The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-29

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kan vessel. was wrecked last |
Thursday at o'clock in the morning |
by striking an iceberg off Douglas ISL |
and. Sixty-five persons were drowned. |
An extra edition of the Juneau dis
patch says:
The word reached Treadweli at $3.50
a. m. by a party of passengers, headed
by the chief engineer who walked up
the beach, a distance of twenty-five
miles, to appeal to the city for help
The Treadwell steamer Lucy and the
Juneau steamer Flossie promptly re-
sponded. The F1ossie arrived in from
| the scene of the wreck at u O'Clock
! bodies on board and the passengers.
| The description of the disaster by
the survivors is heartrending, and those
who live to tell the story are each and
every one heroes and worthy of being
called men and women. The Islander
struck an iceberg, and so severe was
the shock that every door was jammed
| fast in the staterooms, and the III
| fated passengers, numbering 107, and
a crew of seyenty-one were forced to-
break through the windows to reach
the deck.
HEROIC WORK OF A STEWARD.
Steward Simpson lost ten In his de-
Ipartment, and his description of the
wreck Is very clearly given. He vas
awakened by the shock and could not
/ oF y; 70 I, lro
out of the window. He reached the
bridge, where Pilot Lablond was on
watch, and with the mate ordered out
the lifeboats, as' she was then filling
fast and the chief engineer reported the
pumps unable to take care of the wa
ter. He also went below with an ak,
ibroke down the lower stateroom doors
/, and stayed with his work until the
iwater forced him to go to the upper
deck.
by this time the ships boats were
loaded and had got away, and while the
officers were getting out the last life
raft Captain Foote called to all hands
to clear the ship as she was about to
go down This was the captains last
order, as at that moment the ship sank,
and the captain, leaping clear of the
. wreck, was picked up by lifeboat,
which in some manner was overturned.
The night was very misty and all hands
| were forced to shift for themselves.
J PASSENGERS WHO ESCAPED.
The passengers saved were: F. n.
Brown. y. Dispey, P. Ridighy, ]. L. VII
, cox, L. G. Young, w, Newiand, F. F.
McNaughton, ]. Kockeyer, John Kock-
eyer, Mr. and Mrs. Mclaughlin and ciild,
Mrs Whltmore Mr.. and Mrs. c. Flint,
Mr. and Mrs. Bowman and boy, Mrs. f..
| Mills, DR. Mcfarland, F. G.. Baker, ]. K.
McLennen, ]. G. Morgan, j. c. Hender-
son, L. ]. Dean, T. D. Yoeman, E. H.
Waller, C. H. Shoreman, ]. l.. Cetter,
w. w. Powers, J. w Mcfarland,
Thomas Knowles, n. H. Hart J. v.
Snodgrass, H. A. Brigham, ]. G. Stew
ems, r. Williamson, A. ]. Walker and
wife, w. Pluth, G.. W. Brown, l.. s.
Robe, r. Ross, n. A. Bilcourt, C. c..
Roy, NJ. Green, G.. Puddichmbe, j. t.
Snyder, J. Daniels G. Gill. II. Daglish,
NJ. Denis, E. s. Carlson, F. Disch. H.
Root, R. NJ Wright, A H Morrison, L.
T. Maxwell. DR.. Phillips, S. Jamison,
Arthur Lanerek. H. r. McBeth. V. I.
Doyle, R. ]. Marsh, A. Frasler. G. W
Doyle, NJ Emphrey. 8. Afflebrown. n.
Pegeon. Mr.. and Mrs. Walker, s. Smith,
J. P. Penot, ]. Bleason, II. w. Ander-
son. F. Castleburg, A. Kaisch. 2. Koch
var. Beriker, E. L. Spinks, W. G..
Preston and wife, A. NJ Blumaer, c,
Doyle, J. E. Brian. Two walters. Miller,
the barber; N. Law, M. p. Jock, Porter
and Maran, coal passers were also saved.
F. G. Hinde Bowker. late manager of
the British American Corporation of Lon
don, who was passenger, says:
SAW THE STEAMER SINKING.
My first intimation of an accident was
the rushing OF passengers on deck. which
woke me up. I was in cabin with Mr.
Maghten. 1 got up, went out of the
cabin and saw the steamer sinking at
the bow. I woke my partner up and We
dressed. By this time she was still lower
in the water. By the time I got out of
the cabin the water was abreast of the
smoking-room floor. I went on the up
per deck, followed by my partner and
saw that the boats were gone. I went
to a fall hanging davit- By this time
only the stern was out of water. I saw
raft in the water with eight or ten
people on it.
II slid down the rope 10 the raft. and
as soon as I got on. the stern OF the
, steamer sank and sucked the raft and
. people down. We were some time under
t water, but I held on. and when it came
. up only two of US were left. We hailed
, two men who were swimming and got
them aboard, also a Chinamau. BY this
time the steamer had sunk out OF sight
Many people hung TO the raft at different
} times. but It was not alright, and we
5 had much difficulty in keeping adoat.
: 1--WE were turned over once because of
. others climbing on. but generally man
, | aged to right ourselves,
; CRIES OF THE DROWNING
| Tn. scene was asArtraaAs TAs