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

that their lookouts found me. The cap
tain of the SAN Juan made circuit of
thirty miles and started north about noon.
He might have picked Up more IL he had
STAYED cruising around all the afternoon
do NOT think was two miles away from
the rest OF the RATS that he picked up"
was anybody 10 blame for the wreck
Of the CoiinS"
.s,Tnsv have not got a ship that would
hsv,. lasted FIVE minutes in that hurri-
cane. II was beyond human skin 70 ma
neuver a ship through IL successfully
The hurricane. or whatever class or storm
IL was that caught the Colima, could
crush the stoutest ship afioat as II IL were
a tiny toy Look at the terrible force or
the waves They tore every stitch or
clothing of us before We were zen MIN
,ltes in the water Men and women alike
were shorn of covering by the wind ana
the sea. Why, when / saw Prof. Whiting
for the last time all he had upon him was
the shoulders OF his coat; the rest was
torn to atoms and blown away. Poor fell
low. he had lost his mind. The terrible
fate that fell upon his wife and children
for he must have known full Well they
were swept down 70 a frightful Geath IN
that churning wreckage-it took his
senses away. I believe he could not re
aliZe his position shortly before ne Went
under the waves.
The captain stayed by his post TO the
last. just before the explosion saw him
clinging 10 the railing OF the bridge. and
as 1 was whirled away in the water he
gave two faint blows of the whistle. But
he never left the bridge. He sank with
his ship
The United States inspector OF hulls
and boilers will hold an investigation into
the cause Of the sinking of the Colima.
Messrs. Talbot and Phillips. the inspectors.
have determined upon an official inquiry
into the charge that the cargo was not
properly slowed. II was for the purpose
OF this investigation that the tes-
timony OF the third officer. the
storekeeper and the engineers store
keeper was taken by the officers of the
Pacific Mail Company. The investigation
will be purely technical in its character.
and the witnesses can only he experts.
For this reason the only testimony that
will be of any practical value will be that
OF Third officer Hansen. The testimony
OF the two rescued storekeepers, they be-
ing neither engineers nor navigators, will
have but little more weight than the
statements of the passengers. The three
surviving officers of the Colima have been
summoned TO appear tomorrow and tell
their stories in addition TO the affidavits
that were made to the officials OF the Pa
cific Mail.
Six sailors of the navy were lost in the
Coiima disaster This is the statement
made by Capt Howison, commandant of
the Mare Island navy yard. in report
which has just reached the navy depart
ment. Another bluejacket who was on
board the ill-fated vessel, Louis Larnette
Zangoree. is reported to have been saved.
but no verification of this report has yet
been obtained. Capt. Howison reports
that the terms OF enlistment of these men
had nearly expired. and they were being
sent East from San Francisco to the re-
ceiving ship Vermont. They took pass
age in the Colima, intending to land in
Panama and cross the isthmus to Colon,
where they would have taken the steamer
for New York
The names and ratings of the sailors
who, according to Capt. Howison, shipped
on the Colima for the East are: John
Henry Wolley Smith, apprentice. first
class; George Douglas Ross. boatswaln's
mate, second class; Carl Walske. cox
swain; Louis Larnette Zangoree, ordin-
airy seaman, all from the Olympia, and
Johannes Newman. seaman: John w. Crew.
coal passer and Gustave Adolph Morvis
yeoman, from the independence.
y lot of navy supplies for the Alert and
Ranger were also lost by the sinking of
the Colima.