Admiral Sampson Sunk After Collision in Sound
Miss Claire Buer narrowly escaped death aboard the Admiral Sampson after it rammed and sank in the sound. George Peterson of Centrla seized a lifesaving rope, gripping Miss Buer with a vice like hold until a lifeboat came. Both men disappeared underwater but survived. Miss Buer recounted waking in the Princess Victoria cabin as rescuers arrived.
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Admiral Sampson
Claire Buer
Av. N. E
Ketchikan
Princess Victoria
George Peterson
Centralia
Peterson
Miss Buer
Princess Victoria Rams Sampson in Fog Off Seattle
A collision between the Princess Victoria and the Admiral Sampson near Point No Point sank the Sampson in ten minutes. Three passengers and eight crew died including Capt. Z S Moore and Chief Engineer A J Noon. The Victoria's Captain Hickey kept the bow in the wreck, aiding survivors before also sinking.
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Admiral Sampson
Alaska-Pacific Navigation Co
Z. S. Moore
Princes Victoria
Canadian Pacific Line
Sampson
Point No Point
Seattle
P. J. Hickey
Victoria
Moore
Noon
Reiger
Ed Banbury
Skagway
G. W. Bryant
Seward
Ken
June
Providence Hospital
Juneau
Vancouver
B. C
Admiral Watson
Courage and discipline save many aboard Sampson
An Atlantic disaster is noted for the passengers calm under peril. The crew's courage and discipline are credited with saving most lives, as eight crew members died while three passengers were lost.
Tragedy On Rail Bridge Claims Man's Life
Frank P. Dell a laborer was killed instantly while crossing a railroad bridge near Sky homish by Great Northern train No. 1 yesterday. A brother lives in Butte Montana.
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Frank P. Dell
Skyhomish
Great Northern
Butte
Mont
Man Killed by Train Near Scenic Washington
The body of an unidentified man killed by a Great Northern train Tuesday afternoon at Line near Scenic Washington was brought to Seattle today.
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Great Northern
Aline
Scenic, Wash
Seattle
French Repulse Fired In Germans Far East
Paris reports Allied successes on the Belgian front as German forces are repulsed at Maubeuge and Givet. In Pekin, Japanese troops land on Shantung near Kiaochau bay under cover of British cruisers. Forts return fire, ten sailors die, and Germans may withstand a siege for months.
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Wm. Philip Sims
Paris
Pekin
Shantung Peninsula
Kiaochau Bay
Foreign Office
Seattle council panel backs scaffold safety ordinance
Acting for Seattle painters, the public safety committee recommended passage of a guardrail and safeguarding oriented ordinance regulating scaffold construction. The move aims to require proper protections for workers on scaffolds.
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Seattle
Public Safety Committee of
the Council Today
Austro-Italian War Near as Troops Mass on Frontier
Rome reports heightened tensions as Austro-Italian frontier troop concentrations raise the specter of war. Observers expect Austria to initiate hostilities if any moves occur, signaling a gravely tense moment in the crisis.
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Rome
Austria
Survivor recalls aiding crew after ship collision and fatal fire
Ironworker J H Varney recounts the collision between the Princess Victoria and the Rampoon, saving shipmates from burning wreckage as a man aboard the Princess Victoria begged to be shot to end his agony before the Sampson sank.
Escape by a Daring Jump Off Paris Street Seattle
A Seattle iron worker among a group of twenty narrowly escaped death during a collision involving the Princess Victoria. He fled a near overlook, dressed partially, grabbed his suitcase, then jumped across water to seize the anchor chain and pull himself aboard. His feat was described as miraculous by the survivor.
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Paris
College St
Seattle
Jsheas
Victoria
Princess Victoria disaster leaves women in water
W H Pollum of 1822 Fifth Ave Seattle recalls the Princess Victoria collision and sinking. He woke to a violent crash, leaped to deck, and swam with others as the steamer settled. Alife boat from the Princess Victoria rescued him and many women who were in danger as boats could not be loaded quickly.
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Pete Curtin
Hank Fullen
Juneau
W. H. Pollum
Fifth Av
Seattle
Pollum
Seattle Kennel Club Dog Show Promises Largest Entry
The Seattle Kennel Club reports a rush of entries closed last night and confirms enough dogs entered for what officials expect to be the largest show yet. The event opens September 3 at First Avenue and University Street.
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Seattle Kennel Club
First
University St
Iron worker rescues children from vessel voyage
Joe Brosman, an iron worker, found two children in nightclothes clinging to an aged woman and carried them aboard the Princess Victoria. The woman, Mrs. 8. A. Cook of Quitec, kissed him and pressed a card, saying she would write. The girls are Palmer J. Cook and Cook G.
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Joe Brosman
Brosman
A. Cook
Quitec
Palmer J. Cook
Cook
Commercial Club urges open Bering river coal fields
In a resolution passed last night the Cordova Commercial Club calls for immediate opening of the Bering river coal fields to avoid a coal shortage if British Columbia is blocked by the war. The Cordova club endorses the same action.
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British Columbia
Bering River
Commercial Club
Cordova Commercial Club
Princess Victoria Returns After Night Patrols
A wounded Princess Victoria reached Pier 1 at the C P R wharf after dawn with a crowd of survivors aboard. The bow bore a 20 foot gash near the waterline and a damaged hatch cover from the Admiral Sampson dangled from the breach. Worked carpenters labored aboard to reinforce the hole and secure the vessel.
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Princess Victoria
Pier 1
Sampson
Roll Call in Ship's Cabin From Disaster Returns
Hundreds crowd the pier as survivors are checked off in the Sampson liner’s ladies' cabin. Passengers from Vancouver are ashore and awaiting news, while onlookers recognize relatives among the wounded and dead wagons lined up on shore.
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Vancouver
Defendant in suit stricken after court attack dies in hospital
While cross examining Ida Feath er in a suit for a board bill in Justice Wright's court Levi Dale suffered heart failure and died in the city hospital. Lot in D. T. Denny addition, North Seattle, sells for $7 600.
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Ida Feather
Justice Wright
Levi Dale
D. T. Denny Addition
North
Seattle
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Lindstrom
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