The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-07
STEAMER SINKS AT SEA, q ARE LOST
Eighteen Passengers and of Crew of Governor Listed as "UnaccouHtsd For"-Rammed Amidships Dur
 ing Fog--Sank in an Hour.

one pefSOnsf including lc passengers and three members of the crew of the Admiral line steamship Governor may have lost their lives when the big liner sank off Point Wilson, Wash, early today after she had been rammed and sunk by the shipping board i steamer West Hartford.
 ! A check-up of the survivors ar irving on the West Hartford when the i freighter docked here at 10 o'clock disclosed the fact that l9 persons car ried on the passenger and crew lists of the Governor were not accounted for.
 Seattle, Wash, April l.--Seven pas sengers and three members of the crew of the steamship Governor, sunk off Point Wilson early today, are missing, according to wireless mes sage at 7:15 a. m., from the steamer West Hartland, which is bringing the survivors to Seattle.
 The collision, according to the Port Warden's office, occurred at the en- trance to the Port Townsend harbor, in a heavy fog. The steamers Prin- cess Adelaide, Princess Alice and Jeptha were in the vicinity at the time.
 The remainder of the passengers and crew are aboard the West Hart land, which with her bows badly dam aged by the collision was proceeding to Seattle under half steam She was expected to dock at 10 o'clock. Purser Meyer Holzer of the Governor was making check of the survivors and expected to have it completed before the arrival of the West Hartland, he advised officials of the line At the Admiral lines offices it was state the Governor carried i72 passengers and crew of 124.
 Boilers Blew Up.
 A wireless message from Captain John Alvin, master of the West Hart land. said that the vessels bows were stove in for distance of 12 to f5 feet, but that she was not taking water. All the West Hartland's crew was accounted for.
 The collision took place in Eby's bay, off Point Wilson, at l2:04 o'clock this morning. The Governors boilers blew up shortly afterward and the big passenger ship went down in deep water at f:f5 q. m., according to wireless messages. Some members of the crew were injured by escaping steam and by the impact.
 Passengers were transferred to the West Hartland by boats from both vessels. Three boat loads. at first re- ported missing, were picked up by the pilot boat Pinto of Port Townsend and put aboard the West Hartland.
 The Governor, owned by the Pacific Steamship Company, operators of the Admiral line, left Victoria, B. C., last night and was enroute to Seattle, when the accident happened The West Hartland. shipping board ves- sel operated by the Pacific Steamship Company, was enroute from Victoria to Bombay
 Sank in an Hour.
 William C. Thomas, veteran keeper at the Point Wilson lighthouse, was almost an eye witness to the collision Describing it for the Aegceiated pse=s over the long distance telephone, he said
 "It was just f2:05 o'clock this morning when I heard the crash. As l turned in the direction of the sound. saw the West Hartland with her nose rammed into the Governors starboard side amidships. It was clear and the vessels were plainly in sight about three-quarters of a mile away.
 "I immediately called Port Town send and tried to get the coast guard cutters Arcata and Snohomiss. Both were out of port In finally got sever al launches out. I could see the boats putting out and it wasn't more than an hour before the Governor sank"