The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-31


Immediately visited the office of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company to learn the lat
est news about the disaster, as he was
anxious about the safety of his brother A.
E. Crepin, and his brother-in-law, Willis
P. Haines, and wife.
The brother and the Haines family have
been in the lower country, and in a recent
letter they notified him that they intended
to board the Colima at either Mazatlan or
Guaymas, Mr.. Crepin is in hopes that
they did not meet the steamer, but he can
not resist strong feeling of anxiety.
Officers and Crew.
o. Hansen, third officer of the Colima,
was well known in this City. He was mar
ried and lived with his wife and brother
in-law at 1917 West Mission street. Han
sen is native of Norway, 26 years of age.
He was considered a first-class seaman,
having been sailor from boyhood. with
the exception of several months in the re-
tail liquor business in this City.
DR.. w. f. Kirby, surgeon of the Colima,
is native of California, 80 years of age,
and graduate of the university in the
class OF 1886. After a course in medicine
he opened an Office in the Mission, and
after some practice, during which time he
applied himself with zeal to his chosen
profession, he was appointed demonstration
of anatomy in the medical school from
which he was graduate. After three or
four years practice he accepted a position
as surgeon on the Colima. He was es-
teemed as one of the promising young
physicians of the coast
Z. E. Berry, freight clerk, was only q
years of age, though he had been in the
service of the company over four years.
He is native of San Francisco and his
parents reside in this City.
A. K. Richardson, storekeeper, is q ma
tive of Massachusetts, % years of age. He
had been in the service of the company
for several years.
John P. Ebbeson, chief engineer, is
native of Sweden and about 40 years of
age. He has been employed on this coast
for several years and was engaged to Miss
E. Carlson of AZ Ringold street.
E. D. Reardon, first assistant engineer,
lived with his mother and two brothers at
1872 Oak street in this City. He is native
of New Hampshire and about 81 years of
age.
The second assistant engineer is Harry
Finley, about % years of age, and native
604 O'Farrell street, and has been in the
service of the company for several years.
T. Tommerg was the third assistant en-
gineer. He was about "a years of age and
native of California.
Among the sailors was Charles Monte,
an Italian, formerly captain in the mer-
chant marine of his native country. He
is about 81 years of age, married and has
one child His brother is V. w. Monte
with a business house at q Montgomery
avenue.
| Charles Hagerstrome, the quartermaster
of the lost steamer, has sister, Mrs. E.
Thompson, residing at II Tehama street,
in this City.
The latter is Frustrated with grief over
the disaster, fearing the worst. Many
friends of the young quartermaster called
upon her yesterday and used their best eff
forts to cheer her up by holding out en-
couraging hopes that there were strong
possibilities of many other survivors be-
ing heard from.
A singular coin cidence in his career was
the fact that year ago he came very near
being drowned off Grays Harbor. Captain
Crosby of the Macarthur, together with
Hagerstrom and seven others of the crew.
attempted to cross the bar in a whaleboat.
The craft was upset, and the captain and
four others were drowned.
Hagerstrom is a powerful swimmer, and
when one of his weaker companions who
was struggling in the water asked for as
sistance Hagerstrom showed an oar, which
he held, toward his comrade and boldly
struck out for the shore, two miles away.
On several occasions he has displayed
bravery of this sort. and his sister fears
that he may, in the Colima disaster, have
risked his life to preserve some woman or
child who might have been in danger of
perishing.
A shipmate of Hagerstrom on the Nc
Arthur. who is well acquainted with the
southern coast, stated last night that the