The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-11


Four passengers aDd seven members OF
the crew we're saved a'ld :oqr members
OF the crew and p!o9a0iy sixteen PAS
sanSerS wee drowned.
Partial List CT Names.
Following is a partia! rs; Of The l"ad
Passengcrs-p y. Davidson. John BY
den Mrs. Houston and child Miss Isabel
Fenwick and her sister Of EicIS9r,a; Jan
Bactalen. an Austrian; 4. McInlI!pS ~
Rhcss Rua bon. Wales
Crew-.A. Olsen. fireman: Herbert l1arl
n"l steward: A O. Munro pnFser: TWO
Foiowias is list Of tic saved ras
serscrs:
laborer. bound for Ponder Island. MISS
NJ McFarlan. school lelcher: II. j. 'tprt-
ncn the stewards brother.
Gr9w-caplain A. y sears. mast; ,....,,,J J.
Nj. Phillips. deckEand: two Indians ara
one half -brced.
Todays disaster was In some rc.sneci;ss
oT BeeChy Head, Vancouver lslani, on
March -, With twcniy-sN lvcs. The
ScrEct, wooden steamer Of almost -"
sa,rc speed and dimensions as the Iro-
nuois WAS struck by gale, rolled over
on her side sud went iown IN 4 few
minutes. Only ono body from ;he SecEHlt
was found.
Attempt at Rescue Failed.
When the lrouuos foundcr2d rar. OF
: the upper works were leit above water
anl r,crsons ashore could ihS sur
yivurs .clinginc 10 chat portion OF lie
wreck The swir! of the waters soon
cred with wrccRaSe amid when Ncre
men and women struggling foI their
lives. o. tho bodies which drafted ashore
many were equipped with llfe belts.
A number OF launches nut Of .or The
scene. but were unable to G=t rear the
wreck.
The first Of tho Survivors % he landed
was Captain Sears II the wrecked "oat.
who with Mate isaiS;er and iwn Indians
The iroquois foun.lered fifteen inmates
after leaving Sldnsr. Hcr clrco SHIFT
ing. she swung "wr on rei :orc side.
crcled around as n about te make back
10 pot, partly ri'shied az i'n Went IN
her beam ends AMI. apparently iiira
with ter, loundered In comparatively
and part of her house work rcnlan'ns
unsubmereed.
Wrcckage Along Shore.
Wreckage is scattered along the coast
q. Vancouver island and Indians are pa
trolling the shore
deck hands who landed al Armstrong
point. were within 600 yards OF a
swampcd life boat whose occupants were
drowned. bui were unable to reach them
\ rescue party set out from Sidney In
4 launch and were within sight OF the
people struggling In the water when the
Steering gear of the launch broke and
The rcscuers were left powerlcss. One
passenger who was trying 10 reach land
piece OF wrcckace was hurled against
the 70 ks at Coal island by the sea. and.
losing his hold on the wreclSagc, was
drowned.
The mate and two others were washed
OH 10 Mary island where Indians found
Them shivering on the rocks and rescued
item.
The bodies of all the known dead have
lsfen recovered except those of Mrs,
Houston and her son. the sister of Miss
Isabel Fenwick aud u. y. Davidson. a
deck hand.
Story of the Captain. Z.
In describing the loss of the Iroquois.
her commander, Captain Sears. said:
I'VE left dock at sydney ct the rcSu
ar hour this morning, with heavy load
of general freight. Tho wind was blow
ing rather strong. but VIC have gone out
in far worse storms than that of this
morning. When were able TO make
the entrance To cancoe channel the wind
struck us on the beam and, together
list. put her 10 the wind. but soon
II was found thai size would not right
herself. ! Immediately headed for Rob-
crts bay, with the hope that We might
roach shorc before she went down. We
had not gone far. however before she
commenced TO settle rapidly
II ordered one of the lifcboats launched
and into this put the three women anc
sin OF the n,en passengers; They. how
ever. seemed In lie unable 10 manage
the craft. and as she swung into the
trough of the sine swampeI Most o
them were able TO regain hold OF
TIC boat
"As The Iiopuois settled her upper decl
broke away and many of the passenger;
got on this. as well as other pieces OF III,
wrcckaGe floating in the Immediate vi
cinity.
Thought Passengers Safe.
The other Ifeboat came TO the sur
face about twenty feet from where
vas on the upper deck We soon se
cured IL. but considerable portion q
II haG been stove In. | called for vol
untceis TO leave tho upper deck and II
response the chief engineer and thrc
Indiana came with me IN the badl
smashed lifeboat. | did not leave th
%reckagc until twenty minutes after tn
vessel sank. and decided that I woul
ance for those who were impcrilcd.
when ] departed In the boat Their
were many passengers on the upper decl;
but nioSt Of them had on lifcbclts and
did not think they were in any nme
dlatc danger. | told them thcy would b
safe on the wreckage as NC would b
and that is the reason that | called ~
volunteers 10 man the boat and go ashor
for assistance
"I did not know az that time wlietbe
tho news OF our founderinS had been re
cciNcd in Sydney and was therefore aiIx
ioIs 10 get help. When | was ncarin
the shore. however. I noticed tha; pvcpa
rations had been made and chat the
wcrc dispatching vessel to our assist
ancc.'