Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-19
.osry.1Wo PERSONS DROWN.
AZ o,Them Were Passengers and
Members Of the Crew Of
.SyJs The Dix ~
4. was Backing When Collision
o.o,r,ed--Catastrophe Took Place
In Seattle Harbor.

nj, on the run between Seattle ana
yo,t Blakely, was struck and sunk by
~ Alaska Coast company steamer
,.,oIe last night off Duwamish head
cattle harbor. Forty-two persons
.,,s drowned, 81 OF the Dix 70 pas
.s.ys being picked up by the Jeanie's
No. boats and brought into Seattle
about Ii .. m, when a report OF the
catastrophe was made.
IN. cause Of the accident was mis-
.,dsrstanding OF signals. The jeanne
.,-,ck the Dix on her starboard side
S.t abaft midships, and keeied her
~, ~, she filled with water. then
,1,stsd and went down stern first, sink
ryitbin Ave minutes of the time OF
sscollisIon. The Dix was on her way
J, port BlakeIey from Seattle, and the
,,,nle was coming from Smith cove
| a Tacoma to unload ore for the smelt-
LIZ.
LIST OF THE MISSING.
Bracewell, W., longshoreman Port
DP PsJIsr' -. filer Port blakely mill.
poselet. Fred, filler, Port Blakely mill.
pnzzettl. Peter, barber, Port Blakely.
pyler. c., manager Port Blakely mill.
pyer, W.. clerk, store, Port Blakely
mll.
MIL
conway Joseph f.. lumber surveyor,
us second avenue, West Seattle.
pennison, Charles, mate, steamer
| Dix.
Ford, Mrs r. C., wife Of Supt. Ford
4 Port Blakely mill
Garcia, BuSzintie, Filipino, Port
Nakely mill.
Granger, Mrs. Spokane.
| Hansen, Martin, oller. Port Blakely
il
lines. Edward, foreman Rothschild &
Hs, Port Blakely.
Kinney. C. j., United States army
Mita attendant.
4 ksatlug John, sc. Paul, formerly OF
Ftt Blakely.
larsen. Peter oiler. Port Blakely
Bil.
Mayors William, caulker. Port Blake
III
Mcdonald, Albert, lumber surveyor.
Port Blakely.
McQueerie, Frank, clerk. Port Blake
y mill,
McDrummond, Albert lumber sur
yssor, Port Blakely.
Nelson. August, Port Blakely.
Nelson, Mrs. August, Port Blakely
PigOtt, Fred, filler, Port Blakely mil.
Price, Roland, son OF postmaster, Port
Bakely
Parks. Frank, chief engineer. steamer
Dix.
Read, Ivan, fireman steamer Dix.
Smith. James, Port Blakely.
Smith, Mrs. James, Port Blakely.
Smith. Arthur, Port Blakely.
svanson, Swan lead setter, Port
Bakely mill.
Williams, Charles, Sawyer, Ballard
Lumber company.
Webster, A., lumber surveyor, Port
Bhkely.
lDeckhand steamer Dix
rive japanese, on route to Port Blake
y for work.
one Chinese one Filipino.
LIST OF SURVIVORS.
Anderson, Henry, Port Blakely.
Amerlin, Julian, Port Blakely.
Malaikl, NJ. Japanese student at
Wilson's business college.
beFgland A., first mate schooner
NUN 4, Godfrey.
blason, John. carpenter Schooner
Allh A. Godfrey.
brebper, r.. Port Blakely.
DDureti A. Filipino. Port Blakely.
ppuieu +, T., Filipino, Port Blakely.
npHMon' Alfred W., chief officer
BRUSH steamer ElIeric.
sngelale William H., Port Blakely.
hmpie, Frank f., ll0S Thlrty-seventh
''snle, North Seattle.
fofd W. T., son Of superintendent OF
roy Blakely mill.
apMn' " Japanese, Port Blakely.
~ fred, ordnance sergeant U. $.
,enson, William, Port Blakely.
ieueia' Antonio. Port Blakeiy.
N er'Ason' Albert deckhand steamer
ones James A.. lumber surveyor,
,Gruntz. Charley schoonor pn,h
odfrey. sO'ooi'e' nu'" ~
ns rmond' P, captain of the steamer
Maeneener' s, Japanese. Port Blakey.
MIC, +, A.. Port Blakely.
spspFrs' Leonard, Port Blakely.
M,nna Vneh, Dan, Port Blakely.
Nrp % Chinese cook, Port Blakely.
N,,'ee James, Port Blakely.
osoh, Charles, Port Blakely.
oSVu' lars, Port Blakely.
port TIN p,,i X. T., pastor japanese church,
oss, Marcus. Port Blakely.
prrt ~ Neorse W., lumber surveyor.
ps,arose' p, w. Port Blakelv
frnnS lawrence. Port Blakely
Sauoyr 3 Pedro, Filipino, Port Blakely.
BakeIy Miss Alice, aged Is, Port
M m III, captain ship lnvineible.
WEN COLLISION OCCURRED.
DIX d,d u c OF the mosquito fleet, the
Percy not carry purser,. and Cart.
when ~ mont was collecting fares
! Denm,e collision occurred. Charles
ne wilson ~ mate on the boat. was az
fsclv ~ and he took his steamer d.
shieb a.ross the bows of tho Jeanie
tks S., Route 10 Tacoma fron,
We hsH Cove docks with a cargo NJ
sgnaIaa ne right Of way. The Jeans.
on an ior the passing. hui Denni-
mi ,ppparently lost control 80 bIn,aei,
rosehinp nN hoat toward the up
we're so elo "vailie The two steamers
!asseneers together that frightened
ssard Can, o9 the Dix upper deck
Ne Jeanie. mason's startled call from
Fling heso. Where In hell are you
Neether ny we two vessels crashed
h'dshlps an ine Dix was struck abaft
,pnent sba tne starboard side, and
nf water ,sted heavily to port. taxi
sans tners 'e,oW For a minute she
- was tnen righted herself. The
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