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

The members of the crew lost are:

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In" members OF the crew lost are:
apt. Foote: Georg" Allan. third engineer;
hoTare smith; second steward; ;. J. Fits
III, WI nitmIn'H h,,'h n"@atr anu
men Kendall amy raII.. Im,, Har5 n'.orJ
pantryman: two walters: 6. Miller, bar
Der: v Law. NJ. T.: Hugh Porter coal
pa>ser.
There was S275.0OO in gold on the
steamer. 100000 Of which WAS carried
by Passengers. H. H. Hart, who has
spent sixteen wears in the kluntlikr. los
So. 900 III dust.
Some say chat Cant. Foa.e reached .
raft, tut when he saw the extent Of the
disaster jumped overheard.
George Mel. Brown. executive agent
Of the Canadian Pacific railway. after
interviewing The officers and passengers
who returned, said: The pur>l.r j. re-
naming in the north attending To the for
warding If through passengers II is i'm
possible to give an exact list Of thos,. lost.
but from the fact that ll3 We're saved
the number los. must hr very much be-
low tn" figures mentioned. In my opjn-
ion the loss Of life viii not exceed
twenty"
Story of a Survivor.
', - m. Il, 49,. .,.,...,
p;; - ."'- lil',.l,'
~, 49, No.. . ,,,l.,.,,,,,,. 80.
III, ~ ir,-;rn6tfor ~ an accident was
the rushing Of passengers on deck which
WOKE me up. got mp Went out 81 ne
cabin and saw the steamer SINKING M IN
bow. | woke my partner mp and W.
dressed. BY this time she was sail lower
in the water. BY the time l Coz out of
the cabin tn" water was about the Smuk-
ing-room floor. | went on the upper deck
were gone | saw Il raft in the water
with eight or ten people on i. slid
down the rome on the raft and soon after
ward the stern sank and sucked the raft
and the people down. We were SOM
time under water but | held on AMI
when the raft came up only two of Us
were left. We hailed two men and e
Chinam0n who were swimming and cot
tbn,n ahnorJ Nv This time he steamer
had snn, ont Of sight. Many people hung
on to the raft. AZ different times. but it
vas moi alright and we had murn diff
rnI+y in Keeping atloat. We We're turned
over once by others climbing on, but gen
nroIlv managed 10 right ourselves. The
scene was hpartrending The boats were
scattered and overcrowded and people
We're adrHI, peGEIhH' l,4gaullE anu 81 ~
~ - -. aao- W. wnrn nirk"J m hy
"tI -. ro+uroinC IRON, sborn 7
oLi 49,, ~ nnoaI. TOO bighIv Of The Officers
OIL ,r,.ry
Relatives At INC
The loss Of the Islander with 50 large
a proportion Of her passengers and crew
was u terriDl" shock to people here:
Many OF the lost We're We'll known and
had families IN tins city. he news
was particularly sudden, "a the steamer
had been expected and many relatives
and friends of the victims We're at IN"
dock awaiting her, arrival when the
Queen came III win the news
The officers and passengers Wh" cam"
down cStlm9te the loss OF IRE at about
SiXty-hVe ana give the greatest praise 10
the officers for the manner IN which they
acted under the most trying rtrGHm-
stances. In" officers state that had tn"
passengers not rushed the boats the loss
of lif" would have been very small. II,
IN fact. any At all were lost.
Word Of the disaster reached Tread
Well 1t $50 a. m by a party Of passcn-
gers headed by the chief engineer. who
walked up the beach. a distance of TWEEN
ty-ive miles, to appeal to the city for