Arizona republican., 1914-08-27
Steel Steamship Admiral Sampson is Rammed and Sunk by the Canadian Pacific Liner Princess Victoria Near Seattle
BOTH PROCEEDING
 WITH CAUTION
Captain and Two of Crew Remain Until All Others Are Safe, Then Perish in Attempting to Lower
 LifebOat
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIspATcH]

SEATTLE, Aug. 26.-The official list of the dead furnished by the Pa cific-Alaska Navigation company, whose steel steamship. Admiral Sampson, was rammed and sunk by the Canadian Pacific liner Princess Victoria this morning, twenty miles north of Seattle, contains eleven names-eight members of the crew, two passengers and an alleged stow away-but four other passengers are missing and are believed to have perished.
 The Admiral Sampson, bound for Alaska, was just creeping along in the smoke and fog, blowing her horns. The Princess, also whistling, and travelling prldently. struck the Alaska boat at a quarter angle just abaft the beam and sliced almost three-fourths of the way across the Sampson. The oil tank of the Samp son was cut in two, and the oil set on fire. Immediately the middle of the Sampson and the interlocking in flames. Officers of both boats had good control of their crews. The lifeboats of the Victoria and some of those on the Sampson were low cred immediately, the latter contain ing the passengers.
 The people on the Sampson began to leap into the water, and were speedily picked up by the victoria's boats and taken to the Canadian ship.
 The captain of the Princess held his boat in the gap in the Sampson until the latter began to settle in the water, and then withdrew. The Sampson sank a few seconds later. Captain Moore, Quartermaster Mar quist and Wireless Operator Rocker stayed on the Sampson until they had seen all the others leave. Then they tried to lower a lifeboat, but gulfed with the ship.
 As a result of the collision the Pa cific- Alaskan Navigation company filed a libel for $67O,00O against the Princess Victoria
 The members of the crew lost were: Captain Zimroe M. Moore, Chief Engineer Allen J. Moon, Wire less Operator w. E. Becker. Stew ardess Miss M Campbell. Watchman A. sater, Third Cook L. Cabaniss, Ouartermaster c. M. Marquist and Mess Boy J. c. Williams.
 The passengers lost were: Mrs. Ruby Banbury. wife of George Ban bury. the Pacific Alaska Navigation agent at Skagway
 George w Bryant, Seattle, paint CT. bound for Seward
 Ezra Byrne, of Seattle. a waiter who was burned so badly he died soon after being taken to a hospital here; alleged to have been stow away.
 The four missing passengers were: John Mclaughlin of San Francisco said to have been well known there; W. Hoffen, J. H. Cline and William Kiovitch.
 The Princess in reporting the ac- cident said that she was on her way to Seattle with most of the passen gers and crew of the Sampson. The Sampson carried fifty-six passengers and a crew of sixty-five.
 The Sampson sank in four mln- utes. The collision occurred at 6:3C this morning.
 When the collision occurred and an oil tank exploded, Byrne was envel- oped in the flames. He was rescued alive. but died just after the Prin- cess reached Seattle. Captain Moore could have saved himself, but de- clared he would go down with his ship.