The record-union., 1895-05-29
The Steamship Colima Wrecked
Off the Coast of Mexico.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
THREE LIVES LOST.
The French Steamship Dom Pedro
Goes Down Off Cape Carrubedoon,
on the West Coast of GalfcIa-Oniy
Twenty-Nine of the Crew out of a
Passengers, Eighty In Number,
Either Killed by the Explosion Of
Her Boilers or Drowned.
Special to the RECoRD-UNroN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
SAN FRANCISCO. May GA dispatch
was received tonight by the father of
one of the passengers on the Pacific Mail
steamship Colima, from Manzanillo, Mex
leo, which read:
Saved. VIII wire particulars later.p
The Collma sailed for Panama and way
ports on May 18th, and this is the first
news that anything has happened to her.
Manzanillo is about half way between
San Bias and Acapulco. Mexico, and the
Colima at this date would have been in
that vicinity.
The Pacific Mail officials here have re-
ceived no information of disaster to the
ColIma, but can give no reason why
such message as the one received should
have been sent, unless something had
happened to the steamer. The steamship
agents say they do not know how many
people the Colima carried. and they will
give out no Information as to her passen-
ger list until it is definitely known that
there is cause for worry about their
safety.
| LATER-R. P. Schwerin, Superintend-
ent OF the Pacific Mail Company, re-
ceived information that the Colima had
been wrecked. Fourteen of those on
board were saved. The Colima carried
| about thirty-five passengers, and about
! the same number in the crew. 1t is not
| yet known how the wreck occurred.
The Colima was commanded by Cap
tain j. P. Taylor, and was an iron vessel
of 1905 tons. She was built in 1873 by
Roach IL Sons of Philadelphia, and was
owned by the Pacific Mail Company
! Storekeeper Richardson of the Colima
was the one who sent the first news of
the disaster. II was he who sent the
message to his father in this city that he
had been saved. The wreck occurred
between ManZanillo and Acapulco. The,
Coilma carried very heavy cargo of
general merchandise, and in addition to
the cabin passengers, who numb bered be-
tween thirty-five and fifty, carried a
number of steerage passengers. There
were probably on the vessel. all told,
over 100 people.
| Superintendent Schwerin's informa- !
ton Is very meager. The message sent
to him states that the ship was wreck ed j
May 9th, and ships boat containing
five of the crew and fourteen passengers
arrived at Manzanillo to-day, Tuesday.
There was total of seventy passengers
on the ship.
Assistant Superintendent Avery OF the
Pacific Mail stated to an Associated Press
reporter late tonight that the Colima
carried 1872 people, and only nineteen
were saved. There were forty cabin pas
sengers. thirty-seven steerage and forty
three Chinese, and the crew numbered
seventy-two. Most of the cabin passen-
gers were bound through to New York.
| Among the cabin passengers were G.
FL. Cushing, G. S. Cushing. j. L. Thorn
ton. Miss Bessie Davis, George Farrell,
Mrs. A. Clock and child, John Stein,
Mrs. Charles Thornton, Louis II. Peters,
A. j. Sutherland. c. Fl. E. Orme of New
York, j. E. Roberts of New York, w.
II. Aide. w. 81. Bryan, Alfred Alonzo,
Mrs. l.. r. Brewer. C. Irving, r. f.
Grlgsby, g. V. Gray, f. Z. Bee.
FRENCH STEAMER SUNK.
CADIz, May 2S.-The French steamer
Dom Pedro, bound for Carrillo, Spain,
has been wrecked. The disaster was
caused by the bursting of boiler. When
| the disaster occurred the Dom Pedro was
off Cape Corrubedoon, on the west coast
of GaIicia. About 100 lives are reported
to have been lost
The Dom Pedro was 8, ,OOO- ton steamer.
and was engaged in running between
Havre and the Argentine Republic, call
ing at Bordeaux, France, and carried
freight and passengers. The latter
were mostly emigrants bound for the
Argentine Republic Or other points in
South America. On her return trips the
Dom Pedro was generally loaded with
frozen meat.
She left Havre May Goth with crew of
forty-nine all told and eighty passengers.
At Carrillo the steamer was to have en-
barked 200 additional passengers, but on
her way to that port she ran on a rock ut
$40 z. VI. Off Cape COrrubedoon, on the
west coast of Galicia. Her boilers ex-
ploded, and the vessel foundered imme-
diately afterward.
1t was later stated that only the Captain
and twenty-nine of the crew were saved,
which would indicate that all the passen-
gers were either killed by the explosion
or drowned when the vessel won't down.
NORWEGIAN BARK LOST.
HALIFAX (N. S., May 28.-The Nor
wegian brig Olga, twenty-six days from
Preston, Eng, has arrived at North sgd
ney. having on board the crew of the
Norwegian bark Louise, who were res-
cued from the bark May 7th in latitude
%, longitude 80.
The Louise sprang a leak during con-
tinuation of gales which lasted for nine
days, and when sighted by the Olga was
full OF water and the crew had taken 10
the boats.
The Murder of Charles Wrenton.
NEW YORK, Nay 28.-A special to the
Herald from Guatemala says: The new
investigation into the murder of tho
American, Charles Wrenton, in March.
1894, at Brewers Lagoon. is being vigor-
ously prosecuted. In reply to the per-
emptory demand made by United States
Minister Y Dung, the Honduras Govern
ment has telegraphed him here that it
will sift the affair to the bottom, and
bring the guilty ones TO justice.
Nicaragua Canal Commission.
MANAGUA (via Galveston), May 2S.-
Colonel Ludlow, Commander Endicott
and Mr.. Noble. the appointed Commits
sioners 10 inspect the Nicaragua Canal
route, have arrived at Managua, and are
visiting President Zelaya. They report
good progress
Cholera at Tarsus.