Evening star., 1895-05-31
THELOST NUMBER187
Twenty-six Rescued From the Coli
ma Wreck.
SEVENTEEN SENT To SAN FRANCISCO
Work Progressing Of Rescuing the
Victims.
THE OFFICIAL REPO RTS

| rescued from the wreck, making the total
number living twenty-sx. The ship car
ried 213 persons, and, to all appearances,
these have all drowned, with the exception
of the twenty-six. The living will be sent
north as soon as possible, and seventeen
have already taken passage for San Fran
cisco.
The accident is the most frightfuI in its
less of life which has ever occurred in
Mexican waters, and the Colima is a COM
plcte loss unless some of its cargo can be
recovered by divers, which will probably
be attempted. The ship was one of the
largest and strongest of the Pacific Mail
line plying between San Francisco and
Spanish America and was sunk by Strik-
ing coral reef in a dense fog.
The Official Report.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31.-The Chroni-
Gle has established communication with
Manzanillo, and last night received the
following dispatch:
CITY OF MEXICO, May 3O.-It is now
pm. and not single press dispatch has
vet been received over the government
wire from Manzanillo The single wire
circuit between Manzanillo and Mexico
CITY has been at glowing heat all day
with onclal kilograms addressed to and
sent by secretary of War Don Hinojosa
though few have also been received by
MAI r. B. Gorsuch, the Mexican represen-
1atlve OF the Pacific Mail in this capital
me g1st of the dispatches received up to
this time is as follows:
Al about = O'Clock on the morning of the
2Ith, In latitude 1888 north and longitude
1O4.14 west, the Cplima struck a noWerfII
veering wind and was driven on a coral
reet and sunk, with 4 large hole stove in
her size near the Prov. Capt. j. F. Tay-
lor, after displaying mastery skill in the
management of his ship, was killed by
falling mast. The first pilot and first engi-
neer were also killed, and soon after the
BOAT struck she went down in 430 fathoms
OF water: Nearly twenty-four hours later
the coast line steamer San Juan, passing
along. picked up sixteen survivors and
carried them into port. Five others swan
ashore, and five more, three cabin passen.
gers and two saloon, were subsequently
rescued by government boat sent out by
the Pacific Mail Company's agent at Man
Zarillo.
The Rescued.
The names of three cabin passengers
rescued by the government boat are not
yet learned, but the names of the others
are as follows Thomas Barbara, Chas.
Gushing, jr., A. ]. Sutherland, K. H. Thorn
ton, Domingo Albano, w. H. Boyd, G.
Rowan, Bruno Cerda, ]. Antonio Soils,
Louis Sangieness, Juan Bamos, John E.
Manuen, George d. Ross, T. J. Oriel, Car
los Ruise. Angel Cutierre, and Sailors Hau-
sen, Avilere, Garosenter, Richardson and
Fish.
The department of war has ordered the
government frigate Oaxaca, with complete
Wrecking outfit, to proceed from MaZatlan
to the scene of the disaster to see what
can be done in the way of salvage, and to
render any assistance necessary. Every
EFFORT is being made by the government TO
aid in all interested.
The CoAma carried a very valuable
cargo, which was fully insured.
The Work of the Rescue,
An
Mexico says: Official advices received today
bear out the main statements regarding
the steamer Colima in the special dis
patches to the Examiner from the City of
Colima, via this city, with the exception
that the wreck occurred below the port on
the south-bound journey instead of at
the harbor entrance.
Up to today the difficulty of getting mes
sages over the wires from the west coast
was unprecedented. Geo. Herbert man.
ager of the Manzanillo and Colima rail-
road, assures your correspondent that it is
thought the three passengers rescued by
the Romero Rubello belong to the family
of S. Flor. The Pacific Mail continues its
efforts to rescue all possible, and do every
humane service within its power
The Romero has found al the scene of
the wreck the body of an unknown woman,
who is apparently of Mexican origin. Mr..
day from Alculpo to do like service under
orders from the government All mail for
Colima has been lost.
Mr. Herbert's dispatch says: Later re-
ports place the scene of the wreck thirty
miles southeast of Manzanillo and ten tn
fifteen miles off the shore, at Boca De
Apisa, and it is now reported one woman,
Guatenialan, was saved and returned TO
San Francisco by the San Juan
Many inquiries have been received in
this city regarding the safety of individuai
passengers, but all the saved appear to he
in the list already sent ~ 'e
Prof Whiting of California is evidently
among the drowned, as dligent search bas
revealed nothing of his whereabouts mn ne 1o
tonight "p ~