New-York tribune., 1901-08-20


and picked them up at Juneau, 10 which city
they had been taken.
Among the passengers lost on the Islander
were:
BETHAN :. A. Ct Vancouver.
BURKE. P.
BURKE. II P
DUNCAN Dr.. John. Of Victoria. B c
DOUGLAS. J. V, of Vancouver.
DOLL. T. A. snd two children
PAIL. J w q Victoria
FALK. Neil
HENDERSON. Ms. J c. Of Victoria.
HEATING. ". H. and o. Los Angeles
MILLS. T. 4 Victoria
NICHOLSON. Mrs wife Of Captain.Nicholson.
PHILLIPS, Mrs. and child, Of Seattle.
PRESTON ". c.. and bride Of Seattle.
PORTER. H.
ROSS Mrs wife Of the Governor Of Yukon Territory.
child and niece.
SMITH Mrs. ". of Vancouver
WILCOX. Mrs. J. L, OF Seattle
The members Of the crew lost are Captain
Foote. George Allan, third engineer; Horace
Smith. second steward; s J. Pitts, cook; Buck
hooder and Burke, oilers: a. Kendall, waiter;
..Joe- Bard. pantryman: G. Miller. barber; n.
law NJ. P. Jock. Porter and Moran, coalpassers;
two Cinnamon. two fremen and TWO walters
The news came as a terrible blow TO the peo-
Me u Victoria, many Of the lost being well
known and having families in this city Ihe
steamer had been expected. and many were
with the news. It is impossible at present to
obtain complete list Of the dead. as Purser
Bishop remained at Juneau TO attend TO the
forwarding Of the passengers, and Kept the
shir's papers with him. The officers say that
had the passengers not rushed TO the ooats the
loss Of life would have been very small Ihe
survivors were landed on Douglas ls!ano' ana
the mate vas sent 10 Juneau for help 1he
steamers Flossie and Lucy responding and tax
ing them 70 Juneau. a small amount OF the
$4,000 IN gold on board was saved
The City Council Of Juneau promptly secured
Decker's Hall. which was hastily converted into
a luncheon room and resting place, where the
survivors could warm up with hot coffee and
suitable food
STORIES OF THE SURVIVORS
Tinted States Consul Smith, Of Victoria, VINO
was ? passenger on the queen from Juneau to
Victoria CLEANED the following story Of the
wreck from among forty survivors who were
Messengers on the Queen;
The Islander left Skagway for Victoria on
Wednesday evening, the 18th, al g p. Hl' with
los messengers and a crew Of sixty-one men on
hoard. and ten or twelve stowaways. All Went
well the steamer making ner usual record OF
fifteen knots an hour. until after O'Clock on
Thursday morning, when Juneau was passed
and the south end Of Douglas Island was
tered an obstruction. said 10 have been an ice
berg. and stopped with a jerk which aroused
many OF the sleeping passengers
C,an+afn Foote was having breakfast, and the
7,ilo+ notified him OF the trouble. When the yes
81 struck water rushed in forward IN great
volumes, and the pllot ADVISED lns' 'Le LII, a.
be run on the beach, not over nan itS HlIie olS
tsnr Al once To this the captain objected
saying the beach was too abrupt. he thoughe @
there was no immediate danger out WouId run
a few miles further down, where he knew there
The cantain assured several passengers that
there was no immediate danger, and that they
could 20 back 10 bed. and sent the nrst ofIlcer
down 10 examine. That officer reported Ihere
was great danger, and urged that the vessel De
haacbed Al once The first officer ordered the
boats let down but this order was counter
manded by the captain, VINO; however, Hlia!lg any
realized the seriousness OF the sllualloh anu
allowed the first officer to get down the boats
Meanwhile. the passengers aroused 10 thelr
peril aupeared on deck and rush was maoe
II the rtJrser who had much treasure in his
Eafezeepfng Purser Bishop handed al out eX-
cept two bags Of $4,000 each, which were not
claimed and went down with the vessel the
bow q the steamer steadily sunk, and twenty
minutes later the propeller and rudoer were
high IN the air and useless, put lhe caPlaill aP1i
remained Oh the bridge until the last, ana many
jumped on q life raft When the steamer went
under an explosion occurred The captain lost
his hold on the raft and went under.
Owing u a dense fog much dlnculty was
experienced IN locating the shore. After a
while water was heard trickllng down the rocks
and all the boats reached shore. Many persons
who Jumped of the steamer were rescued later
only 10 die from eXha ustion and the intense
cold. Several persons recovered consciousness
only after four or FIVE hours hard work by their
comrades
Mr.. HINDEBECKER EXPERIENCE
?. 9. Hindebecker. late manager Of the
British American Corporation, OF London, who
was q passenger on the Islander said
Ny first lntimation Of an accident was the
rushing Of passengers on the deck. which woke
ne up ] IN q cabin with Mr. Maghlen. /
GOT Up, went out Of the cabin and the
steamer sinking at the bow. I woke my partner
ana We dressed BY this time she was still
lower IN the water. BY the time ! got out or
Ine cabin the water about the smoking
room hoor. went the upper deck. followed
~ my partner. ] the boats were gone
by this time only the stern out Of the
wafer ! saw raft in the water with eight
or ten people on IL ] slid down the rope 10
lhe raft. When the steamer sank the raft with all
on board was carried under water by the sue
non held on, and when the raft came up
only two Of us were left We hailed two men
ana Chinaman who were swimming and got
Lnen aboard. BY this time the steamer had
sunk entirely ont Of sight Many people hung
on 10 the raft AZ different times but II was
not alright and we had much difficulty in
A@eplng ahoat. We We're turned over once by