Show I II I J FOURTEEN Of OfA DEAD AS A HI f UL T OF f fl FIRE Occurred on Steamer tC Queen Ma Majority Majority Ia of Victims Drowned by b Capsizing of Lifeboat THREE SUFFOCATED TO DEATH Say n II Heavy Sea Sa Was on Oil And Ship Pitching itching When h n 1111 Illes Started Seattle Wash Feb n people lust lost lt their heir lives n as the tIme result of 01 tho time lire on the Queen from fromn Pan tatt Francisco to Seattle early arly yesterday morning The origin of ot the tho fire tire IB Is l an as IL asyet yet el unknown It started In the tho social hall of oC the vessel e el at about lI out 4 In the morning timid and raged for Cor three hours be hI fore foru It t was IO gotten n under control When the conflagration wa was first tile dill covered catered thu tho th lifeboats containing tho the women 5 and 1111 tutu children amid many litany men mien were launched launch l but three of ot these ow ov ing In to heavy hen seas flea capsized spilling p llin tho the In lii the Iho water nail tho thu lots loss of nine lives lIel Three men waiters nn n the time vessel ouel were ivere suffocated before they could reach retch the outer oilier air lr In lii safety from Crom their bunks In tho the glory glor hole In III the aft part Inn of oC the tho chip amid one died later from expos exposure ure According to 10 the time told bItt by pat Pal stagers amid cr crew w of or the tho Queen which arrived In III this thin port nort ut lit 5 G title this if this the vc vessel lIol el was wan wa oft off and amid about 30 front from land when time the tire lire was Uncovered There was trio n IL heavy hell V sea on and tho the shut ship Will was pitch Ing In badly When smoke was all discovered coming couming out of or time tho social hall on Oil tho time at af ter tar main deck dock of ot the tho vessel an alarm was wag sounded und ami time the crow crew and amid hansen all nil tumbled out In lit wild alarm When t opt Cousins Coming commander of ot the vessel essel discovered the tIme extent of oC the tie tire Ire which snitch embraced practically mill all the tie rear portion of oC tho the vessel euel ho lie Imme ordered tho the lifeboats launched Four tilled filled with willi women nod Md children mind men to man them were store dropped over from time the leeward side of ot the vessel essel Inch each containing about 16 people Tho Thu first boat capsized al almost most as ns soon noon as It touched the tho water settler by getting under wider tho the stern lem of tho the ship All Alt tho time In lit this tub were hero roe res rescued cued cuell by b the other small email boats boata with time the exception of oC a 1 Miss Mies n a 1 tint class cias passenger who was drawn under the time ship when wilen time the boat capsized The 1110 second boat bont capsized while being low loss lowered ered There were scene no passengers in iii this nt lit tho the time but the erase crew of or tour four men inert who wore aboard were spilled out timid and lost lOBI A third boat I ont spilled about halt half a 1 auntie untie from Crom time the Queen antI and all nit but four of ot Its passengers and crow crew were seere res ree rescued r s cued by b the other othor small craft In tho tIme vicinity Tho The list of or the tho missing ls Is as follows First Steiner Wash drowned In destruction lIe of oC small boat Mrs 10 E Adams Seattle a 11 wo WOo woman woman man of oC SO who died dlo from Crom exposure three titter hours after tho the discovery discover of ot tho the lire fire CloR D 15 Ii Newberry anti and It H drowned Deck J eck a 11 d 11 J Nelson and lJ II Frutas drowned Engineer Nulin and M 31 Flynn drowned anti lt Ita hay y ymond mond monti drowned M Homer Somer H U Doug Doul lee las and anti A Donnelly burned anti en rated ltd rime Tho lifeboats that steno floated safe ly iy I ant ami two rafts that were store thrown over Ocr overto overto to pick up any an who shio might bo be thrown In lii tho the water remained In lit the tho vicinity of oC the tho burning turning vessel and within view slew of oC It while time tho lire was stan ns being fought by I tho the erase crow anti and those among tho tie mala male passengers who remained on board livery Every available stream of at water seater was thrown Into the tho turning cabin tim the themen thomen men maim working coolly anti without ex cx The Time survivors state stale that tha t every ever eol man kept his hi Peal head mId amid worked hard to hi mm Huh duo the Despite their efforts however It after 7 1 before the tho lire wall under control mind and tho the sig Rill signal mini nal given to tho the small to return tO thO the tassel Passengers when Interviewed title this afternoon stated without exception that everything was seas dona by Capt apt Cousins that was WM possible to insure their safety lad hail it lO t not bent been pieces Mecca nary sary sa f to send off ort tho time boats not hot a life would imao been lost list but an tie It was seas dark when the tho started und It WItH lo to 10 light the limo vessel sessel or to tD con confine hue fine tho time women to their staterooms It was wall absolutely necessary to send thorn them away to avoid ool a 1 panto Practically the tho entire litter after part of ot time the ship shut U Is I In ruins The rho intense heat of ot the tho has hn bout bent and amil twisted the lImo Interior Iron Iroll work Into a IL shapeless titans mall multi and ration viewing the time ruin null to 10 today today day Ilay state tato that they th do Ic not understand un how host It l I was found possible to 10 get gel con control control control of oC tho time Web It not for lor the tho fact that the captain crow crest timid and passengers gene gers behaved with the utmost ulmont coolness the vessel e sel would have ho undoubtedly brett beon destroyed and lId the lots loss nf or life been enor onor enormous mantis The Tue vessel s uel carried more than passengers seng rB u CAPTAINS ACCOUNT I Capt Cousins gave glo tho the following ac nc account account count of oC tho tIme disaster dl lIster At u 1 40 Saturday fil a morning when wh we ste were 30 20 O miles malice to the tho lit westward of Light on out the COL of ot Oregon on omi our way WI Wa to this thus port Sec Ier Second ec ond Officer Heise reported to tu nui ummil that the ship was teas on Oil on lIre Reese was on 01 time the bridge go I 1 hastened from fromn my lilY stateroom nut not tithing taking time even to dress Quit and rang tho the Oro alarm letting all nil hands on I deck wo we started to lD light tho time fire re which located local Ill In iii tho time after saloon on ott 01 the tho saloon leek deck When I camuto on deck less lor 1 than half halt a II minute after being notified ed attired In my pajamas and amid tho time Humes wore score 39 30 31 feet fee high out of 01 the tho Ih skylight We ie got mIl met with stith hose hOBO playing the time water seater on ott tho time lIre but bUl which continued 1 to gather headway until the whole aft of the tho ho ship ahll situ WOn wan In flames When hema It looked Impossible to keen the time fire ilia under tinier control I gave Ino orders to clear cleur away nW Y the tho boats Loats to swing Hiving them out amid lower thorn them to the rails The boats on tho time weather or port side II hie I line lowered Into the time water seater There stera three men amen III In each und timid I ordered them to talC take tim tho hosts boats around to the tho lea iea Ie stile and orders antlers Then I J begat began b to till 1111 up Ill the time boats on the starboard slum side with th women anti children At this time timmie It looked Impossible Impo to tn save favo tho lImo ship shill Time The vessel seasel was In Iii flumes flames anti and the tho ro gain gainIng tag Ing headway on us 1111 despite our efforts effort Finally 1 tho tin starboard boats were wro lowered into the tho water Ona One of ot them tho ho last lo vered I 1 believe bellevo hell IO got union under tho the guard IURI I and amid was stas stove In ant and Inter later upset It was iron In charge of oC Second I nt capsized the time boats on elm tho tha lee Ic side went to their rescue I do not know just Juit how many I there thero sera vero In tho the various l lons on low lowered 10 I ered erell though possibly pO 60 The rho boats were store out In Itt time tho open until when believing wo see 0 hail had the tIme fire firt under con anti control troll I blow blots biD three tho the boats loats to gather around the time ship and by h 30 all nil save aO those thole lost loat on board again The men amen In the limo glory hole holo when hon count called with lImo tho discovery o or of tho the lire comno up lip through 11 II mOIl antI and blinding moke smoke Threw Three of oC these lost their way 11 Into the tim cockpit where they tho were or Ot burned to death I At tIme the Urn time the fire wan 1111 discovered dl tho time wind Ind sync blowing from Crom coin this the muth west sest probably 15 miles mattes an Pout hour There Thero wal 55 05 a n pasty choppy semi sell running 1 J Into have no tin lien Idea its liS s to tho time cause causo COU or origin of oC the to an opinion oval even the saloon Hainan watchmen and deck dark watchman report reported cd ed everything 0 O K U nt lit 4 Fourth Officer Meyer Me er went scent down Into Inlo time tho sa Inon 1001 at nt 40 antI and he neither saw sass nor mior Scented fire Oro or smoke moke It U appears to havo burnt hur t forth Into n a full Cull fledged fire very et Cr suddenly It was seas n a vicious angry fire Ore anti and but htmL for tor time the heroic work stork orl of oC the tIme crew antI In fighting It the tho ship anti and oil nil aboard ri would have burned birnel My M crew Crest behaved admirably They Time The could not have hlo dons clean better And too ton much bo he ii sail said In III praise of ot time tho ho splendid sl service of or tho time WITH WAVES WAl B Astoria Or Fob Iob Heel Heed of oC the time bur bar bR r tug today toda braved ed the Iho he unusually rough rouKh bar lJ r at nt time the mouth of oC the Columbia river mind and saved Ito tho steam Chico Dollar anti time tho lives 1109 of or lImo Iho ho seventeen men aboard lion hor Tho The Grace Unco Dollar was wall limo tho steamer spoken by II time tho yesterday anti thought to ho he tho Iho HI 11 Whon time the returned to port lion tonight with tier her tow loW her smokestack Was snow show white with lIh sitU lIaa from trum noun tho tIme waves leaves which hl h hal had swept clear clean over oser her carrying away na a solid lIon Iron mar door smash h ma In amid nt almost completely hiding hI hem from Crom sight |