| Show 60 A MARINE DISASTER I 1 C FIFTY FOUR LIVES LOST IN STRAITS OF JUAN DE FUCA every woman and child aboard steamer clallam Clalla rn sacrificed to fierce storm which caused vessel a ruin the new steamer clallam of the seattle victoria fleet went down ear ly saturday morning midway between smith island and dungeness Oun Dun geness in the straits of juan de fuca says a dis patch from seattle washington fifty tour four persons were drowned every woman and child aboard the clallam was a sacrifice to the fierce storm that raged in the straits within three miles of the shore end and at a time when it ap appeared appeared certain the clallam could not be saved a des effort was made to save the women and children in the life boats they were placed in the first boat to leave the ship which captain law rence a yukon yulon pilot volunteered to command and which was manned by deck hands the frail craft went down within sight of the clallam A second life boat filled with male passengers and in command of sec see on ond d officer currin was probably lost a few minutes later Aboard khe caal lam am watchers saw sweep pas 4 seng ers atom their hold on the seats and hurl them into the waters though the life boat was righted later still afloat a diligent search ex tending for twenty bours has failed to find trace of her more passengers and member members of the crew were lost when a third life boat wa wal swamped in an attempt io to launch it three passengers were picked up by the steamer bahaga who had fastened life preservers about their addles they had died from and their bodies were brought to seattle sun day the clallam was a staunch new passenger boat on the seattle victoria run she ett port townsend for vie vic borlo facing a terrific southwest gale WIth within insight sight of her destination a huge sea overwhelmed the little steamer smashing in her deadlights dead lights flooding her hold with water extinguishing the fires beneath her boilers and placing her at the mercy of a howling gale |
