The herald., 1895-05-31

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skill in the management of his vessel,
was killed by falling mast. The first
pilot and first engineer were also killed
and soon after the boat struck the reef
and went down in thirty fathoms OF
water.
Nearly twenty four hours later the coast
hne steamer San Juan, passing along
picked up sixteen survivors and carried
them into the port of Manzanillo. Five
others swan ashore. and five more, three
cabin passengers and two sailors. were
subsequently rescued by governm ent
boat sent out by the Pacific Mail CON-
pany's agent at Manzanilo.
One hundred and eighty eight persons
are known to have been drowned and
twenty-siX were saved.
The names of one of the three cabin
passengers rescued by the government
boat is Domingo Albano. the others have
not yet been learned. but the Eames of
the Others are as follows: Thomas Sar-
abba. Charles Cushing, jr.. A. ]. South
erland, X. NJ. Thornton. W. ii. Boyd, G.
Rowan, Bruno Cerda, J. Antonio Soils.
George d. Ross, Luis Sangienes Il. J.
Oriel, Juan Ramos, Carlos Ruiz, Jose Il.
Manuel, Angel, Gutierrez and Sailor
Hansen Aviles, Carpenters Richardson
and Fish.
The depal tment of war has ordered the
government frigate Oaxaca, with COM
plete wIecking outfit, to proceed from
Mazatan to the scene of the disaster to
see what can Ge done IN the way OF sal
wage and to render any assistance neces-
sary. Every effoit is being made by the
government to aid.
The Coima carried n very valuable car
go:which was fully insured.
As further particulars are being re-
ceived concerning the Colima disaster
the outlook for the passengers and crew
not already Iepol ted saved is very poor.
The Pacihc Mail company shortly bef ore
q o'clock tonight received the following
dispatch from its agent at Manzanillo:
MANZAN LILO. May 3.-Colima found
in ten minutes. No strong wind, only
heavy swell. Same swell caught Mex lean
schooners Josefiina, Albin and American
schooner Hayes. Captains of these
schooners report heavy swells, only enter
ing here for safety. Following is correct
list of saved:
Cabin-Thornton, Sutherland. Gushing,
Ruiz. Gutierrez. Sarabia.
Steerage IaDgone, Oriel, Ross,
Ramon, Saliz. Eolan and three men.
Crew-Third offer Hanson, Storekeepe.
richardson, Raymond, Neral.
Have sent steamer to look for wrecked
persons. (Slgned)
ARNO. VOGEL G. co.
A later dispatch reads: Colima sunk
in 100 fathoms. Steamer we sent last
night found nobody alive. Three cabin
passengers and two sailors got ashore at
Coahuaydna alive. Until now twenty six
persons saved.
The Pacific Mail officials now admit
that there is hardly any chance of the
other passeners being saved. The fact
that the steamer sank in ten minutes
would indicate that only few of the
people on board the ship got away.
The steamship officials are now conf
dent that the Colima was lost south of
Manzanillo, so it is fair to presume that
all passengers bound for that Jolnt went
ashore before the disaster occurred. Not
only would the ship have been south of
Manzanillo if on time when she went
down. but the dispatch received at 10
O'Clock says a ship has oeen sent to the
mouth of a river fifty miles down the
coast to search tor any boats or rats tina t
ght be floating around laden with sur
vivors.
ca dispatches received from Mexico tonight
make it ertain that no fewer than 1854
persons were drowned in the Colima dis
aSter. This statement is based on advIces
to the Chronicle that 1913 persons were
aboard the ship when she foundered and
only twenty-six reached shore alive.
Great difficulty is still being experienced
in opening teegraphic communication
with Mexican points. but the brief mess
ages received are practically unanimous
in the statement that at least l60 lives
were lost. dispatch from the City of
Mexico says thBt President Diaz has lust
received official information of the ioun-
dering OF the Colima. The dispatch con-
tains no details. but states that 100 souls
were lost.
Most OF those who were in the cabin of
the Colima were well-known here either
from their own residence in the city,
through friends here or through business
connections which had been established.
a few were travellers. and little can De
learned OF them. In what follows. how
ever, the leading facts in the lives of all
who were IN the cabin on the ill-fated
vessel on her disastrous voyage are set
forth.
Very little is known here of c. II. f.
Ormc, the merchant of New York who
was .he first to reserve stateroom on
the Colima for her last trip. He is a
member of the firm of Evans, Orme &
Co., which has branch Office at SO
Broadway.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Roberts have been
residents of San Diego for many years.
living in beautiful home on the corner
of Eighth and Cedar streets in that city.
home for u year and half. 1t was their
purpose to make II tour of the world.
They came at once to this city and secured
a state room on board the Colima TO go
to New York. Shortly after Mr.. Roberts
purchased his ticket he received tele-
gram informing him that his brother
had just died in New York. His frs
impulse was to dispose of his ticket for
the ocean voyage and go by rail without
delay TO New York. His second though
was to travel by the Colima, and he did
so.
Prcfssor Harold Whiting. Mrs. Whiting
Miss Rose Whiting, two children and
maid were on the ill-fated ship. The life
history of Professor Whiting has already
been written. His career as one of the
professors at the University OF California
is we'll known.
J. j.. Chilberg was one of the best
known of the passengers on board the
vessel. He was a prominent business
man of Seattle. VINO lad been sent from
the northern city to establish new trans
portation facilities if possible between
Central American ports and those of the
Puget sound. The coffee trade is profit
able one to secure. and Chilberg was in
terested in Il new steamship line. He
was to have begun his operations at
Acaplco.
Tie supposed fate of Mrs. L. II. Brewer
of this city, together with her three
children, is one Of the saddest features
of the awful disaster. Mr.. Brewer owns
vast coffee plantations in Mexico. Mrs.
Brewer was a native OF Guatemala. but
during the past six years has resided in
this city with her children, Mr.. Brewer
making occasional journeys up from the
plantations to see them. He arrived
here recently and announced that he in
tended going to Europe late in the sum
mer. Mrs. Brewer then decided to take
her three children ana visit her southern