Show i NIGHT OF HORRORS TOLD BY SURVIVOR OF THE COLUMBIA SAN FRANCISCO July uly 24 1 Mrs O. O of this city car who was rescued from the sinking sinking- Columbia steamship tells the I following thrilling story of or her i When the crash occurred I got ot out of my stateroom Everyone was excited ex cited everyone cited everyone except the Captain He stood on the tha bridge his arms extended ex cx ex extended tended begging the passengers to be cool Tho The crew stood at the th boats cutting away at the lines that held beld th nt There w cas aa as no chance to lower them All who could piled into th the boats Lots of people jump jumped d over the side trying to climb on to bits of wood which were floating i in the water I t did not havo have time to think I ran to the tho side There under the side was wasa a raft There was nobody on it I jumped How I got Kot onto it I dont don't know But I struck the raft and and andin in- in my nip hip Other women got ot on the raft to too tori I dont don't know how hov they got on on Some crawled from the waters others jumped from the boat Then the Columbia went down bow first and then over her whole length the The raft whirled around and tho the wat water r washed over us Two women and a little child were washed off and andIne andI I ne I never cr saw them a acain ain One woman was was left Her hold hola was was was' weak She begged me to help her I leaned over and tried to hold bold her on but I was too weak She died before my eyes eres Oh I X cant can't forget that I Ill I'll- H never forget that She drowned and I couldn't help her Who she was I do not know Now and then thea I got a glimpse of another another another an- an an an- other raft or a boat We got some pieces of wood after a while and used them for oars and finally it must m have ha been hours bour after we wo climbed onto the San Pedro It was a terrible climb up her sideMen side Men helped but I felt so 60 cold and nd weak I never thought I T would get over o it The waves kept breaking over oyer us We were dripping w wet t and it tt wa was s so cold 1 On the Sau San Pedro we wo were sit sit- ting on on two litt o narrow pieces of lum lumber er Suddenly a a wave carried away the tho lumber we were sitting on We managed to stay on the ship however but there were some who far who got no further er for for- without any warning the tho rear mast of the San Pedro Pe Pc- di dro gave way and swept several into the sea One or two were werf brought back alive but of the others we saw siw noth noth- ing lug And the darkness hanging over everything made it terrible W We we Q did die not Dot know if the San Pedro would hold together although the officers and crew tried their best t to cheer us up Then Thea da day broke k The Tho fog still hung thick and the light only appeared gradually but then we could see who was saved and who was not That night I cant can't tell you about Everything was so desolate and dismal And then the Elder came canto up They got us aboard cared for us is and andt at t Eureka I secured secured the only remaining remain remain- i ing g berth on th the Pomona to come back home hOlne |