Sechelt (steamboat) - Similar Wrecks

Similar Wrecks

Less than three weeks later, on April 10, 1911, the steamer Iroquois sunk in similar circumstances in the Strait of Georgia. In that case, the ship's cargo, having been poorly stowed, shifted when the vessel encountered a squall. This time there were survivors, including the captain, who was convicted of manslaughter. The same tug, William Joliffe that went out to the Sechelt sinking also went to the wreck of the Iroquois. The much larger steamer Clallam was lost in January 1904 in waters near the sinking of Sechelt in somewhat similar weather conditions, and its loss was mentioned in the proceedings investigated the Sechelt disaster. In 1906 the Dix, a similar vessel to Sechelt capsized and sank quickly following a collision in Elliott Bay, and although there were survivors, like Sechelt no lifeboats could be launched and many people were trapped inside and dragged down with the vessel.