Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-18
MILES FOR PRESIDENT WENT With HIS ship
CAPT. MCINTYRE LOST
IN STEAMER BRISTOL
Was in the Last Boat to Leave His
Ship Engineer and Five Of the
Grew Were Also
Lost.

Vancouver, b. c.. Jan. S.-Captaig
James Mcintyre and six members OF
me crew Of the big steamer Bristol
were lost ON the night of January I'd
when the vessels went down of Green
island half way between here and
Skagway. She Is now a complete
wreck, with the water over the fun
ncls at high tide. News of the disaster
was brought here tonight by the steam
or City Of Seattle. which came In at /
o'clock from Skagway. The survivors
Of the wreck are coming down by the
steamer City of Topeka, which win
arrive at Port Townsend at I o'clock
tomorrow morning. The rescue OF
these twcnty-One men was made by
Captain Wallace of the steamer Cot.
iage City.
Captain Nicholson, captain of the
City Of Seattle, obtained a complete
account Of the wreck. The Bristol was
Il collier. formerly running between
NanaimO and San Francisco for Duns-
muir 4 Sons. She was on her way from
Ladysmith. Vancouver Island. to the
TrCadwell mine Alaska. with $500 tons
OF coal. She had been two days on
her trip. and was more than half way
up. Last Thursday night darkness
found her OF Port Simpson. trying 10
make DiNOn's entrance. with a wester.
ly gale and very bad sea running.
The night was very dark. and the
steamer was poking along under halt
steam ut II o'clock. when she suddenly
touched a rock, and moment late
was smashing against the end Of Green
island. The tide was very low. and
Captain Mcintyre had no doubt at first
but that 1t would float him Off. Seas
were continually breaking over the yes.
sci owing to her exposed position, and
she was in a bad way. Green island Is
directly in the path of northbound
steamers, and is about thirty miles
from Port Simpson, and near Chatham
sound The channel Is half mile
wide, and there is nothing on dark
night to pick 1t up by.
The captain sent CHIEF Officer Char
les Smith down into the hold to in
vestigate. He reported a few minutes
later that the coal was going through
the bottom OF the ship, and that she
was fast breaking up. The captain
saw there was no hope for her with the
sea as 1t sas, and ordered uut the four
boats. Three boats got away safely
with seven men each. II required very
careful work to keep the boats from
smashing against the sides OF the ship
The captain and others were seen get
ting into the last boat, and then the
ship went down. and everything was
lost to the sight OF the other boats.
The captains boat must have been
smashed and gone down. for she was
never seen again.
The list Of the lost Is as follows.
Captain James Mcintyre Of PorI
Townsend,
c. Vivian, chief engineer. of Corn
wall England.
Pilot Frank Roberts of Victoria.
A. Edwards, third engineer.
II. c. Hurlbutt, member Of the crew.
William II. Romer, member Of crew
Joseph Silva, member of crew.
The last four were all Of San Fran.
cisco.
The three boats were picked up al
S O'Clock next morning by the steamer
Cottage City, rDrthbound, and the sur
vivors are now on their way down.
Captain Mcintyre was one of the best
known mariners on the Coast, and was
10 years of age, He came to San Fran
cisco in 1854. He was commander OF
the Ann Parry and Revere
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