Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-23
FIFTY-ONE DROWNED
TWO STEAMERS In COLLISION
ON PUGET SOUND.

OF Accident was d MISUNDERSTANDING
of SignaIs-Water Was Smooth as
Millpond-Jeannie Was Not Injured.
Seattle, Wash, Nov. 2e.-In coils
ion between the steamship JEANNE, be-
longing to the ..aska Coast company,
Captain p. H. Mason, and the Puget
sound steamer Dix. belonging to the
Alh Point Transportation company, Al
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
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, filer.
G. Boyer, manager of the store
w. Boyer, his brother. employed in
store.
Fred Boulet, filer. empioye of the
Port Blakeley sawmill, Port Biakeley.
Peter Buzzattie, barber.
Ralph Clark. clerk in store; both
from Port Blakeley.
Mrs. Granger. Spokane.
August Nelson and wife, Port Blake
ley.
James Smith and wife and boy, Port
Blakeley.
Mrs. It. c. Ford, wife of superintend-
ent of the Port Blakeley Mill company.
Frank McQueris. officer of a ship
anchored at Port Blakeley.
C. j. Kenney. hospital steward, Fort
Worden, Wash.
John Heating of St. Paul. MINI.
- Parker engineer of steamer Dix.
G. Dennison. mate of steamer Dix.
cat the wheel when collision oc-
curred.)
Bazitia Garcia. lately from Manila,
a Filipino.
a. W6DbJeT, luIuDcT surveyor
- 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 Blakeley.
- Roland. from steamer Dix.
One deckhand from steamer Dix,
name unknown.
Three Chinese.
Five Japanese.
Water Smooth as MilIpond.
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 a
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 brief
period, righted herself, then sank stern
first. There was hardly time to launch
life crafts or boats Selore 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. 1t was after 10
O'Clock before the JEANNE left the
scene of the catastrophe and steamed
to the Virginia street dock. Seattle
with her SO survivors.
Later Report.
The list of victims of the marine dis
aster which occurred Off West Seattle
ON Sunday night when the Steamer
Dix sank now waivers between 40 and
so. OF the first list of missing five
have since been accounted for, but
others have been added to the list, "a
that the exact number of dead is not
known. Mrs. Harry Lubbering. Flor.
ence Lubbering, William Mcknight
nj Co kox