The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 26, 1914, Page 1

| “Cale Dornick’s oldes’ son rig: ged up a wireless to Heten to war dispatches, All he's even heard so fae is profanity,” } One of the most thrill- escapes from death on the Admiral Sampson was experienced by Miss Claire Buor, 5616 11th av. N. E., bound for Ketchikan to teach school. / The fact that her life was saved was due to somebody from the Prin- cess Victoria throwing a rope, and to the fact that George Peterson, of Cen- tralia, first seized the rope, then seized the school teacher. Both went far under, but Peterson gripped Miss with his legs, and held to the rope with his hands. Miss Buor, as she buddled in the cabin of the Princess Victoria, her hair tousied, and a raincoat but- toned tightly under her chin. “The | two boats whistled and whistled. and I guess that was what wak- ened me. I feared something was ‘Wrong, 80 arose and peeked out. It) fearfully foggy, but the steam. | ch Fett ? Why, here he is now!” ps} muscular looking fellow strolled up and He was fully clothed, but he) Jooked as if he bad gone throngh | fire and water. The front of his | shirt, that had once been white, was spotted and streaked. A wilt ed white collar dangled like s rag from the shirt stud at the back of} iner Admiral _ VOLUME 16. NO. 156, That Dares to Print t The Seattle Star e Only Paper in Seattle SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1914. PICTURES . One of the rescued passengers came down the gangplank, robed of the Sampson photographed as he in a white blanket. FRENCH FIRST GUN » } picture snows tne damaged bow of the Princess Victoria. | water line cantaloupes. SURVIVOR TELLS HOW pismo ONE CE) N o ne jaggea hole torn just above her indicates the terrific force with which she rammed and sunk the Admiral Sampson. the ragged hole of the bow were various parts of the Sampson's cargo, Jammed in including a battered box of VICTIM, ~ BURNING INWRECKAGE, BEGGED HELPLESS MATES TO SHOOT HIM “I'd sat up all night, chewing the fat with the bunch, asa “We'd been rammed on the star- fellow will,” said J. H. Variey, | board side, and, as I looked down ironworker, “and was taking a jover the ratl, 1 saw Pete Curtin squint at myself in the looking- [and Hank Fullen, pale of mine, glass to see whether | should (struggling in the water. shave then or wait another “I threw them a line and got half in two. wreckage which clung to the anchor chain of the Princess Vic- torla. The wreckage was afire. “The first thing I knew, strom had pushed the end of a rope {nto my hands and was drop- ping over the side. I lowered him. he News ed Lind-} AST EDITION WEATHER FORECAST — No chance for anything new here; same ae before—fair tonight and tomorrow. Westerly winds. EWS STANDS, be N TRAINS AST) Sampson Rammed ~ and Sunk in Sound; Eleven Three passengers and eight members of the crew of the Admiral Sampson, Alaska-Pacific Navigation Co,, including Capt. Z. S. Moore, were lost when the Princess Victoria of the Canadian Pacific line rammed the Samp- son at 6:05 this morning off Point No Point, 18 miles north of Seattle, tore a deep gash both above and below her water line, and set it on fire at both ends. The Sampson sank within 10 minutes. lision was due to a dense fog. To the judgment of Capt. P. J. Hickey of the Vie- |toria is attributed the fact that no more fatalities octur- red. He kept the pro wof the Victoria in the hole torn by |his ship in the Sampson’s hull. This gave the passengers and crew the chance to save themselves. When the Victoria backed away from the Sampson a big rush of water filled it and it sank in three minutes. | Practically all of the passengers were asleep at the |time, but Capt. Moore took charge of the rescue work | with unusual skill and dispatch. Boats were promptly lowered and ropes thrown out. The last seen of Capt. Moore was just as the boat sank. He was raising his hand as though in token of \farewell. As the bow of the ship dipped into the water, |he was swallowed up. With equal bravery, Chief Engineer Noon and Wireless Operator Reiger sacrificed their lives. | Passengers drowned include Mrs. Ed Banbury, - | bound for Skagway, and G. W. Bryant, bound for Sew- jard. The crew’s dead are: Capt. Z. S. Moore, A. Sater, deck watchman; C. Marquette, sailor; Miss Cam) bell, stewardess; L. Cabanas, third cook; John G. Wil- liams, mess moy; A. J. Noon, chief engineer; W. E. Reiger, wireless operator. John McLaughlin; of San Francisco, is reported jmissing among the passengers, but his name does not appear on the company’s passenger list. es } Eddié Bracken, a passenger bound for Juneai“Wwas so badly burned that he died at the Providence hospital, to which he was removed as soon as the Princess Vic- toria, bringing the survivors and dead of the Sampson, docked here, at 10:15 this morning. The Sampson left Seattle at 4 o'clock this morning _ for Juneau. The Victoria, out of Vancouver, B. C,7 was due here at 8 a.m. There were 54 passengers and 65 members of the crew on the Sampson. The bow of the Victoria was slightly damaged. Ship carpenters patched up the hole and she was kept afloat. “The Ad- miral Watson, sister ship of the Sampson, hastened to the scene of the wreck, and convoyed her to Seattle. Most of the passengers and crew were able to get into life boats. CROWD GREETS SURVIVORS Like a phantom ship, the Princess Victoria limped | out of the fog into her berth at the C. P. R. wharf, Pier The col- | 1, shortly after 10 o’clock this morning. Her decks were crowded with people, half of them | well dressed and the other half with only fragments of \clothing protecting them from the cold. day, when my head rammed them aboard, and we turned to do Into the mirror, emashing it, | what we could for others. and | thought for a moment my “Still another tronworker—there skull wae cracked. were 20 of us {n our party, and all “When I found that tio bones! bound for a job in Juneau--called | The man below was caught fast, ; and, though Lindstrom tugged and} tugged, he could not get him free. “We saw the fire creep upon him. Hie clothes began to burn. REPULSE FIRED IN x. vate hat sat rakishly | on the back of his head. A foun- tain pen still held {ts clip in his coat pocket, despite the fact that coat, pen, and owner had been far » Mont under water. « ALL KEEP HEADS An outstanding feature of the @isaster is the coolness with which the ers faced their pertl, ané to this coolness and the cour-| age and discipline of the crew of the Sampson is due the fact that, | while but three passengers were | lost eight members of the crew gave up their lives. KILLED BY TRAIN | Frank P. Dell, a laborer, while | crossing a railroad bridge near Sky-| homish, was hit and instantly killed | by Great Northern train No 1 yes| terday. A brother lives in Butte, MAN KILLED BY TRAIN The body of an unidentified man, who was killed by a Great North-) ern train Tuesday afternoon at Al-| pine, near Scenic, Wash, was brought to Seattle today | mans GERMANSFAR EAST By Wm. Philip Sims PARIS, Aug. 26—Paris is wild with joy today over re ports of successes by the allies In their mighty battle with Germans on the Belgian fron tler. The allies, it was sald, were more than holding the gateway to Pai is —that they had repulsed the G at Maubeuge and slaughtering them wholesale and pushing their own lines back’ into Belgium REGULATE SCAFFOLDS Acting on request of Seattle's painters, the public safe tee of the council today recommend ed for passage an ordinance reg- ulating the construction of scaffold- ing. The painters want them pro: vided with railings and otherwise properly safeguarded 1 was out at Mt. Baker pari ut on the ik the other day, where the kids splash grass. lake, a group of children were playing In the eand, and what do you suppose they were making? Forts! They had heard pa and ma di studied the war pictures. And tions revel in dreams of wholesa 1 wondered then, ill be upon ti agi few nay the Fide will a lot to do with ing the bent chances are that teacher, too, will can you go these days to get awa will lay herself out to sweeten thi ration of peace. Teacher can hel versal peace we long for. Ul here they were, scuss the war; no doubt, too, they'd letting thelr imagina- murder. i, what the effect of so much war ration. ¢ back at school and teacher will have of their thoughts and dreams. have war in her system—for wher from it? hellishness and keep aloft the in- | hope, though, teacher p a great deal towards the ultimate Givet, PEKIN, Aug. 26.—That Jap- anese troops have landed on Shantung peninsula, close to Kiaochau bay, was learned to- day by the foreign office here. It was stated that the land- Ing wae effected under cover of a bombardment by fight draft British cruisers, which ran as close as they dared, on account of the mines, to the German forts. The forts, In turn, replied vigorously, damaging the ships somewhat and killing ten men. It le estimated the Germans could withstand a siege for at least three monthe. commit-| The The Japanese gave every evidence of an unwillingness to sacrifice not only their own lives neediessly, but to kill the Germans if it could be avoided. They were making their prepa- | rations with much deliberation | and plainly proposed to delay an assault until it became evi dent the German position could be taken by no other means, 'AUSTRO-ITALIAN WAR IS NEAR ROME, Aug. 26.—If the massing of troops along the Austro-Itallan frontier signified anything the |threat of war between the two | countries grew graver today | It was the consensus of opinion, |however, that hostilities would be begun, if at all, by Austria. NAVAL FIGHT ON AT SOUTH BEND? MARSHFIELD, Ore, Aug 26—~ Firing wae heard today off North |Bend, It Is believed @ naval en- igagement is on, ‘ were broken, I got out on deck In to me,that there was a man caught a hurry. It was getting light, but on the bow of the Princess Vio- the air was thick with fog. I made /toria, which had worked loose out, Just forward of the Bampaon’s| somewhat from the wedge tn the| smokestack, the sharp bow of a&/| Bampson. | |ship—the Princess Victoria it was| “We looked over and down, and| —and she'd sliced the Sampron saw the poor fellow caught in| ESCAPES BY A DARING JUMP Al Paris, 4110 College st., Seattle, one of a group of 20 structural iron workers bound for Juneau, occupied a berth within a few feet of where the Victoria rammed’ the Sampson. He says his escape from death was miraculous, Quick work on his part enabled him to dress almost com- pletely and to grab his suit case. | He arrived on deck to find the anchor chain from the} Princess Victoria invitingly near by. He backed up, took a running jump, sailed across a space of water, and grabbed the anchor chain, still holding his suit- case. Hand over hand he climbed the chain and got aboard. WOMEN THROWN INTO WATER H. Pollum, who lives at 1822 Fifth av., Seattle, said he was awakened by the crash, which was so severe it jarred the vessel from stem to stern. He leaped from his berth, grabbed the clothes that came handiest and rushed on deck to find the steamer settling rapidly, and the big hulk of the Princess Victoria looming directly above them With most of the other men aboard, he went over the rail and swam until picked up by a life boat from the Princess Victoria. Others with women in their care experienced great difficulty, for the thing happened so suddenly and the ves- se] settled so rapidly there was little time to foad the boats and get them away. Pollum thinks most of the women aboard were in the water at one time or another. BIG DOG SHOW PROMISED Wntries for the dog show of the Seattle Kennel club closed last night after a rush which threatened to swamp the club officials, The list of dogs entered has not yet been completed, but the show man- agement was confident today a sufficient number of dogs had been entered to insure the largest show which the club has ever held, The show will open on September 3, at First av. and University st F< Then his hair caught fire, and his eyebrows. “‘For God's sake, ahoot me!” he begged. ‘I can't stand It—I can't, I can’t!’ His flesh began to burn, and when | saw Lindstrom's pante catch fire, | pulled him up, though | he protested. Later they got the man up, but he was dying. "The bow of the Princess tow- ered high over crew of the Princess hoist passen- gers to her deck. “By and by when all the women near had been lifted up to the Princess Victoria, we men climbed aboard. We were none too soon, | for the Sampson turned her nose down into the water and made as| pretty a dive as you ever saw.| There wasn't any splash to speak of. “The captain of the Sampson had retreated to the stern. He| stood with hand raised. The last thing I saw was his abnd as it sank beneath the boiling water,” SAVES CHILDREN’ Joe Brosman found two children in their nightclothes, clinging to an aged woman. He carried them, one by one, the children first, and hoisted them aboard the Princess Victoria “You could have knocked me down,” said Brosman, an_ iron- worker, “when the old lady kissed me and cried and pressed a card into my hand, She's going to write me.” ‘ The_woman was Mrs, 8. A, Cook of Qu™c, a her @ and aco: MUST OPEN ’EM To prevent any coal crisis in case British Columbia is bottled up by the war, the Bering river coal fields must be opened immediately, according to a resolution passed by the Comme 1 Club last night.! The Cordova Commercial Club urges the same, the deck of the| Sampson, and we were helping the | A gaping wound loomed large in the vessel’s bow, |only two or three feet above the water line. The wound jextended back from the bow 20 feet, sliced clean, as though a gigantic knife had done the thing. In the breech hung a battered hatch cover from the Admiral Sampson. Half of it dragged under water, but the part that was stuffed into the hole was reinforced with a mass of burlap. A ladder hanging from the deck above told of heroic and desperate work on the part of the ship’s car- penters. ROLL CALLED IN SHIP'S CABIN Hundreds of people crowded around the shore entrance of the pier, demanding news of relatives ane friends. Other hundreds jostled each other on the lower floor, gazing cur- iously at the dead wagons drawn up in line. Greeting were shouted as survivors recognized on the wharf friends who saw them off last night. they were able to seize when the crash came, were held on board. One fat man nonchalantly strolled about the decks smoking a ciagret, clad only in a blanket. The injured were hustled into waiting ambulances and the regular C. P. R. passengers from Vancouver were sent ashore. Then the Sampson's passengers and crew were sum- moned to the ladies’ cabin of the liner and roll call began. A hush fell on the crowd as, one by one, names were checked off. Some answered “present” calmly, as though it were an every-day affair. The voices of others shook. Women sobbed or laughed hysterically as they answered. DEFENDANT IN (— SUIT STRICKEN While cross-examining Ida Feath- er, the plaintiff in a suit against him for a board bill, in Justice Wright's court today, Levi Dale was stricken with an attack of |heart failure, dying a few minutes later in the city hospital. Robert Rounder’s Next Article Will Appear Tomorrow Lot in D. T. Denny “addition, North Seattle, sells for $7,600, | The survivors, clad in overcoats, kimonus or whatever 4) ‘