Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-02-28
WAS A TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
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OF the Pacific Mall steamer .tty OF kio
de Janeiro. after striking a rock in
the Golden Gate during the dense fog.
Friday morning. was the most appall
ing disaster this coast has known foe
many years. Most of the bodies of the
100 and more victims are at the bot
tom of the see, and many CT them
may never be recovered. TIE water
where the ship lies il deep and the
current swift. and the dead. with
most Of the wreckage. will probably
Be carried far ont into the Paci6-.
The number OF lives lost may never
be known exactly. owing to the fact
that the shir.'s records were lost. and
IL is practically impossible to tell just
how many Chinese were in the
tsiatic s,ecrag--
The Cali. basing IT, figures on state
rnsnts of the Pacific Mail officials. says
that i22 persons Pc shed. tts Chroni-
Gle gives the number at les and the
Examiner states that Ill can not be
accounted for. The vessel. with its
valuable cargo. will te = total loss.
Much difficulty has b~cn experienced
IN obtaining the names of the passer-
gers and crew. but the following lists
of those known to have b~en drowned
and those saved are believed to b.
accurate:
TIE Dead Psss~agers-
Raunsrx.llr whitman United States
consul general at I.o-x Kons-
Mrs. Rounsevelle wildman. wife Of
the consul.
Rounseyelle Wildman. Jr- son of the
consul
Dorothy wildman. daughter of the
consul
Miss Kate Reidy. Of San Francisco.
gcverness Of viidman children.
Mrs. Sarah ". Wakefield. of oa.-
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 \. Hen,kall, attorney, of Homo
lulu.
Harry Guyon, painter. Of Petals-
ma.
DIR. VIM. +. Dodd. oculist, Butte.
Mont.
Angelo Gussoni. foreman Lowry
sugar plantation. Kauni-
Charles Dowdall. .barrister.of Shang-
hal. with family. residing in Santa
Barbara
VIM NcPhee, of San Francisco. who
was on his way home from Honolulu.
W. A. Woodwork. of Denver
Mrs. W. A. Woodwork. of Denver.
II. c. Matheson. of Yokohama
H. +. Seymour, editor of the Ameri-
can. Manila
DIR. Onkawara, . Japanese physician
from Honolulu.
Mrs Onkawara. wife of the doctor.
japanese servant of Mrs. Onkawara,
name unknown
Leong Chung. well-to-do Chinese
student
| Charles ]. n Cox. steerage passen-
ger from Honolulu
Mr.. Oda, japanese merchant from
Honolulu
Mr.. Sakuri. Japanese merchant
from Honolulu
Mr.. and Mrs Takats. Honolulu
=. Sito. Japanese from Yokohama.
Mrs. Dika Hamasoke. Yokohama
Miss Hikiaseki. japanese from Yoko-
hama
| Miss N. Hamasaki, Yokohama.
S. Taumuro, Japanese from Kobe.
The plumber of Chinese passengers
lost is variously estimated ut from
- to A.
| O0eers and Crew Lest.
Capt. W. Ward. of San Francisco.
| J. c. johnson. first ofscer. . Rus
sian Finn. of San Francisco.
John Rooney. parser. resident Of
Ocean View.
r. T. MacCoun. first assistant en-
gineer. San Francisco.
7. II. Brady, second assistant en-
gineer, San Francisco.
W. A. Munro. third assistant en-
gineer. San Francisco.
Harry A. Scott. steward. San Fran
| cisco.
Mrs ]. L Dormann. stswarde<s. San
Francisco.
d. A. Carvin. quartermasser, lived
on steamer.
Edward Barwick, butcher. San
Francisco.
A. Malcolm. saloon wstchman, lived
| on steamer.
John A. McArthur. steerage watch
man, veteran G. A. R.: San Fra.eiseo.
| J. H. Smith. water tender, San
Francisco.
II. ". Lewis. water tender.
Fred D. Greenway, oiler.
Walter Smith. oiIer.
The steamship company estimates
that of the Chinese members of the
crew % were drowned.
No attempt has been made to place
the blame for the disaster, but the Pa
cific Mail company's officials state
that the pilot was subject to the or
ders of Capt Ward, who went down
with the vessel
GEN. GORDON'S POCKErB0OK.
The Thief WAs Get II With the Cen
eral's 0vesesas Returned Ia
Thro1gA the Mail.
Chicago. Feb. 24.-The large pocket