The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-11-23
FIFTY one DROWNED.
TWO STEAMERS in COLLISION
ON PUGET SOUND.
Steamer JEANNE Strikes the Steamer
Dix and Latter Disappear Gauss
Of Accident was Misunderstanding
Of Signals Water Was Smooth AZ
MiIlpcnd- Jeannie Was Not Injured.

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Of Signals Water Was Smooth as
MiIlpcnd Jeannie Was Not injured.
Seattle, Wash, Nov. 20.-In a coilis-
ion between the steamship JEANNE. be
longing to the 4-.aska Coast company,
Captain p. H. Mason. and the Puget
sound steamer Dix. belonging to the
Alki Point Transportation company. Il
people were drowned Sunday night.
There were 70 passengers on board.
The cause of the accident was mis-
understanding of signals. The JEANNE
struck the Dix ON her starboard SIDE
lust abaft midships. and keeled her
over. She flied with water, then right
ed and went down stern first, SINKING
within five minutes of the time OF tne
COLLISION. The Dix was on ner way 10
Port Blakeley from Seattle, and the
JEANNE was going from Smith Cove 70
Tacoma to unload ore for the smelter.
List OF missing:
Albert McDury. lumber surveyor.
Pigott, filer.
d. Boyer, manager Of the store.
w. Boyer, his brother, employed in
store.
Fred Boulet, filer, employe OF the
Port Blakeley sawmill. Port Blakeley.
Peter Buzzattie, barber.
Ralph Clark. clerk in. store; botn
from Port Blakeley.
Mrs. Granger, Spokane.
August Nelson and wife, Port Blake
ley.
James Smith and wife and boy. Port
Blakeley.
MRS. T. G. Ford, wife of superintend-
emit of the Port Blakeley Mill company.
Frank McQueris. officer OF ship
anchored at Port Blakeley.
@. j. Kenney. hospital steward. Fort
Worden, Wash.
John Heating Of st. Paul, Mimi.
- Parker, engineer OF steamer Dix.
@. Dennison, mate of steamer Dix.
Cat the wheel when collision oc-
curred.)
Bazitia Garcia, lately from Manila,
a Filipino.
a. W0DSI6T, luu1uCI sui NOyNhs u
Belair, filer.
Martin hansen, eaulker.
William Mayors, caulker.
Albert Mcdonald, lumber surveyor.
Sven Swanson.
William Bracefield, longshoreman
employee Port Blakeley Mill company
Peter Larsen, oiler, Port Blakeley
Roland Price, son of the postmaster
of Port Rlakeley.
49, Roland. from steamer Dix.
One deckhand from steamer Dix
name unknown.
Three Chinese.
Five Japanese.
Water Smooth az Miilpond.
The JEANNE was not injured in tn
least and no member of her crew wal
lost. The master OF, the LAX wa
saved. The collision occurred Will
the Sound was almost as smooth as
millpond and after the boats had BEEF
steaming within sight Of each othe
for a quarter of an hour.
The JEANNE was backing when sh
collided with the Dix and the impac
was very slight. The Dix was struc
aft of amidship on the starboard side
She listed heavily to port for brie
period, righted herself. then sank ster
first. There was hardly time to iaanc
life crafts or boats .elore she was a
most entirely submerged.
Passengers Jump Into Water.
Passengers jumped from the deck
into the water; women screamed an
officers and men called orders Thu
could hardly be heard above the di
The passengers of the Dix who cou
swim made their way to the sides
the JEANNE and were dragged aboar
The JEANNE was not moved until aft
ali who had reached her had bet
hauled aboard Then she cruised abor
picking up several who had manage
to stay above water. It was after
o'clock before the JEANNE left Il
scene OF the catastrophe and steam
to the Virginia street dock. Seatt
with her 80 survivors.
Later Report.
The list of victims Of the marine d
aster which occurred off West Seat
on Sunday night when tn Steam
Dix sank now waivers between 40 q
90. OF the first list of missing q
have since been accounted for, b
others have been added to the list,
that the exact number Of dead IL I
known. Mrs Harry Lubbering. Fl'
ence Lubberisg, William McKnigl
g. T Bennett and A. Schlem ha
been accounted for. OF this numi
Bennett was the only one on the DIX
the time of the disaster.