The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-01
LOSS OF THE STEAMER COLIMA.
THE VESSEL DRIVEN on 4 CORAL
REEF BN 4 HIGH WIND.

Large Hole stove in Her side Ncnr
the PrOw-Thc Women and Chill
dren Asleep in Their StaterOomS
aud All Went Down With the ship.
six survivors Reach shore ON u
RATA Probability Tint the Pur-
ser Escaped In a McII-Manncd
Bont-A Total of 1S7 Persons Unac-
counted For.
San Francisco. May 3l-The Pacific
Mail Company's agents here last night re-
ceived the following from their agents
at Manzanllo: Having received news
that people can be saved at Boca Apizl.
san Jelimo, Romero has started and / win
follow with the steamer Mazatlan to-day
with the personnel Of this agency. VIII
wire particulars. The steamer cannot be
got afioat again. The steamer is a loss.
Boca Apiza is at the mouth of the San
Jelimo river. some distance from Manzan-
lilo, and the news from there Is very
meager, not giving the number of per-
sons who reached that point. The latest
advices state that twenty-six persons are
known to have been saved so far leaving
l6 unaccounted for.
The following special dispatch from tho
Chronicles correspondent in the city q
Mexico contains the awful tidngs OF the
Colima's fate:
City Of Mexico, May 30.-It Is now y.
m. and not single press dispatch has
been received over the government wires
from ManzanillO. The single wire circuit
between Manzanillo and Mexico city has
been kept al glowing heat all day with
official kilograms, all sent by the Secretary
OF War, Don Pedro J. Hinolo-
sa, hae, rdneila though .fewp have eorsach al52
Mexican representative Of the Pacific Mail
steamship Company In this capital. The
substance Of the dispatches as received up
to this time is as follows: About s o'clock
on the morning Of the 21th. in lat. Is de-
grees, 30 minutes. north. and long. lOi de-
grees and IA minutes west. the COlima
was struck by powerful wind and was
driven upon a coral reef and sunk with
large hole stove In her side near the prov.
Capt, J. A. Taylor after displaying mas
terly skill IN the management OF the yes.
sci was killed by a failing mast. The trst
pilot and first engineer were also Killed.
and soon after the boat struck reef and
went down I'm 100 fathoms OF water Nearly
twenty-four hours later the Coast Line
steamer San Juan picked up sixteen sur
Nivors and carried them into the fort of
ManzanillO Five others swan ashore at
Coahuayuanck, and five more, three cabin
passengers and two sailors, were subse-
quently rescued by a government boat
sent by the Pacific Mall agents at Man
sons are known to have been drowned ana
26 saved.
Mrs c. H. Cushing, mother Of the two
young men who were passengers abOarc
the Colima, has received the following
message from her son, who was rescued:
Mazatlan. May 30. 7.22 p m, via Gal
veston.-To Mrs. G. II Gushing. San Fran
&. II. CUSHING
The telegram indicates that he knows
nothing concerning his brothers safety
rfraA Gin arlNr nj ha ma 90 n
OF relief for his mothers anxiety 20
some extent. A later dispatch received
by the steamship company Is as follows;
COlima, Mex, May 8.-SiN survivors Of
the steamer COlima have reached here
They are John Thornton, J. =. Childbred
of Seattle, and Cabin Passengers Lewis,
Peters and Nindor, and Seamen Gonzales
Fred Johnson. They got ashore on a ratt
Another raft with five persons was seen
near San Telmo. Its fate Is unknown. The
women and children were all in the state
rooms and all went down with the steam
er. Another dispatch from ManZanillo
says: The survivors saw Purser Wafer
in "A well manned boat pulling away from
the sinking steamer toward shore. II Is
supposed that this boat is still afioat"
The men who loaded the Colima say
that the killing OF Capt. Taylor. First Of
ncer Griffith and the chief engineer was
in all probability not due TO falling spars,
hut to lumber which was loaded on the
deck of the vessel. There were several
thousand feet Of heavy lumber on the
deck tied with ropes to the bulwarlSs. In
the storm the wind probably wrenched
the lumber loose from It's fastenings and
II then swept across the decks, killing
the officers named.
Washington. May 3i-The state depart
ment had "a telegram from the United
States consul at Mazatlan. Mexico,
Wednesday night, announcing the report
ed wreck of the Colima and stating that
there were about SjO0000 of American in
terests on the vessel, and that 40 lives are
reported as lost Assistant Secretary Of
glrtaf int NJ arp
Immediately cabled the United States CON
suls at Acapulco and Mazatlan TO do cV-
erything I'm their power to help the sur
vivOrs. These instructions are very broad,
and under them our cOnsuls can charter
a vessel to help shipwrecked Americans
and incur any reasonable expense to help
them.
TRUNK LINE ASSOCIATION.