The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-20
TELL STORY Of
SEA TRAGEDY
Survivors Of the Islander Re
late Terrible Experiences.
AT LEAST FORTY
TWO LIVES LOST
Conduct Of Panic-crazed Men
Adds to the Horror.


aster which overlook the steamer
Islander. for although the list of dead
has been reduced to forty-tvo. the re-
ports which reached Vancouver this
afternoon indicate there are still a num-
ceiveu here.
The day has been given 10 a discus
sion OF the accident 1t is said by some
mat II IS quite possible that the. steamer
struck on a rugged reef which runs out
from TanCallOn point. as few icebergz
are about in that part Of the sound.
they mostly finding their way out bv
Iaku Arm But ii must be remembered
/ Jnat Tor every foot of ice above water
there are seven feet under water. and
II is sometimes impossible for a navi-
gator 10 see one which his steamer fs
running on to.
All admit that by the time CAPTAIN
Foote reached the bridge il was too
| late TO beach the vessel. in fact. it was
impossible, as the propeller. was out Of
the water The crew, according TO the
/ evidence or all. acted splendidly and
( LETT the boats to the passengers. they
/ themselves being satisfied with pieces
/ OF Wreckage to cling to until picked I'D
/ Dy the boats. Captain FOOte did not
! jump from a raft, but was thrown OF
/ il when il Uapsized. and he went down.
/ as he could not swim a stroke.
/ Some or the passengers acted most in
/ hLmanely cutting the ropes as soon as
/ they got into the boats and pushing off
/ from the steamer. The chief criticism
I as 10 the operation OF the steamer is
/ that she should have been slowed down
as soon IS IL was found that she was
running into ice
According TO the stories told by some
Of the passengers, the proportion Of
women saved was small When the
survivors were brought ashore some Of
them were so numb and disheartened.
and had so little life left in them that
they begged to be left alone, or left to
their death
In addition to the names given in
first reports as having persisted are;
Mrs. ". Smith. Vancouver
J. A. Blethen, Vancouver.
Mrs j. L. Wilcox, Seattle.
Those Who Were Saved.
There is no complete list OF passen-
gers drowned, but the following are
contained in the official list Of Purser
Harry Bishop as having been saved
j. LOngmO. Seattle; II. r AIcBath,
Portland; A. l. Doyle, St. Louis. r. j.
March, Seattle; A FOsser, Vancouver;
O. W. Doyle. Seattle; f. Dediosh. Sc
attic. H ROal, Seattle, r. vi. Wright,
Seattle, Preston and bride. Seattle; II.
N. Morrison. Vancouver; L. +. Mark
we'll Seattle; DR.. Phillips, Seattle CKife
and child dr0Wned); :. Jameson. Van
cOuver, n COughley, Seattle: =. APP
pleburn, Victoria; n Pigeon, Van
couveri A. Pigeon, Vancouver; w. :.
Smith, Vancouver; T. d. Yemen, Sc
attic, Z. Il. Waller. Vancouver; g. II.
Sharman, Vancouver; J. L. COtter, Van
COuver. w. ". Power. Vancouver John
McFarlane, Vancouver; Thomas Know
les, Victoria II. Hart, Seattle; j. II.
SnOdgrass, Seattle. II. Brigham Sc
attic; l.. G. Stevens, Seattle; y. VII
kinsOn. Vancouver, A. Pluth, Seattle.
G. +. Brown, Seattle; L. S. Robe, Sc
attic: r. Ross. Seattle fWife drowned;
R Penat, Vancouver, r. Brissan, Van
cOUver; H. w. Anderson, Seattle; T.
Castlebery, A klelsEI- Seattle v. kOk1,
Seattle; J. L. Betham, Vancouver; Mr..
and Mrs. Bowman and boy, Vancouver,
c. Doyle, Vancouver T. H. Brown, Vic
toria; J. Z. BOusnan, Seattle; NJ
Dickey, Seattle p. Ridgeley. Seattle; j. .
Vancouver; NJ Nelland. Vancouver; F.
F. McNaughtOn. Vancouver j. Cocker,
Seattle. Joseph Cocker, Mr.. and Mrs.
MCLAUGHLIN and child, Seattle; T. n
Dennis. Seattle; E G. Condson, Seat
tie, c. G. Ray Ottawa, NJ. A. BelcOurt,
Vancouver: Mrs. WetmOre, Tacoma;
Mr.. and Mrs. Zahn, Seattle; Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwards. Mrs. E Mills, Seattle
husband drowned DR.. Mcfarland, Sc
attic: F. G. Hinde-BOWker. Vancouver;
J. K McLennan, Vancouver, j. @. Nor
gan. Vancouver j. O.. Henderson. Van
,ouver (wife drOwned)s J. J. Deane,
Vancouver; George Puddicumbe, Van
eouver; J. r. Snider, Vancouver; l.
Sill. Vancouver; J. D0uiu, Vancouver;
NJ. Green. Vancouver.
According to the statements Of pas
sengers arriving today, very few people
died on board the steamer but most
D. them persisted in the water and
around the RATS and ship as the latter
vent down. Those in the water suf-
fered terribly from exposure. among
them Captain FOOte. sUccumbing and
sinking from sheer exhaustion
How the Wreck Occurred.
United states Consul Smith Of
Victoria, who was a passenger on the
steamer Queen from juneau to Vic
Cria, CLEANED the following story Of
he wreck from the survivors forty Of
y HON were passengers on the Queen
Theh Islander left SkdEWay for Vic
CTia on Wednesday evening, the 18th,
D. p m, with 20 passengers and a
rev Of siNty-one men on board and
eE or twelve stOWaWays- All went
ven, the steamer making her usual rec
rrd Of fifteen knots an hour until at
2. m. on Thursday morning. when
Juneau was passed and the south enc
II Douglas island was reached Then
uCdenly the steamer encountered an
obstruction said TO have been an ice
.erg and stopped with a jerk which
reused many Of the sleeping Dassen-
eTs.
Pilot LablOnde was in charge Of the
teamer at the time and went imme-
lately to the dining room, where Cap
ain FOote was having breakfast and
gifted him Of the trouble As soon
s the vessel struck, water rushed in
onward in great volumes, and the pilot
dvised that the vessel be run on the
each, not over half a mile distant. at
zee. To this the captain objected.
aging the beach was too abrupt. He
bought there was no immediate dan
ct, but would run a few miles fur
good landing
The captain assured several passen-
ers there was no immediate danger
nd that they could go back TO bed,
nd sent the first officer down 20 ez-
mine. That officer reported there was
reat danger and urged that the vessel
e beached at once. The first officer
rdered the boats let down. but this
-der was cOUuteFmanded by the cap