Evening star., 1900-11-29
Press Reports Confirmed by Admiral
Remey.
SANK SEVENTY MILES FROM GUAM
Admiral Kempff Sent to Render
Aid Necessary.
JUSTIN'S WORK OF RESCUE

| Official confirmation of the reported loss
| of the Yosemite is contained in the follow
| ing cable message from Rear Admiral
Remey, commanding the Asiatic station,
received at the Navy Department this
morning:
| "CAVITE November - 1890.
Bureau of Navigation. Washington:
Captain of transport Sherman reports
| total loss of Yosemite November IL.
| Chains parted in typhoon, drifted to sea,
! and sank seventy miles off. Justin went to
| rescue. Steam launch crew of five lost.
Shall send Kempff to Guam tomorrow to
ascertain extent of disaster and transport
| Yosemite's crew to Cavte. REMEf,
According to arrangement with the
naval officers, War Department transport
calls monthly at Guam to deliver mail mat
ter intended for the people there. The
Sherman left San Francisco about the 1st
of November with the expectation of stop
ping at Guam. She learned of the wreck on
her way over and reported it on her arrival
at Manila.
Remey Asked for Particulars.
Admiral Remey's dispatch came at an
early hour and was communcat ted to Sec
retary Long, who came to the department
and spent part of the morning. The Secre-
tary expressed profound regret at the loss
VI tllt snip anu HELL HtiS "SLS SoHic tOii-
ISOLATION in the fact that the loss of life was
comparatively small. considering the large
complement of officers and men carried by
:he Yosemite under ordinary circumstances.
A dispatch was sent to Admiral Remey
asking for all further particulars which
might be available and for the names of
the boats crew lost. The fact that Admiral
Kempff had probably left Cavite by this
time for Guam gave assurance that every
thing possible would be done. The Secre-
tary said the department would make every
effort to ascertain the extent of the dis
aster and the names of those who were lost
and would keep the public informed.
Admiral Remeys reference to the Justin,
which went to the rescue of the Yosemite
applies to the collier Justin, which had re-
Gently arrived at Guam.
The Men Lost.
From the fact that the admiral states
that a steam launch crew of five comprises
the loss, it is inferred by naval officials
here that there were no officers in the list,
as steam launch crew usually consists of
a coXswain, two seamen, one fireman and
a coal passer. There is certainty, of
course, that this was the complement of
the steam launch on this OCCASION, it
might have taken aboard such persons as
were on the Yosemite acting as guard or
watch while the main body Of the crew
the Yosemite were in a transient state, and
within few days from the time of her
loss she was expected to leave Guam for
Cavite. At the same time the collier
Brutus had been ordered from the Philip
pines to Guam, where she was to take the
place of the Yosemite as a station ship. In
the absence of all cable connection with
Guam it Is impossible for the department
to know whether the Brutus had reached
there at the time of the disaster. The
Brutus took out a crew and marines, who
will act as the garrison at Guam. replac
ing the forces which have been there for
about year.
The Alava.
| The General Alava, which is reported
from Manila to have passed into the track
of the same typhoon which overwhelmed
| the Yosemite, little gunboat of 532
| tons displacement. Nevertheless she is said
! to have been perfectly stanch and sea-
worthy, and providing she met the storm
! In the open sea, she would in all prOba bill
| ity have safely through it. The
Alava Spanish gunboat, captured by
the United States army in the Philippines,
where she had been used by the insur-
| gents, and was turned over to the United
| States navy about year ago.