The herald., 1895-05-29
LOSS OF A MAIL STEAMER
The Colima Wrecked on the
Central American Coast
MANY LIVES WERE LOST
Partial Details of the Disaster Only
Received
Out Of One Hundred and Ninety-Two Persons
on Board It Is Stated That Only
Nineteen Were Saved
Associated Press Special Wire.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2s.--A dispatch
was received tonight by the fither of one
of the passengers on the Pacific Mail
steamship Colima. from Manzanillo, Mex
leo. which read: Saved. Will wire par
ticulars later" The Colima sailed Tor
Panama and way ports on May 1s, and
this is the first news that anything has
happened to her. Manzanillo is about
nalf way between San Bias and Acapul-
CO, Mexico, and the Colima at this date
would have been in that vicinity.
r. P. Schwerin, super intendept of the
Pacific Mail company, late tonight re-
ceived information tnat the Colima had
been wrecked. Fourteen OF those on
board were saved. The Colima carried
about thirty-fve passengers and about
the same number in the crew. 1t is not
vet known how the wreck occurred.
The Colima was commanded by Captain
J. ?. Taylor. and was an iron vessel OF
29O6 tons. She was built in 1878 by Roach
e. Sons of Philadelphia, and was owned
by the Pacific Mail company. Storekeeper
Richardson of the Colima was the one
who sent the first news of the disater. 1t
was he who sent the message to his
father in this city that he had been saved.
The wreck occurred between Manzanillo
and Acapulco. The Colima carried
very heavy cargo of general merchandise,
and in addition to the cabin passengers.
who numbered between thirty-hve and
fifty, carried number o. steerage pas
sengers. There were probably on the ves-
sci all follower 100 people.
Superintendent Schwern's information
is very meager. The message sent to him
stated that the ship was wrecked May
9th, and ships boat containing five of
the crew and fourteen passengers arrived
at Manzanillo today, Tuesday. There
was total of seventy passengers on the
ship.
Assistant Superintendent Avery of the
Pacific Mail stated to an Associated
Press reporter late tonight that the Coli
ma carried 1872 people and only nineteen
we're saved. There were forty cabin pas
sengers. thirty-scven steerage, forty-three
Chinese, and the crew numbered seventy
two. Most OF the cabin passengers were
bound through to New York
List of the Passengers
Following is the list of passengers and
their destinations:
In the cabin-C. II. II. Orme. New
York; J. +. Roberts. New York. Mrs. J.
+. Roberts. New York; Professor Harold
Whiting. New York; Mrs. Whiting and
four children, New York; Miss Helen
Muller, New York; W. II. Alder. New
York. W. Ii. Bryan, New York; G. II.
Gushing, San Jose de Guatemala; George
S. Cushing. San Jose de Guatemala; John
n Thornton. San Jose de Guatemala:
Miss Jessie Davis. San Jose de Guate-
mala; Mrs. Charles Thornton. San Jose
de Guatemala; Lewis IA. Peters. San Jose
de Guatemala; ]. A. Chilber. Acajutla;
Lang Chong and wife, Acajuta; Domingo
Albano. San Jose; Charles Stuckmann,
San Jose; j. w. C. Maxwell. Mazatlan;
H. NJ. A. Muller Mazatlan; Matilda
Phelps. Callao; W. 7. Spearin, Callao;
r. +. Bell. Mazat!an; U. s: American.
Mazatlan; George Y. Gray, Mazatlan; A.
J. Sutherland, San Jose; Ricardo Merlos.
Acaiutla; Il. F. Grigsby. Mazatlan: C.
Irving. San Benito Mrs. l.. X. Brewer
and family Zone servant and three chill
dren) San Benlto; Alfred Alonzo, Sar
Benito.
In the steerage: II. V. Uniona, New
York; W. P. Buckley, New York;
johannes Monwens, New York; John W.
Crew, New York; Gustave A. Mewins
New York; G.. d. Ross, New York
G. Wolsks, New York; J. II. W.
Smith. New York; L. l. zah-
New York; j. schoenfeldt, New York
H. ". Boyd New York; c. J. Coolidge,
New York; d. Constantinesco. New
York; n. To,evo New York; G. Rowan,
New York; Peter Colases New York;
i. Bolalean, New York; John Kellar, |
New York; Albert Morton, New York;
Charles Romein, New York Allen Me- !
Morrill,. New York; Mrs. May McMorIill. |
New York; George Farrell, San Jose de |
Guatemala: Mrs. A. Clock and two
children, San Jose de Guatemala; John |
Stem, San Jose de q .,atemala; Jose De- |
same, Panama: Antonio Ramiz. Pana-
ma; Jose Antonio Saliz, Panama: |
Jose Merel, Panama; Breno Cerda,
Panama; Felix Slvera. Panama;
c. W. McCutcheon, San Bias; W. C.
McCutcheon. San Bias; Mrs. Diaz.
Manzanilo; T. j. Oriel. San Benito.
The names and rank of the officers 'of
the Colima are as follows: j. +. Taylor,
captain; ID. e. Gritfiths, first officer;
George ngbourne, second officer; o.
Hansen. third officer; W. 7. Kirby. sur
geon; William Wolfer. MI rser; T. L.
Berry, freight clerk; o. X. Richardson
storekeeper; William A. Smith, chief
steward; William A. Smith, chief engi-
neer; Il. d. Reardon first assistant engi-
neer; II. Finley, second assistant; Il.