New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-02
PART II.
PAGES 10 TO q.
LOST WITH THE COLlMA.
ONLY TWENTY EIGHT OUT OF PA OR NS
KNOWN TO BE SAVED.

THE Awful. FIGHT FOR LlFE-HEROisM
OF THE oFFIcERs-AII. THE WOMEN
AND CHILDREN DROWNED.
Francisco June THE Pacific Mail Steam
.s,n Company's agen, was busy all day YESTERDAY
' oc,,ng and revising the list Of those who In all
habi,rv went down with the Colima and a COM
,,s list OF the missing cabin passengers is as fol-
lows. A..
yrh,tinc wife an four children OF California; MISS
Helen Mueller. OF California j. H Aldfy' Ike;
Gushing. Oakland Cal; Mrs; Charles n Thornton N,,r
wife of a prominent railroad builder Mexico; n,s
y,sssie Davis Portland. Ore. Lang Chang, 'hlhese
merchant. Of San salvador; Charles Stuckman; OF
San Francisco ~ 5 Spesrn seS N masa mer
chant Of Acajutlan; Mrs. c. Ervins Tapachua; mrs:
l. r. Brewer and three eharen o, S s3rsd Aonzo
residence unknown
Storage passengers yet unaccounted for;
H. V. Nuweren New York; W p Buckley N ,IsSo
and ] H. W. Smith. United States sailors on me
IeesyynEt snP thew had been assigned to duty
dennis Garry. d crippled old SEAMAN on MS way 70
rooidige. New-York: ID. Constantines. Peter Gas
and H. J. Enscow san Francscq; ~ loh nor an War
tin and Charles Roman Sacramento; Alien MeMer-
ril and his daughter Mary. bound for New ork;
SEN an Eastern man; Jose Desame and Felix sill
vera returning to Panama =, ,-,a.,,u ers, ON
GER George Langhorne, second officer. leaves wife
and family living in Oakland; William , Wafsr.
and Thomas Gray in charge OF ice engine san
Francisco v. X. Renwick J; 5 Dorgan and w. H.
Nahonev oilers. san Francisco J. Mccarthy. j.
Hackett j. Harmon. William McMurray. J Daley
Christ sherlock u DALEY J. Lamb }Snn p"n NAN
Rooney. D. E. Murphy; messboy san Rafael, az rs
H. y Ninon. second steward; Nes2n s' Tinnie
Thomas stewardess. relatives living in England:
n r1,iff n ! n.
second cook: VIII Swim. ihlrd cook: A. funief'
man ia mes Dinnson Charles Polk. Frank C. on
yer Alexander Thom2son Henry Hodss' william
rranc eaoJgs Psnlson chandler NJ Rush
Forty-slx Chinese were in transit between Hong
Kong and Panama and were transierred from .hg
sank.
REVISED LIST OF THE SAVED
The revised and corrected list of those known to
have been saved from the wreck. completed al a
late yesterday. shows that twenty-eght OF the
passengers and survivors out OF iota' OF
"a as given by one account and PIG from another
The corrected list of survivors is as follows;
Thomas saralla Mazatsn; W J. a su nftGd "n
s ss the ssm asn Of1"a chbes Nj
companion. wealthy railroad builder ,on nin
em Siic " II Boyd sieerase passenger bound for
his home in NewYork; G. Ramon; who BOARDED the
saIiz 'H and ID jose Mare ihTee seamen from the
steamer Portland. bound for Panama. D. " o''g e.
Ross; Storage passenger: iogls Ian ans Kan Who
BOARDED the at M SAN n"F Bias caros
Re Td' jose Emanuel. Angel GuiteTrez laraiuer
route o San jose 7a hTa ocer Fran
CISCO Storekeper Richardson. san rran''sco, - "a
Sypmond Av asn ssn Francisco Enrique vdar
believed to be merchant Of Mazsdan 10 psrfnc
Mail for several years. and Fred Johnston seaman
x The .SSs q snsSa
shp s6d RThnrsa as there again today await
ing Geographic news from Manzanino. nhes stsd
a thousand questions about boats and RATS ana
other means for to reaGh an1 the con
clusion that those who have not already been ac.
visitors seemed 10 have entirely aban9oned mop.
Mr. Avery had little consolation to oner. a as
that his son Louis was safe, was hung
up in the company's Office. Another dispatch an,
Sem ina' ch T6'i had nN ke Gp
also bulletned and this was all The san Juan:
reach san Francisco. If she does not encounter too
much unfavorable weather. on June 8
PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER
morning paper to-day publishes the following
from ,s correspondent at Mazatlan. Mexico:
The steamer San Juan has arrived here with the
the wreck of the steamer Colima. From the passen-
Particulars of the dreadful disaster. which they say
happened Monday noon. when the Colma
ten oNshore All The rescued are badly bruised.
They were all picked w from pieces OF wreckage
who had clung to a boat after it had capsized FIVE
times and all he others WHO attempted TO escape
anoat dashed by the ierces, gale Of years and buff
Sq BY b the angry sca vet 'GT soon 70
connected story % the wreck and the experiences
OF their escape. but many interesting particulars
The steamer heavily laden, and had large
she made bad weather of 1t. the captain having
great difficulty in keeping her head the sea.
been the hercest storm known along this coast in
twsn'y years . The sea rose rapidly Waves washed
waves rose and the storm increased. the manage
about noon, her head could no longer be Kept up.
and she preached to. One Of tho seas. mighty
trembed as II she had struck a reef. and most
OF the passengers thought this the cause OF the
the ship had Struck on reef Whether because a"s
Of the heavy deckload. the shifting of the coal and
would not. right herself. The passengers were
prs,y badly stunned BY being pitched about and
another danger. The gale tore parts Of the deck
Many were struck and manned At least one pas
dying tmbers
THE OFFICERS BRAVE AND ACTIVE.
The survivors say that the officers OF the steamer
were brave and active in this crisis Captain Tay-
or stood upon the bridge with the chief officer
Grifiths At order. GrIfiihs ran forward TO SUI
perintend the launching OF feboat no g. while
Second Officer Langhorn was in charge OF boat No
The latter was successfully launched and filled
with passengers. Then the ship went down and
Langhorn's boat was capsIzed All in both boats |
are supposed to have persisted.
Captain Taylor went down with the ship and as
the vessel sank he blew three blasts OF the whistle
D goOdby signal The engineers and fremen
went down at their posts. Night Clerk Berry was |
rl
Offcer Hansen was among the saved He sprang
from the ship as 1t went down and succeeded In |
reaching piece OF wreckage There be chung for |
twenty -four hours. washed and buffeted by the |
waves. He saw men and women sink about him |
and was powerless TO render aid. He saw naked |
and mangled bodies floating by. and the horror of |
j made him sick. Hansen says that the steamer |
loundered her boilers burst The deck burst under
his feet he left the ship. Ten other men were
thrown into the with him. The bursting Of the |
boilers tore off the deck and threw part Of II over
n least dozen men who were struggling in the |
water. drowning them all The flying debris hit |