The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
Dix Sinks in One Hun
 dred FathonS of Water.
TWO CRAFTS CLASH IN
 WATERS SMOOTH AS POND
Terrible Scenes Enacted in Lower
 Decks of Vessel.
Doomed Mem, Women and Chlidren Struggle to Gain Way to Upper Air in Awful catastrophs
 of Seattle Harbor.

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 Seattle. Wash, Nov. 1S.--Forty-two lives were lost in last nights disaster in Seattle Harbor of Duwamish Head. when tho little steamer Dix was run down by the Alaskan liner Jeannie
 Thirty-seven of the seventy-nine pas sengers on the .Dix were rescued or the i've female passengers on the Dix the only one to escape was Alice simp- son. IS year old girl she Is believed to be the only person who escaped from the main deek of the steamer where more than haIf the Dixs pas. sengers were shut In when the fatal crash came
 A revised list of those drowned fol- lows;
 List of DEowned.
 W. Bracewell. Fort Blakeiey; D. Belier. Port Blakeley Mill; Fred Bau- let, Port Blakely Afilli Petor Buzzet: c. Byler. w. Byler. Alex Carlson. Ralph Clark. ali of Port Blakeiey; Joseph E. Conway, West Seattle: Charles Dennison. mate ateamer Dix. Mrs. T. C. Ford. wife of Superinten- dent of Port Blakely Mlll; E Garvia. Filipino, Port Blakely Mill; Mrs, Granger. Spokanei Martin Hansen. Port Blakeiy Mill; Edward Jones, Port Biakety c. J Kenney. United States Army Hospital attendant; John Keat- 1nH Sf Paul. Peter Larsen, Port Biafaly Mil. William Myers, Port Blakely. Albert Mcdonald, Port Biaixe- ly: Prank McQpeerie. ort Hiakely Miils Robert McDrnhnmond, Port Blakely August Nelson, Port Biakeiy. Mrs, Nelson, Port Blakely; Fred Piggott, Port Blakeiy; Roland Price, son of postmaster. Port Blakely; Prank Parks, chief engineer steamer Dlxi Ivan Read, fireman steamer Dix; James Smith, Fort Blakely; Miss JamesSmith. Port Blakely; Arthur smith, Pors Blakely; Even Swanson, Port BiaiSe- ly Mil; Charles Williams. Ballard Lumber Company; A. Webster. Port Bakely; Deckhand, steamer Dix; five Japanese en route to Port Blakely for work. one Chinese. one Filipino.
 It Is believed that the thirty-seveL passengers who were rescued include every person who was on the oper deck of the Dix when the little crafi plunged down stern-foremost into l0t fathoms of water. It is doubtful whether she can be raised.
 Water Smooth as Pond.
 The collision occurred while thu sound was almost as smooth as a mill pond, and after the boats had beer steaming within sight of each other for a quarter of an hour. The Jean nie was backing when she collided with fba fha ffnna0f glfRhf The Dix was struck abaft of amidships on the starboard side She listed heav- fly to port for a brief period. righted herself, then sank, stern first. There was hardly time to launch life rafts or boats before she was almost entirely submerged.
 Passengers jumped from the decks Into water, women screamed and off ficers 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 Jeannie and were dragged aboard
 The Jeannie was not moved until after all who had reached her had been hauled aboard. Then she cruised about, picking up several who had managed to stay above water. It was after 10 o'clock before the Jeannio left the scene of the catastrophe and steamed to the Virginia street dock, Seattles Wlth hef lhlTty -hile suAflN"iN.
 The Jeannie, of the Alaska Coast Company, had finished unloading at tho Great Northern docks at smiths cove, as had started for Tacoma shortly Dsfore o'clock. just about the same time the Dix left the Flyer dock for Port Blakeley.
 There were no passengers on the Jeannie. The Dix was making the last trip of the night and was well filled with passengers.
 Crash is Slight.
 When about two miles north of Alki Point, the two steamers were within a short distance of each other. steaming along on converging lines. The captain of the Jeannie says he signalIed to the Dix to pass him, and his whistle was answered. The Dix was then within speaking distance of the Jeannie, and to the port of her.
 Suddenly Mate Dennison, who was al 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 Jeannie, who was on the bridge, saw that an acci- dent was imminent. and called out Q warming to the man at the wheel of the Dix.
 Captain Mason gave the signal to re- verse his engines. and his vessel was slowly backing away when tho two vessels came together. There was but a slight crash the force of the ool- lision from the Dix coming against the side of the larger vessel and not that of the heavier of the 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 huddIed in groups on the decks, while others knelt in prayer. The women, who had little chance for their lives, stayed with the sinking Blakeley and signalled to her" said Captain Mason. The mate was at the wheel. Suddenly the Dix came up