an efficient lookout and that the captain, who had been acting as both master and fare collector at the time of the accident, was found to have negligently relinquished his control of the steamer to an unqualified person. Captain Lermond had apparently failed to protest the requirement he collect fares for fear of his job. Although his license was reinstated a year later, Captain Lermond served in command of tugs only for the rest of his career until 1933, never again commanding a passenger vessel. Though the fault was placed with Dix and captain Lermond it was found during the investigation that Jeanie was navigating in violation of law with only one engineer, the first assistant, on the engine; without the knowledge of the ship's master. Up until then, with the significant exception of , the steamboats had enjoyed a good reputation for safety, at least by the standards of the time. The circumstances of the loss of Dix were all the more shocking to the people on the Sound, who depended on the steamboats for their basic transportation. In 1973, a memorial to Dix was dedicated in a small park at Duwamish Head. References External links "Wreck of the Mosquito Fleet Steamer Dix discovered in Elliott Bay" "Explorers Find Historic SS Dix Shipwreck In Seattle's Elliott Bay; 'An Important Piece Of Local History'" “The SS Dix collides and sinks off Alki Point, with a loss of 39 lives, on November 18, 1906", HistoryLink.org (accessed 2/25/2008) Steamboats of Washington (state) Ships sunk in collisions Propeller-driven steamboats of Washington (state) Maritime incidents in 1906 Shipwrecks of the Washington coast 1904 ships Ships built by Crawford and Reid November 1906 events