The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-20

water so fast that she could not answer
/ her helm. Then I called the mate and
Z ordered the boats. This was done and
( they were loaded with passengers.
/ Many passengers jumped overheard
! Wtsh life prese2Vers on ] jumped over
3 board and was in the water two hours
/ and a quarter before securing piece
/ OF wreckage.
/ the pilot also stated that many of
the men acted badly. attempting TO
jump into the boats before they had
/ been launched. Had it not been for
+ this crowding and rushing he thinks.
all would have been saved. with the
/ possible exception OF those who did
not get out OF their state rooms. among
whom were Andrew Heating and his
/ two sons, Arthur and Julius, of Los
Angeles The crew, on the other hand.
/ behaved splendidIy and looked to the
{ safety Of the passengers.
AFTER the boats had been launched
{ me crew turned their attention to the
raTus, but these also were rushed. and
after they had been launched some Of
the crew had to swim for wreckage,
as there were too many on the RATS.
/ de believes the vessel sank in twenty
three fathOms and that the boiler did
not explode, but that the woodwork
I was car1ied away by a rush of water
and air. He figures tIgt forty-two per
sons We're drowned.
Experiences Of Passengers.
A number of passengers tell Of thrill
/ ing experiences by them during the dis
aster 70 the Islander. NJ. Blumauer IF
Portland, Ore, who was bringing out
saucnel containing S14 900 in KlOndike
gold, rushed up to the upper deck when
/ the boat was settling by the head, and
Z Captain F'OOte told him there was little
danger. soon there was a rush for
/ the boats, aud when he was boarding
I the ntebOat, he was afraid to throw
/ his satchel of gold down from the deck
7 into the boat before steadying down
{ into place, for fear that the weight Of
the gold would stave a hole through the
bottom Of the IifebOaI and thus cause
/ the loss of the lives Of those in the boat
as well as losing his own chances of
safety He concluded 40 abandon his
gold, and dropping the satchel on tha
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 Starten Of Winnipeg also
dropped a satchel laden with 81 600
gold, and a friend lost his portmanteau
with $4,000 in gold in it, and each es-
capped TO tell the story: while one man
who had just come out from the Klon-
dixie (hls name could not be learned) IS
reported 10 have taken his portmanteau
from the care of the purser, Mr. Bish-
OF and with the grip, containing dust
amounting to sac 600 in value, grasped
firmly in his hands, jumped from the
sinking steamer TO the boat close by,
and failing TO reach the boat, he went
down, together with his treasure, to
rise no more.
His Wife Was Drowned.
United States Consul A. J. Smith
{ VINO was q passenger on the steamer
/ queen, saw DR. Phillips of Seattle at
Juneau. DR.. Phillips told him that al
Z though he had aSca ned with hi ovr-,,
4 NE, ne 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
/ 10 get up ana see what the cause of the
sIOppage was. He demurred at first
I but hearing people moving on the deck
! he got up and told his wife to dress
[ Immediately. When they got out from
I their room the steamer was sinking
I and before they could jump from the
/ deck his wife and child were caught in
/ the suction Of one Of the ventiiators
l and were drawn down
| DR.. Phillips was also drawn into the
VentilatOr but was caught by The head
at the top and escaped being drawn
down TO death His eve was Severelv
/ cut by the ventilator. He went down
1 with the steamer and caught hold Of
some Wreckage, from which he was at
terWard rescued When resusCl-ated
/ he called for his wife and child. and
7 man VI O-As III -llc DOQN UL MS AlLLlE girl
/ to him. He was left at Juneau. refus-
! ing to leave until his wife's body was
I found
/ n. A. BoIcourt, NJ. P. and c. c. Ray
/ OF OTTAWA were travelling companions
/ on trip to Dawson. Mr.. BelcOurt
/ said the steamer was running at full
speed, and while possibly no fog had
| been encountered up to or Immediate
( " preceding the collision, there was
dense fog all around when the acct
. n T-wcr4 d..
did not think anything very serious had
happened, and as the boat appeared TO
/ be keeping on its way he thought of
again retiring to bed. from which he
mad arisen when the shock was felt
presently ne heard a cOmmO-
ton among the passengers and felt a
humping motion OF the steamer. On
/ trying to open his state room door he
was unable 20 do So Mr.. Ray tried,
and was also unsuccessful. The con .
cussion had evidently jammed the
framework of the cabin, which caught
] the doors ike a wise.
Climbed Out Of Window.
Mr.. Belc0urt and Mr.. Ray got out of
/ the window. The former returned 10
procure life preserver. but falling to
I ind one Immediately, got out again
/ and, getting up on the railing of the
steamer, Instantly jumped to a boat
that he saw below. He was about one
OL sue -dSL men 40 leave the steamer,
and nos more than few minutes
/ elapsed from the time he got out of his
cabin first until he made his leap in
| the dark. Fortunately he alighted on
/ the shoulders Of one of the passengers
in the last boat 10 leave the steamer
Messrs- Beicourt and Ray were in the
small boa one hour and a half before
reaching shore. which was, however,
not more than q mile away. but owing
to the fog, could not be made out The
first boats to reach the shore were di-
I rected there by the sound of falling
water.
The case of Mrs. Ross is a peculiarly
sad one. She eft Victoria a short time
ago to JOIN her husband. who has re-
/ Gently BEEN appointed governor of the
/ Yukon territory. Tt is only few days
/ since she left her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
/ John Msckay Of Kingston street, Vic
+ toria. where she has been visiting for a
+ few months, TO take up her residence in