The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-30

j. =. penot. j. Bleason, II. W. Ander-
son. r. Castieburg, A. kaisch. Il. Koch
var. -. Beriker +. l.. Spinks, w. q.
Preston and wife A. NJ. Blumaer. c.
poyle, j. r. Brian Two waters. Miller,
the barber; n. Law. NJ. =. Jock, Porter
and Maran, coal passers, were also saved.
+. G.. Hinde Bowker, late manager OF
the British American Corporation of Lon
don, who was a passenger, says:
SAW THE STEAMER SINKING.
My first intimation of an accident was
the rushing of passengers on deck, which
woke me up. / was in a cabin with Mr.
Maghten. | got up. went out of the
cabin and saw the steamer sinking at
the bow. ! woke my partner up and We
dressed. BY this time she was still lower
in the water. By the time ] got out of
the cabin the water was abreast of the
smoking-room floor. | went on the up
per deck, followed by my partner and
saw that the boats were gone. | went
to a fall hanging davit By this time
only the stern was out of water. / saw
a raft in the water with eight or ten
people on II.
Il slid down the rope to the raft and
soon as | got on, the stern of the
steamer sank and sucked the raft and
people down. We were some time under
water, but held on, and when 1t came
up only two of us were left. We hailed
two men who were swimming and got
them aboard, also Chinaman. BY this
, time the steamer had sunk out of sight.
Many eoplethung to the raft at different
times, but II was not air-tight, and we
had much difficulty in keeping afioat
We were turned over once because of
others climbing on, but generally man
aged to- right ourselves.
CRIES OF THE DROWNING
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boats were scattered and overcrowded,
and people were adrift pleading and cry
ing for help. We gathered lumber and
made our raft float. We were picked
up by one of the boats returning from
shore. / cannot speak too highly Of the
officers and crew."
Pilot Lablond. who had charge of the
steamer at the time she struck says:
"The night was fine and as We always
expect to meet ice, a sharp lookout was
kept. About 2:4s a. M the crash came
The boat was under full speed and no ice
was in sight and there was no fog. The
fatal berg was no doubt even with the
, water. After she struck l stopped thu
engines. Then Captain Foote appeared
with the night watchman, who reported
the ship leaking forward. / told Captain
? Foote that we had better head for tn
B., beach, but the ship was taking waite
$ Then I called the mate and ordered tn
boats out This was done and they wer
loaded with passengers. Many passen
gers jumped overheard with life-preserv
ers on. | jumped overheard and was Il
the water two hours and quarter befor
securing a piece of wreckage."
There was sy75,0O0 in gold on the steam m
. ler, 100000 of which was carried by pas
sengers. II. II. Hart, who has spent six
. teen years in the Klondike. lost $4,000 Il
3. dust Some say that Captain Foot
= reached raft, but when he saw the ex
. tent of the disaster he jumped overheard
:. No accurate list will be available unit
!, the arrival of the purser ON the steame
,. Farallon tomorrow.
= George Mel Brown, executive agent c
d the Canadian Pacific Railroad, after ir
J. terviewing the officers and passenger
:. who returned, said
!. | The purser is remaining in the Mort
l, attending to the forwarding of til
!. through passengers. 1t is impossible
=. give an exact list of those lost, but fro
\, the fact that 1l3 were saved the numb'
!. lost must be very much below the figure
7. mentioned. In my opinion the loss of Ii
!. will not exceed twenty"
?. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.