New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-17
TuE WRECK OF THE COLIMA
.pu1c ACCOUNT OF A SURVIVING PAS
SENGER.
., NJ BoYp. AN ENGLlsHMAN. DESCRIBES THE
RAGING STORM. HIS DIVE INTO THE
SEA. HIS EXPERIENCE ON RAFT
WITH A WOUNDED COMPANION
AND HIS RESCUE.

=, " Boyd OF Birmingham England, one OF the
survivors Of the wrecked Colima. related his ex-
,eriences a passenger on the hi-iateo VeSSe' "
a. = Stauffer. Of Pumans Palace Car COMPANY
while they were travelling together recently from
x,ovara Falls to this city. The narrative was
reported by MI. otauiiei e'o"'''''' ~
lows: tho a,,lr.
We Manzano about o'clock ; on 'h ise a oben
su1day Nay 2 Sce sq es Sr
eecock the wind freshened all awnings were ,a ba
n a Mss pasoat sunset the sky extremely
beautiful the sun 5ens Of f0sa Storm was not con-
sdered the scene one OF perfect peace ana nra
quiet we n had heavy swell which continued from
this time The ship soon began 70 t the
r roll and BY o'clock the next morning al hands
we're very busy engaged in securing snT cap sn
which Tas the hurrcane deck piled sixty
Of 'G sa Hs ana
e Gas also a large amount Of oil on the man deck
and en- the bs swe wss very heavy and Of
,he Messengers seasck A. about o c.oe COCK
went SsGw to on sna dssk II" The boaswsn
Of the men trying TO put OH on ,he ot his
lime one Of the passengers wen, Dfow
ana shortly aferward we heard e1rSe orSs rou9
~ lhss sSs s Hs ss e H0'
zoos, cargo IN the ,"e oil on The main deck had also
shifted tartoad and the h Soa sbp in v was leaning
s1pea, 20 Istarboard and we never again recovered
oa' a,,sn keel We had been heaving 10 TOT some
hours and the ship had lost neao"ay'
UNABLE TO GET STEAM.
TIL. CAPTAIN called for more steam but was un-
.,. % 90, anv Suddenly heard the calls, All
~ dsck, and Man the boats" and at TINS Juhc'-
IRE I made my way up the companion"ay' E>e!
thing on the main deck at this time was co'luS'o,'
and excitement. and catching hold OF nain'"o.N
,,uod myself hand over hand to the other size
Of the ship. When got there saw the quarter
,nas,sr 90 forward with an axe. which was yer!
suegestive and although did not reah]e '"e'o
was any absolute danger up TO this time began
n look around for means OF safety lhc hea'S
swell forced the ship over further ana nrs sds i
great sheets After pulling up four leiOws 10 a ,ng
was surprised one OF the CREW. VINO Ua mao ,be
epreserver on imp 9verDoar1h before the Signal
vas given for all to themselves Seeing th,s
nan GO s5e o G the r rns CHANGING
bridge saw the Captains hand on nd me sbr and
Inc command was given for all hands 70 save them.
selves crashing noise a, THIS bm tune aTe" denk
and cabins all smash up into sm never come
up ap any more took off my boots, coat and vest
ran down the side and jumped into the sea: went
S do, asr qsse e fqS my go o"
air / was just about 20 take breath when vas
before Ny breath began TO oose out Of my mouth
replacing s T saae a Ta e myse ns and
struggling very hard, came 10 the surface IKE
sundy gas s5s wa asm al ab Gsh for
while. trying find something suitable 10 hold to
ssnS one casd out ie TIC him to give he
said for IT, did and nd we We. sT shn a st .h e
%as soHe ana Nothing was et; oan
q loose lumber and the f San pieces OF
and shortly afterward saw one with seven men
Those nD the en latter boat were Professor whiting
Mr.. Sutherland Mrs. Irving and MISS Pheps IN
navy men and three others. These all
rscosnssd An around me were pieces esd Of fodi the
noaed past me evsy few minutes . Ate S whe
deseR 0 Nth fi hree others but c were almost I'M
medately upset BY a heavy wave We all scram ram,
crushed Almost Immediately we were upset again
and lost the raft.
SWIMMING FOR LIFE.
I had to swim about quite awhile. but finally
picked up a piece OF wreckage about Sxl2 feet to
which held fast all afternoon. When first got
this a very heavy squal struck us. and in this
squall many lives lost. Many OF the pieces Of
lumber were thrown the sea, as they rose on
the crest Of the waves. and in this way many were
ba II This % that for
we could not open our eyes to see anythng arouha
Wind H" ouieted down there were only four or five
fellows within my range OF vision. ana CANE ase 70
supposed that my companion had been thrown into
the water and killed BY, the floating lumber-which
raft several times now that tho water had BECOME
G ms good Thar fs With Sns oc Of
a Mexican. and unable 10 speak English; ana az
stand each other BY signs made out that he had
a good raft and wanted me 70 Join him dived
that he was badly crushed about the chest back k
ana SS With s ssse . o paG 81 S ny
,o a9 "nh up aa oSe
TO drift.
DINING ON AN ORANGE.
About this time an orange noated past and by the
aid Of a long lath | got IT, We had scarcely
shared II when got sight OF a cocoanut and
Immediately set about trying to devise some means
to secure IT, We watched 1t until nearly DARK, no
opportunity Offering for its recovery; and at last.
fearing that We would lose 1t In the darkness,
Owed over the side OF the raft and swan to the
cocoanut secured 1t, and returned to the raft which
boarded. Although the c9coanut had the np pso
snSqS a TsSR %s Sr 'ss
sSalr 'H' 1 Rns made Mexican il Sown Sa,
san ans 0 se sat crushed oh the That
shortly after this got ,ss Of 9 aGn es
Ia ns Of ana OIL opening TIE WIND was reshenns and
ss ms 1s he Case TO- fA the
Of each with nail ana shre@ mem nootb Sa,ch
The r o was two a hours The thing
come along was velveteovered cushion ,, se
cushion S' and made sort 81 ws,tco%t Of g 4
placed it, IL upon nv head hrst ripping off the band
and living II around my neck in lieu OF scarf:
The moon was young and came out about Ut, >
O'clock and set about IL o'clock. From this umc
on We sat and watched the stars and were pleased
TO note that the freshenng breeze was blowing us
In an easterly direction, where l knew the iand 10
Ne
LAND IN SIGHT.
We drifted In this way until daylight. when the
welcome sight Of land met our eyes Some haf-
hour afterward | the smoke or steamer
and after signalling her for about an hour and a
half were seen. and the ship headed for us: 1t