The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-07

San Francisco. June s-Seventsen sur
vivors Of the Inflated steamer Coiima ar
rived IN port today on the san Juan
When she d8cks6 hundreds OF friends and
relatives OF those who went down on the
Colirna were assembled. awaiting me
landing OF the passengers Groups Of
women with teaE-sfa4ned faces, and knots
of anxious men Implofed every one on
board for tfdings Of the lost all hoping
against hope thar there might have been
some mistake II the dispatches and some
name omitted among the savec- How
keen was their disappointment. even IN
the face Of the Inevitable assurance that
there was no hope. was evidenced IN their
bitter lamentations on the upper deck or
the steamer. where there were few
happy people. whose pleasure contras1ed
sharply With the grief Of the beTeaved-
These were the friends OF the survivors,
who were embraced and congratulated a.
their miraculous escape
The Colin1a survivors who landed today
at this port are: A ]. Sutherland. c. II.
Gushing. jr-, J. M. Thornton. II. II. Boyd.
Gustav Rowan. Bruno Caida, Jose Anto-
MO Ioiiz. Jose =. Manuel. George d. Ross,
Louis Saugen. =. J. Orlei. Juan y. Ramos.
Crew-O- Hansen. x. A. Niiies. Albert
Carpenter. Arthur Richardson. Tom Fish.
The following We're landed at Mazatlan:
Guithez. Carlos Ruez
The seventeen men saved from a wstery
grave. when they had ali given up hope
Of rescue, gere a sorry looking party
when they arrived AT the mail dock.
Some had their arms in slIngs. The heads
OF others were sWathei in bandages.
They limped as they walked. and their
bruises were plainly in evidence. All
looked thin and weak and showed only
too plainly the effects OF the terrible
strain during the fearful hours when they
waited for succor.
The stories OF the survivors all con-
frrned the teiegraphic accounts Of the
disaster. They agree that the cause OF
the foundering was the top-heavy con-
dition of the Colima. due 10 her bulky
deck lood. From the beginning of the
voyage south, they say, the steamer acted
badly and would not answer her helm.
The storm which sunk her was encoun-
tered about o'clock Monday night May
z. and blew fuFiousiy during the next
fourteen hours. The vessel lost sjeerage
way. swung shoreward I'm the teeth OF
furious sousheasterly gale and lay help
lessiy. battered b. the mighty tidal
waves.
The steamer lay helpless on her side
for about fifteen minutes, and then tipped
over and sank. The women and children
were drowned II. their staterooms. where
passengers Who had been on deck were
thrown into the sea. Many were killed
and mutilated by the lumber on the Co.
hma's deck, olown by the wind and hurled
on the heads OF the struggling men in
the water. The raft upon which Cusn-
ing. Sutherland Richardson and Two 9th
ers Were affect drifted about for twenty
four hours. They gave Up all hope until
the san Jaan hove IN sight. They at
tracted her attention by hoisting a red
piece If cloth and waving their clothes
On the raft with the passengers were
two sailors. one seized small cask OF
claref, OF which the two drank until they
became drunk and quarrelsone. To save
the lives OF the rest on the raft he men
say thiy were obliged 70 push one sailor.
mad w1;h drink. into the sea. whore he
VAS drowned. The passengers say there
was no time 70 launch the boa Is or put on
life preserves when they realized the
serious plight of the Colima. and besides.
the FURY or the storm made it impossible
20 launch or man the boats success fully
Those who procured life preservers Eot
them iu the water. and those In The boat
picked up by tne San Juan clamherei in
10 her as she noated toward hem strug-
Cling In the sea.
As soon as the san Juan was fast 70
the ~harf the third officer. the store
keeper and Seaman Aviles, the three men
o. he crew = the Colima rescued. were
.aTed 70 the office OF che Pacific Mail
Company 70 make their sca ternents about
the wreck TIE relation % each one was
TAX r. IN Shorthand and signed and sworn
70.
Mr. Schwerin asked Third Officer Han
sen. of the CoHma. 20 make statement
regarding everythinS he know of the
movements of the Colima. commencing
az the time ne left Nazatlan until he was
taken on board The san Juan. and 70 tell
everything he knew. sparing no enc.
Hansen sal:
Wien We Ief, Mazatlan We rad fair
weather and heavy sOlThcast swell.
0.bi4b las-e4 until : p M We got a
ho,,-v southeast wind ani sea. ne south
raq+ svsu Increased We rad heavy rain
.-9 sVafls The whole night A s "a. N.
Nav . he wind increased - a heavy
s-ate The ship was hove 20 and coDtin-
,,e4 ~ roll heavily She bore uQ nicely
urtl 1als r. NJ when she lost three star
hoard Wfeb1arz. and things remained
,,.,t.. ,t-t+u fa.F when she Us-e1 heavily
l,.- =, zfa~hn4~1 She remained tn that
~,csl-tor about two minutes. when she
,,snsfze7 ars sank in about 'nre9 - I've
-,t-,,+sa stern frs,. Before sne Hste1 the
~s-tai0 .~3e~ed me - cut ne deck loaf
,s-,f- ana heavs i, @ve- che site. ans he
80, r,. ready 20 heave ir all she cap
80, ..rl., van have any ae,k load ev-en,
-. was rut OF board = san Fran
we had small express wagon On the
~>-~ sa~k thai we took On board n MAJ
attain -.,-- v,---.- -.-..,
-. .he s~oItnla's steering gear was n
@-sa~. tNst tNN shin 1as property
,,e4es. th7t she ti5 not carry too much
80 nod that she officers were faithful
.Aa .--avv well disciplined that the
-, as properly slowed % go - SEA
49,, shs feft san F~ar~iS-o. a-f that =
a., ..s-a ordered ~ sea under similar cor-
st.t,rs ~ would not hesitate q moment
t4.-ss-Y said ~ thought everything 7ss
s. ~ f>a~s rhe Coliua that Coula he
go =, ~-0se-r NEe a1d property. anf
-. -4-Ag-r could have heeu f0-e n -ra-
-.,t go q stsastsr. According - MS ste~e
.Aa sa.-kfa44 - rnhe- had nothing to 90
,.t-r -ra disaster. the vina was blaa =
r.,~~s-ara srf that w3ra the heavv
~,u as t%e rs1Se. Hansen 3 4 r7t
--,sfss- that the Coj.Ua vas f- DANGER
,,,,,,l ,he las; no minutes. when Sc cav
,sa rraI l5st The s5tp rolled vttH tbs
s,.n Which SLED ter main DIX or ere
.s-s,7a~4 ssse Nth water ART she ass
- have -frsa - recover herself before
- sa~or,a swe-f came. UIort-E Ner goa1
s~s shaving nHr ever ha~3 The eht~7
,-.,t .Nat came showed Boy 5euu These
su.,'s .ar-e tn cutrk st1e-essic0 a1f the
,.-s~e-s e7slfa ~ ucthlrE 20 save lives L.
--as - worst stor-I Har.zeu ever saR- ia
,~ sx~ersrr~e cf th4-te@n years a. Saa
7~@a -~s., other members NJ 1ra -~agx car
~,ru,-a-ss Hausen-S statements
F,e~ar,Ss ~ thA criticism naSse9 -sr-7
~snf pt,+s comma a1e- of ere san Tnar
20 The esgect thai ne has ror spent sssf-
r. --esfSfr- zr--s-f,-.--