Evening journal., 1891-02-23
TWENTY-FOUR DROWNED
Large Loss of Life Caused by
Two Disasters.
THE SINKING OF THE ELIZABETH.

She Foundered on the Golden Gate and
Eighteen of Her Crew Perished--A Gal
LIANT Life Saver shares Their Fate-Fivs
Persons Engulfed Near Kansas City.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. %. The ship Eliza
beth, of New York, has gone ashore on tn,
rocks at North Head She had twenty
men on hoara-the captain, two mates, the
cook and sixteen sailors; also the captains
wife and two children. Three sailors, the
captains wife and the children got OF in q
small boat The boat capsized, but the
occupants were rescued by a tug
Nineteen Men Drowned.
The captain and seventeen of the crew
were drowned A lifeboat went to the aid
Of the shipwrecked sailors, but was cap
sized by the waves and the captain Of the
boat drowned.
Tugs have taken two parties Of men
across the bay to Saucelito, and they have
started over the hills 70 search the beach
for survivors. The details Of the wreck are
hard 70 obtain as the point where the ship
went on the rocks is inaccessible by sea,
and to reach il by land a climb of several
miles over the mountains is necessary. The
place is called the Tennessee cove and is
four miles north OF this entrance to the
harbor on the Marine county shore
The Story Of Survivor.
The story Of the wreck. as told by one OF
the survivors, is as follows. ''rhe vessel
was sighted of the port early in the after.
room, and Capt Colcord decided to sail in.
The wind was blowing a furious gale from
the southwest. and finally the tug Monarch
came TO the Elizabeth's assistance.
he men say assistance was refused be
cause of exorbitant charges asked by the
tug. The tug Alert then made fast 20 the
Elizabeth, but her hawser soon broke. and
the ship drifted before the wind toward
the shore. just as the second hawser was
made fast she struck the rocks.
Left to It's Fate.
Then Capt Colcord lowered the boat "a
take his wife and children OF. As the boat
struck the water il capsized. throwing
three saiiors-James Laken. George Han.
ma and Grant Johnson-into the water
They chung to the bottom Of the boat and
were picked up by the tug The captains
family were then lowered in another boat
and taken TO the tug by the mate and two
seamen. The boat returned to the ship and
its occupants persisted with the rest Of the
ships crew.
The tugs were unable to get near the
ship, and late at night returned 10 port
leaving the vessel TO its fate Early the
next morning the tug went TO the scene Of
the wreck and found that nothing was left
Of the Elizabeth. She had gone 70 pieces
during the night
A Gallant Life Saver Drowned.
As soon as the wreck was reported the
Fort Point life saving crew, commanded
by Capt, Henry, started in a lifeboat for
the wreck They were being towed by
tug when Capt. Henry was washed over.
board by big wave and drowned.
The liieboat could not get near the
wreck and returned to the station. About
midnight the life crew was taken across
the bay on tug and started across the
mountains 70 Tennessee cove with gicrets
ropes and other apparatus No report has
been received from them, and il is not
known il any Of them were rescued
The Elizabeth was a wooden ship. built
at New Castle Ne, in 1852. and was Of
l,7l5 tons She was owned by A. Hall Of
New York. She was 10 days out from New
York and carried cargo of assorted mer
ehandise consigned to Williams, Dinond.
s. Co