Show 24 HOUR GALE SWEEPS COAST FIFTEEN DROWN WHEN STEAMER GOES DOWN IN RAGING COAST STORM Telephone and Telegraph Are Crippled Falling Failing Trees And Rocks Rock Block Railway Travel I I Seattle Sixteen Wash Sixteen persons are believed to have ha perished as the re- re suit of a twenty hour gale which swept the northwest coast territory Wednesday night and early Thursday causing hundreds of dollars dollan in property prop prop- erty damage crippling communication facilities and inundating portions ol of and Aberdeen Wash and Warrenton Ore Fifteen persons persona are believed to have been drowned when the steamer T. T W W. Lake sank saDle in Rosario strait between be tween Lopez and Fidalgo islands near Anacortes Four bodies three of them unidentified have been recovered recovered recovered re re- covered by police authorities of ot SanJuan San SanJuan SanJuan Juan county One of the bodies is le said to be that of ot Captain E. E E. E Mason of af Tacoma The ship was westbound from Friday harbor in the San ISan an Juan island group to Anacortes when she sank Ito aThe a The other death was WIlS that of ot Thomas Thom as a. I E. E Phipps 3 32 timekeeper at a amill amill mill in lie He was repair Ing lag the entrance gate to the plant when it suddenly opened and struck him on the head bend killing him Instantly Instante instant Instant- iy ly With the exception of the one ship wreck coastal navigation was un hampered although the Empress of Canada was forced to abandon her call Thursday at Victoria and end dock at Vancouver B. B l. l C C. on ac acv count of the rough weather I In many towns and cities cites along the coast co telephone and telegraph facil facilities were put out of or commission by bythe bythe bythe the wind and rain rain and in some in stances stanc's streetcar traffic tied lied up ut bythe by bythe the water and lack of power Falling Failing trees and rocks blocked railroad lines in some Instances Everett Evrett Aberdeen and Hoquiam felt the brunt of ot the storm apparently although the storm assumed the proportions of a blizzard at Van conver coaver couver B. B C C. and disrupted telegraph and telephone communication Three feet of ot snow was reported to have hue fallen In the Cascade mountains moun moun- talus and a foot toot of snow fell In the and lakes district |