Evening journal., 1895-05-31
TWENTY-SIx ARE SAVED
Dismal News From the Wreck
of the Colima.
SOME LIFBBOATs REACH PORT.

FIfty-four of the Victims Washed Ashore
at Manzanillo and Are TO BE Buried In
Unmarked Graves and Trenches Four
teen Americans Said to Have Survived.
SAN Francisco. May 31.-Little news
has been received in tho city regardlI Q
the wreck OF the unfortunate Colima The
only intelligence which has come is of a
more cheering character than previous
dispatches, and the fears Of anxiously wait.
ing friends Of the passengers has been re-
placed by feeling OF uncertainty not un-
mixed with hope. The Pacific Steamship
company received from its agents at Man.
zanillo the bare announcement that the
Colima had foundered at sea so miles from
Manzanillo on May % at il a. IN. (this
should probably bo l i p. m.), and that a
vessel, likely the San Juan, had been sent
to her assistance
Subsequently Lewis r. Brewer, Qua
temalan planter, whose wife and three
children were passengers on the Colima,
received tho following message in response
to his telegraphic appeals for information
regarding his loved ones
MANzANfLLo, May 30, $3.50 a. IN. -
Your wife and children have not yet ap-
peared, but the shipwrecked passengers
are being continually picked up from
boats F"
No signature is attached to the message
presumably to avoid tolls AS soon as the
telegram was translated Mr.. Brewer gave
out copies, which were posted IN hotels
and on newspaper bulletin boards and
were surrounded by crowds who were san
guino that previous accounts OF the drown
Ing and disaster had been exaggerated,
and that further adyices would announoa
that all the passengers and crew had been
saved
No other news came for the waiting
crowds, however. All the steamship Off
oials are confident that the loss OF life has
been small. They think the fact that the
passengers In the boat picked up represent
equally Ia numbers the cabin and steer
ago passengers and that ID was manned by
several OF the crew prove that the captain
was In full control OF the passengers and
sailors, and that there was no panic on
board.
Later Il was reported that the Pacific
Mail company had received message an.
nounoing tho landing OF two cabin pas
songers in small boat. This was denied
at tho Office where 1t was stated that moth
ing OF either survivors or ship would prob
ably be heard until the return TO Manza-
Milo Of the San Juan from her searching
tour.
List of the Saved.
AS further particulars are being reooiv-
cd oonoernin the Collma disaster the out.
look for tho passengers and crew not al
ready reported saved Is very poor. Tho
Paciilc Mail received tho following dis.
datoh from its agent at Manzanillo:
Colima founderod, going down astern,
sinking entirely ia ten minutes. No
strong wind only heavy swell. The
same swell caught the Mexican schooners
Jose Finna, Alhinna and American schoon
or Hayes. Tho captains OF these sohooners
report swells only, entering here for safe
ty. Following is the correct list Of the
saved;
Cabn-Thornton Sutherland Cush-
ing Ruiz, Gutierre and Saraboa.
"Stoerage--B Boyd, Zangaoane, Oriol,
Ross, Ramon, Saliz, Rolnn and three men,
"Crow-Third Officer Hansen. Store
keeper Richardson, Raymond and Moral.
Have sent steamer to look for wrecked
persons
A later dispatch reads:
"Colima sunk In 1870 fathoms The
steamer we sent last night found nobody
alive. Three cabin passengers and two
sailors got ashore at Coahuaynna alive
Until now 26 persons arc saved. "
The Pacific Mail officers now admit
that there Is hardly any chance of other
passengers bcing saved.
Fifteen Americans Saved
The conductor on tho Mexican National
train, up from Manzanillo says there are
10 Americans among the rescued, but
that on account OF their being moro dead
than alive ho was unable to get any names
A special train bearing a rescue party
including four physicians, has been sent
out from Colima to Manzanillo under toll
ographio orders from General Manager
Herbert of the Mexican National Con
struction oompany's S railroad running be-
twoen the two places. They were badly
noedod in Manzanillo, as most of the peo
Pile there are panic stricken, and the few
skilled workers are almost exhausted IN
caring for those saved
IL is said that 5s bodies have been
brought into Manzanillo by several search
ing parties patrolling the coast on foot
and in boats Tho weather is hot, and no
means for embalming are at hand, so
these will be buried today, and as it Is APP
parently impossible to dig separate graves
the bodies unclaimed by survivors will Of
necessity be inferred in long trenches
The iefe politico Of Manzanillo has al
ready summoned oil the mounted rural
forces IN the district to duty at Manzanil
10. and a garrison Of soldiers has been
placed on guard to Frevent robbery Of the
dead and to dig graves and trenches 1t
Is known that some vandalism has been
committed, as several bodies have been
found a short distance from the shore
stripped Of all yaluables and clothing.
Severe punishment will be inflicted
upon any offenders who may be discover
oil at this work. The dead are laid out
as we'll as the rooms Of Nognl & Co, the
Manzanillo agency Of tho Pacific Mail,
will permit. Portions Of the ship have
reached shore, and it is apparent she Is
total loss.
Cnpfured "a Horae ThfaF