The morning call., 1894-05-27

with the women unless her brother was
with her,
French seeing the Young lady still on the
wreck got his boat off from shore through
the breakers and returned for her amid
appalling dangers, but the brave fellows
life was crushed out against the vessel
and he disappeared In the light OF morn
ing following the young woman was found
lashed to the wheelhouse with her dress.
She was dead. 1t was her brother WIN
had made her fast to the wreck and he re-
manned till washed away. There was no
doubt among the survivors that these two
died together.
The ship was complete wreck.
The Columbus, wooden propeller of
500 tons. engaged in the Central American
trade, was run ashore in November. 1860.
at Point Romidias, while Captain Lud
wick was in command. Her loss was
Sl8QOOO but the passengers and crew
were saved
The Pacific Mail steamer Salvador. an
ola ship began 10 founder In the Gulf #
Slcoyo, near Punta Arenas, San Saliva
dor, while taking in a cargo of coffee.
Captain Wise beached her, and she be-
came total loss. This was his first COM
mand and his last. She was worth about
100000. The Salvador was the first iron
ship sent 20 this coast by the Panama
Railroad Company.
One OF the most terrible disasters Of the
Pacific Coast was the destruction by fire of
the Pacific Mail steamship Golden Gate.
on July 27, 1862. just fifteen miles from
Maulanillo and four miles off shore As
many as 200 people met death where the
oid-tashloned paddle steamer went up in
smoke. The passengers were at dinner
when cry OF FIRE startled all aboard.
Flames burst upward from the galley and
Win such fury that nothing could subdue
them. They suddenly broke out in i'm
mense masses and all aboard had hardly
time to realize what Ind happened before
1t became necessary to get away from the
doomed vessel. Some passengers clung to
Tores as directed, but others, confused and
bewlldered, threw themselves headloug
IDtO the water. Half an hour after the
alarm was given the upper deck fell in and
the foTemas1 went by the board, falling TO
the starboard. Soon after this the Golden
Gate took the beach very easily. her en-
gines working MP to this time.
II quickly regained my strength" said
CAPTAIN K. II. Pearson of the Mail Com
pany in relating his awful experience, land
1 was deeply panied to learn that more
were not saved. Some were lying dead on
the beach, and some. whose names l
called, had not been seen. We mustered
but 100 persons. We were sad indeed.
while the TIRE roared through our noble
ship, and huge seas made breaches through
the charred timbers, hurting the flames
high 10 the air, we gathered our dead by
the light and laid them up on the sand out
Of the reach of the sea, aud then sat down
to watch the gloomy scene. As soon as
day broke we buried the dead. digging
graves with pieces OF board. We placed
crosses at the heads Of the graves to desig-
nate the spot as sacred"
All next day boats were out in the bay
rescutng all they could find. Several dead
bodies were seen drifting to the SOUTH
east.
Although there were ten boats aboard
enfTINinpt tn
could be reached by The passengers. while
the others burned at the davits The de-
lay IN getting out the boats was RESPONSE
bic for panic and loss Of life. The Golden
Gate was the second finest ship Of the Mail
Company. She was 206l tons burden. Her
loss. com hined with the cargo, amounted
to S1,750,000.
For many years after she was a land
mark of the lower coast, her great side
wheel appearing high above the breakers.
Of1cers and crew of coasting steamers used
to say on seeing il, I'VE are so many miles
from ManZanllln." Men were all the time
diving for the sunken treasures. It Is the
hrm belief OF Seamen that many victims
OF the disaster we're eaten by sharks, which
abound in the vicinity of the wreck
The Brother Jonathan was lost on july
81, 1865 about ten miles northwest of Cres-
cent City. Her wreck is among the most
terrible of marine disasters and was due
to bad management She was owned bv
the California Steam Navigation COMPANY
and piled between San Francisco and
northern ports. When under command Of
CAPTAIN de Wolf on a trip from Portland
10 this city she struck on a sunken rock
near Crescent City, and went down to the
bottom In fOriy-flve minutes after striking
There were 25O persons Oh board and only
nineteen Of them were saved. The total
loss of property was $3.50, 900 Brigadier-
General Wright and n company of soldiers
ylJor lns ST hoH 1
FranciscaDs also persisted.
Captain Blethen one night Rugged the
shore with the North American when
steaming southwark with passengers in
December, 1865. and the result was that he
ran sideways into the sandy beach about
forty miles south from Acapulco. The
ship was nearly new and her loss repre-
sented $3.50 900 thrown into the ocean.
Her passengers and crew got to shore and
walked to Acapulco in the hot sun, over a
rough road, and suffered fearfuly.
The Labouchere, an English steamer
carrying freight and passengers from San
francisco to Victoria, was run upon the
rocks at Point Reyes April 16, 1866. She
sank The following morning but not before
her crew and passengers were safely
landed. Captain MOuatt was in command.
On her voyage from Sitka via Victoria
to this port the steamer Del Norte went
on Canoe Ref, at PORTER Pass, near Vic
toria, on October u. 1868. There was no
pilot aboard when the accident occurred
and. though dense fog prevailed, Captain
Winner Insisted on steaming ahead in the
straits. and ran her on rocks less than
quarter of mile off shore. The loss was
100000, but the crew and passengers
escaped
The Yankee Blade was driven upon the
rocks ct Point Arguello in a fog in No
vember, 1868. She was a splendid side
wheeler valued at $500. 900, and almost a
new vessel Captain Randle was held re-
eponsible for sailing so dangerously close
to the shore. No lives were lost In this
wreck.
The Continental, a passenger steamer.
foundered in the Gulf Of California in 1865
and became total loss. She belonged To
the old Holiday line and was under the
command of Captain Chris Dali when she
went to the bottom in gale of wind near
Cape San Lucas. Her value was 5000. OO0
Twenty-Five persons were dro wned on her.
The steamer America, in charge of Can
tain BletheD. sailed on her last VOYAGE
from Panama 10 San Francisco on April 8.
1869. Eight days later, when in the Bay of
San Juan del Sur. fire broke out in the
porter's room, and in less than fifteen
minutes after the flames were 6iscovarad