WRECK OF A BIG STEAMER.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7389, 15 February 1902, Page 4 (Supplement)

WRECK OF A BIG STEAMER.

Captain James Mclntyre and six members of the crew of the big steamer Bristol, were lost on the night of January 2, when the vessel went down off Green Island, half-way between Vancouver and Skagway. The vessel is a complete wreck, with water over the funnels at high. tide, lhe Bristol was a collier. She was oa her way from Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, to Treadwell mine, Alaska, with a cargo of 2500 tons of ccal. Thursday night found her off Port Simpson, trying to make Dixon's entrance, with a westerly gale and a very bad sea running. The night was very dark, and the vessel was making Jialf speed when she touched a rock, and the next instant was smashing against the end of Green Island. The tide was very low, and the captain had no doubt at first it would float him off. The seas were continually breaking over the steamer, owing to her exposed position. It was soon found that the coal was going through the bottom of the ship, and she was fast breaking up. The four boats were ordered out. Three got away safely, but the fourth, went down with the ship, and was seen no more. The three boats were picked up next morning. Captain Mclntyre was one of the best known mariners on the coast. He was 70 years of age. The Bristol had an interesting history. She was built at Stockton, England, and was worth 150,000 dollars.