The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-06-07
CLAIMED BY DEATH.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
THREE LIVES LOST.

All But Nineteen of the Passengers and
Crew of the Pacific Mail Company's
Steamer Colima Go Down with the
Boat or the Mexican Coas>
San Francisco Cal. May so-The
steamship Colima, with 1S2 persons
aboard. including passengers and crew,
foundered Monday off the coast of Mex
leo. Fourteen passengers and five MEM
bers of the crew have reached Man
camilla, Mexico, and they gave the first
information of the vessels fate. Wheth-
er the remainder Of the passengers and
crew escaped in small boats or went
down with the ship is not known. The
Colima sailed from San Francisco May
is for Panama and Way ports. She car
ried ll2 passengers, forty in the cabin
and thirty-six white people and forty
six Chinese in the steerage. The officers
and crew numbered seventy.
Following is the list Of cabin pas
sengers and their respective destina-
tions: G. II. f. Orme, New York; j. II.
Roberts, New York; Mrs. J. E. Roberts,
New York; Prof. Harold Whiting, New
York: Mrs Whiting and four children.
Miss Helen Muller New York; W. III.
Adler, New York; w. H. Bryan. New
York: c. II. Gushing, San Jose de
Guatemala; George S. Gushing, San
Jose de Guatemala: John N. Thornton,
San Jose de Guatemala; Mrs. Charles
Thornton, San Jose de Guatemala; Miss
Jessie Davis, San Jose de Guatemala;
Lewis FL. Peters, San Jose de Guate-
mala; j. e. Chilborg, Acaiutla; Lang
Chong and wife, Acajulta: Domingo
-Albano, San Jose; Charles Stuckman,
San Jose: j. w. c. Max
well, Mazatlan; - S. NJ. r. Muller.
Matilda Phelps, Calloa; T. f. Bell, Ma
zatlan; u. S. American, Mazatlan; Geo.
V. Gray. Mazatlan; A. j. Sutherland,
San Jose: Ricardo Merlos, Acajultla S.
f. Grisby, Mazatlan; G. Irving, San
Benito; Mrs. L. r. Brewer and family,
one servant and children, San Benito;
Alfred Alonzo, San Benito.
In the steerage bound for New York:
H. V. Uniona, w. p. Buckley, Jo-
hannes J. Monwens, John w. Crew.
Gustave a. Nevis, G. D. Ross G.
Wolske, j. Fl. w. Smith, L. l.. Sanga-
rec, Dennis Carey, J. Schoenfeldt, j.
w. Boyd. G.. T.. Coolidge, D. CONSTANT
nesco. r. Torevo G. Rowan, Peter Go
latas, f. 'Bolalean, John Keller Albert
Morton, Charles Romein, Allen Memoir
rill. Mrs. May McMorrill. George Far
rell. Mrs. A. Clock and two children,
John Stein. for San Jose de Guatemala;
Antonio Ramiz, Jose Desame, Jose An
tonic Saliz, Jose Merel, Breno Cerda,
Felix Silvera, c. w. McCutchin, San
Bias. Mrs. Diaz, Manzanilla, T. j. Oriel.
San Benito.
Officers of the Colima: J. r. Taylor,
captain; D. E. Griffiths, first officer:
George Langbourne, second officer; O.
Hansen. third officer; w. T. Kirby, sur
geon: William Wolfor, purser; T. E.
Berry, freight clerk; O. X. Richardson,
storekeeper; William A. Smith, chief
engineer; F.. d. Reardon, first assistant
engineer: "A. Finley. second assistant
engineer; A. @Tommerg, third assistant
engineer. 500 s}
The first information Of the loss of the
steamer reached this city in dispatch
received by H. r.. Alfred Railton, a
bookkeeper in the Office Of the Pacific
Mail Steamship company, from O. X.
Richardson. Richardson was the store
Keeper on the Co1ima and is one of the
few at this time known to have escaped
from the sinking vessel alive. A few
| moments later a telegram was received
from the company's agent at ManZanilla
! to the effect that the ship had gone
! down and that fourteen passengers and
| five of the crew had reached shore in
small boat. t
Just how many of the passengers
We're aboard the vessel when the acct
dent occurred which sent her to the bot
! tom cannot be ascertained. The vessel
stops at Mazatlan and San Bias before
reaching Manzanilla and passengers
were landed and taken on at both
| places. The Colima was due at Manza-
nilla Sunday. May 26. The dispatches
| show that the vessel foundered Monday
| off Manzanilla, which would indicate
| that some accident to the machinery
occurred and prevented her from reach
/ ing the port of Manzanilla. The officers
of the Pacific Mail Steamship company
do not believe the vessel struck hid.
den ledge. They are more inclined to
think that the cause of the disaster was
an accident to the machinery They
believe that the loss Of life will prove
TO be much less than at present feared
| They had six lifeboats ready to be
laupched at d moments notice
Ian Marquee Returns to Mexico.
! City of Mexico, May 3O.-General
1 T leonardo MarolleZ has arrived in tb;u