The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-01-29

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an hour Fr0m this time On We
put out the lead every IL minutes
Al II Is the lead gave S. fafhetas
af II So. 81 tathuma and fheo al
most Immediately Il ahnated inNn
20 81 fathoms Captain Johnson
yelled u run aft Qatek but Just at
this moment | saw something black
toamlnK out In front II u ana I
called his attention % L. did not
Feailae then that Il Vas land
Ny God Where are We veil.
I'll the captain ~ thla Iuneture. atd
he Immediately araered the signal
hard asafafha4rd The boat swung
around bat In feW minutes
struck Then full speed eatefa was
ordered aud Ne kat clear Of he
rneka TIE mate vent u Set
ananHlHss and reported aHe tnoI. u
watef In the hold Theu the ear
uenteF came running 9st shouting
that theirs vas tao feet of water
aud ulthln a minute The boat had
taken in SIX feet II whter AZ thle
pnlnt the captain nsdeFea the ainause
~ run GA shore lie made the
statement that be wasu't kolnk TO
ssnk the ship Ia dseg water. any
WY.
All Hands on Deck.
Immediately after thr ship
struck the captain called AL hands
on asek and ordered them = few
minutes later n lawer away the
iifeboats ana faasea them rs the
rAils. He distinctly ordered not to
put out the h0afs. bat 10 leave them
tied 10 The fasl fafs pfesefveFs
were alao furnished everyone BY the
staeard.
Our orders we're % get the paE.
anugerx Ia the boats. but 10 Lash
them THE boats1 10 the rails I
put five women In ny boat and
a@rsu or eight male paseeHsefN Two
Of the women elamheFea eat aKsin
and stayed ahnzrf the steamer The
Valencia uas then rolling heavtty in
tha watsr. There came 4 cry To
ioweF all the boats. but ! DO not
know whether the order waa given
By any Of the ships officers or some
% the passengers. ! was hanging
on with my hands In piece Of net
over the slde % the steamer. Some
one. 10 not kaow who. lowered my
boat. and. a. I could not get loose
from the net. II left me there. hang
Ing In the air | went 20 the bridge
after two met pulled the aboard
again and found the captain stand
ing there. Ny boat made ita way
safety from the ship aud must have
become upset later found that
All the boats forward had been
smashed. hut | did not see when
they we're lowered and do not know
Who lowered them. There was then
only one iIfebosf and two RATS ieft
Passengers informed.
sson the day the steamer left San
Francisco. according 20 memof-
aadum in the ships los. there vas
a tine 20 the effect that al the pa
san gers had been instructed aH 70
the proper means Of fastening the
life nreservers on I did not see
thlH done personally but L vas
written down in the log Of the ship
ssup 20 II 10 o'clock Captain
Johnson Vas under the impression
that the ship vas Ia the vicinity
of Flatfery. and we we're looking
for Tattooah light The log showed
aa5 knots At Hlaneo and SO At :
O'Clock on Monday evening. when I
vent on watch | gave Il ~ ny
apinlau that We had oYerrun the
lnK and so far as { know personally
f no Account had been taken 81 Niud
or e-trrenf have been five XeafH
on the northern raH. thfee Of which
were spent on the city Of Puebla.
on tho Pnehla We always made ell
tewanee for Wind and current At
+ eertaia. periods Of the year.
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