Show Y 4J U J 11 1 s ONLYTIIREE LIVES LOST Ferryboat Collision on San Francisco Bay Not So Bad as First Reported In the Panic the Crash About Following Twenty Passengers Were More or Less Injured Many Were Cut WHiiV l Brawling Through the Cabin Windows I Statement of McKenzie I San Francisco Cal Dee1So faros far-os can be determined tonight only three lives were lost In the collision on the bay between tho ferryboats San Rafael l and Sausallto Those Sausalto drowned were W G Crandall secretary of thc Long Syrup works George Treadway a waiter on the San Rafael and the threeyearold son of Mrs Waller of Rosa valley The body of Crandall was washed ashore at Angel Island to day daIn In the panic that followed after the boats collided colde about twenty passengers wero more or less injured A great many were cut when crawling through the cabin windows LITTLE BOY DROWNED Mrs WaIler of Ross valley was on the San Rafael with her two little children chil-dren u boy and a girl The girl Ruth was safely carried from the San Rafael Ra-fael to the Sausalito by William Boyd of the North Pacific Coast Railroad Rail-road company when the two steamers wore locked together Mrs Wailer had the little boy in her arms and was followIng fol-lowing Boyd to safety when the sink ing steamer gave a sudden lurch and the little fellow was thrown from her arms The mother cried frantically some one to rescue the boy but it could not be done and he sank out of night I of his mother TREADWAY DISAPPEARS Trcadway was pinioned by the spUn tering timbers when the Sausallto struck and after some dlfllcnlty was extricated He was hurried to the upper up-per deck of the injured vessel and that was the last seen of him according to the survivors If there were more than three persons drowned It will not he known for several days No other persons per-sons are reported missing TRANSFERRING PASSENGERS At least 200 people were on the San II Rafael After the boats struck the Sausalito was brought up alongside the sinking San Rafael It was fifteen minutes at least before the latter vessel went down This gave ample time to transfer the most of the passengers MoKenaic of the San JJafael said the fojf was as dense as he had ever sqcn It on the bay which he has been navigating since 1SJ9 BLEW DANGER SIGNALS Some time before the Sausalito got near us said Capt McKenzie stopped my boat and blew the danger signal The Sausallto answered with her two whistles and I backed my boat I kept her backing all the time for I wanted to take unusual precaution While we were backing I suddenly I saw the dim outlines of the Sausalltos lights steaming head on under slow bell toward my boat She was scarcely a boats length away when I first say herCRASHED CRASHED INTO SAN RAFAEL The Sausallto crashed Into the San Rafael Just a little forward of amlfl shIps where the restaurant Is situated It was quite a crash but at the time I did not think It was serious enough to sink her The women and children began to scream and many of the men I folks became groutly excited I held my post and Sent m > mate below to find out the extent of the danger and quiet the passengers My crew took their proper positions and aa far as they were concerned they kept their heads and worked according to their accident drill ae nt rlllLIFEBOATS LIFEBOATS LOWERED In the meantime I sang out to Capt Tribble of the Sauaalito to stay alongside and pass us a line which he did I then set about to do what I could to see that everybody got aboard the Sausallto We lowered three life boats and the Sausallto lowered two Men women and children piled Into them but we put most of the passen gels on the Sauaallto by handing them over the rail We passed the women and children over the rail and through the windows and most of them hustled on to the SausalUo1 without any aid PASSENGERS WERE COOL Nearly all of the papsengcr had oa lifepreservers and after the first shock they behaved themselves very well They were as cool and as nervy a lot of people as I would want to find any where The steamer was not settling very rapidly during the time we were getting the passengers aboard the Sau sallto When her hold got full of water she started to sink veryaapidly but at this time all of the passengers were aboard the Sausallto ESTnrATE AK TD LOSS OF L1FE I As the steamer sank she listed to the starboard and In going down her I forward mast nearly smashed one of the lifeboats that was lying alongside I the Sausallto I was the last man to leave the San Rafael l and when I left the ninklng steamer there was not a living soul aboard I took a good look through the cabin and even went below and cut the halter that held our freight horse Dick I tried to lead Iilm out toward the deck and he balked There was not much lime to lose I so I just got him started so he could have a chance to get overboard and possibly swim ashore I dont know whether Dick got Into the water or not but when I left the San Rafael there was not a single nassenger l aboard the sinking steamer FIREMAN BELOW BRAVE Of the many heroic gtorles told In connection with the accident a notable hue Is that relating to Fireman Gielow I of the Sausallto Asthe San Rafael was sinking It waa remembered that her fires were still J burning and her boilers still hot There was Immediate danger of a terrible explosion that would have rent both vessels asunder Without a moment of hesitation Gielow volunteered to dive Into the hull and shut off the steam Diving through tho submerged boilerroom he reached the valves and shut off the steam coming out half suffocated PASSENGER SEVERELY HURT James S McCue the wellknown horseman and oldtime circus man who lives at Corte Madera was probably about the most seriously Injured of tho survivors He was in the restaurant of the San Rafael at the time of the collision and was thrown across the room with considerable violence Ho had his right arm broken his right ear almost torn from his head and sustained sus-tained internal 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