Show mw RIO BID DE 01 mm WRECKED 11 GOLDEN EHTE passengers DROWN IN SIGHT OF LAND vessel tel was returning from lions aion kong hong and ail carried t ansul Wild nion noil mud Fa basally sally who are among the missing the mail steamer rio do d janeiro ran on hidden rock while enter ing golden gate early friday morning la in a dense tog fog she sank a few min utes after striking it Is in thought thong lit that nearly persons persona were drowned but it Is impossible to ascertain the exact number owing to the fact that purser john rooney who had bad the passenger list and loster of the crew la in among the missing at 6 5 0 clock in the afternoon ten bodies had teen I 1 een recovered two white women vor neu out one white man and seven seren chinese the most prominent passenger on the steamer was wildman united states consul at hongtong Hong kong who was accompanied by tile his wife and two children childre 11 it is thought all were drowned the was lu in command of pilot frederick fredmal k boidan when sli shil truck ile he was wan rescued captain win ward vard went down with his bin vessel As nearly as can be learned lea rued there then were lot people on blaid the rio ds d janeiro as an follows cabin passengers 29 zap second cabin 7 steerage chinese Cb loesa and nd japanese 58 white officers 30 asiatic clow 77 the rio de janeiro was three daya day overdue hom Hong hongtong kong Dg via honolulu when she art alved olt off the heads thursday night and the density of tho the fog prevailing at the time induced pilot jordan to bring her to anchor until he could see his way lear dear through the gateway she bhe lay jay to until about 4 a 0 clock when the atmosphere cleared and she was started under a slow bell toward point ronita bonita all went well until 5 40 0 clock when she 0 stick most of the passengers wore were below at vie the time and it is believed that many ft df them were drowned in their berths bertha from nil all accounts it appears thattus hs of fiers were cool and gave the noces feces lary iary orders with the lea least it possible excitement cit elt ement captain 11 ward ard who was as on leek lack when the die vessel at pave gave orders to the crew on watch to te hustle the passengers onto the for ward delk deck at the same time the quartermaster guarter master on duty sounded the signal for fire drill and within five minutes all the moo men nt at their stations that tho the steamer sank im mod mediately lately after striking is in the of a majority of those who were res rei cued some of the passengers say that she ahe instantly listed forward and thal thai in five minutes she went down whits others declare that she stayed afloat at least half an hour after she struck in the confusion occasioned by such an int incident ident it is not to find that there is 12 a lack of unanimity as to tile length of time the vessel remained above abote water the wreck lies liea about three fourths of t a mile south of I 1 ort point and about a 1 thousand yards oft off the rocky shore the th smokestack and a portion of the upper works of the tha ill fated steamer are visible among western people on the vessel were attorney and dr dodd of f butte the rio do janeiro was the vessel that carried the wedgewood edgewood recruits to blan manila fla and was wai then than considered one of tile the most unsafe boats on the pacific |