SteamerClallam12Jan1904n1hp0064

Calgary Herald

12 Jan 1904

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List of Those Lost on Steamer Clallam.

One Alberta Name in the List. Mr. Gibbs not on Board. Some Unaccounted for. It is Charged that the Clallam was not Seaworthy.

Vancouver, Jan. 12.-- Prominent among those known to be on board the steamer Clallam and as yet unaccounted for is Homer Swaney, the iron and steel plant promoter, and owner of valuable iron properties in British Columbia. He boarded the vessel, and was not among those rescued.
The following is a list of the dead:
Captain L. Thompson, Tacoma, Lloyd's agent.
Bruno J. Lehman, Tacoma, custom's inspector.
Captain T. Lawrence, Union river pilot, Victoria.
Mrs. E. E. Bolton, Alberta, who was on her wedding trip.
N. P. Shaw, Victoria, ship owner.
C. W. Thompson, Tacoma, president of the Washington Co-operative Mining company.
Mrs. A. J. C. Gallatly, Victoria, wife of the manager of the Bank of Montreal.
Miss Louise Harrison, Spokane.
Miss Gallatly, Victoria.
Mrs. Rouin, Seattle.
A. K. Prince, Chicago, member of a theatrical troupe.
Eugene Hicks, Indianapolis.
Mrs. T. Sullins and two children, Port Townsend.
P. L. La Plant, Port Townsend.
N. H. Swaney, Seattle.
P. L. Le Plant, Port Townsend.
Miss Murray, Victoria.
W. W. Gibbons, Tacoma.
Mrs. Richards, Port Townsend.
The following passengers are also among the lost, but their residence is not reported:
G. J. Jeffs.
A. Valdener.
Mrs. Rose.
C. H. Joy.
R. G. Campbell.
Miss Reynolds.
R. Turnney.
W. H. Girmes.
Guy Dennis.
Mrs. Cox.
Miss Gill.
W. E. Rockledge.
W. Cluets.
C. Green.
G. Hisen.
P. Buckner.
C. J. Burney.
Ed. Lenman.
C. Johnson.
The following members of the crew were also drowned:
C. Lockwood, freight clerk, Seattle.
James Smith, first assistant engineer, Seattle.
Charles Manson, quartermaster, Seattle.
R. Lindpope, quartermaster, Seattle.
Joseph Jowel, saloon watchman, Victoria.
Alexander Harvey, messman, Seattle.
Robert Surrie, steward, Victoria.
Harvey Sears, seaman, Victoria.
George Hudson, waiter.
Miss Bell.
M. B. Curren, second mate.
Charles Thomas.

Was Not Sea Worthy.

Victoria, Jan. 13.-- H. M. S. Grafton has left Esquimalt and will proceed to the scene of the Clallam wreck. If the vessel does not lie in too great a depth, divers will be sent down in an effort to recover the mails and the bodies of the victims.
A life boat has been picked up and shows that when the boat was launched the plug was removed and the water must have come in through the open plug hole. She did not capsize.
The Times newspaper in a lengthy editorial says it is openly charged that the Clallam was not a seaworthy boat and was hastily and flimsily constructed, and was unsuitable for the service in which she was used. She was stated to be in a chronic state of leakage.
There has been a good deal of anxiety in the city among friends of J. S. Gibb, manager of the Imperial Bank, Victoria, but formerly of Calgary. It was reported that Mr. Gibb was on this vessel when she went down with Mrs. Gibb and children.
As far as can be learned Mr. Gibb was not among those lost.