Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-30
DISASTER AT SEA.
The Steamship COlima Wrecked on
Pacific Coast Of Mexico.
NINETEEN PEOPLE REACH SHORE.
All the Rest of the Passengers and
crew, Numbering More Than
Hundred and fifty, Thought to
Have Perishcd.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. May zs.-rhe
Pacific Mail steamship Coiima was
wrecked between Manzanino and Aca-
pulco May g5ih. and present indications
are that over 80 persons perisheo' On'y
nineteen are known 90 have been saVeu.
Tho t,oliua was an iron vessel OF 4''
tons burthen. She was built oy No"c"'
OF Philadelphia. and sailed from this cry
the 18th instant. ln command OF Capl''"
J. Il. Taylor. Ter other Officers "'''
u. r. Grmths. nrst officer. George Lang
ham second officer. %. Hansen thiId ON
Ger. l.. W. o. Kirby, surgeon u. -"
pcrrv frcIeht clerk; A. *. richardson
etorekecucr. william a. smith. cnei en-
g,re.r. r d. Beardon. first engineer H.
rinley second engineer /. Ionneies'
second engineer
rherc were forty cabin passengers
t1irtv-six stcerage passengers. forty chi
rs,e. and seventy officers and crew.
News OF the disaster reached this city
throurh a dispatch received by the agents
OF tho Pacific Mail Company. one Of the
steamers small boats containing fourteen
passengers and five OF the creN, reached
the Mexican coast. and lt was this party
that telceraphtd the news Of the wreck.
None OF the remaining DO passengers and
crew have been heard or The names Of
the messengers rescued have not been
learned.
The Pacific Mail steamship Company
has been advised that the following pas
seurers and crew were landed al Man
zauillJ boy the nrst boat:
Cabin-Cushi Thornton. Domingo
Alhano. a. j. sutherland. Larlu i'iuze'
-tssrIce-I ". crew, j. ID. ROSS, H.
Hcrsbere. Antonio Ramiz, Joseph sails
D. J. O'Neul.
crew Anson. Carpenter Richardson.
Raymond. MorreL
Do the passenger list AN of those saved
appear as belonging at san Jose de Qua
t.m8la.
Richardson IS the ships storekeeper and
the FIRST intelligence of the wreck came
from him.
NINETEEN REACH SHORE
shortly after the dispatch from Richard
son was received telegram was received
from tie compduys agent at Manzanillo
o. The s'f ct that the ship had gone
down and that fourteen passengers and
five cf the crew had reached shore ia
small boat.
'Nsi "'" "la't PI...''.- W.. -,
tlt 't7sei W.. ,' -,.l., ,.,,,,0', M.
asc,rtaIned at present The vessel stops
al Mazitlaui and san Bias before reach
'is Ma'I@'l'''i'' "''' Pc.
The corrected passenger list can only
De- made out when the names Of the
messengers Who went ashore and board d
a.. vessel al those two ports are re-
eri,cL
Ta, Colima was bound for Panama,
and WAS dIe at Msuz4nill0 ON Sunday,
e.. e.n ,rhe gispatcbes show that the
,.r t,,.F.r.3 ON Monday of Man
I'M. ,-rl.t vould Indicate that some
-..I...'t had bsr,sUel that retarded the
..i and ,.-.,..,t.J her from reaching
,t...,.,.,ii'. t.lo,. sbe fouDdered. The
'i t.5 ., uf..b,ats which hung
,,.,, 5.,.ts r4,dy d, hoe launched at q
,,......rf,s notice. and 80 is thought that
rf 30 these could have been launched
D., matter how rapidly the Fessel Sam
The telegram received hy me coIhpa"S
agent only accounts for one boat ana 'he
n-, that more haI not arrived az 'niI' .
zarllo 20 The time the dispatch was se .nlt
BE- the only indication mat me loss Oh ''''
may have been very tIe"l. .,.... 30 the
81 N''''' 10. ,,,f,ie,t ttot other
company. SAYS De Us coilIu,"l 'iHe 80 a,,,.
''' WI" WI ,.,ii ~. ir,nos.Ible 10 give
Jos. .i I.0 a. d.,5 .s am it's way
'.'' 80, -,,,,t,laes ricltad nm other
Gown l', l'.t.+ -. ~. sbo took
passenger ..l ""'''''' ~
iI0n li'7 'I''' .. .,.,.,.,,
POSSIBLY M'i'h "a 'N
The boat containing the rescued men
W.. picked up Bog the steamer Juan, norm
I..al to This city from Central Amer
con ports. She Immediately put INTO Man
z4rIi1 with tho saved, and, according 70
dispatches just received, az once went
q. -el again in search OF oiher boats
Immediately upon receipt OF the news
here Che Pacific Mail company sem ."
dispatch i' ihtr "-g ,,., az ,,hich Mad
.i a.. f~or1 Pomona 10 make
.'..'b az tps tive other boats.
....l b. ttourht are either aaoat
... ......,'..er. and crew. or on the coast
1890 80 The disaster The latest
.t-- 7,.,s,er. or,. a private mes
,,..t, ,,.,,rrts maj There is a posi-