Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-11-20
STEAMER GOES Down
GGv5,iides With Steamship and the
Sequel Terrible.
MANY WOMEN DROWN
Unable Through Fear to Leap For
the Other Vessels Crew to Res.
cus Them, They Are soon
Deprived Of Life.

Seattle. Nov. 1s.-The steamer DIX,
Captain p. Lennon. bound from Seat.
tie TO Port Blakely with passengers.
sank two miles north OF Alki Point
shortly after Q o'clock Sunday night
after having collided with lAe steam
ship Jeannie. Captain p. II. Mason of
the Alaska company steamer. forty
| passengers and members OF the crew
/ Of the Dix are missing and thirty.nine
were saved. The Dix Is a total wreck.
| The Jeannie was not injured In the
I least and no members Of her crew were
lost The master OF the Dix was saved.
The collision occurred on Hill sound.
which was almost as smooth as a mill.
pond, and the steamers had been
steaming with each other for a quarter
OF an hour. The Jeannie was backing
when she collided with the Dix and
the impact was very slight The Dix
was struck abaft Of amidships on the
starhoard side She listed heavily 10
port. FOR a brief period righted herself.
then sank stern first. There was hard.
/ ~ time 10 launch life RATS or boats be-
fore she was almost entirely sub
merged.
Passengers jumped from the decks
into the water. women screamed and
officers and men called orders that
hardly could be heard above the din.
The passengers from the Dix who could
swim made their way TO the sides Of
the Jeann.n and were dragged aboard.
Tho Jea le was not moved until
after all wlo had reached her had been
hauled aboard. Then she cruised
about, picking up several who had
ulanaged 10 stay above water II was
after 10 o'clock before the Jeannie left
the scene Of the catatrophe and steam
ed 90 the Virginia street dock. Seattle.
with her thirty-nine survivors.
The JEANNE OF the Alaska Coast
company had finished unloading At the
Great Northern docks at Smiths Cove
and had started for Tacoma, shortly
before Dark. Just about the same
time the Dix left her dock for Port
Blakely. There were passengers op
the JEANNE.
The DIX was making the last trip
OF the night and was well hllod with
passengers When within about two
miles south Of Alki Point the two steam.
ers were within a shsrt distance OF
each other steaminE along conyerging
hines. The captain OF the Jeannie says
No slxualed for the Dix TO pass him
and his whistle was answered. The
Dir then was within speaking distance
Of the JEANNE and TO the port. accord
ing 20 the mate who was AZ the heim
OF the Dix. put her hard over TO star
hoard. as II 10 cross IN front OF the
other vessel Captain Mason OF the
JEANNE. who was on the bridge, saw
that an accident was imminent ana
called out a warning TO the man 81 the
wheel OF the Dix Captain Mason gave
a sigma, 20 reverse his engines and his
vessel was slowly bac. .ng away when
the two came together. There was but
a slight crash. the force OF the collision
from the Dix coming against the side
OF the larger vessels and not that OF
heavy craft against the smaller. For
a minute all was still and then panic
followed. when the Dix started TO
sink. stern first. passengers and mem
bers OF the crew leaped into the sound.
Some Of the passengers huddled In
groups on the deck. while others knott
IN prayer.
The women. who had little chance
for their lives. stayee with the sinking
steamer. and were drowned as in a
trap.