The evening world. Newspaper, August 19, 1901, Page 2

shalf a mile distant. stain objectcd, saying’ the beach was oe: miles farther down, ‘to examine. there was great danger, and urged 2: Yukon Steamer SURVIVORS OF OWN ERSON, He BBERIKER, L. BLEASON, J BOWMAN, Mr. and Mra. and boy, BAKER, F. G iT. OM BRIGHAM, WA. BRIAN, Jr. DROWN, Ss. W. w. rvs BROWN, COTTER, K. 1. CARLSON, se CASELI F. DICKEY, | { JAMISON, | KOCHRAY, KAISO As. ER, JOHN. BYE, 1 BK, ARTHUR, | hON, Fe Fe AND, Dr. Rs OOOO? passed and the south end of Douglas Island was reached. Then suddenly the steamer en- countered an obstruction, sald to have been an iceborg, and stopped with a jerk which aroused many of the sleepin’ pa-sengers, “Capt. Foote was having breakfast | st the time. When the vessel struck weter rushes in forward tn great vol- ume and the pilot advised that the veeses be run on the begch, not + er To this the cap- too abrup:. He thought there was no immediate dayker, but would run al where he ythaicé was a good landing. ‘The captain assured several pas- sengers there was no immediate dan- ger, and that they could go back to bed, and sent the first officer down That officer reporte that the vessel be beached at once. The. frat oMiccr ordered the boats tet down, but jermanded hy the rer, finally renilsed ¢t of the jon and allowed the first to wet down the “Meanwhile the passengers, who were aroused to their perll, appeared on deck, and a rush was made to the atte omcer ponte. Groom Hm WORLD WANTS IBEed HM A te oe ay at 3 2 were att c 2 STANDARD F ADVERTISING : | MEDIUM, | inthis morning's WORLD. F Paid Help Wants in the © Thirteen Other New York Papers Combined fit sere ae ae te ee DRIVERS DRUG CLERKS ELEVATOR 40) ry SMP, AGED ‘ a ai PEATHERS 7 MAL WarTERS wa WINt Ak ¥.08 MISCE } TOTAL —-_——__—+ ¢--___-. an Iceberg and Seventy-five Per- sons Were Lost. (Continued from F | the stenmer SO FATE. | Islander Struck at Paked THE DISASTER. 7 UR AUGHLAN, Me, and Mee and NAN. I Me } Moneay, a WEARLAND, MOMMESON MARIOWE! M Meo MAUSIAL. 1 VEWLAN PENOT, . IN, Ne Ws, De poicown Ar, We POWERS, W. Ww. PRESTON, W. G. and wife, nipiGny, 1 x watac Wise we you “AUN, | Men. who had treasure for safe keeping. purser, beon given much Uneluimed 7 “Purser Bishop handed all out ex- cept two bags of $10,000 each, which were not claimed, and went down with the vessel, The bow of the steamer steadily sunk, and twenty minutes later the propeller and rud- der were high in the air and useless, re. but the captain remained on the bridge until the last and finally jumped on a Mfe raft. When the steamer went undor an explosion oc- curred. ‘The captain lost his hold on the raft and went under. “Owing to a dense fog much dim- culty was experienced In locatng the shore. After a while water was heard trickling down the rocks and ail the boats reached shore, inny a who Jumped of rescued 1 ny fe from exh fon and intenae cold. Several persona re- covered conscionane nly after four or five hours! hard work by | thelr perao G Wife Dead. Among the passengers lost were the wife of Gov. Ross, of Dawson, her child and her niece, and Dr. John M. Duncan, of Victoria, The ortor wan seen with a Mee-preserver | OFAPRETTY HELLO'GIAL Carrie Rynes Listened to the | Tempter’s Voice Over the Telephone. with Hes ‘ Vita t ‘ A cot at Belle ! 1 rey Mer ow wa reet exchange ner fate arked out for the girl instead. Currie took charge of the telephone i was Wan Cartle (Ryness frat position tpplied herself t+ her work ani waa pssful, ft might ha well iad | remuined att elght See RTINIRe ~ pao MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 19, 1901: i LOST STEAMER nt Taken Six Weeks Ago Near Scene of Disaster.) {eleleicinieleleinieleleielclelelebeleleleoletetentets| elnint! about him, but no one saw Mrs Ross, and it was thought that Dun- can lost his Ife ina futile attempt for full speed ahead again, but the to rescue Mr. Ross and family just The Plot's Story. steamer had taken too much wate as the steamer sank. “The night was fine. As we al-/and she was so much down by the All the rescued speak in high terms | ways expect tom fee, a sharp| head by reason of the incoming of of the courage and assistance given | lookout was kept. About 2.48 A. M.| Water that her stern was thrown high by Chief Engineer Brownlee and First} the crash came. The boat was under| "Pp and she woule not answer her OMcer Neurotsos, who saved several) full speed, and no tee was in sight| helm. She ran around, not answer- lives. The intense cold of the water! and there was no fog. The fatal] ig the helm at all. caused cramps among many who were! hore was no doubt even with the| “J heard the mate's voice on the on life-rafts and resulted in) death upper deck about then, and | le from the exposure. The bodies of ized that we must put the | him to clear away the boats, Then those dying in this manner turned| seamer ashore at once, and after | {ere was a rush of passengers to the black. ordering the helm hard a-starboard | "Pper deck. All were excited. M. M. Brumbauer, of Portland! 1 rang for both engines to go full} “They at once took a hand tn the Ore., had $14,000 in gold dust in his} AX work of getting the boats out, and a satehel, but promptly abandoned 4 tumbled into the water and was res- cued D. H. Hart, of Klondike, had $40,000 in gold dust, which he abandoned when be jumped into the last boat and reached shore safely, M.M. Mantin, of Winnipeg, drop- ped his satchel containing $4,000 and a friend left $3,000 behind. Clang to 6 doand Ver Another Klondiker, wh not giver reported tmanten nm boat, » Roth the his tren eo annk, At Juneau Consul Phillips, of Seattle, who lost his’ wife and child. ‘The doctor insisted no one called at his stateroom to warn him of the dis- aster impeniing. Dr. Phillips re: mained at Juneau endeavoring to re- saith saw Dr. who escaped, but | Sheed ahe | Foote that it was our only chance to (From Photogra ririciviviclelelei-inls “Then when Capt. Foote decided to put the vessel on the beach, 1 rang cover the body of his wife. Pilot Le Blane, who had ch: rge of the steam- 1 did so I told Capt. majority of men rushed to the boats. There was no thought about women put her on the beach, or children, but these men rushed to “Capt. Foote did not seem to real- ize the danger and sald to me: ‘1 | the boats and cut away the tackles don't think we will beach her here,{#nd ropes and crowded Into. the for the beach is too steep, We wilt | boats. (heen such on belleve majority If not all 1 there ru ofp peers o have anved U run her back ship ean be to Hilda and the | saved if we put her we on | there, the passengers, 1 neh tn Velual © Lost. wan short. There was room all in the boats and In the rafts. “Seeing at that time the stermer was settling down at the head I urged Capt, Foote not to go to Hilda era not neted and had the pn je of every Kimecif.’ na the majority a the ni but to beach the steamer right | tate of probably not where she was, which was about |have heen as Inewe. three-quarters of a mile, or it may Mad with Fear. have been a mile, from the shore on the nd of the south shore of | “They clambered along the chains, Ist Douglas Island. Capt. Foote seemed to think that the vessel might get to y the tackle and, crowding: y shouting ‘Push off!’ loosed a in, were ea I saw one fellow, | don't know who he wes, waving > hatchet and threatening t> kill anybody who at- tempted to crowd into the boat in which he was standing. There was the better beach at Hilda Bay, but then seeing for himself how she was taking water he ordered her to the bench at once. Several minutes had been lost. tatiana antatatetetet en aah) * + ISLANDER. fnlelelnieleleletninietein! eerie much excitement on both main and upper decks, “As for the well indeed. crew, they behaved They could not have behaved better. Capt. Foote did not leave the bridge until the water prac- Ucally lifted hiv: off. All \» thought of Was the passengers and looked to their safety before seeking to save himself. The boats were all got off safely without being injured or swamped, and then we got out two rafts, “All the people left on board made 4 rush for the rafts. On the for- ward raft, in which I was, there were about twenty-five people. Capt. Foote was on this raft, and I did not see him after the raf’ upset, for T.and Second Mate Howell left the raft and struck out through the water In searcn of wreckage or something else support ourselves, Howell went in one direction and I in another, Lant. to Saved at “L found a plece of wreckage. 1 don't know how long [ was in the water, but when I clambered up on the wreckage I noticed that It was then daylight. I was taken off by a boat and landed with the other sur- vivors, and with them was taken care of by the people. “As far as I can Judge from the manner in which the steamer acted when she did not answer her helm, the Islander went down in about twenty-three fathoms of water, Soon after we left her she foundered, and ws she went down ifere was a rush of afr and water which carried away the woodwork and threw a cloud of! eT TE TCT eT PE ee Eye ee “I as ~ FOUGHT LIKE MAD ON A SINKING TREASURE SHIP. > debris up. I don't think the boilers | exploded. “The splintered woodwork thrown ; the rush of alr and water through the steamer as she went down. The forward port bow, just at the water- tight bulkhead, and carrfed away the bulkhead. She foundered, I should} judge, in about elghteen or twenty minutes.” The Islander was the Inrgest pas- senger vessel of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company. It was built at Glasgow and cost over $200,000. The vessel arrived at Victoria on IS8S, and was put on the Victoria-Vancouver route, Since then It has been engaged in the Vancouver trade, occusionaly going to Alasks and th lumbia River. Two hundred and elghty thousand de lara in treasure from the Alaskan Yukon gold flelds, over one hun thousand of which was the property passengers, sank with the steamer, No exact estimate ac to the loss of Ife and the tdentity of those who went down with the steamer can be obtained here, ax the purser of the boat is at Juneau, Alaska. The oMfcials here have heard from him, but general details of the accident and have but few of the names of the drowned, and Over a Handred Saved. One hundred and thirteen people tn all were waved. ‘The survivors who have arrived in this city speak In the high terms of the conduct of the officers ana of the steamer. They say that the greatest feats of Individual heroism were displayed among the men as well as among the passengers and that Capt. Foote, commander of the vessel, after seeing that every xoul that could be saved had’ been dropped into the Mfeboats, did not give the order to clear the ship until 4t was so far down that he had to Jump to a log raft which was later submerged in the explosion. The survivors of the party mide their way t> the beach, which was but a short distance away, and many them walked Treadwell, Alaska, tive miles, carrying the first news of the accident. Boats immediately elty and were at the scene of the dent by noon on Friday and recov many of the boilles. to Put out from that iy ngeris Story. EM. Gr of Vancouver, who went north by way of St. Michael in June, sald that he was awakened by a stew- ar} snortly after 2 o'clock, and went on deck. There was a large crowd of people around hoata, but they were very or- derly, and there was nothing Mke a pante, He saw that there was no poa- sible chance for him there, and, secur- Ing two Ilfe belts, which he buckled he went forward with four or five others and launched a Ife raft. Aw. they were putting it over the rail 4 man jumped on, but they compelled Alm to get off, and then got the raft tn the water without dlmMculty, About fourteen people got on the raft. When they left the ship there was fully two feet of water over her forecastiv deck, beth at enty-fttn 4 Dig apartment-house in § atrect ron, her sister, Was Hkewine employed. Martan was as pretty ay Carrie was attractive Me showed the girl attention The first w f lov Carr heard were over wire Hatened to en wor vmain. ‘Ther Uitamtl ne nan. Were be 1 temp) irked vnd th romance | kirl Hr a Wrecked. tort C Rellesue Hy gle] wae arratsc thi Magtstre | Mage BRITS A AND v Asyhim, BOERS LOSE. KITCHENER'S FORCE FALLS BACK AFTER FIGHT, nalieh, not tabulary num Vthe strong Mine, they mine EARLY LOSSES. Dante v, Is Den, Dante! TV Wee Newt y w eved wee toand iaudacaye garter, was stteken WIN jarals'sie Saturday he and died yerterday morning at tie of hia ay: islaw, Leander Clarke, Mr. Weed waa elghty-two vears old, Bes ais hi ne ite Cher & che 6 ar tna frat Mil Onto, West West STOCKS RECAN. PAUL AND COPPERS BEST IN THE MARKET, Lutted Stntes steel I ~ ANOTHER STAY FOR DIAMOND. | Miasourt Pacite Nat. Lael In sympathy with the lowest fhoihe American department at Le. favorable news from th the Ko marke y unter leorable selling pressure Phe ta NK potlected this moves ment with de Mt bet tot det per | ttep ing ree | en South Ratiroad | maximum deel in the Pennaylya nt opted South, Hajtway pt nherent { § wien Yreo Merings | 1 ed al ipwand trend Was most « onapteuous In ated Copper Paul and Amalga The Wheat Market, Wheat opened weak and lower, with a fiirly aciive speculative trade influenced | uy: evpt Hroombail attributed the ¢ Liver: ob wes to the briitiance ef Eng iwh wea fan depression ' | pentalam | Koreig old here att rs +} Cora w tod by wet we { 1] the Central “as well a © wh York's oye her whe October r whe Ty-t to mber ¢ rn, Tr, we st re wheat, ee De a) th; cembor remper «May corn December cv losing pel hes ; Sente: mbor ‘wheat, Ties to AW Da 11-4; Ostober wheat. cember Aci. Tor a 8 wheat, 7312. to 738 Stay. wheat iti Brocklyn Nl, T. August corn, 678-§: Beptember corn, Can, Pac, 3 October corn, B8. : Gof Rebukes Lawyer for) Getting It at Early Morn in White Plains. When the case of Capt, Willlam Dia- mond was called In Recorder Goff'x court to-day Lawyer Henry C. Hender- an, acting for the indicted Capt sprang a surprise that angered thi rr exceedingly. announced that he bad this morning, from Justice Dyk- of the Second Division of the Su- sitting in White Plains, Ile early man, preme Court, riay of matter until Aug. 29, On that date, before Justice Lawrence, in the Supreme Court in this motion will be argued to take the of Capt. Diamond from General sions to the Supreme enange of venue to some other cou ‘The granted,” eald Mr. a fale and impart dant sould not nd, further, that portant sof Hendersen, “ts that of thin dee hod in thin city, intricate and are Hkely to will Injuntice haw rise In the matter and great car exercised to prey % done to my ehent. Recorder ¢ nety. He had elready cran noments and fully ¢ Capt Diamond would ndletment this morning. ‘Toeannot express to you wir. sald the Recorder to Mr iienderson, “my: appreciation of your unprofessional conduct In coming into this court and obtaining a postponement ana tnen ap: ing to a judge of the Supreme Court | another department for a stay in the {| matter."* In what I Bave done,” replied the secured, i proceeditgs In the Diamond | | lawyer, “I thought I was doing | dury to my ellent, same (hit | been done in the Bh jenace, bu of th nly my cured. y F under false pretenses,” Recorder hotly. "You said you wante t a demurrer, pothung of th kind,” iid be un) professional conduct.” few more acrimonious pasénges Aud then the case was ad- | path Capt. Diamonl was notin jcourt. n. Henderson after the Court pro- ings sald: “t At no disrespect. to the orders 1 bad but a very short and ienowlne ehat the Jiintices of | Supreme Court in this Department did | not Ko on the bench before 10.9 o'clock if hae to be quick. | "1 wax in White Plains thle morning, and Justice Dykman being there 1 ap: led to him for the orde a The rket, ‘The local cotton market opened steady | to-day, with prices 1 point higher to 2 | potnts lower, jon M After th the market | sharply on eral HMquidation, carried October off to 7.25 and Jan: A rally followed shortly on nit opening pric September, 7.2 SENSIBLE. To ¢ QUIT. | Coffee Agrees with Some People, but Not | with All. ground upon which this stay was Soffee has caused my son-in-law to have nausea and paln in the stomach end bowels, “In my own case I am unable to ‘drink coffee without having distress ‘afterward, and my son, eleven years | old, has had dyspepsia, caused by drinking coffee. “We all abandoned the use of coffee some months ago and have been ing the Postum Food Coffee since, Kach and every ono of us have heen entirely cured of our troubles | and we are naturally great friends of | Postum. I hrve tried several difier tent ways of making {t, but there's {no way so good as to follow the dl- I rections properly; then we have a delicious drink.” Mrs. A. E. Moublo, 431 Lynn Bt, Malden, Mass. up would undoubtedly be caused by | ‘ship. ice which sunk her struck her on the! twenty=| | | | berg pass | Lord Taylor + Fear-Crazed Men First Thought of Their Gold and Their Lives Afterward. One of the passengers on the raft sal@ that he saw thelr captain jump from the ship ax she was going down, The night Was somewhat foxgy, s0 much so that they could not ace the Innd from the although {t was only three-quarters of a mile away, Tv! boats were able to find their way ashore by the sound of a little waters fall. When they were on the raft an ice. 1 them, but he does not think it was the one the steamer struck, It was about six feet high and twelve feet ig. He heard one man say that he* lost $50,(00 In gold, Pathetlc Incident. did not think the ship remained t twenty-flve minutes after he wat % He ato nt Was that of a man and en some years it a Mtule fortune roming out to enjoy, were being launche¢ but there was husband, the suip. She sin the boats, n Was taken In, m for tn with yone re went dow Was raved with th but had absolutely hing left but hey night clotnes, On the morning after the wreck a door drifted ashore with a dead child holding to it. ‘The ilttle one | had a life belt on. ' The crew behaved well, thinking of ’ the safety of the passengers, and itwar | not until the water almost Mfted hin off that C: pote left the bridge, Thi ix boats were rushed, and had the | pawsengers not heen s¢ of Ife would not says Capt. Le excited the lom have been so great Blane. The Stewnrd's Story. Steward Simpxon lost ten in his de partment, and his description of th kin very clearly given, He wa by the ahi and could no Ret of bis stateroom until he brok: out of the window, He reached th bridge Pilot Le Blane was ot vatch and with the,mate ordered out Iife-boats, as she was filling witl vater fauat and the chief engineer re ported the pumps unable to take cary of the water. He also went below wit! an axe, broke down the lower state room doors and stayed at hia word untli the water forced him to go to the upper deck By this time the ship's boats were loaded and had got away, and while he omcers raft to were getting out the las cs Foote called to al clear the ship as she wi to go down. This was the cai tain’s last order, as at that mom the ship eink and the captain, leapt clear of the wreck, wan picked up a Iife-raft which, in some manner, w: overturned, ‘The night was very mii and all hands were forced to shite themeelves, hands about Fall Opening Sale} Tepe and Persian Rugs Commencin g Tuesday, Atig. 2 zoth/ 73 Carpets, Sxir to 12.6x17 ft, 150 Mosul Rugs, average size 4x7 ft, 5 - Reduced for this occasion only. } ; Broadway & 20th St. ALMANAC, COSTS YOU x 25c.:. 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