The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-30
'WATSON" RAMMED
 AND SUNK

SEATTLE. Aug. SO.- While lying at the port commissions Bell street wharf. the steel steamship Admiral Watson was rammed and sunk at z o'clock Sunday morning by the freight steamer Paraiso. under char ter to the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. John Milmoe. @ longshore- man. who was working in the for ward hold of the Admiral Watson. was kileld when pile of timber toppled over by the impact of theI shock. fell on him.
 Pilot Commanded Paraiso
 Both vessels belong to the Alaska merchant fleet The Admiral Wat son is owned by the Pacific Alaska Navigation Company and was loading cargo for the Alaska railroad engin- eering Commission at the time of the disaster. The Paraiso, a steel yes sei Of 1888 tons gross and S55 tons net burden. was being moved from Pier A to Pier 14. Pilot A. J. Biork land. who was in command of Che Paraiso during the absence of Captain Frank Landstrum. says he lost his way in a fog of forest fire smoke. The Admiral Watson was struck on the starboard side. abreast Of the af- ter hatch. and a hole by 10 feet was torn in her side. She filled with wa ter and sank fifteen minutes after the Paraiso had rammed her. carrying two hundred tons of govern ment freight to the bottom of the channel by the dock. The vessel lies in eighty feet ol water ct her bow. and in twenty feet of water at her stern. and rests at an angle of almost 45 degrees
 Longshoremen had just gone to work to load the remainder of the vessels cargo for Anchorage. Alaska and the vessel was to have been mov- ed to the Pacific Alaska Navigation Company's pier later in the day She was scheduled to sail last night at 9 o'clock for Juneau and Southwest ern Alasks9 carrying freight and pas sengers. Captain Michael NJ. Jensen her commander. was. not aboard at the time the Admiral Watson was sunk.
 The Admiral Watson will be raised as soon as possible. and it is admit. ted by the marine underwriters that the cost of salving her will be about S50.000
 Admiral Farrasut To Run
 President F. F. Alexander. of the Pacific Alaska Navigation Company announced yesterday that the steam ship Admiral Farragut. which has been in the san Francisco-Seattle service for that company. will be put on the Alaska run permanently, with her first sailing from Seattle Septem- ber 5th The vessel will be in com mand of Captain Jensen, of the Ad- miral Watson and win have the crew of the latter vessel.
 The Admiral Watson is a vessel of 1855 gross and 1256 tons displace- ment. She Is 253 feet in length. is 3S.4 feet in width and draws 22.S feet of water She formerly was the the steamship. Watson. but was re. modelled and her name changed when she was bought by the Admiral Line two years ago. The Paraiso is 216.5 feet long. and is one of the heaviest crafts in the Alaskan service.
 Sampson Wreck Recalled
 The sinking of the Admiral Watson recalls the ramming and sinking of the steamship Admiral Sampson. by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Prin- cess Victoria. off Point No Point. Se- attle Harbor. on the morning of Aug ust 26. 1914. during Q dense fog. Cap tain Zimro s. Moore. commanding the Admiral Sampson. perished when his ship sank. and others who lost their lives were A. J. Noon. chief engineer w. F. Rocker. wireless operator. Miss 3 Campbell. Stewardess. A. Slater. watchman. l.. Cabanas. third cook, J. c. Williams. messboy. c. M. Marguet seaman. Ezra Byrne. a stowaway and Mrs. George Banbury. a passen- ger for Juneau.
 The Princess Victoria. a large and fast steel vessel. rammed the Admir- al Sampson. directly on line with the after hatch. and cut three-fourths of the way through her The blow caused a 12-loot gash to be opened up in the forward steel plates of the Princess Victoria. in which tho cover