The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-29
NINETEEN ARE SAVED.
Fourteen Are Passengers and
Five Are Members of the
VeSSeI'S Crew.
OTHERS MAY BE RESCUED
She Left San Francisco for Panama
and Way Ports on the 18th
of This Month.

Tidings of a marine disaster that may
bring sorrow and suffering to many homes
in this City were received from Manzanillo,
Mexico, last night. The old steamer
Colima of the Pacific Mail Company
foundered between Acapulco and Mama
milo on Monday last.
Fourteen passengers and five members
of the crew came ashore in one of the
steamers boats yesterday, and from them
it was that the first information of the dis
aster was obtained. 1t is thought that 9TH
ers may have been saved and that they
have been picked up by a passing vessel or
have gone ashore at some other point.
The first intimation of the disaster came
in the shape of telegram to Edward
Railton, a clerk employed by the COM
pany. 1t read:
EdWard Railton, San Francisco-Saved. Wire
father. RICHARDSON.
Richardson was one of the passengers
and from the telegram it was supposed
some wreck had occurred.
Later brief dispatches came to I. P.
Schwerin and other officers of the COM
pany in this city, and the Associated Press
began to interrogate its agents in Mexico
for news. Meager results rewarded their
efforts.
The dispatch received by Mr.. Schwerin
came from Capt ain Pitts of the steamer
San Juan. 1t was to the effect that the
Colima had foundered between Acapulco
and Manzanillo while on her way south on
May 81.
A boat had come ashore in which there
were nineteen persons, of whom fourteen
were passengers and five were sailors. No
names were given. Similar dispatches were
received by other officers of the company,
and at midnight conference was held at
the Occidental Hotel, in the room of Will
liam H. Avery, ticket clerk of the Pacific
Mail.
Alexander Center, general agent of tie
company, who also received dispatch
telling of the loss of the vessel said he felt
confident that other boats would come in,
but if there was any loss of life it would be
impossible to give full list of the dead
as on her way down, the vessel had doubt
less picked up other passengers, in addi-
ton to those that she took from this City.
The officers of the Colima are:
Captain John F. Taylor.
Chief Officer G. E. Griffiths.
Second Officer George Langhorne.
Third Officer 0. Hansen.
Surgeon, DR.. w. F. Kirby.
Purser William Wafer
Freight Clerk T E. Berry.
Storekeeper A. K. Richardson.
Chief Engineer John P. Ebbeson.
First Assistant Engineer E. D. Reardon.
Second Assistant Engineer 81. Finley.
Third sSic
Chief Steward William A. Smith.
The crew consists of about sixty men,
equallydivided between the deck, purser's
and engineers departments.
The Colima took from here 121 passen-
gers, as follows: Forty cabin, 3S steerage
and 43 Chinese. Their names and desti-
nations were as follows:
Cabin: To New York.
c. II. E. Orme.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Roberts.
Professor Harold Whiting.
Master William Whiting,
Mrs. Whiting and two infants.
Miss Rose Whiting.
Miss Ellen Muller.
w. n. Alder.
w. II. Bryan.
To way ports:
c. H. Gushing to San Jose de Guatemala.
George s. Cushing to San Jose.
John M. Thornton to San Jose.
Miss Bessie Davis to San Jose.
Mrs. Charles Thornton to San Jose.
Louis ii. Peters to San Jose.
]. E. Chilberg to Acaiutla.
Lang Chong and wife to Acajutla.
Domingo Albano to San Jose.
Charles Stuckmann to San Jose.
]. w. g. Maxwell to MazatIan.
M. A. Muller to Mazatlan.
Matilda Phelps to Callao, Peru.
W. I. Spearin to Callao.
T. F. Bell to Mazatlan.
r. F. Grigsby to Mazatlan.
Mrs. c. Irving to San Benito.
Mrs. L. r. Brewer, three children and
servant, to San Benito.
Alfred AIonzo to San Benito.
q. S. American to Mazatlan.
George V. Gray to Mazatlan.
A. ]. Sutherland to San Jose.
Ricardo Merlos to Acajutla
In the Storage for New York were:
II. V. Unwin
w. P. Buckley.
Johannes J. Monwens.
John w. Crew.
Gustav A. Merwis.
G. d. Ross.
C. Walske.
J. III. w. Smith.
i. l.. Zangeree.
Denis Carey.
J. Schoenfeldt.
H. w. Boyd.
C. L. Coolidge.
D. Constantenesco.
NJ. Torevo.