St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-01
ROUGH WATER ON THE BAR
A Mighty Wave in the Golden
Gate Boards a Steamer, With
Loss of Life. go - :


Gate Boards a Steamer, With
Loss of Life. .''ifti
j. g. Bailey,a cabin passenger on the
steamer Corona, which arrived at noon
yesterday from San Diego and way
ports, was washed overheard and
drowned by heavy sea which struck
the vessel as she was crossing the bar,
says the San Francisco Chronicle. James
Carter. one of the walters on the
steamer, is missing. and it is believed
that he also was drowned at the same
time.
Bailey was fOrty-two years old His
family is now in San Diego.
The bar was breaking in several places
when the steamer started to cross in.
When between the Cliff house and the
North heads, Capt. Hail, who was in
command, ordered the steward to have
all the state room doors opening onto the
over the vessel up to this time, and the
measure was simply precautionary
one.
All at once big sea from the north
ward was seen rolling toward the
steamer. just as it reached the port
quarter it broke and created great
havoc. j. &. Bailey, who WAS standing
near the rail OH deck, was never seen
again, and it is thought that James Car
ter, the waiter who had been assisting
in closing the state room doors, must
have gone over at the same time, as h.,
was near Bailey. The officers of the
steamer, however, say that it is possible
that in the confusion that followed the
accident the waiter may have come
ashore when the steamer locked. with
out being noticed. The hope of his
being still alive is very slim one, how
ever.
There were over twenty passengers on
deck when the big wave struck the
steamer. The occurrence was entirely
unexpected and the passengers were
taken by surprise. Not one of those on
deck abaft the pilot house escaped with
out being drenched. The volume of
water that came over the port side
rushed down past the state rooms,
around the turn at the stern, and up the
lee side of the steamer. The course
taken was that or a horseshoe. The
driven against the state rooms and the
after rail.
Two ladies who occupied state rooms
on deck opened their doors after they
had been closed by order of the captain,
and the rush of water that entered their
rooms lifted them up bodily and washed
them out on the deck. All the upper
state rooms were flooded. When the
steamer locked, most of the pas
sengerS presented sorry-lOoking
appearance. Many of those who were
dripping wet hired express wagons, and
with their baggage were Immediately
driven up town. A steerage passenger
named Edwards looked as if he had just
been picked up out of the sea. He did
not have a dry stitch on him.
Capt. Hall stated 10 Chronicle re-
porter that he had never seen such
weather before on the run between San
Diego and this port. He considered the
bar very rough when he arrived on the
heads, but, as vessels enter in much
heavier weather, lie did not think there
was any extra danger in making port at
that time; besides, the bar was not
breaking except in occasional patches.
He had taken the usual precautions for
the safety of the passengers and the
steame. The big wave that did all the
damage was the only one that was
shipped, and that one, if it had not
broken just before it reached the
steamer, would hardly have done the
damage il did