| Show citizens moved to unanimous action by pity and distress of victims harrowing scenes somewhat alleviated by mayor and citizens untiring labor survivors tell of terrible disaster eureka cal july 22 hourly the death list of the marine horror off the mendocino county coast shrinks the best advises advices tonight are that of the souls on board the steamer columbia escaped death when that vessel went to the bottom near shelter cove between midnight and 1 of sunday morning one hundred and seven of the columbian Colum bias passengers and thirty seven of her crew have been brought to this port by the steamer george W elder which towed the colliding schooner san pedro from the scene of the disaster to eureka A late message from shelter cove says that three or more lifeboats have been picked up one of them containing eighteen persons another fifteen and the third not reported the survivors who were brought to this port are being cared for at hotels and in private homes the citizens of eureka moved to unanimous action by apty pty and the distress of tho victims have supplied sufficient quantities of clothing and all necessary medical attention without stint or price A committee of citizens under the leadership of mayor hicks has charged itself with the duties of the hour and Is performing them with energy and all possible speed A segregation of the columbian Colum bias passenger list shows that in her cabins she carried seventy eight men and ninety women and girls in her steerage twenty men and one woman a total of discrepancies however between the full list furnished the purser on sailing and some of the names given by survivors who have reached here indicate that the total passengers may have been greater in number sixteen of the names given here are not found on the steamship companas comp anys certified list adding to the accredited passenger the fifty nine of the sixty members of the columbian Colum bias crew gives a total of lives jeopardized in the midnight collision among the survivors rescued and carried north to this port by the george W aro men aej women from a score of states not a few from the atlantic seaboard and the middle west among these are a number of school teachers who were varying with sea voyage on their home trip from the annual convention of the national educational association at los ances following Is the list as compiled up to this hour of the columbian Colum bias survivors passengers H portland medora sparks fort smith ark J brotherton muskogee I 1 T A C woodward oakland mary E cox elwood ind 0 C mayhew eald okla clyde C roland apo kane B G townsend north yam hlll ore B C austin san francisco JC orr schuyler neb A L elvers portland W H truesdale latch field HL maybelle watson berkeley cal alma cleveland 0 miss stella cannon san francisco cannon san francisco emma griesc cleveland 0 W H smith san francisco allon aberdeen wash alice M watson denver florence thompson youngstown 0 lulu hanson minneapolis bert lapp man san francisco dwight casner lead 8 D C H baalam san diego win kloat seattle J F kavanaugh san francisco H S alien san fran cisco dr B J balne and wife columbus neb H robinson alameda cal henry kunst merced cal A J beegel portland ore W L smith vancouver B C sarah A rogers spokane hazel ingels oakland bob cornell san diego mrs J A johnson ban francisco ethel joanson Job san francisco C R johnson san francisco mrs leggett kansas dr B C wea andi ftfe san francisco nannie mcclellan waco texas mrs H 0 shaw stockton al miss B R fitzgerald los angeles miss nan nl buxton portland mrs shouldice dlce san francisco effle gordon portland C H martindale and wife guthrie okla EL rockwell and alfa guth ale W N J W waddy H C wahlberg mrs C A eastman miss helen churchley mrs wm C dod eon portland ore phil ashford livermore cal pearl bebe portland L B rice santa ana cal mrs J IT thompson napa cal carrie martin eugene ore may lehman san francisco ava BookerT ky mrs lotaille eldell san francisco mabel gelger leorla illis A grant allne and wife sanger cal E E dark and wife jacksonville J W bagga and wife bloomington ills georga L hoodenpyl talle tenn H S keener A schober F A ln W P williams fred rogers eald okla J P eckles portland ore joseph sen joseph Ru misey W II 11 ingalls oakland L R smith and wile oakland cal mrs F copland oakland mrs F S drake portland ore fred knapp T H meyer M eyer san francisco olaf pearson phil 13 san fran cisco R H ewart L C melcer fred smith cal E H jan ney P M janney portland ore A winkle beck poplar bluff mo wm bardln lucas seattle frank hager johnstown pa hetty golden the following is tho list of drowned or unaccounted tor franklin ahlff miss anna akesson mra R anderson W J bachman E bauer and wife miss anna Bahle cn miss gertrude butler mrs J benson dr and mrs B C best mrs jane best miss A Be ernal carpenter miss ruby cooper J W carpenter chaw dooh chinaman alsa lena cooper mrs A S bornell Oo rnell mrs R B cannon marion clasby miss A B cornell L clasby and wife steven clasby J C durham L L drake jr mrs L L drake F S drake mrs K gabalda Ga galda W graham mrs A gray mrs blanche gordon frank clune mrs A happ L E hill C H harrington miss K W H logallo lo galls E B keever miss graco 7 kellar miss effle kellar mrs Q A kellar miss alma B kel B G laggett miss florence lewis ray lewis 0 S lewis and lewis malkus and wife C E B musser L mero miss julia matek john miller steerage 0 W merrlin steerage E mayo steerage john D mcfadien alsa margaret mckearny miss louise D nake miss nellie A nake miss mary parsons J E paul and wife J premus steerage stee rago sarah A roberts P robertson M J bateman Ra teman mrs william soulee G A smith sarah miss cora J B springer miss elsie may stone george T sparks miss frances schroeder mrs E allva steerage A speller steerage W C todd miss A S todd B viands K P winters G F allson mrs A waller miss H wright roland winters C W and wife william wallar miss edna wallace miss B wallace liaa W W white E A wallan steerage J K young in connection with the foregoing list it should be borne in mind that it will be measurably reduced by the thirty three names of the survivors of as coming ashore la life rafts at shelter cove today among the lost is mra F 0 bours of pasadena she died ol 01 exposure mr bours life was saved their boy of 9 and their 12 year old daughter were drowned bours succeeded in getting his wife and children on to the upper deck in the brief interval of the collision and the sinking of the columbia but a breaker washed them kofl the cabin roof into the sea the husband and father succeeded in dragging them up on a life raft and for two hours the forlorn and wretched family tossed about on their frail craft in the blackness of the night eventually the children lost their grip and slipped off into the sea mrs bours succumbed saon afterward from the shock and exposure eight minutes from the time the san pedro struck the columbia the latter vessel and filled full of water and sunk the night saloon watchman notified all the passengers to go to the upper deck without clothing they climbed out of their berths and rushed out it was only two or three minutes before the decks were awash six boats and three life rafts were cut loose and as many passengers as possible were crowded into them there was scarcely any evidence of a panic the women acting with hero ism the crew of the san pedro immediately lowered a boat and picked up a largo number of survivors while the boats from the columbia lay to by the san pedro when the columbia sank she carried down with her about seventy four passengers this estimate Is not accurate and the number cannot be definitely determined until full particulars are received from shelter cove eliere tour boats are said to have been landed captain doran and first officer whitney were on the deck when the columbia sank the captains last words being god blesa you according to purser J E byrnes ot the columbia there were passengers aboard first class 22 steerage and 60 crew it Is known that passengers have been saved and 37 of the crew the exact number at shelter cove Is yet to be determined just as the columbia was sinking her boilers exploded this counteracted the suction and saved many lives husbands and wives were separated and fathers and mothers and children became los to each other in the excitement when the boats collided the only dead person caught by the elder was george T sparks president of the bank at fort smith ark he aej his daughter were on their way home sparks when pulled upon a life raft was weak from swallowing salt water and shortly after when transferred to one exposure his daughter was saved two hours after the wreck the fog lifted and a cold wind commenced to blow the people in the boats suffered much 0 swanson of the san pedro wals at the wheel saturday night when the fatal collision occurred in his report to sailors agent john erickson the blame is laid upon the shoulders of the columbian Colum bias officers other members of the crew of the san pedro substantiate the factory of swanson he says that the order was given to him when the lookout sighted the columbia to put tho hard aport three points aport carried the san pedro seaward apparently out of the way of the approaching vessel choso whoso name at that tamo was not known short toots from the whistles of both vessels warned the skippers the columbia was on the coast side the san pedro on the sea side apparently ly both vessels were proceeding at full speed it all bad gone well the san would have cleared the columbia but it is evident that an order put the wheel hard was given on tha columbia this sent her directly across the bow of the steam schooner whether or not the speed of either vessel was slackened is immaterial for the crash of the vessels WAS terrific tha columbia an iron vessel bore the brunt of the impact and her iron placa cracked and a gash seven feet across of the boats be died from cold and the forward hatch allowed the water free ingress at a groat velocity S G peterson a sailor aboard tho columbia was on watch on the forecastle he could see the lights of the san pedro some hundred yard away he gave notice of this fact in a shout to his superior on the bridge what they did be does not know but at any rate the columbia shot across the path of tha san pedro he says that signals were exchanged between both vessels but there was hardly time enough to slacken speed or make any preparation to meet the inevitable disaster passengers say that the collision occurred at halt past twelve or thereabouts that it bad been firsty and foggy but at tho time of the disaster the weather had cleared up somewhat and after the collision the steamer san pedro could be seen where ehe had drifted away a quarter af pf a mile that some poor navigation was made and that the lives lt L t AIO idoa the head dl seme ono is generally conceded it is said that the san pedro was under a slow bell and the columbia according to the testimony of passengers was going at full speed it i said that sha was headed west when the collision occurred and one passenger stated that the columbia crossed the bow or attempted to cross the bow of the san pedro R hawse third officer on the columbia said he was in his room at the time of the wreck and he noted the shock and heard the alarm given he makes the official statement that the columbia floated eleven minutes after the san pedro struck her officer hawse tells ot the heroic rescue of a lady passenger by maybelle watson who resides in berkeley cal miss watson was in one of the small boats with about twenty of the passengers and crew the boat capsized when the ship went under and they all went down only about ten or twelve taho had on alte preservers camo up miss watson had been in the water thirty minutes when ft young woman appealed to her for help the young lady had put her life preserver on wrong and could not keep her head alove water mass watson asked some one to help but they all refused she held the girls head above water for almost two hours the girl was unconscious most of the time when officer hawse approached in a boat and asked ailes watson to give him her hand BO that he could help her in she refused assistance until they lifted her unconscious companion on board when the two girls were taken on board the san pedro the doctors said that miss watsons companion was beyond recovery but when they learned of the heroic effort of aliss watson to save her they worked hard and the young lady revived and Is now all right miss Is only 16 years old prof wm bardln lucas of seattle gave the following account of abo wreck As nearly as I 1 can learn from those who did not lose their watches the collision occurred at about fifteen minutes after midnight the shock was hardly noticeable but I 1 heard the crash and a scraping sound that followed for a few seconds I 1 heard no other sound and decided to await developments or information soon I 1 heard one of tho crew shouting all hands on deck still I 1 supposed only the crew was wanted and did not leave my berth until the cry was changed to everybody on deck ashes struck from the scraping sound I 1 inferred that the vessel was aground on a rock or a bar and concluded that I 1 would not join in any panic or stampede tor the boats but would rather wait until all the women were put oft and take my chances of getting one of the boats that might come back after going ashore or trust to a life preserver and what I 1 could do without any waste of time though not in a real hurry I 1 completely dressed even to buttoning my vest tying my cravat and lacing ono of my shoes tout decided not to lace the other lecause I 1 might need to remove them in case I 1 had to swim after adjusting a life preserver I 1 gathered up my two grips and two bundles and began to hurry for the stairway near the stern the halla wore apparently empty and I 1 inferred all tho passengers had gone to the upper deck As I 1 climbed the stairway the vessel lurched considerably to one side and I 1 quickly felt the seriousness of the situation but I 1 carried all my luggage all the way up and shoved it under a bench along the rail so as not to have it carusd any ono to stumble the vessel was tilting more every second as I 1 moved along the side several men and some women were running about asking for life preservers and I 1 told them all to look in their own berths As I 1 passed along I 1 noticed a boat filled with people and others were trying to clamber into it those inside were pleading that no more should get in because the boat would surely sink so I 1 left them and climbed over the ships rail just in time to keep from sliding across the steep sloping deck down into the water on the lower side within a very short time the vessel sank until the water touched my ankles when I 1 sprang into the ocean hoping to swim tar enough away to escape the whirlpool which I 1 thought surely roust follow the ship when it sank I 1 had taken about 25 strokes and began to be in dismay because I 1 seemed to make so little headway when the side 0 the ship toppled down toward me As the water BOV ered the boilers a great hissing was followed iby an explosion which heaved a large quantity of waler and wreckage toward me I 1 was carried farther from where the ship was sinking but the rushing mass of tangled timbers caused me fresh alarm so I 1 continued my efforts away until on turning my head I 1 saw that the pile spread out nearly flat and some logs had almost overtaken me A few strokes brought me to a raft upon which I 1 scrambled and as I 1 around no one appeared within twenty yards of me all I 1 bouldi do was simply to await results for I 1 had no beans of moving the raft about nor i rope could bo thrown within roach of any one after the noise of the sinking vessel subsided I 1 heard a most heartrending walling mingled with piercing screams of those la their struggles and some of these were shrieking 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