Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-28
WAS A TERRIBLE CALAMITY
The Terrible Loss OF Life Icy The Founder
ang OF tn. Stt,. m-i.ip City of
Rio Janrlro Is 1.s.

The Terrible Loss of fars is tn. Founder
ing OF ti. stt,. m-i.ip City of
Rio Jan-iro Is 1ss.
San Francisco. Feb. 24.-The sinking
of the Pacific Mail tcamer City Of Rie
de Janeiro, after striking a rock il
the Golden Gate during the dense fog
Friday morning, was the most appall
ing disaster this coast has known fol
many years. Most of the bodies of the
20 and more victims are at the bot
tom of the sea, and many CT then
may never be recovered. The water
where the ship lies is deep and thC
current swift, and the dead, witt
most of the wreckage, will probably
be carried far out into the Pacifi I.
The number of lives los may neyel
be known exactly. owing to the fact
that the SHIPS records were lost, and
it is practically impossible to tell just
how many Chinese were in the
Asiatic steerage.
The Call, ba>;ng it. figures on state
ments of the Pacific Mail officials, says
that 122 persons pc shed, the Chroni.
Gle gives the number at 1913 and the
Examiner states hat Ill can not be
accounted for. The vessel. with its
valuable cargo, will be a total loss.
Much difficulty has been experienced
III obtaining the names of the passer-
gers and crew. but the following lists
ot those known to have been drowned
1~I L.. --- Isz- - L.
a~ccurate:
The Dead Passengers.
Rounsevelle Wildman, United States
consul general at Hong Kong.
Mrs. Rounsevelle Wildman, wife Of
the consul.
Rounsevelle Wildman, Jr., son of the
consul.
Dorothy Wildman, daughter of the
consul.
Miss Kate Reidy, of San Francisco,
g~cverness of V'ildman children.
Mrs. Sarah w. Wakefield, of Oal-
land.
Miss Naomi Wakefield, daughter OF
Mrs. Wakefield.
Miss Rowena Jehu, of Alameda.
Alfred Hart, jeweler, of Manila,
formerly of San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Alfred Hart.
VIM. A. Hen, FALL, attorney, of Homo
lulu.
Harry Guyon, painter. of PetalH.
ma.
DIR. VIM. E. Dodd, o%culist, Butte,
Mont.
Angelo Gussoni, foreman Lowry
sugar plantation, Kauni.
Charles Dowdall, barrister,of Shang-
hal, with family, residing in Santa
Barbara.
VIM. McPhee, of San Francisco, who
was on his way home from Honolulu.
w. A. Woodworth, of Denver.
Mrs. w. A. Woodwork, of Denver.
II. C. Matheson, of Yokohama.
II. F. Seymour, editor of the Ameri-
can, Manila.
from Honolulu.
Mrs. Onkawara, wife of the doctor.
japanese servant of Mrs. Onkawara.
name unknown.
Leong Chung, well-to-do Chinese
student.
Charles j. A. Cox, steerage passen-
ger from Honolulu.
Mr.. Oda, japanese merchant from
Mr.. Sakuri, Japanese merchant
Honolulu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Takata, Honolulu.
F. Sito, japanese from Yokohama.
Mrs. Dika Hamasoke, Yokohama.
Miss Hikiaseki japanese from Yoke
hama.
Miss NJ. Hamasaki, Yokohama.
S. Taumuro, japanese from Kobe.
The number of Chinese passenger
is variously estimated at from
"a to 43.
Officers and Crew Lost.
Capt. w. Ward, of San Francisco.
j. c. Johnson, first officer, a Rus
sian Finn, of San Francisco.
John Rooney, purser, resident of
Ocean View.
r. t. MacCoun, first assistant en-
San Francisco.
T. III. Brady, second assistant en-
San Francisco.
w. A. Munro, third assistant en-
San Francisco.
Harry A. Scott, steward, San Fran
,isco.
Mrs. J.. [. Dormann, stewardess, San
d. a. Carvin, quartermaster, lived
IN steamer.
Edward Barwick, butcher, San
Francisco.
A. Malcolm, saloon Waterman, lived
IN steamer.
John A. Macarthur, steerage watch
nan, veteran G. A. r.; San Francisco.
j. H. Smith, water tender, San
francisco.
III. NJ. Lewis, water tender.
Fred d. Greenway, oiler.
Walter Smith, oiler.
The steamship company estimates
hat of the Chinese members of the
rev SO were drowned.
No attempt has been made to place
he blame for the disaster, but the Pa
iic Mail company's officials state
hat the pilot was subject to the or
ers of Capt. Ward, who went down
nth the vessel.
GORDON'S POCKETBooK.
he Thief Who Got 1t with the Gem
erals Overcoat Returned IL
Through the Mail.