New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-01

SEVERAL MORE MISSING PASSENGERS
HEARD FROM.
HOPES THAT STILL OTHERS WERE sAvED-THE
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SENDS A MAN
OF-WAR TO THE SCENE.


Brewers dispatch reluctantly concluded that they
would hear nothing further from relatives and
friends II was expected this morning that the
Pacinc Mall Steamship Company would receive
some dispatches confirming those received during
the night but came.
Mrs c. H. Cushing mother of the two young
men who were passengers aboard the Colima. how
ever received the following message from her son.
who was rescued. which reads as follows
Mrs. G Max 30 22 MI via & hee re-
turning on San Juan ''"'' c. H. CUSHING.
The telegram indicates that he knows nothing
concerning his brothers safety and simply sent
the message a means of relieving his mothers
anxiety TO some extent.
1t is evident that the San Juan has made careful
search at the scene Of the disaster and has pro-
ceeded her course with the boats occupants
whom she picked up the 18th. 1t may be That
she picked up others. but 1t will be impossible TO
determine this until she arrives here She was
due June s. but owing &c this delay she VIII
perhaps not get here until the 18th or 12th
Following closely in her wake is the steamer
Colon which ought to have touched at Acapulco
some time this morning. and there is a bare chance
OF her picking up boat or raft. Outside OF the
Pacific Mail officials Mr.. Cushing ST.. Is the only
one who still holds out any hope for the SAFETY OF
the passengers not yet reported He thinks that
possibly his missing son. George. may be among
those who were reported yesterday as having come
ashore In a small boat and whose names the steam
ship company had been trying 10 obtain lie also
has hopes OF hearing from the boat which was re-
ported as having left the Colimas side In charge
of Freight Clerk Wafer Others, however. believe
that the Government and private dispatches are
correct and that they are now simply awaiting
further particulars OF the cause OF the disaster
either by wire or by SURVIVORS on the san Juan
There is anxiety displayed among shipping
men concerning the safety Of the American schooner
Hayes. which was reported yesterday as having
,rb. in sba
encountered.
This afternoon dispatch was received wnich
will certainly revive the rapidly waning hopes that
more OF the Colima passengers Will soon be heard
from. A message came TO Mrs. Peters VINO mas
been mourning the loss of her son Lewis. who was
hound south TO toin his father at Guatemala II
reads follows:
Guatemala May 81. via Galveston
Mrs. Peters. San Francisco.
Lewis Is safe on the barracuda
The dispatch Is not signed, but II Is believed 10
have come from Mrs. Peters's husband. who Is IN
Guatemala
Another dispatch received in this city as sSYs the the
Barracuda picked up raft with nine passenErebls
Of the COma Among the s nu no cr su at the
Pacific Mail Office. where the news was made pub,
the smaller vessels searching for the missing ana ne
latter put into shore and conveyed the news TO the
rnn,emas The Company has asked for the full
list OF those rescued. and Is now awaiting ''ps.
Later details are contained IN the FOLLOWING u'S
patch:
Colima. Mex. May si-six survivors Of the steamer
Coma have reached here. They are John Thorn
ton ton: Wis eers and Tindor; sea,nen Gonzaes
Frederick Johnson. They got ashore on Id..
from which three seamen were lost. Another rat
with five persons was seen near San Jelmo lis iat'
is unknown. The women and children were an ~
Another dispatch from Manzanilla says: The sur
vvors saw Purser Wafer in a wemannea boat
shore II is supposed that this boat Is stll ahoat
The men who loaded the Colima say INA, wa
the chief engineer was in all probability not que
to falling spars but to lumber which was .0auei
thousand feet Of heavy timber on the deck Yea lea
Win TO the STf ks In teq sOs from
It's fasenings. and IT then swept the decks killing
se rsn powder in the magazine Of the vessel bu,
the chances are that II was not reached; even ny
ION investigation 1t may be proven that subma.
rne earthquake caused the Colima ass, J
lima CITY states that the sea was perfectly calm
Taking into consideration all the peculiar cireuin,
suddenly disturbed the usual placdity Of the South
Mexican Ocean and engued the snip IN me mos So
roll OF a heavy surge and shaken her mas's loose
lettering spar perhaps e ana had s'r po xa ana only
a sudden and violent wrench could have causeh ner
a dispatch from the City or Mexico contains
this account Of the Coma's fate: AT about 3
o'clock on the morning OF the 9th. In lati-
tude 1928 north and longitude lci1+ west
the Colima was struck by powerful wind
and was driven upon coral reef ana sunk
with a large hole stove in her side near the PROV.
Captain j. i. Taylor. after displaying mastery
skill In the mana cement OF the vessel killed
by falling mast. The first pilot and first engineer
were also killed. and after the boat struck
the reef and went down In 100 fathoms OF water.
Nearly twenty-four hours later tho coast line
steamer San Juan picked up sixteen survivors and
"a ManZ1nilO.
others swan ashore at (ioahuyaunok. and Ave
moro three cabin passengers and two sailors were
subsequently rescued by n Government boat sent
by the Pacific Mall at Manzanillo. One hundred
and twenty-eight persons are known to nave been
drowned and twonty-sx were saved
Another dispatch from the same place Gays that
official advices bear out the main statements OF
the sinking OF the steamer coliina The manager
~ tho Manzanillo and Colima Railroad wires that
I, f. thought that three passengers rescued by the
Romero Rudello belong TO the family OF ;. FLOR
and that the Pacific Mall Steamship Company con-
,nues s efforts to rescue and 10 do every humane
service within It's power. The Romer" has iouhh
NJ tho scene Of the wreck the body or an unknown
woman who IL apparently OF mexican oilshh vi
trorbert SAYS the Chief Baracoaiau sailed ycs'cr-
day for Acapulco 10 40 ""o ''' ' ~
from the Government. 49, a. .
All mail for Cclima has been Iost. MI Hcrper'
d,spatch says Later reports place inc scene OF 'he
wreck thirty miles southeast OF Mnnzanillo ana
ten TO fifteen miles on shorc NJ "''" w '''~" "'
| II is now so reported one woman """'em"lhh'
uos saved and returned to San Francisco by San
Juan.
Many inquiries have been received In this city
CMexico) regarding the safety OF Individual passen-
gers but all appear to be In the list nlready sent
Professor Whiting II evidently among the drowned
Onicial dispatches are ms follows;
MazatIan May 29-To the Secretary OF War.
| Mexico: Have received notice that the steamer
cnna WAS lost on the night OF the 10Th instant.
0f,v miles 10 the south OF Manzano. The ship
| aiied and sank. Lost. hundred and sixty Saved.
' Captain Of the Port.
| MazatIan, May 2s-To Secretary OF War; Mexico:
ON the nth instant there was lost the American
| ahln Coimn AZ San Juan do Lima. seventy miles
| from Manzanlllo There were lost oDe-hnndred and
| seventy persons, and the saved were twon,y.ohe'
Captain OF Frigate Oaxaca.
Mazatian. May 2o-To Secretary 81 War and
| Navy Mexico: Steamer lost Manzanillo. cur
| rying 100000 insurance by United States. and for
| which we must make rescue. There being no mer-