Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-07
COLIMA SURVIVORS
REACH SAN FRANCISCO ~ SAD
PLIGHT.


Seventeen OF the survivors OF the NJ
fated steamer Collma arrived in mort
on the san Juan. when she locked,
hundreds of friends and relatives OF
those who went down on the Coilna
Were assembled awaiting the landing
OF the passengers. Groups of women
with tear stained faces and knots OF
anN!ous men implored every one OF,
board for tldlngs OF the lost, all hop
Ing against hope that there might have
been some mistake in the dispatches.
and some name omitted among the
saved. How keen was their disap-
pointment, in the face OF the inevitable
assurance that there was no hone, was
evidenced In their bitter lamentations.
On the upper deck OF the steamer
were rev happy people whose pleas
ufe contrnstcd with that of the he
reaNed. These We're the friends OF The
survivors, who We're embraced and
congratulated at their miraculous res-
cue, TIE Colltna survivors who landed
at this port today are:
fassengers-A. j. Sutherland. c. II
cushing. j. NJ. Thornton, y. IL. BOYD.
GustaNe Rowan, Bruno Caid. Jose An
tonlo. Jose Marlllol. George u. Ross
Louis sangene, a. j. o'Nciil and Juan
A Ramos.
Crew-A. o. Hanse. II. W. Wlllea
Tom Fish.
The following were landed at Aiazat-
Inh; DOMINGO Aliabans, Angel Gultheg.
Carlos Ruiz. %
The men saved from n watery rrnye
when they had given up ali hone Of res-
cue Were sorry looking PARTY whom
they arrived Mt the docks Some Ind
their arms In slings, the heads of 9TH
ers were swathed in handnges. They
lmped ms they walked, and thor
bruises were plainly in evidence. All
looked thin ana showed only too pialn-
~ the effects of the terrible strain dnr-
ing the fearful hours when they await-
ed succor. The stories of the survivors
al confirmed the telegraphic accounts
or the disaster. They agree that no
cause OF the laundering was tho ton
heaNy condition Of the Colimn. due Ia
her bulky deck load. From the bpaln-
nIns OF the voyage south they say the
steamer acted badly and woulj nor
answer her helm. The storm wbicb
sunk her was encountered about o n
M, May q, and blew furlorlously dur
ing the next fourteen hours, Tho voc.
sci lost steernge way, swung sborn-
ward in the teeth OF a furious south
easterly gale, when she lay helplegslv
ntNttftu ny tne mighty TIDAL waves
The steamer lay helpless on nor side
for about fifteen minutes and then lin
ped over and sank. The women ana
children We're drowned In their ptnte-
rooms, whore they were confined DIR
ing the gale. Those passengers who
had been ON deck We're thrown into the
sea Many We're killed ana horubIv
mutllnted by the lumber on the deck
blown by the wind and hurled ON the
heads of the struggling men I'm the
water The raft upon which Cushlra
sutherland, Richardson and two ON
erH We're afloat drifted for about
twenty-tour hours. They give IN Mi
nope until the San Juan hove In slight
attracting her attention by a piece of
cloth and waving their clothes. ON the
raft with the passengers were two
sailors. One seized small caqk Of
claret' OF which both drank. They be-
came drunk and quarrelsome. 10 snve
the lives OF the rest on the raft. tbav
were obliged to push ono sailor mad
with drink Into the sea, where he
drowned. The passengers say there
was no time to launch the boats or mt
on life preservers i''