The herald., 1894-04-23
THE EUREKA's TIMELY APPEARANCE.

THE EUREKA's TIMELY APPEARANCE.
The steamer Eureka, going south, ar
rived here yesterday and on her way
down picked up several of the passen
gers OF the sunken steamer who had
sought refuge on a raft. The Eureka
then steamed to the scene of the disas
ter and completed the work of rescue,
Immediately turning back for the
north. She arrived here at l O'Clock
with all the passengers and small
quantity of wreckage. Captain Geo.
Leland of the Los Angeles was among
those on the Eureka, but to . q ues-
tions asked him regarding the wreck
he gave the same answer g II don't
know anything about it,"
As stated above, his brother, Captain
Leland of the Eureka, profanely refused
even the smallest courtesies to report
ers, and positively commanded the peo-
pie on his ehip TO deny information of
every description to those on shore. The
only particulars obtainable this evening
are those furnished by Farmer Gilkey,
who very cbeerfully left hia bed to ride
to Monterey after medical aid for the
sufferers in the wreck. The party who
called Gilkey out OF bed and made the
request that he come here for assistance,
told him that Captain Leland of the
Los Angeles was dying from bruises re-
ceived while being tossed about on the
rocks, and that doctor would be neces-
cary if the captains life was to be saved.
Gilkey also says that the same party
informed him that two of the passengers
who had gone overheard in the rocks
had been mashed out OF all recognition,
and had died few minutes after leav-
ing the boat.
ONE OF THE CREW TALKS.
The following particulars from one oi
the crew of the ill-fsted Los Angeles sre
the first bits of reliable information OBJ.
tanned here of the wreck:
"At2 :57 yesterday afternoon we left
San Simeon, our crew numbering 81 Of
fcers and men. We had about 80 pas.
sengers aboard. The weather was the
beet we have had for some time. GEN
orally we encountered strong winds after
leaving San Simeon, but this trip WAS
an exception to the rule, and we all
counted on getting ahead of time on that
account. Al about Z 80 l was on deck
having q smoke, and / remarked to the
watchmGn that We were making excep-
tionally good time.
"'Yes. said be, we will make Point
Sur by half-past g.
II said 1 thought we would surely
get there before them. l then went
down to the saloon and helped the
freight clerk in ha work, aud remained
there until 8:45. Just as we got
\ through we felt shack like light
bump. This was followed by pretty
stiff crash, that threw the ship on her
side. We all rushed out on deck, and
orders were given to lower the boa's.
As yor may well imagine, all was &C j.
fusion. Every where, the women and
children were all screaming. and our
first labor was to quiet them. They
were all in their nlghtclothes, and we
wrapped them all in blankets, 30 as to
make them as comfortable as possible,
and put life-preservers on them. After
this, having provided the women and
children with room in the lifebosts, we
all had to ruetle for ourselves, and
directed our energies towards saving all
that we could of our effects. The most
any of us saved was few little trinkets,
such as combs, razors, ETC., ETC., and
some of us lost everything we had. By
this time nearly all the passengers were