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Show TI SCORE CO DOWN JO DEATH Steamer Dix Sunk in a Collision Col-lision With the Jeanie in Seattle Harbor. Of the Seventy-nine Passengers on Board the til-Fated Vessel, Only Thirty-seven Were Rescued Rigid Investigation -Hat Been Ordered. Senttle, Wash. Tho steamer Dlx, on tho run between Scattlo nnd Port Dlokoly, was struck and sunk by tho Alaska Coast company steamer Jeanlo on Sunday night oft Dtiwam-lsh Dtiwam-lsh Head, In Sentllo harbor. Forty-two Forty-two persons were drowned, thirty-seven thirty-seven of tho soventy-nlno passengers of tho Dlx being picked up by tho Jeanlc's lifeboats nnd brought Into Scattlo about 11 p. m., when a report of tho catastrophe was mado. Marino Inspectors Whitney and Turner have decided to hold a rigorous rigor-ous Investigation Into tho loss of tho Dlx. Their Inquiry will begin ns soon as witnesses can bo summoned. Tho Dlx lies In nearly 100 fathoms of wnter, and It Is doubtful whether she will ever bo raised. Tho owners of tho boat havo turned her over to tho underwriters, who expect to mako somo effort to recover tho utcamer. Whether they will drag for tho boat or try blasting is unsettled, unset-tled, but llttlo hopo of success Is entertained. Flags of uvery nationality are hanging at half-mast In Port Illokoly, nnd tho entlro population of 2,000 has temporarily abandoned business pursuits to emphasize Its grief over tho loss of tho Dlx. it Is likely Fort Ward will obscrvo with military ox-actitudo ox-actitudo tho loss of Its men. |