The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-08-24

ihaL moment tAt snip SUNK ana the am.
tain, leaping clear Of the wrr.l ~.
picked up by lifcboai. which .a ~..,'.
manner was overturned. The ul.J- a..
very misty and all hands wrr. i...,.I g.,
shift for themselves.
Nearly 200 People on Board,
United States Consul Smith Of Vi,
RIA. who was a passenger on the Quo,
from Juneau to Victoria. Cleaned t.t
following story of the wreck from II.
forty survivors who were passenger, -
the Queen.
The Islander left Skagway for Iii.
toria on "Wednesday evening. the 12ta. +.
20 clock. with l2J passengers. ,-....
or slXty-one men and ten or twelve >'..s.
aWayS. All went well. the steamer a..-
ing her usual record of fifteen knot, r,
htour, until at o'clock Thursday m9-...
ing, when juneau was passed ami -..
south end Of Douglass island VA,
reached Then suddenly the steamer ~
countered an obstruction, said to har.
been an iceberg, and stopped with a -
which aroused many Of the sleeping pI>-
s"ngers.
Pilot Lcblonde was in charge 81 ~.
steamer ut the time and went Immri. 4r.~
y INTO the dining room, where Car
"ote was having breakfast All
hotlhed him Of the trouble. A. 500.
as the vessel struck, water rushed r..
forward IN great volumes ana the p..,
beach, not over half mile distant. NJ
once. 10 this the captain objected, say
ing the beach was too abrupt II.
thought there was no immediate dang.
out would run Il few miles further down
where ne knew was a good landing.
Captains Fatal Mistake.
he captain assured several passea-
gers there was no immediate danger and
mar they could 20 back 10 bed and sent
-
officer reported there was great DANCE.
ana urged that the vessel he bcachcd a.
once. The first officer ordered the boats
let down, but this order was counter
mdnded by The captain, who. however.
finally realized the seriousness nf II.
situation and allowed the first officer -
ct down the boats. Meanwhile the pas
S"ngrTS. aroused To their peril, appHa""H
On deck and a rush was made to tn
pUr>rr. who had been given much trea~-
IRE FIR Safekecpng. Purscr BjsAu-
handed all ont except two bags NJ $40
Ho each. which were not claimed an!
Went down with The vessel. The bow II
IN" steamer steadily sunk and twcu'-
minutes later the propeller and rud!ac
were high - tlc air and useless.
TIL" captain remained on the bTil-.
until the last and finally jumped on
life raft. When the steamer went uni.-
an explosion occurred. The captain los.
his hold on the raft and went under
Owing to dense fog much difficult
was experienced in aScertaining the loca-
tion "f the shore. After tim" watrr
was heard trICklIn- down the rocks, and
NIL tn" boats reached shore. Many per.
sons who jumped off the steamer wera
rescued later, only u die from eXhaI,.
ton and the intense cold. Several p"r-
sons recovered consciousness only after
four or tiyn hours hard work 10y ,l.-
comrades"
All the rescued speak in high term, n
the courage AMI assistance given III
Chief Engineer Browulec ana Fir~t ON
rgr NrurotScS. who saved several lives
The intense cold Of the water caused So
we're cramps among many VIII wrr. p
NE RATS and resulted in dcath fir @ Tn.
exposure. The bodies of those Gy.u. III
this manner turned black
Lost His Gold but Saved His Life.
NJ NJ. Rrumbauor Of Portland. o..
had Sl4.NrO in gold dust in his Sat.a-,
hut promptly abandoned it. tumbling G'r
the water. was rescued. u. II. Hart I
klondikr had 10000 in gold dust. which
he abandoned whom he jumped into I'll.
,ISt boat and reached shore safely. VI
NJ. ManI.n of Winnipeg dropprE HI,
satchel containing $1,000 and a .-.riI
left $1,000 behind
Another KlonIiker, whose name is not
given, IS reported % have taken his port
manteau, containing $4,000 in gold du~t.
from the prrSer and jumped from tn.
sinking steamer To a boat which he failed
- reach. Both the man and his treasure
sank.
At juneau Consul Smith saw Dr. Phil
lips of Seattle, who ESCAPED but who lost
his wife and child. The doctor insisted
no On" called AT MS stateraOm to warn
him IF the disaster impending. Or.
Phillips remained at Juneau endeavoring
TO recover the body Of his wife
Pilot laRlonde. who had charge OF the
steamer, said
The night was fine. As we always
expect II meet ice sharp lookout was
kept. About 2:4S the crash came. Thu
boat was under full speed and no ice WIS.,
in sight and there was no fog. The fl
tai berg was, no doubt. even with The
water. After struck | stopped The
engines. Capt. F0ote appeared with tn.
night watchman. who reported the >hIp
leaking forward. | told Capt. Footc tul-
We had better hold for the beach. hu.
the ship was making water so fast in.
would not answer her helm.
Passengers Jump Overheard.
"1hcn | called the mate and ordered
the boats. This was done and they w.ra
loaded with passengers. Many pasS,.r-
gers jumped overheard with life presrrT-
crS on | jumped overheard and was IN
the water over two hours before securing
piece Of wreckage. The Islander wa,
the largest passenger vessel Of the Cam.
dian Pacific Navigation company. II Va,
built ut Glasgow and cost over 5000. 900
The vessel arrived at Victoria on Drcom.
her .. lSSS, and was put on the Victoria
Vancouver trade. occasionally going -
Alaska and the Columbia river.
The Islander was a twin screw steam
or 30 feet long. IL feet beam and lis
hold; possessed Of great speed: had ar-
comm0datjons for several hundred pas
sengers and large freight capacity.