Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-03
| ONLY THREE LOST.
Collision Between San Fran
cisco Bay Ferryboats.
SausaIito Cuts San Rafael to Waters
Edge in the Fog.
About 20 Of Latter's Passengers Injured and
Three Are Missing.

san Francisco, Dec. $50 far as can
| be determined only three lives We're
| lost in the collision between the ferry
beats San Rafael and Sausalito, Sat
| urday night. The drowned We're.
W. q. Crandall secretary Of the Long
Syrup Works.
George Tredway, a waiter on the san
Rafael
Three year-old son of Mrs. Waller OF
| I"SN Valley.
The body Of Crandall was washed
ashore at Angeli Island, Sunday:
| Fr the panic that followed after the
boats collided about 70 passengers
were more or less injured. Mrs. Wal
| ler of Ross Valley. was on the San Ea-
| facl with her two little children. a boy
| and girl. The girl was safely car
ried from the San Rafael to the Sausa-
| Ito. Mrs. Waller had the little boy
| III her arms and was following when
the sinking steamer gave a sudden
! lurch ana the little fellow was thrown
| from her arms. Ths mother cried fran
| tically for some one to rescue the boy
| but il could not be done.
Tredway was pnioned by the splin-
| tering timbers when the Sausalt"
! struck and after some difficulty was
| eXtIicated. He was hurried to the up-
| per deck Of the injured vessel and that
was the last seen of him, according 10
the survivors.
If there We're more than three per
sons drowned it will not be known for
several days. No other persons are re-
ported missing.
At least 100 people We're on the San
Rafael. After the boats struck the
Sausalito was brought up alongside the
sinking san Rafael. 1t was l. minutes
at least before the latter vessel went
down. This gave ample time to trans
fer the passengers.
Capt. Mckenzie Of the San Rafael.
said the fog was as dense as he had
ever seen it on the bay which he has
oaen navigating since 1912
SOM time before the Sausalito got
rear Us." said capt. Mckenzie. II
stopped my boat and blew the danger
signal The Sausalito answered with
two whistles and | backed my boat
kept her backing all the time. for
wanted to take unusual precautions
While We We're backing | suddenly saw
the dim outlines of the Sausalito's light
steaming head on, under slow bell. to-
ward my boat. She was scarcely a
boats length away when first saw
her. The Sausalito crashed; into the
san Rafael Just little forward of
nlidships
The women and children began to
scream ana many of the men became
greatly excited. | held my post and
sent my mate below to find out the ex-
tent of the damage ana to quiet the
passengers. My crew took their proper
positions and as far AS they We're con
c"rned they kept their heads and
worked according to their accident
drill.
In the meantime | sang out 10 Capt !
Tribble Of the Sausalito, to stand |
alongside and pass lis "A line. which he !
did. | then set about to do what | !
could to See that everybody got aboard !
the SauSaiito. We lowered three life |
boats ana the Sausalito lowered two. !
Men. women and children piled into !
them, but we put most of the passen- !
gers on the Sausalito by handing them !
over the rail.
haved very well. They We're as cool and |
nerNy q lot Of people as | would want :
10 find anywhere.
IF some of the passengers did not |
jGmp overheard during the panic i'm
mediately following the collision |
should say that there We're not any |
lives lest. | am quite sure that no |
body was lost overheard during the |
transferring of the passengers. Those
that We're in the water were hauled
aboard with ropes and everybody that
went into the life boat that capszed
had life preseryers on
The San Rafael was the fastest ferry
boat on the bay. She was built in Ecwrl
York and was shipped across in pieces.
and arrived on this coast in 1877.