The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-31
NEWS FROM THE SEA
Heartrending Scenes on Board the
Ill-Fated COlima.
BUT VERY FEW SURVIVORS
The Latest Intelligence Only Serves
to Make Anxiously Awaiting
Friends and Relatives More
Uncertain-Little Hope Left.
san francisco Examiner Special

Colima, Mex, May 30.--A special mes
senger arrived from Manazi. Manza-
! milo. this morning at 1 o'clock with
official information for the governor
of Colima, regarding the Colima steam
ship disaster off Manzanillo. The re-
port laments the loss Of 16O people more
than it goes into the causes and details
| of the wreck.
Seventy-five miles below San Bias a
! hurricane was encountered and Il was
| debated whether the ship should at
tempt to gain partial shelter I'm the
shallow and treacherous Banderas bay,
which has rocks near it's entrance. or
| push out to sea. one passenger. Don
Mateas, testifes that while cautiously
| steering for what to all appearances
was the usual entrance to the bay, a
slight tremble was felt through the
ship. The captain ordered n slight
| change in the course. and gave other
directions, which were obeyed. In a
! very few seconds the keel ground on
the rock lightly. There was at once
great excitement among the officers
and crew, and fear on the part of the
| few passengers on deck. Following
the danger signal, in less than 10 Sec
onds. the great ship crunched on an
unknown rock and a shudder ran
/ through the hull The passengers
sprang from their berths in terror,
and ran out on the decks. screaming
and praying i'm a paroxysm of fear, as
the awful truth burst upon them.
The wind howled and n dense fog
was hanging over the ship as she was
tossed by surges and began to pound
herself TO pieces on the rocks She
rose and fell three times, and then n
crash was heard. MAN the life boats,'
trumpeted the captain. after short
| interval, in which another crash was
heard from beneath the water. The
boats had previously been made ready
| with all the life savers placed at con-
venient points although covered from
the view of the nervous passengers.
Within three minutes from the first
crash in the hull the ship began to reel
from its upright balance to settle and
sink in the free hinder part.
According to all testimony the panic
| made the passengers and the ships
| force struggle for first place, although
| to the credit of the crew be IL said
they gave their main attention to the
saving of the passengers. One child
was pitched into the frothing sea by a
frenzied father. who aimed for one of
| the life boats while still upon the dav-
its. A woman OF evident refinement
| and wealth among the passen-
gers. whose name is thought TO
be Broslyn or Crosslyn. in the most
| trying moments. passed among the
frenzied throng exhorting people to
keep quiet, and taking particular care
of the women and children. Some pas
| sengers seized the life belts and bodily
Es,t~
they were dashed upon the rocks and
| killed.
The first boat to be lowered with
| burden of humanity succeeded I'm clear
ing the ships side, but was swept
away by the mighty force and swal-
lowed by a night of fog. OF this load
only one Of the sailors is known to
have escaped the flood which swept
over the boat within five minutes after
it was launched a similar fate be-
fell all the other boats, with one ex-
ception.
City of Mexico. May 3O.-At 10
o'clock last night a message was re-
ceived from the Pacific Mail agency at
Manzanillo saying that the number OF
lost is 100. and only u saved. The tel
egram says il is yet impossible to get
a list OF either the lost or saved
San Francisco, May 3O.-Little news
has been received in the city to-day
regarding the wreck Of the unfortu-
nate Colima. The only intelligence
which has come is OF a more encourage
ing character than previous dispatches
and the fears Of the anxiously waiting
friends Of the unfortunate passengers
have been replaced by feeling OF un-
certainty not unmixed with hope.
Early in the day the Pacific Mail
Steamship company received from its
agents at Manzanillo the bare an
nouncement that the Colima had foun-
dered at sea 80 miles from Manzanillo,
May q. at IL a. m. (this probably
should be IL p. m), and that vessel.
likely the San Juan. had been sent to
her assistance.
AS further particulars are being re-
ceived concerning the Colima disaster.
the outlook for the passengers and
crew not already reported saved is
very poor. The Pacific Mail shortly
before 6 o'clock tonight received the
following dispatch from its agent at
Manzanillo: "Colima foundered. going
down astern. sinking entirely in 10
minutes. There was no strong wind.
only a heavy swell. The same swell
caught the Mexican schooners Josefin-
ma and Albinn and the American
schooner Hayes. The captains Of these
schooners report heavy swells only
entering here for safety. Following is
a correct list Of the saved: Cabin
Thornton. Sutherland. Cushing. Ruiz.
Gutierrez. Sarabia. aga-Boyd.
Zangonc. Oriel. Ross. Ramon. Saliz-
vro and three other men. Crow
Third officer Hansen. St1rckecrer
Richardson Raymond. Neral Have
sent q steamer IN look for the wrecked
persons.
"tSigusB. ARND NOGEL & CO.
& later dispatch reads
"Colima sunk in l55 flthoms. The
steamer we sent last night found no.
body alive Three cabin passengers
and two sailors got ashore at Coahuay-