The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-31


that is now lying off Manzanillo,
Mexico, under $50 fathoms of
water. In the morning dispatch from
Arno, Vogel & Co., agents of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company at Manzanillo,
was received here by the company, as fol-
lows:
Colima foundered at sea fifty miles from
Manzanillo, May 81, at IL A. M. Have sent
vessel TO her assistance. Will send full par
ticulars as soon as received.
Shortly afterward telegram came to L..
r. Brewer, whose wife and children sailed
on the lost steamer. 1t rapidly spread
about town, to the Merchants Exchange
and even into the steamship office, where,
in the absence of official advices, it was
displayed to the anxious ewes of weary
watchers who kept coming and going all
day long.
a CLEAN of hope was given by this dis
patch. To the stricken people there was
some consolation in the news, for they read
between the lines and found good reason
to think that the later dispatches would be
good news. The dispatch read:
Your wife and children have not appeared.
But they are still finding and picking up ship
wrecked people on RATS ana boats.
For hours the steamship office at Market
and First streets and the Merchants Ex-
change were besieged by friends of the
passengers and crew, but not word came
to the company. The suspense grew al
most unbearable as time passed in the aft
ernoon. But in reply to all inquiries the
steamship people could only point to a
copy OF Brewers private dispatch and
shake their heads.
1--WE have heard nothing from Mama
Milo" they would say, 'but it appears
that our agents are waiting for full par
ticulars before sending us further news"
So the day passed until r. P. Schwerin,
general manager of the Pacific Mail
Com pany, arrived at his office. He was
utterly ignorant of what had been done to
save the shipwrecked passengers beyond
what has been already told in reply to his
instructions to send all available assist
ance. Presently, however the click of a
telegraph instrument could be heard in his
office, and about an hour later the follow
ing rather depressing dispatches were
given out with a bulletin from the COM
pany:
MAY 80, 1895.
Colima sunk 80 fathoms The steamer we
cabin passengers and two sailors got ashore at
Coahuayara alive. Until now twenty-six per-
sons saved. ARNo, VoGEL g. Co.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has
wired to ascertain If possible the names of the
three cabin and two sailors noted above as
well as names OF the three steerage passengers
mentioned in previous telegram. Passenger
waybill of ship shows that in all probability
name of Soliz should be Saliz and the name of
Morll should be Merel. Carpenter Richardson
should be Storekeeper Richardson.
May 80, 1895.
Colima foundered, going down astern sinking
entirely in ten minutes. No strong wind; only
heavy swell. Same swell caught Mexican
schooners Josephine, Albina, and American
schooner Hayes. Captains report heavy swells,
only entering here for safety.
Cabin passengers saved:
ALBANo.
THORNTON.
g. SUTHERLAND.
GUSHING.
RUIZ.
GUTIERREZ.
Steerage passengers saved.
BOYD.
TANGoNE.
ORIEL.
Ross.
RAMON.
SoLIZ.
ROLAN.
And three more.
Crew saved:
THIRD OFFICER HANSON.
CARPENTER.
RICHARDSON.
RAYMOND.
MoRLL.
Sent steamer to look for shipwrecked per-
sons. ARNo, VoGEL & Co.
Then came another protracted spell of
waiting for tidings of the unfortunate
people who sailed away from here on the
ilI-starred steamer. The office closed at 5
P. N. and was opened again in the evening,
when still another crowd was there
anxiously looking for a dispatch.
Those who had friends on board the
wrecked Colima have more reason for hope
than at any time since her loss was re-
ported. Word has been received that her
missing boats reached land near Point San
Telmo, sixty miles south of Manzanillo,
and steamer has been dispatched to the
relief of their occupants. 1t is definitely
stated that eight more souls of the
steamers human freight are safe in Man
zanillo, but their names have not yet been