The Victoria Daily Colonist on January 23rd, 1977 reported the following statement by a salvage operation from 1932: “On first descending to the Islander on November 1st. I found the ship easily and stood in bewilderment to see her decks caved in. Tons upon tons of sea growth, shells, and silt which had settled upon the decks had caved them in and carried them down into the holds in an awful mess of twisted beams and steal plates as sharp as knives, a terrific place to venture in a suit whose puncture at that depth meant instant death. The steel was encrusted with live barnacles to a depth of two feet.”
Ship Name: Islander
Ship Type: Steel Hulled Twin Screw Steamer
Year Built: 1888
Tonnage: 1495
Nationality: Canada
Year Wrecked: 1901
Location Wrecked: Lynn Canal Near Juneau
Reason for Wreck: Struck Iceberg
Lives Lost: 42
Sources:
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-9th-circuit/1438712.html
https://casetext.com/case/in-re-of-the-ss-islander
https://newspaperarchive.com/portland-morning-oregonian-aug-20-1901-p-1/
https://newspaperarchive.com/washington-dc-washington-evening-star-aug-19-1901-p-1
https://newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-alaska-citizen-jul-25-1919-p-5/
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