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Show STEAMER 60ES 001 OFF CAPE LAZO, 3. C. Passengers and Crew in Lifeboats Life-boats Being Picked Up; All Safe So Far as Known. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 3. Wireless stations hero and nt Corvallis have picked up messages reporting that the steamer Spokane of tho Pacific Coast Steamship company has been wrecked off Capo Lazo, B. C. Tho stcamor Dolphin is rushing to tho Spokano's assistance in answer to "S. O. S." calls. A message from the Spokane said; "Sinking fast; rush help." Tho steamer La Touche is taking off passengers. The Spokane is a passenger passen-ger voflsol plying botween Portland and north coast points. Tho Bteamor La Toucho of the Alaska Al-aska Steamship company, was one of the first vcsboIb to answer tho distress call, and at 10:30 o'clock tonight was standing, by. ITiftcon minutes later she began taking off tho passengers of the Spokane. "Taking water fast; send all assist anco possible,'"' was one of the flashes Toccived at the wireless stations almost immediately aftor tho first distress call, which read: "Steamer Spok xnc, fiftcon miles north of Capo Lazo, wants assistance." The steamer Dolphin and the steamer MLnnosota answered tho message. Tho Spokano is a vessel of 203G tons, and was built by tho Union Iron Works in San PranciBco in 1003. Sho left Skag-waj', Skag-waj', Alaska, on tho return trip southward south-ward yesterday. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 3. Tho passengers pas-sengers and crow of tho stoamphip SpoTcnno took to the lifeboats and are being picked up by tho steamship Ln Toucho. Tho steamship Alki is standing stand-ing by. It is bclioved thcro has boon no' loss of life. |