Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-20
c USE Of COLLISION is UNEXPLAINED
lnd Was Smooth aud Boats We're in
PLAN View of Each Other
TdB1Y-sLVEN PthaOnS WERE RESCUED
Ininlured vessel Lowers Two Life
RATS and Several smaller Craft
Assist IN Picking IN
Survivors.


the Alaskan inner o "a 4. rty-seven of
tue scyenty-nne pas the Dix
were rescued. OF the q passon-
gers on the Dix the oni n scape /
was Alice Simpson a 15-yea. tn, Shc /
Is believed 10 be the oniy pei =, y
capped from tho main deck OF tn <f./
where moro than half Of the Dix's y I
gers were smut in when tho fatal ysn |
came. She could not swim, but her Goth /
ing kept her ahoat until she was pulled !
aboard one Of tho llfeboats by the steam |
ship Joanie.
A revised list Of the passengers drowned |
follOws:
W. BRAcEWELL, longshoremRn, Port
ID. BEL1ER. fler. Port Blakeley mill.
FRED BAuLET, hler, Port Blskeley |
PETER BUzzETTI, barber, Port Blake
Z. BILER, manager Port Blakeley mill.
W. blLER, store clerk Port BlaKeley !
ALEX CARLSON. plsner Pert Blakeley
FALPH CLARK. clerk Port Blakeley
JUsEPH Z. CONWAY, lumber surveyor.
CHARLES DENNIsoN. mate steamer
MRS. T. c. FORD. wife of superintendent
b. GARCIA, Filipino. Port Blakeley mill.
Mh5, GRANGER Spokane.
MARTIN HANSEN, oiier Port Blakeley
EDWARD JONES, foreman Rothschlld
a Jones. Port Blakeley.
c. J. .KENNEY, Cniied States army hos
JOHN kEATING. st. Paul, formerly of
PETER LARSEN. oiler Port Blake:ey
WILLIAM MAYERs caulker, Port
- ALBERT. MDoNALo. lurober surveyor
FRANK M'oUERIE, clerk Port Blalelcy
ALBERT MpRUMMoND. lumber sur
Veyor, Fort Blakeley.
AUGUST NELSON. Port BlakeIey.
Mhs. NELSON, Port Blaleley.
FRED PIGGOTT, filer Port Blakeley mill
ROLAND PRICE, son OF postmaster,
FA1NK fARKs. chef engineer steamer
IVAN READ, fireman steamer Dix
JAMES SMITH Port 15Iakeey.
Mis- JAMES SMITH, Port Blakeley
ARTHUR SMITH, Port Blakeley
SWAN SWANSON, lead setter Port
c4AEtEs WILLIAMS. sawyer BILLIARD
Lumber company.
A. WEBSTER lumber surveyor, Port
DECKHAND steamer Dix
FIVE JAPANESE enroute 20 Port Blake
ONE CHINESE
ONE FILIPINO.
It is believed that the thirty-seven pas
sengers who were rescued include every
DIX when the little craft plunged down
stern foremost into 100 fathoms of water.
It Is doubtful whether IL can be raised.
The collision occurred while the sound
was almost as smooth as a mill pond and
after the boats had been steaminE within
sight OF each ether for over a quarter Of
an hour.
The Jeanie was backing when It coilided
with the Dix and the impact was very
lfFh ha IN ha nr mir 4
ship on the starboard sios. 1t listed heav-
lily 10 port for brief period. riEhted itself
and then sank stern hrst
Little Time 90 Launch Rats.
There was hardly time 10 Launch life
rafts or boats before II was almost en-
urely submerged Passengers jumped from
the decks into the water; women screamed
- and officers aud men called orders that
could hardly be heard above the din. The
passengers from the DIX who could swim
mRdo their way to the sides OF the Jeanie
and were dragged aboard. The Jeanne was
not moved until after all who had reached
Il had been hauled aboard. Then il
cruised about, picking up several who had
managed 20 stay above water, It was after
10 o'clock before the Jsanie left the scene
Of the catastrophe and steamed TO the Vir-
KiR.R street dock. Seattle, with its thirty.
sine survivors.
had hnished unloading at the Great North,
ern docks az smiths cove and had started
for Tacoms shortly before o'clock. just
about the time the Dix left the flyer dock
for Port Blakeley.
There we're no passengers On the Jeanie
The Dix was making the last trip OF the
night and was well filled with passengers.
When within about two miles Of AK
point the steamers were within a short dis
= tance of each other, steaming alonG con
vcrgiEg lines. The captain OF the Jeani,
says be siSnalled for the Dix TO pass him
and his whistle was answered, The Din
was within speaking distance OF the Jeanl,
and aport of Il.
Pilot Changes Course.
suddenly Mate Dennison, who was az tn,
wheel OF the Dix put Il hard over to star
board. as II 10 cross IN front OF the othe
vessel Captain Mason of the Jeanio VIII
was on the bridge saw that an acciden
waS imminent ana called out a warning
20 the man az the wheel Of the Dix.
Captain Mason save the signal 20 revers
his engines, and bis vessel was slowl,
backing away when the two came together
There was but a slight crash. the force o
tho collision from the Dix coming agains
the side OF the larger vessel and not tha
0f the heavier craft against the smaller.
Fol a minute all was still; then a panl
followed.
When the Dix started 20 sink stern ars
passengers and members OF the crew leape
into the sound. Some OF the passenger
huddlsd together IN groups on the deck
while others knelt Ia prayer.
The women, who had little chance 70
their lives. stayed with the sinking steame
and we're drowned as IN a trap.
Captain Lennon Is a well known uavi
Eator ana has the reputation OF being on
Of the ahlest sound pilots leaving seattl,
He \ = man about IS years OF age and ha
(Co,ttnuss cp 5ego-6 Ts,-. -