The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-19
Passengers in Panic when Ship Sinks
After Collision in Puget Sound.
Scores Leap Ouerboard to
B. Drowned-- Others
= Caught IL, 7rap.
The Sea Dotted Nth Heads
. After Crash and Thir-
sy-sia Are Rescued.

Seattle, Wash, Nov 19.-The steam.
or Dix, bound from Seattle to Port
miles north of Alki Point, shortly af-
ter pm. last night, after having col
lided with the steamship Jeanne, Cap
tain P. II. Mason Of the Alaska Coast
company.
Forty three passengers and members
of the crew of the Dix are missing, and
thirty-six were saved. The Dix is y
total wreck. The Jeanne was not in
jured in the least, and no member of
Dix was saved. The collision occurred
while the sound was. almost as smooth
as a millpond and after the boats had
boen steaming within sight of each
other for a quarter of an hour.
Passengers Leap Overheard.
The Jeanie was backing when she
eolllded with the Dix and the impact
was very slight: The Dix was struck
a.baft- Of 1amidships 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 liferafts or boats before she
was almost entirely submerged.
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 from the Dix who could
swim made their way to the sides Of
the Jeanne, and were dragged aboard.
The Jeanne was not moved until af-
ter all who reached her had been
pulled aboard, Then she cruised about,
picking up several who had managed
to stay above water It was after 10
pm. before the Jeanne left the scene Of
the catastrophe and steamed to the Vir-
ginia street dock, Seattle, with her
thirty-nine survivors. i. !.
i Curses and Prayers. --.>.-
People on deck slid off into the
water. went down shrieking and des-;
peratefy clutching at the Water or at
the Jeanie; which still doomed only a
few yards away. Within the steamer
pandemonium reigned. There were
curses and prayers from men and WON
en-. The wall of children mingled. with
the shouts of those who were fighting
desperately to gain the deck. aa
What took, place in the. cabin will
never. be known, as no people were
saved from there. The vessel heeled
boat was only a short distance away,
from us all this time. Some Of the
passengers who had been on deck
jumped for her martingale. (the lines
beneath the bowsprit) and in this way
clambered up to safety. By that time
the Dix was standing on end, with her
bow way up in the, air, and then she
started to 60 down.
r. Z Sea Dotted with Heads. T.
81, leaped into the water and man
tn Ire
tain Lerenon Of the. Dix. "Others
from the sunken steamer were floating
near me. Every once in a while one
who had been swimming until his
strength gave out would throw up his
hands and with a last despairing cry,
sink. This happened time after time.
AL around were floating heads
which called for help and. watched the
Jeanne as she slowly came towards us
and. dropped boats, which moved here
and there picking up men in every
-" Finally, a boat, came to me. By
that time I was Indifferent and didn It
care whether I was saved or not. It
must have been at least twenty five
minutes from the time the jeanne
struck us that the boats were got out,
and I guess I was in the water an
other ten minutes. We were taken
on board. There were thirty-six Of our
seventy nine passengers of our people
drowned. 80
'fThere was no sign Of my little
steamer. She was gone completely and
before we left there was not even a
ripple on the surface to mark the spot
where the terrible tragedy had &C.
curred.'
No Passengers on Jeanne. w..
There were no passengers on the
Jeanne. The Dix was making the last
trip Of the night and was well filed
with passengers. ...--.'
When; within about two miles north
of Alki Point the two steamers were
within short distance of each other.
steaming along converging lines The
captain of the Jeanne says he signaled
for the Dix to pass him and his whistle
was answered: The Dix was then with
in speaking distance of the Jeanne and
to the port Of her.
Suddenly Mate Dennison, who was
at the wheel of the Dix, put her hard
over to starboard as if to cross in front
Of the other vessel. Captain Mason of
the Jeanne, who was on the bridge,
saw that an accident was imminent
and called out a warning to the man
at the wheel of the. Dix. -. '...'..
Collisions Force Slight.
Captain Mason gave the signal to re-
verse his engines and his vessel was
slowly backing away when the. two
came together. There was but slight
crash. the force of the collision from
the Dix coming against the side of
the larger vessel, and not that of the
heavier craft against the smaller.
For a minute all was still, then a
panic followed. :.
When the Dix started to sink, stern
first, passengers and members Of the
crew, leaped. into the sound Some Of
the passengers huddled together in
groups on the deck while others knelt
IN prayer. s5
The women, who. had little chance
for their lives, stayed with the sink
ing steamer and were drowned as in
trap, ,.%,, n. ~. - e. ,'
LOSSES ON THE LAKE 8, .a5
Canadian Steamer, Theano, Strikes a
81: Rock and Is Wrecked.
Fort William, Ont, Nov. l9-In the