Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-03-23

on the 25th the call sounded for volunteers
from among the passengers to go ashore and
aid those who were making their way across
the country! A vast succession of drifting
/ hill0cks of sand of miles in width Law be-
! tween the wreck of the Golden City and
! the Colorado. We had detected the iying
| flag of the former the evening before, and
well knew the direction the wrecked should
take, many of them were not so fortunate
IN perceiving the signals of the Colorado.
As no arrangement had been made for
their march across the desert, a woful time
they had of it. The only guide or officer
met by one of the passengers of the Color
| ado was the third officer of the Golden City,
and he was in any other than fit state to
guide or command. About twenty Of the
cabin passengers, accompanied by the sec
ond officer of the Colorado, and supplied
with water and provisions in portable
shape, hastened ashore before sunrise to
the relief Of struggling sufferers. It soon
became apparent that there was an utter
absence Of order and well laid plans on the
part ofthose whose duty was to see the pas
sengers of the wrecked vessel brought in
safety to the Colorado. 1t was not more
than eleven miles from the wreck to the
shore of the bay wherein the latter lay at
anchor. From this bay lagoon ran down
to the beach to the north, shortening the
distance for the feeble women and chill
drcn. Many of the passengers missed their
way, and travelled on to the mountain sides
through thick. Jhorny underground; other
started over the hills. and had wretched
travelling Of it. For these stragglers iii
different directions the passengers and Off
GERS Of the Colorado searched all day long
on Friday, bringing in the sick, the foot
sore, the lame, and the completely ex-
hausted women who were left behind by
the more vigorous of the wrecked crew.
The begging for water was most piteous
indeed, and they were frugally supplied
from the slender stores carried by the res
cuers.
The list of passengers of the Golden
City was sent to the purser of the Colorado
and 1t is impossible to tell whether all have
been gathered in from that desert of sand
hiliocks. 1t is feared there may have been
some left behind, who, through exhaustion
lay down to sleep and woke delirious for
Want Of water All was done, however, by
those despatched to their rescue that lay in
their power. Three of them, Messrs. Clapp,
Fletcher and Smith, proceeded as far as
the wreck and returned late in the evening
without finding any person along the
beach.
About o'clock on the evening of the
25th the Colorado again got under way for
San Francisco. All rejoiced that the sad
calamity had no fatal results; and The
wearied and foot-sore of both rescued and
deliyerers improved rapidly as we steamed
safely along. Suddenly, on Sunday night,
a bell warned Us Of another trouble. The
engines stopped, and the questions ran
quickly around, what IS the matter? what
has happened? Many of the passengers
were quickly out of their beds, and like
frightened saeep, ready for any confusion.
The anxiety was soon quieted with report
of man overheard. He had shown signs
of insanity, saying all hands were going to
die. and he would teke time by the fore
lock, and with that he sprang into the sea.