The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-02-28
WAS A TERRIBLE CALAMITY,
tag Of the Steamship CitJ Of
Rio Janxiro 10 Iaa.

San Francisco. Feb as.--Thc sinking
Of the Pacific Mail steamer Ci'y of Rio
de IanrIro. after striking rock IN
the Golden Gate during the dense fog,
Friday morning, wns tho most appnll.
ing disaster this coast hns known ior
many years. Most of the bodies OF The
ie0 and more victims are at tho bot
tom ~ the sen. and many Ct them
may never hc recovered. The water
where the ship lies Is deep and the
Uurrcnt swift, and the dead. with
moFt OF the wrerkRFc, will probably
he carried far out into the rncih
The number Of lives lost may never
he known exactly, owing 10 the fact
that the shiI'> records were lost, and
It is practically impossible 10 tell Just
how many Chinese we're Ia the
tsiatir stccrRgr.
The Call. basinE IT,. figures on state
mrnty OF the Pacific Mail officials. says
that l"2 persons pe-'-hcd, tl' throui-
Gle gives the number ~ rs and the
Examiner states that lli can not be-
accounted for ii,r vessel, with its
valuable rarC,. will br a total iosy.
Much difficulty has been experienced
IN obtaining the uaErcs oi IN" pa~scI.
gers and crew. Int the following lists
oi those kunvu ia have bcru drowned
and those SAVED are believed 10 b.
accurate.
Thr Dead Passengers.
Rounsr,cllr Wudmnn. United States
consul ,'rnrrrl ui Iio"g kun".
Mrs. liounscyellc Wildman. wife Of
the cunsail.
Rouusr,cle WiIdnan. Jrr son of the
consul.
Dorothy Wrldmar. daughter Of the
consul
Mis-, Kate Gcidy. 81 san Francisco,
g,,rurss or Y ildman chillrcr.
MIR. sarah ". Wakefield. u' ps.-
land
Ms. Naomi Wakefield. daughter oi
Mrs Wakefield.
Mis- Rovcnn .Irhr. of Alameda.
Alfred Hart. ic,s"lcr. ol Manila,
formerly Of san Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Nirs. Nlfrrd Hart.
VIM \. llcu.tttt attomc'. ui lor"-
lulu,
Harry Guyon. pairtcr, Of rc'oh
ma.
DR.. VIM +. podd. ocnIis', Butte,
Mont
Nucrlo Gus~oni. foreman Lowry
sugar plantation. kauui.
Charles DovdaIl. .harrisrr.' ~hnuE.
hal. with family. residing iu Santa
Barbara.
Vim. Mcrhrc, % san Francisco. who
wns on hi, way home from Honolulu.
W. \. WoodWort;., nf Denver.
Mrs ". \. MoodUurth. Of Denver.
u. &. Mathrsnu. Of Yokohama
H. =. Seymour. editor Of the \mrri.
can. Manila.
DR., Onkawara. a Japanese physician
from Honolulu
Mrs. Onkavara, wife Of tho doctor.
japanese servant of Mr.. Onknvara.
name unknown.
LeonE Chung. wcll-,o.do thincrc
| student
Charles !. 4. toN. stcrugr pa-.ru.
ger from Honolulu
MIR, Oda, Japanese merchant from
| Honolulu.
Mr.. snkuri, Iapan,rc merchant
| from Honolulu.
Mr.. and Mr.. TakHta. Honolulu
| =, Sito. Japanese from Yokohama
Mrs. Dika lIamasokc. Yokohama.
Miss Hikiascki.JapAnrfc from Noko-
| hama.
Miss NJ. Hnmasaki. Yokohama.
5. Taumuro, Japanese from Kobr.
The number of Chinese passengers
lost is ,ariously estimated at from
- TO a..
oaae~rs sad Crew Lost.
Capt ". Ward. Of San Francisco.
j. {. johnson, first officer, Rus.
sian Finn. of san Francisco.
John Rooney, purs"r, resident Of
Ocean View.
r. T, MacCoun. first assistant en-.
gineer. San Francisco.
i T. II. Iirady, second assistant en-.
gincer, San Francisco.
". \. Munro. third assistant en-.
yineer. san Francisco.
Harry 4, Scott, steward, san Fran.
,iscO.
Mrs. j. l.. Dormann. stewardcss, san
| Francisco.
u. 4. CNrvin, quartcrmastcr lived
! ON steamer.
Edward Barwick, butcher. san
Francisco.
A. Maicolm, saloon watchman, lived
on steamer.
John 4. McArthur. stecragc watch.
man, veteran &. A. H.: san Francisco.
]. n. Smith, water tender, San
Francipco.
II. NJ. Lewis, water tender.
Fred u. Greenway. oiler.
Walter Smith. oilsr.
The steamship company estimates
that Of the Chinese members of the
crew 80 were drowned.
No attempt has been made to place
the blame for the DISASTER. bur the Pa
ei6e Mail company's officials state
that the pilot WAS subject 10 the or.
derS Of Capt. Ward. who went down
with the vessel.
GEN. G0RD0N'S p0CKETBooK.