Show SURVIVORS COME GOME IN P Passengers of the Fated Columbia Columbia Columbia Co Co- Co- Co lumbia Reach Port at Various Points INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY Authorities Are Evidently Determined Determined Determined De De- De- De to Place Blame Where It Belongs San Francisco July 24 Seven Sc en Seven survivors survivors sur sur- o of the Columbia dl disaster ater reached Tiburon a small smal town across the bay baj from this city tonight at 7 o'clock They h y were in a pitiable con condition from condition llon from shock an and exposure Sixty-seven Sixty others were taken north I Ion on the steamer George Georgo W. W Elder and anc I landed at Astoria Ore today A grea great demon demonstration greeted the wreck vic vic- Urns time hundreds of if r persons person crowding the wharf where the steamer landed The survivors praised the bravery and coolness of oC Captain Doran of the ill ill- 1 fated rated Columbia who went to his death i with a wor word of cheer on his lips Preparations are being made b by l lo local local lo- lo cal Inspectors of Hulls Huls and Boilers Bolles Doles and Bulger for Cor or an an exhaustive exhaust e Boier investigation of oC the wreck of the steamer Columbia Depositions h have haye ve been taken from front all al the who e arrived In San Francisco yesterday on the Pomona and instructions have been sent to Eureka for or similar depositIons depositions depo depo- lons to be taken ta-cen from members of the San Pedros Pedro's crew When hen the evidence evi i e dence is complete an attempt will wi be made to fix lix fx the responsibility for or the terrible catastrophe upon tho the proper person or persons person s for COl Inquiry Inspector Belies Bolles Boles announced this morning that the first conference on tho wreck will wH be lie held heH tomorrow morn morn- ing lag The Inquiry will wi be under tinder the to di direction ii of Captain John Birmingham chief of oC the marine inspection service on the lie Pacific coast Tho The depositions taken from rom the surviving ing of or both bolh ve vessels will vilI wJ be reviewed and it itis itis is If understood that members of oC the San Fra Francisco and Portland Steamship company will wi be called to testify re regarding regarding re- re garding the condition at of the tho Columbia Colum Colum- bia The rue reports received show that the disaster was due to toa a a comb combination of ot circumstances circumstance any tny one ono of or wh which 1 If JC avoided might havo kayo averted the wreck Tin Tin- fog Cog was wa and It Il was vas Impossible Impossible sible for th the lookouts on either cither vessel l to ascertain the tho exact locality o ot of the theother theother tte other even after ater the tho whittles whistles vero blown v t ere P h nr th T r I Jhc i account oC of C tile c accident as s 's sI I given by omeera of or th thiS th two t o e vessels do donot donot donot not agree In certain Important nt par par- It I Is claimed that Captain Doran Dora of oC the Columbia was wa blowing blowinG hl nix his ro fog signal continuously but th the of 01 the tho San Pedro ledro declare that the thc they did eld not hear It I until the vc vessels cel were within a n short distance of each other Those on board hoard the Columbia say a that no signal Ignal was as given from rom the San an P Pedro clo until too late to avoid th the tho Impact Impact The Columbia w was rqn- rqn run ning till full Cul speed ped ahead ahad until she heard the th Sun San Pedros Pedro's whistle when her en engine engines en- en gines gine were reversed Neither Understood The true situation seems to have been ben that each captain failed to understand understand understand un un- un- un th the signals of ot the other According According Ac c cording to Second Officer oCho of oC the ho Columbia Captain Doran Damn signalled sig SIK- the San Pedro that ho did not nol understand her signal but bul received no reply He lie then ordered the tho 10 h helm Jm to starboard At t the same une time Captain Cap Cal tam tain Han Janen en of or the schooner ordered the helm of oC his ve vessel se 1 liar hal havo i sport port port bringing her ha head on toward the Columbia's Columbia's Co Co- Co- Co lumbia's beam In this thi predicament the death wre wrecking death collision collion of oC the two vessels could not be averted The San Sn Pedro crushed u nolo nob 1010 Inthe in tho the plates of the Columbia's side large enough to drive drle a C team and rind wagon through anti into the opening the water water wa wa- a. ter tel swirled with wih a mad rush |