Show A MARINE INE DISASTER 11 FIFTY POUR FOUR LIVES LOST I 1 IN STRAITS OF JUAN DE FUCA 1 every woman and child aboard steamer Cial clallam larn sacrificed to fierce storm which caused vessels ruin the new steamer clallam of the seattle victoria fleet went down early earit saturday I 1 eiliv ay an fn sinith island and Dung Dunge oness riess la in the strolls straits of juan de fuca file wa say it a dis cacti front seattle fifty four fatir persons person were iszory woman and child thild aboard tho Cla clallam llant wits a sacrifice to the herce aercke I 1 storm that raged la in tha straits 1 I within abree TOye ao tho share and at t a time when it appeared ce certain letain ho cho clallam could not be saved I 1 1 aties I des berato effort was made mada to savall the women tind rind children ilithe in tho lite life bents beats they were placed la in the first boat to leave cave tile the ship which captain taw relive edico it a yukon pilot volunteered to in mana and which was maddea manned by lech deck hands bands tile fra trail 11 craft we went nt down own within sig eight of 0 th the 0 chil chillari Callam larh 3 A second nto life boat filled with male ial dassen passengers ers and in command of 0 second secand officer currin currie hiis nag probably lost it few minutes later aboard the clallam watchers saw waves sweep passengers re gors from their hold bold onabe seats and ana hurl them into the waters though the life boat was righted lighted later still afloat a diligent search extending te tending for twenty hours has tailed to find and trace ov of her wore more passengers and members of the crew were lost when a third life boat was as swamped in an attempt to launch it it three passengers were picked up by the steamer ballata who had bad fastened life preservers about their bodies they had bad died from find and their bodies were brought to seattle sunday tho the clallam nas mas a staunch new passenger boat on tho the seattle victoria run she left port townsend for tor vie VIC borlo facing a terrific southwest gale within sight eight of her destination a huge sea overwhelmed the little steamer smashing in her dead lyghts flooding her hold bold u fill w nater ater extinguishing the fires beneath her hollers boilers and placing her e at t tho the mercy of a howling gal gala |