The sun., 1901-08-20
SXTY-SX LIVES LOST.
Crack Alaskan Liner Was Sunk by an
Iceberg.
FIERCE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
The PiIo, Declares That Had the
Passengers Not Given Why to
Panic Most Of Them Would
Have Been Saved.

Alaskan liner, off Douglas island last
Thursday morning. Among the pas
,engers lost were the following:
Mrs. Ross, wife of the governor OF
the Yukon territory, her child and
niece; DIR. John Duncan, Victoria, y.
c.; w. G. Preston and bride, Seattle;
II. Mills, Victoria; Mrs. j. G. Hender-
son, Victoria; w. III. Keating and two
SONS, Los Angeles, CAL; J. V. Douglas,
Vancouver; Mrs. Phillips and child,
Seattle; j. v. Fall, Victoria; Mrs. Mich
olson, wife of Captain Nicholson; Mrs.
w. Smith. Vancouver; J. A. Bethan,
Vancouver; Mrs. ]. l.. Wilcox, Seattle;
+. burke, ii. T. Burke, f. A. Doll and
two children, II. Porter and Neil Falk.
Following Is a list of the members of
the crew lost: Captain Foote, George
Allan, third engineer; Horace Smith.
second steward; s. j. Pitts, cook; two
Cinnamon, Buckhooder and Burke,
oilers; two firemen, A. Kendall, saloon
waiter; Joe Bard, second pantryman:
two walters, G. Miller, barber; y. Law,
NJ. p. Jock, and Porter and Moran, coal
passers.
The PassenGers' Story.
United STATES Consul Smith or VIC
toria, who was n passenger on the
Queen from Juneau to Victoria, Cleaned
the following story of the wreck from
among 40 survivors who were also pas
sengers on the Queen.
"The Islander left Skagway for Vie.
toria OH Wednesday evening, the 14th,
at o p. m, with 125 passengers and
crew of I'll men on board and 10 or II
stOwaways. All went well, the steamer
making her usual record of ID knots an
hour until mt S o'clock Thursday morn
ing. when juneau was passed and the
south end of Douglas island was
reached. Then suddenly the steamer
encountered an obstruction, said to
have been an iceberg, and stopped with
Jerk, which aroused many OF the
sleeping passengers.
Captain FoOte was. having break
fast, and the pilot notified him of the
trouble. When the vessel struck, wa
and the pilot advised that the vessel be
run on the beach, not over half mile
distant. TO this the captain objected,
saying the beach was too abrupt. lie
thought there was no immediate dan
ger, but would run few miles farther
down where he knew there was a good
landing.
.The captain assured several passen-
gers there was no immediate danger
and that they could go back to bed and
sent the first officer down to examine
That officer reported there was great
danger and urged that the vessel bt
beached at once. The first officer or
dered the boats let down, but this or
der was countermanded by the captain
who, however, finally realized the seri
BUSINESS of the situation and allowed
the first Officer to get down the boats
Meanwhile the passengers. aroused II
their peril appeared OH deck, and :
rush was made to the purser, who ha'
been given much treasure for Saf
keeping. Purser Bishop handed al
out except two bags of 100000 eacl
which were not claimed and wen
down with the vessel.
Captain the Last to Leave.
"The bow of the steamer steadil
sunk, and 20 minutes later the prope
Ter and ruddrr were high in the a
and useless, but the captain RENAME
Oh the bridge until the last and final
Jumped on a life raft. When I'll
steamer went under, an explosion o.
cured. The captain lost his hold q
the raft and went under.
"OwiRg To a dense fog much ditlicu
ty was experienced in locating Il
shore. After awhile water was hear
trickling down the rocks, and all Il
boats reached shore. Many persol
u who jumped off the steamer We're re-
cued later only 10 die from eXhauSti'
and the intense cold. Several persol
recovered consciousness only after fo
or five hours hard work by their col
rades."
h All the rescued speak In high teri
y of the courage and assistance given
Z Chief Engineer Brownlee and First {
ficer Neuretsos. who saved sever
~ lives. The intense cold of the wat
7" caused severe cramps among maj
who We're on life RATS and resulted
death from the exposure. The bodi
of those dying in this manner turn
-, black.
,c The pilot Of the Islander says t
passengers completely lost their hea
m In the panic aboard the ship. He adj,
Il Had there not been such a rush
NJ believe we would have saved the II
n jority II not all the passengers,
though the time was short There W
~ room for all in the boats and in I
4" rafts, and had the passengers not act
-, on the principle of every man for hi
- self, as the majority did. the number
4. dead would probably not have been
~ large.
ps "rhey clambrred along the chai
Ie loosed away the tackle and, crowd
y. In, We're eagerly shouting Push off"
saw one fellow-I don't know who
r.. was-waving a hatchet and threaten
= to kill anybody who attempted
~, crowd into the boat in which he v
+, standing"