Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-30
WRECK OF THE COLIMA
One Hundred and Sixty Passen-
 gers Were Lost.
ONLY NINETEEN REPORTED SAVED.

She Was a Pacific Mail Line Boat and Foundered Oh the Coast of Mexico After Her Engines Had Been Disabled New Workers Among the Victims.
 SAN FRANCISCO, May :0.-Only meageF and unsat isfaCtury aUViCoS have been re. Ceived here regarding the founderinG of the Pacific Mail steamer CoyiIna at Man 2anil.O, Mexico. The u;,,t i"lS Of the Pa cfo Mail line persist in ILo statement that they have received no information of tho wreck oI the steamer, and they have tried to discredit entirely the reports of the die aster.
 Several dispatches have been received by the Merchants Exchange and private shipping firms, all confirming the tale of the ocean tragedy and varying only in the mlnuteucss Of tho information conveyed.
 Captain Pitts of the steamer San Juan tclcgrnphed that he picked up boat con tainiug l9 D, rsOnS, | of whom were pas sCngers and five members of the crew of the Colima The rescued bOatlOad was taken to Manzanillo, and then tho steam CT san Juan started out again in search of other boats from the Colima, the pre- sumption being that the balance of the passengers and crew were atiuat in the other boats of the Colima.
 Tho occupants of the boat picked up were as follows:
 Cabin passeng ngers-D DomincO, Albano, Cushing Thornton, Sariaba and RuIz
 Steerage pasSengerS-John Crew. II. W. Boyd. Antonio Rome, R. Rose, :. O'Reill, c. Bowen, JoSc \. Salia, L. |. Zancre.
 Crew-O' Hansen. third officer; car pentcr, A. k. Richardson, a storekeeper. RavOODd ASileS and I MOrei
 The names Sariaha and Rutz do not ap- pear in the steamer list of passengers sailing from this port, the presumption being that they joined the steamer at MaZatlan. There were two Cushings on board brothers, and a lady and gentle man each named Thornton. No initials of survlvors were given in the brief telegraph message.
 Story of the Wreck.
 The latest intelligence regarding tho dis Aster received here was a cipher message to local shipping firm containing the statement of Third Officer Hansen, who was in charge of the boat picked up. Hansen stated that about ll:l5 Tuesday night, as the Coima was about 30 miles from ManZanillo and betwsen the port of Punta St Alamo, an accident occurred to her machinery. Hanson had no time to investigate the trouble. but he believed a boiler had burst
 The Colima was put about, but began to sink rapidly. X scene of wild confusion followed. One boat was lowered, and most of the others swung out, but so far as Hansen knows the boat he commanded was he only one which got clear of the sinking ship She quickly f0undercd. and to avoid suction Hansens boat quickly pulled clear, and, the night being dark, it fn fOll Xyh hat har hn hor boats got away from the ship or not. If these boats only got clear, the calmneSs of the sea and the low sandy beach 20 miles distant would enable them to make Q safe landing in few hours A the pas senSers were all asleep, however, Hansen fears few escaped. One hundred and sixty passengers and crew are still unaccount- ed for,
 The following passengers from San Francisco landed safely at Mazntlan be- foro the Colima proceeded toward Mama nillo:
 E, W. Mckutcheon, W. c. McKutaA- con, J. w (. Maxwell, II. NJ. A. Miller, ] l. r. Boil, q. Y. Gray. F !. Grisby. All day long the offices of the Pacific Mail, telegraph companies and newSpa- pers were filled with anxious friends of passengers and crew making tearful in quirics about their friends Many of the scenes were pltiful in tho extreme and l tbaSSne S9svG9aE G.srelA 'li,p .!urAJ:an dc. the COlimas machinery was in excellent condition. having teen inspected juAt pre- vious to her leaving, that her commander and officers were skilled seanlen, and that | chances were in favor of the safety ol | their friends
 Among tho passenger unaccounted for | arc Pro 'cs<or Harold Whiting. Mrs, Whit ing. Miss Rose Whiting and two children of Berkeley Professor Whiting occupied chair in rhe Stato university. Another is | F. ChlherG of seattle, Wash, who was on his way south to interest Soutf American planters in new stenmshiI line between Central America and puGe sound
 The Pacific mail officials have received no further information beyond the dis patch from Ca: tain Pitts of the San Juan giving tht list of those saved Tho yer, latest oi 1L,Ch is from Mnzailap, via New | York. saying
 Tho accident occurred nt about II III o'cl,. X; ItO missing
 \ ~2hor word SHst Is not exactly un lorstouI by lLo Esamship company nal change the wording of tho message GE re gartlS the time The following msSSaS has Uccn received from the agents of th Firemen's Fund Insurance company a | Man2auillu:
 All ready to proceed to tho scene c the Culima disaster Urgent need of som one caring for tue San Francisco under writers interests Can obtain diver here.
 The inference here iS that the vSSsC struck upon a rock. The insurance boar held a meeting but took no action. Th agent at Manzanillo will be notified whS to do today.
 IIst of the PaSsengsrs.
 Following is the list of passengers an destination:
 In the Cabin-C H. E Orme, J.
 Roberts, Mrs. J. F. Roberts, Harold Whi ing, Mrs Whiting and four children, Mi
 Helen Muller, w. H. Alder. W. H. Bryal
 New York; C. H. Cushing. George
 Cushing, John N. Thornton, Mrs, Charl
 Thornton Miss Jessie Davis, San Jose { Guatemala; ? F. ChilborG. Lang Chor and wife. Acajutlai Domingo Abban . Charles Stuokmann, San Jose: J. w.
 Maxwell < NJ. A. Muller. MazAtlal
 Matilda Phelps, Callao; T. E. Bell, Unit
 States American, George V. Gray. MaEs
 Ian; A. J. Sutherland. San Jose Ricar'
 Merlos, Acaiutla; $. F. Grisby. AaEaslS
 G Irving, MrS l. R. Brewer aud fami
 (servant and chidrsnl. Alfred A!enzo. Si
 Benito.
 In the SteeraGe-H. V. Cniona, W.
 Buckley, Johannes J. MOnwenS John
 Crew, Gustavc A. Lewis. C. D. Ross,
 Wolskc,J J. H.W. Smith, l. l. SapgHrsa De
 his Carey. J. Sohoontelt J. W BoiS C.
 Coolidge, D. Constantinsco, R Torvo, Rowan. Peter Golatas, F. Bolalean. Jol
 Roller. Albert Morton, Charles Romei , Allen McMorrill, Mrs May McMorrrin,
 New York George Farrell. Mrs. A. Glo
 and two children, John Stein, for San JO
 de Guatemala; Antonio Ramiz. Jose l l Snr,,a InSn ntnnin SaliI Insa Neral Rl