Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-19
If ISLANDER
] HTS AN ICEBERG
Few Minutes After the
Collision
,,cry OR MORE LIVES LOST
80, occurred or douglas Island
Ia''" boiler Exploded as the
steamer went Down

..,dsco. Cal, Aug. 1S.-A spe-
- chronicle from Victoria, b.
"'s .o,er Islander, the flagship OF
', IN feet and the largest and
.ssenger steamer on the We
~ ,sgmay route, collided with an
Il Douglas island, Alaska
~ Asr way south with the largest
., nassengers that she mas
s'M ace she was replaced on the
a''1 49, months ago, and sank within
.,nutas after striking. capt
master, and about 60 persons
~ passengers and members OF
49, vsre drowned. To add to
Z CIV, Of the terrible disaster, her
Z l9'i o~yploaed as she went down,
afn e ,te Seatb Of many OF those
a'sns ' struggling in the water, me
. ~ IN skagway on the evening OF
~ .,...aoy last and was proceeding our
i.an canal when the collision DC,
VI" Most of the passengers ana
~ N The crew who were In bed
~g IAN awakened by the shock.
n IS snritv cot out on deck in time
saved in the boats when were
~ manned. but a large number
I,wp in their state rooms. Some
,l ' Survivors arrived here last eV-
~ he steamer which passed over
- s. N Of the appalling disaster on
Waving evening, and picked them
y Juneau, to which city they hau
x. 'r rags came as a terrible blow to
s,l'sns OF Victoria, many OF the
:. s"ine well known and having ram
n tbls city, and was particularly
sisD rs the steamer had been eX-
80 and many were awaiting her
l..,sl When the Queen came In with
4. NV" ,srs II was impossible tonight TO
'.,p complete list Of the dead as
prur Bishop remained at Juneau 10
.s,,s 10 the forwarding of the passen-
y, and kept the ships papers win
X Ne sent a letter TO Mr.. vincent
,~,,sry Of the company, but gave
M iew names Of those who had been
N and no details Of the wreck.
NJ officers and passengers who came
Am we're likewise unable TO give any
N very incomplete list. All esti-
~ me- loss Of life at about 50 and
4, me greatest praise to the officers
X Ne manner in which they acted un-
\, te most trying circumstances. The
.ssrs on the other hand, state that
M he passengers not rushed the
ysls the loss OF life would hay been
WI small II, in fact, any at all were
n The survivors were landed on
nosrlas island, and the mate was sent
h Juneau for help, the steamers
T,ssIe and Lucy responding and TAX
!, them to Juneau A small amount
I Ne GOLD on board was saved. The
s.ksgseontaining SlO,OOOwas left in the
ussrs safe, the balance In his pos
sxon being returned before the
ganer sank
he city council Of Juneau acted IN
hmony, with open hearts and level
hi3s secured Decker's hall, which was
haiy constructed into lunch room
M resting place, where cold nerve
hitsed unf0Ttunates from the wreck
tgi warm up with hot coffee and
Eilble foods The words Of commen-
ain and gratitude from the men and
Intn Of the rescued party for the
geing OF Juneau homes; the words OF
erIathy, and the extended help in
E.:iantlal ways, prove that the peo-
j Of Juneau hold good the reputation
generosity in meeting an emergency
giAls kind
STORY OF THE WRECK.
Victoria, BIC, Aug. l9,--United States
.otsul Smith Of Victoria, who was
aseagers on the steamer Queen from
l.hau to Victoria. CLEANED the follow
y story Of the wreck Of the steamer
sander which struck an iceberg off
Nsglas Island last Thursday. from the
iNyoE forty Of whom were passen-
~ On the Queen:
TIE Islander left sksgway for Vic
"a on Wednesday evening the 18TH.
t'p. No. With l2b passengers and a
ss Of 81 men on board and ten or
ua'e siowaways All went well, the
sanef making her usual record OF 10
.1s an hour until 3 a. m. on Thurs
Y morning until Juneau was passed
y NE south end Of Douglas island
= reached Then suddenly the steam
aeouniered an obstruction said TO
" Been an Iceberg and stopped with
EiA which aroused many OF the
h.lhg passengers.
fuoI Lablonde was in charge Of the
s '.stf az the time and went lmmedl-
ssl 70 the dining room, where capt.
s.SE was having breakfast and noti-
1. am Of The trouble. As soon as the
~ Struck water rushed In forward
-. teN volumes and the pilot advised
:, ~ ue vessel be run on the beach.
:. yer half a mile distant. at once.
az ls lhe captain objected, saying
n n u'aeh was TOO abrupt. He thought
~, ~ was no immediate danger, but
NV. l tun a few miles further down
\, ~ ne Knew there was a good land
A. l5 captain assured several passen-
al "a NEE tneie vas no immediate danger.
~, u .i they could go back to bed, and
N. .as INST officer down TO examine.
49, l'eer reported there was great
49, ana urged that the vessel be
a. az once. The first officer oIs
A. ~ 'he boats Jet down, bur this or
N, - tolhiermanded by the captain.
,T,,. ao9e'er. finally realized the seri-
q, A.. ui he situation and allowed
l,,, ~. soncer 10 get down the boats.
hi, ,'nt me passengers. aroused TO
~ ~ appeared on deck and
n, 80 va made 70 the purser by those
t.tl- gwen him treasure for safe.
A.. -. rurser Bishop handed ali out
~ ~, I"o bags " $4,000 each. which
q wy Ivy claimed and went down with
~ 'ss'el The bow Of the steamer
+. my sank and twenty minutes from
l,8', ~. y struck the front deck was
,,f,, . water and the stern. with pro-
lH gssi ~ .iuader was high in the air
lt'l N. 'P'aln remained on the bridge
% rg s ,esl and finally jumped on a
tH y where he stayed a few min
sf,., ,asn tn steamer dove forward
giai,,o ll Of sight As it ala so an
u t,is occurred and the captain losr
Csss,slaa..i,h we lie raa and sank.
ly,s .lelable difficulty was experl-
% A,, asoertaining the location OF
.rs,,s uough II was only a short
l,,sa,,sa away owing 10 the dense foe
10 d. Finally Preston. Of Seattle
e L, v,sshi Who, with his bride. was
ris n ing trip. both OF whom were
MA 49,. .s last boat which left IN,
sell ss 49, q, water trickllng down the
t.-io,i all ihe boats reached shor.
~ vs,s, Jumped on the steamer into
rb q 4 \ ah1 we're rescued ,herefr r',,o
n, ,,,s NJ q exhaustion from he IN.
~ ,.- ~, Several were recovered onh
tI.s I 90 five hr,,.. N"'f