The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-30
Only Nineteen, One Boat Load Under
Command of Third Omcer Hansen,
known TO Have Been Saved.
OFFICIALS VERY RETICENT
SAY THEY HAVE NO INFORMATION
REGARDING THE DISASTER.
Further Concerning the Loss of the
Dom Pedro and 100 Souls on the
Coast of GaIicia, Spain.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2s.-The steam-
ship CoIima. of the Pacific Mail Company.
foundered near Manzanlla, Mexico, Mon
day night, and it is possible $50 or more
lives were lost. The steamer is known TO
have had 1S2 people aboard. passengers and
crew, and only nineteen are known to have
been saved.
The officials of the Pacific Mail Company
persist in the statement that they have
received no information of the wreck Of
the steamer and they have tried to dis
credit entirely the statements of the dis
aster Several dispatches have been re-
ceived by the Merchants Exchange and by
tale of the ocean tragedy, and varying
only in the minuteness of the information
conveyed Captain Pitts. of the steamer
San Juan, telegraphed this morning that
he picked up a boat containing nineteen
persons, fourteen of whom were passengers
and five members of the crew of the CO.
lima The rescued boatload was taken 10
Manzanilla and then the steamer San Juan
started out again in search of the other
boats the presumption being that the re-
mainder of the passengers and crew were
afloat in the other boats of the AColima.
The occupants of the boat picked up were
as follows:
Cabin passengers-Dominco Albano. Cush-
ing, Thornton, Sariaba, Rutz.
Steerage passengers-JOhn Crew, III. W.
Boyd, Antonio Rome, r.. Rose. 3 OReil,
G. Rowan, Joseph A. Salia. L; L. zancre.
Crew-O. Hansen, third officer; A. Car
penter, A. X. Richardson. storekeeper;
Raymond Eviles, j. Morel.
The names Sariaba and Rutz do not
appear in the steamers list of passengers
sailing from st.s pozs. ena the presumption
is they joined the steamer at Mazatlan.
There were Cushngs on board. brothers.
and lady and gentleman each named
Thornton. No initials of survivors, were
given in the brief telegraph message.
OFFICER HANSEN'S MESSAGE.
The latest intelligence regarding the dis
aster received here was i'm a cipher mes
sage to a local shipping firm containing
the statement of Thiru Officer Hansen.
who was in charge of the boat picked up.
Hansen stated that about HE last night,
as the Colima was about fifty miles from
Manzanilla and between that port and Punta
St. Almo accident occurred TO her ma
chinery. Hansen had not time to investigate
the trouble. but he believed boiler had
burst The Colima was PIT about, but began
to sink rapidly. A scene of wild confusion
followed. One boat was lowered and most
of 9th O11f puf far
Hansen knows, the boat he commanded
was the only one which got clear of the
sinking ship. She quickly foundered. To
avoid a suction Hansen's boat quickly
pulled clear and the night being dark it
was impossible to tell whether the other
boats got away from the ship or not. IL
the boats only got clear away the calrnness
of the sea and the low sandy beach twenty
miles distant would enable them 10 make
safe landing in few hours. AS the pas
sengers were all asleep, however. Hansen
fears few escaped. One hundred and sixty
passengers and crew are still unaccounted
for.
The following passengers from San Fran
cisco landed safely at Mazatlan before the
Colima proceeded towards Manzanillo w.
McCutcheon, w. c. McKutcheon. ]. w. c.
Maxwell, II. Nj. A. Miller, l.. +. Bell L. s.
American, u. v. Gray, +. r. OrlSDy.
All day long the offices of the Pacific
| Mail and the telegraph companies and
newspapers have been filled with anxious
| friends of passengers and crew, making
| fearful inquiries about their friends. Many
of the scenes were pitiful in the extreme
and the most gloomy forebodings prevailed
| despite the assurances of the officials that
the Colima's machinery was in excellent
| condition, having been inspected just
| previous to her leaving; that her command
| ers and officers were skilled seamen and
| that the chances were in favor OF the safety
of their friends Among the passengers un-
accounted for are: Prof. Harold Whiting.
| Mrs Whiting, Miss Rose Whiting and two
| children named Brewer Professor Whiting
occupied chair in the State University.
Another is j. L. Chitberg, OF Seattle. who
| was on his way south TO interest South
| American planters in new steamship line
! between Central America and Puget sound.
THE FIRST INFORMATION.
The first informs zion OF the loss Of the
| steamer reached this city in dispatch
received by IL. Alfred Raiton. a book
keeper in the Office of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company. The dispatch con-
tanned the following brief statement:
saved; wire father The dispatch was
signed Richardson" Richardson was the
| strcekeeper on the Colima- DE Is close
friend OF bookkeeper Railton and sent the
dispatch 10 Railton as he knew better
than any one else I'm the city how 10 COM
| municate the tidings 10 his father. When
Raiton received the dispatch he went 10
the Merchants Exchange TO corroborate the
news OF the vessels loss. but failed TO OBJ
tain any information there. The Merchants
Exchange had received no advices from
Manzanillo and information con-
tained in the dispatch received
by the Pacific Mail bookkeeper
was regarded as containing a most start
ling information A few minutes later a
telegram was received from the company :
agent at Maazanilla TO the effect that the
shin had gone down and that fourteen
| passengers and dve or the crew had reached
| shore N, srnaIl bo4t- Icst how many a.