The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05
The Colima Disaster.
No Tidings of Nearly 200
Missing Souls.

CoilnaA, and stating tnat there were
about half million dollars of Amerl-
can interests on the vessel and that
17o lives were reported lost. Assis-
tant Secretary of State Rockhill, on
receipt of this message, Immediately
called the United States counsuls at
Acapulco and Mazatlan to do every
thing in their power to help the sur
vivors. The instructions are very
broad. and under them, our consuIs
can charter vessel to help the ship
wrecked Americans and incur any
reasonable expense to aid them.
TIE AWFUL r1DINGs.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31.-The fol.
lowing special dispatch from the
Chronicles correspondents in the city
of Mexico contains the awful tidings
of the Colims's fate
Cary of Mexico, May 30.-1t is now
I p. N. and not single press dis
patch has yet been received over the
government wires from Manzanillo.
The single wire circuit between Man.
zanillo and Mexico City have been
kept at glowing heat all day with
official telegrams addressed to and
sent by Secretary of War Don Pedro
j. Hinojosa, though few have also
been received by Major R. B. Cor.
such, Mexican representative of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company in
this capital The substance of these
dispatches as received up to this time
are as follows. At about $50
O'Clock on the morning of the 9th,
in latitude Is. 8. min. north, and
longitude 10S degrees. Ia minutes
west the Colima was struck by a
powerful wind and was driven upon a
coral reef and sunk with a large hole
in her side prov. Captain J. F.
Taylor. after displaying masterly
skill in the management of the vessel,
was killed by falling masts The
first pilot and first engineer were also
killed and soon after the boat struck
the reef she went down in l30
fathoms Of water. Nearly twenty.
four aours later the coast line steamer
San Jnan picked up sixteen survivors
and carried them into the port of
ManEaniIlo. Five others swan
ashore at -Coahuaynok and three
cabin passengers and two sailors
were subsequently rescued by a
government boat sent to by the Paci-
fc Mail Company at Manzanillo.
One hundred and eighty-eight per
sons are known to have been drown
ed and twenty-six were saved.
THE SEARCH CONTINUES.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2l.-The
Pacific Mail Companies agent here
last night received the following from
their agents at Manzanillo Having
received news that people can be
saved at Boca Apiza, San Jelmo, the
steanser Romeo has started and will
follow with the steamer Mazat!an to-
day with the personnel Of this
agency. Will wire particulars.
The steamer cannot be got aAoat
again. The steamer is loss -
Boca Apiza is at the mouth Of the
San Jeimo river some distance from
Manzanillo, and news from there is
very mesgre, not giving the number
of persons VINO reached that point.
The latest advices state that twenty
six persons ere known to have been
saved, leaving 187 unaccounted for.
FE@ MORE SAVED.
San FRANczsco, May -31.-Mrs G.
b Cushing, mother of the two young
men who were passengers aboard the
Colima. has received the following
message from her son, who was res
cued, which reads a follows:
MAzArLAx, May 20, 1922 p m., via
Galveston Am here, returning to
San Juan. C. a. Cashiug.
The telegram indicates that he
knows nothing concerning his broth
er's safety and simply sent the mes
sage as means of relieving his
mothers anxiety to some extent.
A later dispatch received by the
steamship company is as follows !;
Colima, Mex May s1.-Six sur
vivors of the steamer Colima have
reached here They are John Thorn
ton, j E Childbred of Seattle, and
cabin passengers Lewis Peters and
Vindor, Seacaen Gonzales and Fred
johnson They got ashore on
raft. Another raft with FIVE persons
was seen near SanteImo Its fate is
unknown The women and children
were all IN the state rooms and all
went down with the steamer.
Another dispatch from ManZanillo
says: The survivors saw Purser
Wafer in a well manned boat pulling