The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-08-23

10 jumped overheard. No accurate liz
Of Tho deAd win b available until tn
arrival Of The purssr on the steame
FArrallon tomorrow.
George Mel Brown. agent Of tn
Canadian Pacific. after interviewing
the passengers who returned. said:
| Tho purser II remaining In tn,
north attending to tho forwarding d
passenGerA II u said he gave : partia
list Of those lost. but II u thought 1t Il
below the figures mentioned. 1t IL my
opinion tha& tbs los Of life will moi
exceed TO-
WORD Of the disaster reached Tread
we'll 1t S:35 = m. by = party Of passen,
gers beaded BY An engineer. who walk.
~ up the beach distance Of Is miles
TO appeal to the city for help. The
Trsadwell steamers Lucy and Jenniker
and tho juneau steamer Flossie prompt
~ responded.
Tho Flossie arrived from the scene
OF wreck 1t IL O'Clock with her nag 1t
half mast and elk dad bodies on board.
and tho surviving passeneers- The de-
scription Of the disaster by the surviv-
ors II heartrcnding- They say that the
islander struck m iceberg and 20 -
we're was the shock that every door was
jAmmed fast In the Statero0ms and the
Inflated passengers. numbering LOT. and
the crew OF II. were forced to break
the windows 70 reach the deck.
Steward Simpson lost 10 in his de-
partment. and his description Of the
wreck Is clearly given He was awak- !
med by the shock and could not get /
tut OF his st2teroom until he broke out 1
Il the window. He reached the bridge.
vhere the pilot. Lablonde. was on
vatch. and. with the mate ordered out
he life boats The vessel was then
aking water fast and the chief enxi-
'ee- reported the pumps unable TO take
are Of the water. He also went below
nth an AZ. broke down the lower state
oom doors and stayed at this work ,
ntil the water forced him to 20 on the
PIPER deck. ,
BY this time the ships boats we're !
AIDED and had got away and while the !
ncers were getting out tho last life !
1T Captain Fo0te called to all hands
} clear the ship, ~ she was about to
, down. This was the captains last
der. - at the moment the ship sunk
ID the captain, leaping clear OF the :,
reck. was picked up by Z life boat. !.
hich in some manner Was overturned. !
he day was very misty. and all hands :,
ire made to shift for themselves .
Seattle. Wash. Aug IA bulletin =
the Post-InteIligencer from Victoria =
res the following list Of those lost In -
. sinking OF the islander:
The lost include "a passengers and - -
~. among them the following: =
Captain Foote; George Allen. third -
yineer; H. Smith, second steward;
J. Pitt, cook; two Chinese cooks; at
Buckholder. oiler: George Miller, IN
rber; Hugh Porter. coal passer; N. go
TX, saloon waiter; Mrs. W. J. Smith. so
wife of Governor Ross and Sc
ce; J. A. BIethen. Vancouver: Mrs.
l. Wilcox. Seattle; J. v. Douglas. OF I'M
lly, Douglas 4 Co, Vancouver; w. us
Heating and two sons Of Kokslla; an
cph Bard, second pantry man; A. INT
1dalls, night saloon man; one IRE ma
a. one coal passer, one waiter, names Sti
Lnown; w. G. Preston and bride Of lea
tile. Tut
he following bodies have been re- tw'
cred: to
r. John Duncan, Victoria: p. Burke. IN
?. Burke, H. Porter, Neil Folk, and the
children. ha,
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