The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-20

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Soon there was rush for the boats
and when he was boarding the life
boat he was afraid to throw his
satchel Of gold down from the deck
into the boat before getting down
into a place, for fear that the weight
of the gold would stave hole through
Of the lives Of those in the boats, as
well as losing his own chances Of
safety. He concluded to abandon his
gold, and dropping the satchel on the
deck he slid down into the water and
was hauled to the boat, thankful to
have his life saved, though he lost his.
| treasure.
Sam Stanten of Winnipeg also drop
| ped a satchel laden with $4,000 in
gold, and a friend lost his portman-
teau with $4,000 in gold in it, and
they escaped to tell the story; while
one man, who had just come ont
from Klondike (his name could not
| be learned) is reported to have taken
a portmanteau from the care Of the
purser, Mr.. Bishop, and with the grip
and gold dust amounting tos$40,000 in
value, grasped firmly in his hand,
jumped from the sinking steamer to
a boat close by and failing to reach
the boat, he went down with his treas
ure to rise no more.
United States Consul A. j. Smith,
who was a passenger on the steamer
| Queen saw DR.. Phillips Of Seattle at
Juneau. DR.. Phillips told him that
he had lost his wife and child, the
doctor insisted that no one called at
his room, but he felt the sudden stop
page, and says that his wife told him
to get up and see what the cause of
| the stoppage was. He demurred at
first, but hearing people moving on
deck he got up and told his wife to
dress Immediately. When they got
from their room the steamer was
sinking, and before they could jump
from the deck, his wife and child were
caught in the suction of ventilator
and were drowned. DR.. Phillips was
/ also drawn into ventilator, but was
caught by the head at the top and
escaped being drawn down to death.
His eye was severely cut by the venti-
lator. He went down with the steam
er but caught hold of some wreckage,
from which he was afterward rescued.
/ When resMsciated he called for his
/ wife and child and man brought the
body of his little girl to him. He was
left at Juneau, refusing to leave until
his wife's body was found
N. A. Belcourt of Ottawa and Geo.
Ray of Ottawa were asleep when the
accident happened. Being unable to
open their stateroom door, they broke
i out through window and jumped
from the upper deck into life boat
!. A passenger who arrived by the
Queen says that on Thursday morn.
ing when the tide turned it brought
a large quantity of debris from the
i wreck, including parts of cabin, stores,
statesrooms, trunks, etc. Indians loot
ed the wreckage, smashing the
trunks with axes and carrying off val
uables.
4 On Saturday evening concert was
given on the steamer Queen for the
sufferers and $633 was raised, which
was given into the care Of United
States Consul A. j. Smith of Victoria
who was passenger on the Queen
Chief Engineer Brownlee was pick.
ed up by a small boat after being in
the water for hours. Search was con
4 tinued for other victims and the boat
was soon filled with living and dead
! and then made for the shore. Hele
efforts were made to resuscitate those
overcome by cold, some of which
were successful, and others futile
/ Mr.. Brownlee, the mate, and several
others, got into a boat and started to
pull for the Treadwe!! mines, two OF
three miles away. The current was
too strong for the weak, eneryased
men, and the chief engineer landed
and walked to the mines. He told his
story to the manager, who immediate
ly dispatched two small steamers to
the scene.
| BY the time he returned, the CHIEF
engieer said, the little steamer Flos
sic had already loaded up with the
bodies Of the dead, and with this grue
some cargo, was about to start fol
Buena. He boarded the steamer and
arrived safely at the Alaskan town.
i N. A. Belcourt, NJ. P. and General
i C. Ray of, Ottawa, were travelling