Show STEAMER RIO WRECKED AT GOLDEN GATE passengers DROWN IN SIGHT OF LAND wa returning from itono and carried coaell and aitio are among u mileine the mail etaamer rio de janeiro ran on a hidden rock while entering golden gate early friday morning in a dense tog she sank a few minutes after striking it la thought that nearly persons were drowned but it is impossible to ascertain the exact number owing to the fact that parser john booney who had the pae list and roster of the crew is among the missing at S clock in the afternoon ten bodies had been recovered two white women one white man and seven chinese the most prominent passenger on the etaamer was Poun seville wildman united states consul at who was accompanied by his wife and two children it is thought all were drowned the ship was in command of pilot frederick jordan when she etrick was rescued captain wm ward went down with his vessel As nearly as can be learned there were people on board the eio de janeiro as follows cabin passengers 29 second cabin 7 steerage chinese and japanese 58 white officer 30 asiatic crew 77 the rio de janeiro was three daye overdue from via honolulu when she arrived off the heads thursday night and the density of the fog prevailing at the time induced pilot jordan to bring her to anchor until he could see his way clear through the gateway she lay to until about 4 clock when the atmosphere cleared and she was started ander a low bell toward point bonita all went well until clock when she struck most of the passengers were below at abe time and it is believed that many of them were drowned in their berths all accounts it appears that the officers were cool and gave the necessary orders with the least possible ex cit ement captain ward who was on deck when the vessel at once gave orders to the crew on watch to hustle the passengers onto the forward deck at the time the quartermaster on duty sounded the signal for fire drill and within five minutes all the men were at their sta eions that the steamer sank almost sm mediately after striking Is the report of a majority of those wl were res cued some of the passengers say that she instantly listed forward and that in five minutes she went down while others declare that she stayed afloat at least half an hour after she struck in the confusion occasioned by such an incident it is not to find that there is a lack of unanimity as to the length of time the vessel remained above water the wreck lies about three fourths of a mile south of fort point and about a thousand yards off the rocky shore the smokestack and a portion of the upper works of the ill fated steamer are visible among western people on the vessel were attorney henshaw and dr dodd of butte the pio de janeiro was the vessel that carried the wedgewood recruits to manila and was then considered one of ane most unsafe boat on the pacific |