The herald., 1894-04-23
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OEEAlLSs
sEir aouious Escape OF Grow and Faassn-
gers-UnknOwn Victims.
MONTEREY, April 22.-Withln As min
utes after striking the rock the steamer
Los Angeles sunk out of sight. In this
brief space of time heroic work was car
ried on by all hands on board. Provis-
ion was first made in the lifeboats for ell
the women and children, and the re-
naming space was taken up with what
few male passengere could be accommo-
dated Four of the boats loaded with
passengers were dispatched to bail the
Eureka ON her way so1th, leaving Cap-
tain Leland, the second officer, first
assistant engineer and eight or nine
others hanging at the masts in the
water. Two OF the boats put off for
shore towards the lighthouse, whore ell
were landed and given shelter.
oAsTAwAYs PICKED UP.
The chief engineer's boat. loaded down
TO the waters edge with women and
children, was out all night and Was
picked up BY the steamer Eureka this
morning. The stewards boat, with
like load, WAS picked up by the Eureka
the same evening in answer to signals
from the light house. The Eureka ar
rived at Point Sur at l o'clock last
night. When Captain Leland and his
companions were rescued from the Los
Angeles they were SO weak that 1t would
have been q physical impossibility for
them to have held on to the ropes Ave
minutes longer. One OF the brave tel-
: 1Owu VINO was IN vtxfv itvstv -SuuSa dtva IN
the life boat before lana was reached.
and another died q few minutes after
landing. The body of another unfof-
tunate passenger WAS found among the
rocks this morning.
On all hands the highest encomiums
are lavished on the crew OF the light
house at Point Sur, where all the rescued
passengers we're furnished with elegantly
cooked food, dry clothes and stimulants.
At the time of the wreck, the third Of
fcer of the Los Angeles was in COM
mand, aa has been stated above.
SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
OF those who lost their lives in this
horrible accident it is difficult to say
much. The names cannot be obtained
and there is no way of determining ex-
actly how many were drowned, as the
effects of the clerks Office were not
saved, and there is nothing to check up
the list OF the living with the actual
number who shipped at the different
ports at which the steamer called on her
way north. The only names obtainable
of those missing are Fireman Tom Nolan
and passenger named Fitzgerald, and
s. N. Sheridan of Ventura.
PASSENGERS ARRIVED AT MONTEREY.
Twenty-Five passengers and some Of
the crew arrived here in conveyances
and on horseback early this evening.
All are unanimous in the state meut that
Captain Maginnis of the Whitelaw, who
was one of the passengers, rendered
yeomRn service at all times and under
all circumstances. It is freely admitted
that he saved more lives and contributed
greater and more valuable service than
all the Others com mblned.
The steamer is q complete wreck, the
bottom is all punched out and nothing
can be now seen OF the popular Los An
geles except the tops OF her masts. She
sank in about six fathoms Of water, and
it will be impossible to save anything
from her, as the spot where she lies is
the most rocky and dangerous on the
Pacific coast.
A four horse load OF rescued passen.
gers arrived here at II O'Clock tonight.
ANOTHER OF THE cR-w TALKS.
Another OF ths crew OF the Inflated
steamer, who was in the saloon when
the steamer struck, says:
81 noticed slight shock Immediately
followed by severe crash which seemed
to hold the steamer fast to this rock
upon which it had stranded. On deck
found chat nearly every body was in
the greatest excitement. You could
hardly hear yourself for the shrleks OF
the women and children, and it was
almost impossible for the orders of tina
captain to be heard in the confusion. 1t
seemed az though every officer on board
had different order to give. Under
the circumstances some precious mo-
msnts were lost until order was partial
ly restored and the orders Of the captain
could be followed.
''THE HERO OF THR DAY.
Or rather of the night, was Captain
Maginnis Of the wrecker Whitelaw, who
did more than nearly all the others com
bined IN the saving of human lives on
this frightful occasion. He it was who
saved Captain Leland and the other poor
fellows who were left hanging to the
ropes when the boats were all full and
had been dispatched to signal the
Eureka. left the Los Angeles on the
third boat, the two first boats having
had placed in them all the ladies and
children we had aboard. Whea left
the sinking boat she had been or the
rocks about half an hour, and few mo-
ments after we had left it huge wave
came and raised her off the rocks where
she was resting, and leaving her without