The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-08-24
ALASKA BOAT WENT DOWN
FORTY-TwO HAVE MET DEATH
steamer Was stTaek ~ an Ieebers--
A Asmbsr OF Lives sared-sixfy
Persoas Aboara-seseraI Wei
kse~n People Among the Lost.

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or Islander. the crack passenger steam
or Of the Alaskan route. operated BY
the Canadian Pacific Navigation com.
pany OF this city. struck an iceberg Oh
Douglas island at a m. on the morn,
ing Of Thursday last and went to the
bottom, carrying SIS to so souls, inclnd
Ing passengers and members Of the
crew. Some the survivors arrived
this evening by the steamer Queen
They report that as the Islander went
down her boilers exploded. causing the
death OF many who might have escap
cd. Captain F00te was on the bridge
when the vessel struck and stayed
there. going down with his steamer
The Islander was on her way from
skAgway 10 Victoria.
Among the passengers lost on the
Islander we're Mrs. Ross. wife OF Gov,
ernOr James A. Ross OF the Yukon ter.
ritoFy. her child and niece; DIR. John
Duncan OF this city. w. @. Preston and
bride Of Seattle. p. Mills. Mrs. J. c.
Henderson. w. II. Keating and two sons
OF this city and Los Angeles. Cal. J. v.
Douglas OF Vancouver. Mrs. Phillips
and child o. Seattle. Mrs. Bell and Mrs
Captain Nickerson. Mrs W. Smith. Van
conVer: J, A. Blethen. Vancouver: Mrs
J. l. Wilcox. Seattle.
The members OF the crew lost are
Captain Foote. George Allen. third en-
gineer; Horace Smith. second steward /:
5. ]. Pitts. cook: two Chinese; Buck
holder and Burte. oilers; two fremen,
one coal passer. Night Saloon Watch
man Kendall. Joe Beard. second pan,
iryman: two walters. @. Miller. the
barber; ~ l.. Law. N. p. Jock. Porter
and Moran, coal passers.
=. q. Hinde-Bowker. late manager Of
the British American corporation Of
London. who was passenger. says:
MY first lRtimation OF an accident
was the running OF passengers on deck
which woke me up. l was In 4 cabin
with Mr. Mnehtin. got up. looked oul
Of the cabin and saw the steamer sink
Ing al the bow. woke my partner "
and We dressed. by this time she was
Sgill lower IN the water. BY the time
I got out Of the cabin the water wa
about level with the smoking room
floor. went ON the upper deck. fol
loved by my partner; ! saw the boat
were gone: ! went 10 the side. but Al
this time only the stern was out Of VS.
ter. saw a raft in the water with
eight or ten people on e. slid down
a rope on 20 the raft and as soon as
got on the raft the stern OF the steam
er sank and sucked the raft and people
down. We were some time under wa
ter. but held on and when the raj
came up only two Of US were left. W,
hailed tso men who were swimming
and got them aboard. also a Chinaman
by this time the steamer had sunk ou
OF sight Many people hung onto tn
raft al different times. but Il was no
air tight and We had much difflcultl
keeping afioat- We we're turned owe
once by others climbing on. hut geneS
ally managed TO right ourselves.
The scene was hear;rending. Tn
boats were scattered and overcrowdea
and people were adrift begging. plead
ing and crying for help. We gathers
lumber and made our raft float W
were picked up by one OF the boats n
turning from shore. ! can not speal
too highly Of the officers and crew."
There was s27s.OOo in gold on tn
steamer. 100000 Of which was carrie
by passengers. II. H. Part who ha
spent Is years In the klondike, los
s25, 600 IN dust
There was q heavy fog al the tim
and Pilot lie Blanc was on the bridg'
Captain FoOte was al lunch. when b
heard the crash. he ran on deck an
went down with the ship. II is said
however. that he reached a raft, bu
when he saw the extent OF the damag
be jumped overheard. No accurate lis
Of the dead will be available until tn
arrival OF the purser on the steame
Farrallon tomorrow.
George Mel. Brown. agent OF N
Canadian Pacific, after interviewin
the passengers who returned. said:
The purser IL remaining in II
north attending to the forwarding {
passengers. II il said he gave partl;
list OF those lost, but Il is thought Il
below the figures mentioned. II is m
opinion that the loss OF life will NJ
exceed 90"
WORD OF the disaster reached Trea
we'll at s.25 a. m. by party Of passel
gers headed by an engineer, who wal
I'd up the beach 4 distance OF % mil,
TO appeal to the city for help. RI
! Treadwell steamers Lucy and JennIk'
, and the Juneau steamer Flossle promp
; ly responded.
'sThe Flossie arrived from the scei
! OF wreck at IL o'clock with her Gag
half mast and six dead bodies on boar
and the surviving passengers. The
scrlption Of the disaster by the survl
a ors is heartrending. They say that q
/. islander struck an iceberg and 30 1
|. we're was the shock that every door vi
!. damned fast in the staterooms and Z
\ Inflated passengers, numbering i07. al
!. the crew OF n. were forced TO bres
|. through the windows to reach the dec
!. steward Simpson lost 10 in his 4
4 partment. and his description OF I
wreck is clearly given. He was ava
aned by the shock and could not :
out OF his stateroom until he broke o
,e OF the window He reached the brldl
o, where the pilot, Lablonde. was
Il watch, and, with the mate ordered 0
v the life boats. The vessel was tn
taking water fast and the chief en-