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Show A MARINE DISASTER FIFTY-FOUR LIVES LOST IN STRAITS OF JUAN DE FUCA. Every Woman and Child Aboard Steamer Clallam Sacrificed to Fierce Storm Which Caused Vessel's Ruin. Tho new steamer Clallam, or tho Seattle-Victoria fleet, went down early ear-ly Saturday mcrnlng midway between Smith Island nnd Dungeness In tho straits of Juan ile Fucu, says a 'dispatch 'dis-patch from Seattle, Washington. Fifty-four persons wero drowned. Every woman nnd child aboard tho Clallam was a sacrlllco to tho flcrco storm that raged In tho strnlts. Within three miles of the shoro nnd nt a tlmo when It appeared certain tho Clallam could not bo saved, a desperate des-perate offort was mado to savo the women and children In tho life boats. Thoy wero placed In tho first boat to leavo tho ship, which Captain Law-renco, Law-renco, a Yukon pilot, volunteered to command, nnd which wns manned by deck hands. Tho rrnll crart went down within sight of tho Clallam. A second llfo boat filled with male passengers nnd In command of Second Sec-ond Officer Currln, wns probithly lost a few minutes Inter, Aboard tho Clallam Clal-lam watchers saw waves sweep passengers pas-sengers from their hold on tho seats and hurl them Into the waters. Though tho llfo boat wns righted later, Btlll afloat, a diligent search ox-tending ox-tending for twenty hours hns fallod to find trneo of her. Moro pnsscngers and mombers of the crow wero lost whon a third llfo boat was swamped In an attempt to launch It. Thrco passengers wero picked up by the steamer Bnhata, who had fastened llfo preservers nbout their bodies. Thoy had died fiom exopsuro nnd their bodies wero brought to Scattlo Sunday. Sun-day. Tho Clallam was a staunch, now pnssonger bont on tho Seattle-Victoria run. Sho loft Port Townscnd for Vic-torlo, Vic-torlo, facing a terrific southwest gale. Within sight of her destination n huge sea overwhelmed the little stoamor, smashing In her dead-lights, iloodlirg her hold with water, extinguishing tho llres beneath her hollers nnd placing her nt tho mercy of a howling galo. |
