The herald., 1895-05-30
THE LOSS OF THE COLIMA
The Steamship Officials Hope for Better
News
1t Is Not Believed Possible That Only Nine
teen of Those on Board Were Saved.
New Lists
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-Only
meager and unsatisfactory advices have
been received here today regarding the
foundering of the Pacific Mail Steamship
company's steamer Colima near Mama
milo, Mexico. Monday night. The Off
cials of the Pacific Mail persist in the
statement that they have received no no.
tifcaton of the wreck of the steamer and
they have tried TO uiscredit entirely the
statement of the disaster. Several dis
patches have been received by the mer.
chants exchange and by private, shipping
firms, all confirming the tale of the ocean
tragedy and varying only in the min
uteness of the Information conveyed.
Captain Pitts of the steamer San Juan
telegraphed this morning that he had
picked up a boat containing nineteen
persons, fourteen of whom were passen-
gers and five MON pers of the crew of the
Colima. The rescued boat load was taken
to Manzanillo, and then the steamer San
Juan started out again IN search OF other
poats from the Colima. the presumption
being that the rem ainder OF the pas sen
gers and crew were afloat in the other
seven boats nf the Colima. The occu-
pants of the boat picked up were:
Cabin sengers-Domingo Albano.
- Gushing. Thornton, Al. Sutherland,
Sarabia. Ruiz.
Steerage passengers-John W. Crew.
II. w. Boyd, Antonio Romiz, G. ID.
Ross. s: j. Oriel, j. Rowan. Jose A.
Salizz. l.. l.. Zangerie.
Crew-O. Hansen. Third Officer A. Car
penter, A. X. Richardson, storekeeper
Raymond Aivles and j. Morel.
Tie names Sarabia and Ruiz do not ap-
pear on the steamers list of passengers
smiling fran this mort the DrpSum nj ion
being that they Joined the steamer at
Mazatlan. There were two Cushlngs on
board, brothers, and a lady and gentle
man, each named Thornton. No initials
of survivors were given in the brief tele-
gram.
The latest intelligence regarding the
disaster received here was in cipher
message 10 a local shipping firm. contain
inc the statement of Third Officer Han
sen, who was in charge OF the boat picked
up.
Hansen stated that about II rs Monday
night as the Colima was about fifteen
miles from Manzanillo and between tnat
port and Punta San Telmo, an accident
occurred to her machinery. Hansen had
not time 10 investigate the trouble. but
believed boiler had burst. The Colima
was put ashore, but began to sink rap
idly. A scene of confusion ana wild dis
odrer followed. One boat was lowered and
knows the boat he commanded was the
only one which got clear of the sinking
ship.
She quickly foundered. and to avoid
suction IIansen's boat quickly pulled clear,
and the night being dark it was impossi-
BILE to tell whether the other boats pulled
away from the wreck or not. these
boats once got clear away the calmness of
the sea and the low sandy each twenty
miles distant should enable them to effect
a safe landing in few hours. AS the
passengers were all asleep, however, Han
sen fears that few escaped from the rap
idly filling steamer.
One hundred and sixty passengers and
crew are still unaccounted for. The tol
lowing passengers from San Francisco
Ianaed saIey at Mazatlan before the
Colima proceeded toward Manzanillo:
Il. W. McCutchen. W. e. McCutchen, J.
W. q. Maxwell, II. NJ. A. Miller. T. f.
Bell, U. S. A.. G. V. Gray and II. +.
Grisby. All day long the offices of the
Pacific Mail and of the telegraph COM
panies and newspapers have been filled
with anxious friends of the passengers
and crew, making fearful inquiries about
their friends. Many of the scenes were
ptiful in the extreme and the most