The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-14
ISLANDER, NOW
 HUNTED SHIP
 DROWNED FORTY


 inc invention. to descend to the floor of Lynn Canal. He believes that he has located the wreck, in 300 feet of water, the lead lines having brought up rust during the dragging last Tuesday.
 Anchor and cable with which Go an- chor the supply barge Palmyra over the spot where the Islander is believ- ed to be lying, arrived Thursday from KetchilZan, on the steamship Spokane, and was taken to the scene of theI wreck this morning.
 Mir. Rogers is fully confident that he will secure the Islanders treasure. She is thought to have about $4OOOO0 in gold dust aboard her.
 The lslander Wreck
 From the records of tho United States customs office a complete re- port of the wreck of the Islander off the southerly point Of Douglas Island fifteen ypears ago is herewith pub lished.
 The report was made out by Fl. r. Bishop, senior purser of tho vessel, and was sworn to before Harry R. Shepard, then deputy collector of cus- toms. It was filed four days after the Islander was lost.
 The formal report showed that the Islander, British steamship of ATS net tons burden. owned by the Canad- ian Pacific Navigation Company. Ltd, and registered at Victoria. B. C., struck floating ice while on her way from Skagway to Juneau. She met with her disaster in Lynn Canal, be. tween Douglas Island and Admiralty Island. about a half mile fro mthe Douglas shore. The time of the collis- ion with the ice was at o. m., Thurs day, August 15, 1901 The vessel was bound for Victoria, under command of Captain Hamilton R. Foote She carried no passengers and a crew of 62, the majority of whom were asleep at the time of the accident The weather is described as having been "clear, starlight, with no clouds" An- swering the question as to what measures were taken to avoid the cas- ualty, the report says Everything done possible" The ice cut through the port bow into her bulkheads. and into the coal bunkers. The Islander sank in about 20 minutes after the collision. The vessel was valued at S175,OOO. Her cargo was of ballast and ships stores, and she had one ex- press package of gold dust, worth $20O.O0O, consigned to the Alaska Pacific Express Company Forty lives were lost, including Captain Foote
 Crew Lost Lives.
 The members of the crew who were drowned were Captain Foote, Geo. AL len, ehird engineer, Fl. Smith, second steward; George Burkholder, oiler; Fl. Porter, coal passer; Jos. Baird, as- sistant coal passer; Norman Law waiter; S. J. Pitts. cook A. Kendall, night saloon watchman; Miles Joach, waiter; F. Burke. oiler; James Hatch fireman; Geo. Miles, barber; one coal passer and two chinese boys.
 Twenty-three passengers were lost. altogether, although the report shows only twenty-one lost their lives. These were as follows:
 T. Rogers, Vancouver; E. Mills, Vic toria; Mrs. D. Phillips and child, Seat tie; Miss Kate Barnes, Seattle; Mrs. R. Rose, Seattle; Mrs. J. c. Tender son. Seattle; E. w. Jorg, Vancouver; J. Dahl, Vancouver; F. F. Comford, Seattle; A. c. Beach, Seattle; M. J. Braelen, Seattle; Mrs. Nicholson. Vic toria; Mrs. Ross and maid, Victoria; M. Heating and Arthur Heating, Vic toria; J. Heating, Victoria.
 S. Applebaum, Victoria; M. Doug las, of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, Vancouver; F. Rekate, Seat te The funerals were held in Ju- neau and the majority of the dead were buried in Evergreen cemetry. in one plot.
 Passengers Saved
 R. Ross, U. S. Herbert, II. Castle burgi, D. M. Dennis, Fl. Blumaier, Se- attle; A. II. Morris, J. N. Mcfarland, q. C. Henderson, Mir. and Mrs. Pres ton, Vancouver; N. A. Belcourt, Vic toria; A. II. sreman, E. Il. Waller. and J. l.. Cotter, of the Northwest Mounted Police, Vancouver; Dr. Me Farland; l.. S. Robe, Victoria.
 O. Mclaughlin and wife and child, Seattle; R. Daglish, Vancouver; Mir. Bowker, Vancouver; Mir. McNaughton, J. E. Brown, J. K. McLennan, of Van couver; W. N. Powers, II. H. Hart, E. l.. spinSs, Geo. Brown, of Seattle; II. R. McBeth, II. Rod, R. J. Marsh, Seattle; F. J. Young, S. Jamison, Capt. Frazier, J. G. Morgan, Vancouver; Fl. A. Brigham. Mir. and Mrs. Bowman and son, Mir. and Mrs. Walker, J. N. Deavlin, MT. MOrkwen, J. V. Snod- grass, T. D. Yesman, T. D. Stephens, of Seattle. T. Rogers, of Vancouver. missing; R. Wright, Vancouver; J. J. Penst, Fl. W. Henderson, N. Pigeon, J. A. Brockman. A. Pigeon, J. G. Bean, l.. J. Bean, Johrn Kocherer, Joe Koch erer, A. Pluth, J. T. Snyder, l.. Beath- CT, William Meadows, M. Casper. A. Erische, A. F. Carleson, J. R. Wilkes, Dickey, of Seattle; Thomas Knowles, Victoria; W. S. Smith, Victoria; M. Green. Mrs. B. Mills, c. Puddicombs. Tacoma; V. D. Boyle, Charles Doyle. G. w. Doyle, A. Laneman, D. Phillips c. Flint, Mrs. Flint Mir. and Mrs. zahn, J. Daniels, Of Seattle; Mrs. Bell, l.. Gill, of Vancouver; Dr. J. Duncan, Capt Harris, of Victoria.
 E. B. sURwELL RETURNS.
 Edward B. Burwell of Seattle. sales manager of the Seattle Hardware