New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-10
CAUGHT IN FURIOUS sTop,,


Inc vessel was regular daily passenger
packet She made moderately good progress
across the Straits, bound for Victoria until
Trial Island, off the entrance to the harbor was
aDean Then a terrific cross sea was nelttne
the vessel, retarding her progress and making
lie uncomfortable for those aboard Little fear
was MANIFESTED. however until word came I'D
from below that the vessel was leaking. Inves
tigation showed that the waves on the wind
ward side had stove in a headlight, through
which the water rushed in volumes. resistins o1
efforts TO stop it,
Seeing the efforts futile. the safety Of the
passengers. particularly the women and chill
dren was looked after. and all who desired were
y off from the steamer In the boats The
heavily laden boats were thrown bout wildly in
the choppy sea. and after another, after
succeeding in getting away from the vessel
were either capsized or swamped
ALL WOMEN AND CHILDREN LOST
The terrible fury Of the storm, ,s a++e.+as ~
the fact that not woman child OF all those
on board lived TO tell the tale An anna,ep+ dis
crepancy in numbers from the list Of fatalities
is accounted for by the fact that only the chill
dren who paid half fare were on the passenper
list.
In the mean time word had come from, v,c-
torla Of the vessels predcament. and noverr,,I
tugs We're dispatched to render assistance The
hlchard Hoiyoke, in command Of Captain Rob
ert Hail. was the lrst TO reach the Clau,ro
which had by this time careened partIv oy.-
from the thrush OF water which Ind mn, m.
engines out OF commission. The Holyoke
reacheo me Clallam about II o'clock last night
anu aDoul a. m. succeeding in getting a
hoK4
the Clallam to safety. The CIaIlam took q heavy
lurch. ard those remaining aboard were com,
PEELED to climb up the side to safety, finally
reaching the roof Of the pilot house
SURVIVORS RESCUED BY TUGS BOATS.
Without moments hesitation the tug,s boot.
were lowered and the work of rescue beoa, A.
this point the tug Sea Lion. Captain Hunter
arrived ana her men rendered valuable as
sistance. Before all the struggling people had
peeh taheH OH the ClaIlam began to break up
and soon afterward went down. All novs,hi.
assistance 10 the rescued people was given bv
the two shipmasters and their crews and the
tugs hurried to Port Townsend. The surviving
passengers ana the remainder OF the crew then
took passage on the Dirigo, bound FOR Seattle
STORY OF SURVIVOR.
w, H. Grimes, Of Redmond Wash. aboard tb.
Clallam bound for Victoria gives q coroi.o
statement. The weather was pretty rough " he
said, but we had suspicion Of daneer ,n,u
some one FORWARD said something about life pre-
servers 1 went forward TO investigate and
there learned that the CIallam wac r,ar,,
water rapidly. The boats were nrornntIv
manned and launched. and the women and chill
dren and such passengers as desired 70 leave
were placed in them. competent crews being in
charge. The boats made off from, the steamer
safely but one after another they CO ps!zed and
we were helpless TO render them any assistance
They simply drowned before our eyes In the
mean time crew and passengers were buoy bail
Ing and trying 10 stop the leak but without
success The balling kept up however and
soon we we're overjoyed to learn that a big tug
had hold of The towboat started and made
pretty good progress until 1t became apparent
that the steamer Was careening under u.s. Then
all hands went on deck, and as the i'll fated
packet listed we gradually crawled up on her ex-
posed side, from which the brave fellows from
the Holyoke rescued most OF us
Prominent among those known TO be aboard
and unaccounted for is Homer Swaney. iron and
steel plant promoter and owner of valuable iron
properties IN British Columbia. He boarded the
vessel here and was not among the rescued
When the Clallam was launched at Tacoma.
last April, the bottle OF champagne was not
broken but fell and slid down along the side of
the vessel. Old seamen predicted that disaster
would overtake the vessel within year. and It
was said at the time that II would be a diff
cult matter 10 secure a crew 10 man her.