Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-11-24
FIFTY-ONE DROWNED
TWO STEAMERS IN COLLISION
ON PUGET SOUND.
Steamer JEANNE Strikes the Steamer
Dix and Latter Disappears-cause
of Accident was a misunderstanding
of Sienals-Water Was Smooth as
Millpond-Jeannie Was Not injured.


Millpond-Jeannie Was Not Injured
Seattle, Wash, NOV. 20.-In a coils
don between the steamship JEANNE. be
longing to the ...aska Coast company
Captain p. Ii. Mason, and the Puget
sound steamer Dix. belonging to the
Alki Point Transportation company, Al
people were drowned Sunday night.
There were 10 passengers on board.
The cause of the accident was mis-
understanding of signals. The JEANNE
struck the Dix on her Starboard SIDE
Just abaft midships, and keeled her
over. She filled with water. then right
ed and went down stern first, sinking
within five minutes of the time of the
COLLISION. The Dix was on her way TO
Port Blakeley from Seattle, and the
JEANNE was going from Smith Cove to
Tacoma to unload ore for the smelter.
List of missing:
Albert McDury. lumber surveyor.
- Pigott, fler
C. Bower. manager of the store.
w. Boyer, his brother. employed in
store.
Fred Boulet, filer. employe of the
Port Blakeley sawmill, Port Blakeiey.
Peter Buzzattie. barber.
Ralph Clark, clerk in store; both
from Port Blakeley.
Mrs. Granger, Spokane.
August Nelson and wife, Port Blake
iey.
James Smith and wife and boy, Port
Blakeley.
Mrs T. C. Ford, wife of superintend-
ent of the Port Blakeley Mill company.
Frank McQueris. officer of ship
anchored at Port Blakeley.
C. J. Kenncy, hospital steward. Fort
Worden, Wash.
John Heating of ST. Paul, MINI.
Parker, engineer of steamer Dix. |
c.. Dennison, mate of steamer Dix.
Cat the wheel when collision oc-
curred)
Bazitia Garcia. lately from Manila,
a Filipino.
A. Webster, lumber surveyor.
Belair, filer
Martin hansen. eaulker.
William Mayors, caulker.
Albert Mcdonald. lumber surveyor.
Sven Swanson.
William Bracefeld, longshOreman,
employee Port Blakeley Mill company.
Peter Larsen, oiler, Port 'Blakeley.
Roland Price, son of the postmaster
of Port Blakeley
- Roland, from steamer Dix.
One deckhand from steamer Dix,
name unknown.
Three Chinese.
Five Japanese.
Water Smooth as Miiipond.
The JEANNE was not injured in the
least and no member of her crew was
lost. The master of the DIX was
saved. The collision occurred while
the Sound was almost as smooth as
millpond and after the boats had been
steaming within sight of each other
for a quarter of an hour.
The JEANNE was backing when she
collided with the Dix and the impact
was very slight. The Dix was struck
aft of amidship on the starboard side.
She listed heavily to port for a brief
period, righted herself, then sank stern |
first. There was hardly time to launch |
life crafts or boats DeIore she was al |
most entirely submerged
: Passengers Jump into Water.
, Passengers jumped from the decks |
into the water; women screamed and
: officers and men called orders that
could hardly be heard above the din
!, The passengers of the Dix who could
swim made their way to the sides of
the JEANNE and were dragged aboard
The JEANNE was not moved until after
. all who had reached her had been
hauled aboard. Then she cruised about,
picking up several who had managed
to stay above water. II was after 10
o'clock before the JEANNE left the
scene of the catastrophe and steamed
[ TO the Virginia street dock. Seattle,
with her 80 survivors.
Later Report.
The list of victims of the marine dis.
aster which occurred off West Seattle
on Sunday night when the Steamer
sDix sank now waivers between 45 and
so. OF the first list of missing five
!have since been accounted for, but
others have been added to the list, no
that the exact number of dead is not
known. Mrs. Harry Lubbering, Flor
snce Lubbering, William Mcknight.
tG. T. Bennett and A. Schlem have
been accounted for. OF this humber
Bennett was the only one on the DIX at
the time of the disaster.