SS Dix
Passenger Steamboat · United States · Lost 1906 · The Salish Sea
A small Puget Sound ferry carrying mill workers home to Bainbridge Island sank after a collision off Alki Point in 1906, killing 39.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1904 at Tacoma, the wooden steamer Dix carried passengers between Seattle and Port Blakely on Bainbridge Island for the Seattle and Alki Point Transportation Company. On the evening of November 18, 1906, with 77 passengers and crew aboard, mostly mill workers and their families, she collided with the larger steam schooner Jeanie north of Alki Point and sank quickly. Thirty-nine people died, making it one of the deadliest disasters in Puget Sound history.
Vessel
- 1904
- Crawford and Reid
- Tacoma, Washington
- Wood
- 102.5 ft
- 20.5 ft
- 130
- Steam
- Seattle and Alki Point Transportation Company
Loss
- November 18, 1906
- Collision
- Off Alki Point, Puget Sound, Washington
- Puget Sound / Salish Sea
- Seattle, Washington → Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Washington
- Not established
- 77
- 39
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The Wreck Today
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Position
- 47.58° N 122.42° W
- Approximate position
- Alki Point, Seattle, Washington
Approximate collision site roughly two miles north of Alki Point.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (84/100)
Loss date, route, casualty count, and collision details.
Passenger background and disaster narrative.
