The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1901-08-24
STRIKES AN ICEBERG
THE STEAMER ISLANDER or THE
is ALASKAN ROUTE GOES 70
THE BOTTOM.

Death List Estlmatsd as High n
Eishty-Explosion Of the Boilers
Causes the Death Of Many Who
Might Have Escaped captain Foote
Goes Down With His ;ship-Gr
Description Of the Wreck.
Victoria, B. c., ug. 1s.-The steam.
or islander, the crack passenger
ateamer OF the Alaskan route, oper
ated by the Canadian Pacific Naviga;s
tion company of this city, struck an
iceberg OF Douglas island at o'clock
on the morning OF Thursday last and
vent TO the bottom, carrying down
1. rom 68 to 80 souls! including passen.
gers and members Of the crew. Some
of the survivors arrived here during
the evening by the steamer Queen.
They report that as the vessel went
down her boilers exploded, causing
the death ,-of many who might have
escaped. Captain Foote was on the
bridge when the vessel struck and
stayed there and went down with his
steamer.
There was $275,OO0 in golu on the
steamer, 100000 of which was car
ried by passengers. H. H. Hart, who
spent 16 years in Klondike, lost $685.
600 in dust. Some say that Captain
Foote reached raft, but when he saw
the extent of the disaster jumped
overheard. No accurate list Of lead
will be available until the arrival of
the purser. on the steamer Farrellan.
George Mel. Brown. executive agen.
Of the Canadian Pacific railroad, ter
interviewing the officers and pa-.en-
gers who returned, said:
The purser Is remaining in the
North attending to the forwarding Of
through passengers. It is Impossible
to give an exact list of those lost, but
from the fact that 1913 were saved the
number lost must be below the figures
mentioned, In my opinion the loss Of
lie win not exceed 20."
Story Of a Survivor.
F. G. Hinde-Borker, late manager of
the British-American corporation of
A]VAuOAp WIZ WIS oUVdlu, dS1y6.
my first intimation of an accident
was through the rushing OF passen-
gers on the deck, which woke me up.
I was ina cabin with Mr.. Ma yhlen. l
got up, went out Of the cabin and saw
the steamer sinking at the bow. I
woke my partner Up and We dressed.
BY the time / got out of the ca bin the
! water was about the smoking room
floor. went on the upper deck with
my partner. saw the boats were
gone. went to fall hanging; davit
and by this time only the ster n was
out OF the water. saw q raft in the
water with eight or ten people on it.
! slid down the rope on to the raft
and soon the stern Of the steamer
sank and sucked the raft and the peo.
pie down. We were sometime under
water, but I held on and when the raft
came up only. two Of us were left. We
hailed two men and (Jhinaman who
were swimming and got them aboard.
BY this time the steamer had sunk out
Of sight. Many people hung on the
raft at different times, but it was not
air tight and we had much difficulty
in keeping afoat. We were turned
over once BY others climbing on, but
generally managed to right ourselves.
"The scene was heartre.nding. The
boats were scattered and overcrowded
andSpeople were adrift. begging, plead
Ing and crying for help. We gathered
lumber and made our raft float. We
were picked up by one Of the, boats
returning from shore. l cannot speak
too highly Of the officers and crew."