Show MANY passengers PERISH WHEN SHIP HITS ROCK steamer state of california goes down in gambler bay ninety miles from juneau alaska juneau alaska twenty five or more passengers and seven members of the crew of the pacific coast steamship companas comp anys iron steamer state of california perished at 0 clock sunday morning lu la gambler bay ninety miles off juneau when the vessel struck an uncharted rock and sank in three minutes with many passengers imprisoned in choir state rooms the steamer left seattle on wednesday night for skagway Sk agway and way points travel to the north Is unusually heavy on account of the stampede to the Shu shanna gold field the purser lost all of his records and it Is not possible to give a complete list of tho missing the uninjured survivors crew and passenger are being taken to on the steamer jefferson A great hole was torn in the bottom of the state of california the vessel and cargo mall and express are a total loss the s ip was valued at A number of horses for use on shu shanna trail were on the vessel the steamship jefferson tiff of tho the alaska steamship company southbound heard beard the wireless call of the tha sinking steamship and turned back to rescue the survivors who had taken to small boats and life rafts |