The morning call., 1891-02-24
following is list of the survivors of the
wreck as far as has been ascertatned and ID
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JAMES TAKEN, wueeiindtl.
+. GRANHoEN, able seaman.
GEORGE HANNA. able seaman.
BRANT JOHNSON, able seaman.
LOUIS MARIE, ordinary seaman.
CARL LETTER. ordinary seaman.
G. EIDE. ordinary sedman
Ths list of the dead is as follows. as far as
can be aScrrtained:
CAPTAIN CoLCoRD.
SECOND OFFICER PENDLEToN.
WILLIAM REDMOND boatswan.
EDWARD MILES, boatswatn.
CARPENTER SMITH.
CHRIS OLSEN. able seaman.
HANS NELSON, able seaman.
OLOFF BERGsTRAFF, able seaman.
Besides these, nine other seamen and the
Chinese steward are missing. The body of
the Chinese cook has been found, as stated.
THE SURVIVORS AT sAUsALITo.
Never probably in the history of Sausalito
were SO many newspaper men within its
borders at one time as there was on Sunday
aud yesterday. On Sunday evening they
were chasing around trying to obtain inter-
views with those who had returned from
the scene of the wreck, and later on they
were fighting for Il chance to have the use OF
the only telegraph and telephone wires con-
Meeting with this city and communicate
| news to their respective papers.
One reporter, who was formerly tele-
| graph operator, but who was baffled in his Ell
| forts to send his news over the wires by the
regular operator, owing 10 the line beng en-
| gagged, tapped" the wires about quarter
| of a mile up the track above the depot anu
| sent quite long message before ne was ue-
tected and the ground wire was detached:
Charles SieYert, Olaf Eide, Frederick
| Granhnen and Louis Marie, who succeeded
| in getting safely ashore from the lll-iated
ship are still at the house of stephen Sus-
anYilla at Sausalito, where they were seen
yesterday by CALL reporter. All bear
evidences of the terrible struggle they had
in the water before they succeeded in
clutching the rocks and dragging themselves
ashore, and two-Olaf Eide, Swede, and
Louis Marie, a Frenchman-are badly
bruised.
The former had the bones in his right
ankle broken and the tendons Of the heel
severely strained, and the latter had his
! shoulder disiocated. Their injuries were
being attended to by DR.. CrumptOn Of
| Sausalito. These who mad their clothes
| torn off them by contact with the wreck
age and rocks before they came ashore
were supplied with new outfits by Susan
| villa. and were as comfortable as circum-
stances would permit.
| Eide was able to hobble around with the
! aid of a crutch, and yesterday was found
| taking the sun, when it appeared at H.
| tervals, Cd the porch of Susauyilla's pretty
cottage. Marie had his shoulder set by the
doctor, and will be al. right in few days.
| Now that the shoulder is set he suffers no
| pain.
CAUTIONED NOT TO SPEAK
The four men at Susanyilla's have been
| cautioned by some one-prObably an agent
OF tile owners-t0 say nothing to reporters
| regarding the wreck, and 1t was difficult
matter 10 induce them to give any details
| regarding II. In answer to questions one
| of them. Louis Marie, however, said:
when it was found that there was no
| hope for the ship and that she must 90
ashore the order was given from aft, don't
| know by whom, 10 look out for ourselves and
| TO get out tile boats. The big life-bOat was
got over the side and thirteen of us got into
il. Ii was held to the ship by painter, but
il carried away or some ore cut il, don't
| know which, and we drifted away. The
ship was then only about 200 yards from the
rocks and was fast going 70 pieces. The
captain was forward on the forecastle- head.
Just as We left the ship she broke in two be-
tween the fore and main masts about at the
| main hatch.
I'VE had not got more than twenty yards
| away from the ship when the boat capsized
and we were caught under it ana had a ter
| rible time My feet were caught under a
| thwart and | had to pull my shoes off to get
myself clear. When l got clear the struggle
| commenced. Some one, | don't know who,
who d been in the boat, held on to my
| shoulder with death grasp and | had hard
work to shake him Off
Il did so at las, and | suppose the poor
| fellow IS drowned. After while l seized
hold of piece of plank that was floating by
| and was carried in 70 the rocks oaly few
'
Of the rocks. but was drawn back by an out
going wave until a tremendous sea landed
| NE high and dry. and then l crawed hig her
| up HE rocks before another cUmber could
! catch me.
SEEKING A PLACE OF SHELTER.
After 1 had been on dry land awhile |
| met three of my hlpmates-Sieyert, Eide
and Granhoen-who had all been in the life
| boat and been washed ashore as | was. We
| started to walk 20 ind place of shelter,
| but could only get along very 81 owly, as we
were very weak and sick. havin swallowed
| a good deal Of salt water. At times, too,
| the wind was so strong when the squalls
| came, that we had to lie down 10 avoid being
| blown down.
Finally we arrived at Silya's ranch, and
| were shortly alterward joined there by Mr..
| Barclay, the mate, who had swan ashore,
| and who was on the ship when we left her.
We stayed there until Susanvilla came along
| with his wagon and brought Us here to his
| house in Sausalito."
Marie and his shpmates speak in tile high
| est terms Of Captain ColcOrd and his wife.
| The captain, they say, was the best skipper
| they ever sailed under, and Mrs. CelcoTd
was very kind to them. They feel very glad
to think that Mrs. Cocord and her children
| are safe, but say they cannot understand
| why the tug that they were taken TO did not
come alongside the ship and take all hands
| OFF, as she might easily have done before the
| vessel went to pieces.
The rescued men were considerably wor.
ried over statement that some one has
made to them that their ship being a
| total loss they can claim no wages Each
has about two months wages due him, and
this they will receive in due time.
IN THEIR BEST SUIT OF CLOTHES.
Chief Mate w. C. Barclay, who swan
| ashore from the wrecked vessel and was
brought tn Susanvilla's house. came over to
| the city with his brother on the first boat
yesterday morning. In conversation with
| reporter be said that when it Was apparent
that there was no hope of saving the ship
| and that 1t was every man for himself a
| number OF sailors went into the fnrecastle,
while the remainder were launching the
| long-boat, and soon reappeared dressed in
| their best clothes. Some of those who thus
arrayed themselves are among the saved.
When the boat was launched the mate
| went aft and found Captain Colcord stand
ing in the cabin doorway in half-dazed
| condition. He attempted to lead him by the
| arm along the deck to the boat; but heavy
| sea broke over the vessel and hurled them
both against the ships rail, which was
| buried in the sea. With the assistance of a
seaman they managed 10 get to where the
| iong-beat was supposed to be, and to their
| dlsmay found that the painter had been cut
| and it had drifted away.
A few minutes afterward it was ascer-
tanned that Captain Colcord was dead. He
| mad either been killed by coming in contact
with something, or had been drowned by
| the heavy seas that broke on board. The
mate then Invested himself of everything
| but his undercOthes and, springiEg over
| hoard, started 10 swim ashore As he struck
the water he seized a piece of wreckage,
and as he did SO voice called out to him
| near by.
He pushed the spar he had hold of in the
| direction the voice came from, and it was
taken hold of by one the seameD, who was
| known on board as Charley. Charley was
! one OF the men who was in the lonp-boat
when II was cut adrift. A few minutes aft
erward heavy sea dashed over the two,
! the spar was torn away from them and
| Charley was drowned.
STRUCK OUT FOR THE ROCKS.
| When the mate lost his grasp on the spar
| he struck out for the rocks. Every wave
| that came along overwhelmed and well
| nigh strangled him, and at last, just when
ms strength was giving ont and he felt that
he could only live few minutes longer. a
heavy breaker lifted him on the Jagged
rocks. lie clutched them as drowning