fear of the storm some time before she s,uck.
 "At.r JritHg some distance, she pas.ti the point a.i swung into the little ccvs, .t anchors catching on the point as he went .o.ni. There was ref cnlv go 2. C,fett..< oi US. The shore ws ragged and Che waves were running so high and bursting in such spray that w. could uo, have landed there. Above the immediate shore were perpendicular rocks. HlI we been freed to take to the b 5ts ye coull hlve done nothing but put tc sea or followed down the coast looking fer sheltered cove. We had out thee anchors
 "Six attempts were made before the first line was passed to us from the Cot. t.e Citv. The ship would run up in the teeth of the gale, put about and then steam back past us. She did not dare come head on. Once it was planned to send boat from the Cottage City to the City of Seattle, and the boat was hung from the davits over the water, The ships come so close together side by side that the small boat was crushed, and the