The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02
STORIES OF THE SHIPWRECK
THE COLIMA ONLY TEN MILES OFF
SHORE WHEN SHE SUNK.

The storm so severe and the Waves
so High That the steamer Became
UnmanaSeabIe-Man of the Pass
enEers Badly Injured by LOOsened
Lumber of the Deck LOad-HerOic
Death of the Steamers Captain
and officers.
San Francisco, Cal, June 1.-The Elk
aminer this morning publishes the fol-
lowing from its correspondent at Mazat-
Ian, Mexico:
Mazatlan. May 3l.-The steamer San
Juan has arrived here with twenty-one
passengers picked up Tuesday from the
wreck OF the steamer Colima. From pas
sengers your correspondent has learned
some of the particulars of the dreadful
disaster, which they say happened Mon
day at noon. when the Colima was about
As miles out Manzanillo, and 10 miles off
shore. All the rescued are badly bruised.
| They were picked up from pieces Of wreck
age and RATS, with the exception Of A. j.
Sutherland. who had chung TO a boat after
! It had capsized five times and drowned
/
from the wreck in her. All were afloat
dashed by the hercest gale of years. and
buffeted by an angry sea for about forty
hours.
The steamer was heavy laden and had a
| large deck load of lumber. When the
storm struck her she made made bad wea-
Their Of it, the captain having great diff
ficulty in keeping her head 10 the sea The
wind increased in fury until IL Is said 20
/ have been the fiercest storm known along
! this coast in twenty years. The sea rose
rapidly, and the waves washed over the
/ vessel and started the deck load As the
waves rose and the storm increased,
management of the steamer became
! impossible. one Of the seas, a mighty
wave, struck her with such force that her
/ beams trembled as If she had struck on
a reef and most of the passengers thought
/ this the cause of the shocks. The pas
sengers were pretty badly stunned by being
pitched about, but rushed up on deck In a
panic Here they met another danger.
The gale tore parts Of the deck load OF
Timber from its fastenngs. and whirled
heavy planks about with appalling vio-
lence. Many were struck and manned.
At least one passenger was killed by hav-
ing his head crushed By flying timbers.
Survivors say that the officers of the
steamer were brave and active in this cri-
sis Capt. Taylor stood upon the bridge
with Chief Officer Griffiths. At the order
officer Grifiths ran forward to superin-
tend the launching Of lfeboat No 5.
While Second officer Langhorne was in
charge Of boat No. 3. The latter was sue
cessfully launched and filled with passen-
gers Then the ship went down and officer
Langhornes boat capsized. All in both
boats are supposed TO have persisted.
Capt. Taylor went down with the ship,
and as the vessel sank blew three blasts
Of the whistle as a goodbye signal The
engineers and fremen went down at their
posts.
Night Clerk Berry was in his room and
went down with the vessel.
Third officer Hanson Is among the saved.
He sprang from ~e ship as II went down
and succeeded in reaching a piece Of
wreckaCe. There he chung for twenty
four hours, washed and ouf1eted by the
waves. He saw men and women sink
about him and was poweriess 70 render
! aid lie saw .aked and msngled bodies
floating by AM - horror of It made him
sick. officer hon SAYS as the steamer
foundered her boilers burst
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