The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-08-23
ALASKA BOAT HENT DOM
steamer Was struek ~ N IeeAerg-
A Number Of Lives saveA-stxty
F<rs~ns Aheara-several Wen
Known People Aneng the Lest.

Victoria. b. c.. Aug. 1s.-The steam
ar Islander. the crack passenger steam
er OF the Alaskan route, operated b
the Canadian Pacific Navigation com
pAny Of this city. struck an iceberg Of
Douglas island ct 2 = m on the morn
ing Of Thursday last and went to tn,
bottom, carrying IS to 50 souls, tnclud
ing passengers and members Of tn
crew. Some the survivors arrived
this evening BY the steamer Queen
They report that ~ the Islander went
down her boilers exploded. causing the
death Of many who might have escap
cd Captain Foote was ON the bridge
when the vessel struck and stayed
there, going down with his steamer.
The Islander was ON her way from
Skagway to Victoria.
Among the passengers lost ON the
Islander were Mrs. Ross. wife OF Gov
ernor James A. Ross Of the Yukon ter
ritory, her child and niece: DR.. John
Duncan OF this city. W. g. Preston and
bride Of Seattle, F. Mills, Mrs. ]. c.
Henderson. W. H. Heating and two sons
OF this city and Los Angeles, Cal, J. v.
Douglas Of Vancouver. Mrs Phillips
and child Of Seattle. Mrx Bell and Mr..
Captain Nickerson. Mrs. W. Smith. Van
couver; J. A. Blethen. Vancouver; Mrs
J. L. Wilcox, Seattle.
The members OF the crew lost are
Captain F0ote, George Allen, third en-
gineer; Horace Smith. second steward;
s. J. Pitts, cook; two Chinese; Buck /
holder and Burte, oilers; two firemen.
one coal passer, Night Saloon Watch
man Kendall. Joe Beard. second pan
tryman; two walters. G. Miller. the
barber; N. l. Law. H. p Jock. Porter
and Moran, coal passers-
F. G. Hinde-Bowker. late manager OF Il
the British American corporation Of
london. who Wa = passenger. says:
Ny hrst intimation Of an accident
vas the running of passengers on deck
which woke me mp. was in cabin
With Mr. Muchtin- got up, looked out '
4 the cabin and saw the steamer sink
ng at the bow. woke my partner mp
nd We dressed. BY this time she was {
till lower in the water. BY the time :
got out of the cabin the water was {
bout level with the smoking room
DOR. | went on the upper deck, fol- G
owed by my partner, l saw the boats
rere gone; | went to the side. but at e
his time only the stern was out Of wa =
sr. saw = raft in the water with +
lEht or ten people on it. I slid down o
rope on to the raft and as soon a.
OF on the raft the stern Of the steam '
: sank and sucked the raft and people n
Dwn- We were some time under wa J.
=, but ! held on and when tho raft
lme up only two OF us were left. We =
allied two men who were swimming "
I'd got them aboard, also a Chinamau. X
y this time the steamer had sunk out m
sight Many people hung onto the u
II at different times, but 1t was not y
r tight and we had much dificultyl
'eping anoat. We were turned over CO
zee by others climbing on, but gener-
" managed to right ourselves. h
The scene was heartrending. The II
ats were scattered and overcrowdeti
d people were adrift begging, plead
8 and crying for help. We gathered
mber and made our raft float We VI
re picked up by one Of the boats re- pr
rning from shore. can not speak SCI
highly Of the ofIicers and crew." sal
There was @275,000 In gold on the cal
amer 100000 Of which was carried mo
passengers. H. H. Part, who has igr
INT is years in the Klondike, lost
1000 IN dust.
There was q heavy for at the time (
4 Pilot Le Blanc was on the bridge. Of
plain Foote was at lunch. When he Phi
lrd the crash, he ran on deck and s.
Mt down with the ship. 1t IL said, int,
Wever, that he reached Z raft, but his
IN be saw the extent Of the damage and