Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-23
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
Corrected List of Those Who Per-
ished on the Rio.
ESTIMATED THAT l2O ARE MISSING
Exact Figures May Never Be
Known-Ship's Record Lost.
WRECK LIES IN DEEP WATER


wrecked yesterday morning. During the
night rain storm of unusual proportions
blew up outside the Golden Gate and made
the work of the searchers for the Rios
dead a task of difficulty.
Small boats have lowered around the
scene of the wreck for the past twenty
four hours. and bodies are frequently seen
floating in and out of the harbor with the
tide. but the roughness of the water great
ly hinders the work of recovery, and only
one or two corpses were drawn from the
water during the morning.
If any of the Rios passengers or crew
lived on the water until sunset without
meeting succor up to that time they must
have perished before this as the hardest
person scarcely could have lived through
such a night. Some of the survivors may
have been washed on the Marin county
shore at obscure points. but if so, none OF
them has yet reported.
Wreckage strews the shore on both sides
of the Golden Gate. and beachcombers and
fishermen reaping a harvest
A Most Appalling Disaster.
1t was the most appalling disaster this
coast has known for many years. Most of
the bodies of the 120 or more victims are
Al the bottom of the sea, and many of them
may never be recovered. The water where
the ship lies is deep and the current swift.
and the dead, with most of the wreckage,
probably will be carried far out into the
Pacific. The number of lives lost may
never be known exactly, owing to the fact
that the ships records were lost, and 1t is
practically impossible to tell just how
many Chinese were in the steerage The
Call today. basing its figures on statements
OF the Pacific Mail steamship officials. says
that 122 persons perished: the Chronicle
gives the number at 12S and the Examiner
states that Ill cannot be accounted for. The
vessel. with its valuable cargo, will be a
total loss. Much difficulty has been expert
enced in obtaining the names of the passen-
gers and crew. but the following lists of
those known to have been drowned and
those saved are believed TO be accurate:
List of Lost.
The following are known to have been
drowned:
Passengers -Rounsevelle Wildman, United
States consul general at Hong Kong; Mrs.
Rounsevelle Widman, wife of the United
States consul; Rounseville Wildman, Jr.,
son of the United States consul; Dorothy
Wildman. daughter Of the United States
consul: Miss Kate Redy of San Francisco,
w
". Wakefield of Oakland: 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. Henshall, attorney, Of Hon
olulu; Harry Guyon, painter, of Petaluma;
DR.. VIM. Z. Dodd. ocuist. Butte. Mon;
Angelo GusSini, foreman Lowry sugar plan
tation, Kauni: Chas. Downdall. barrster,
of Shanghai. with family, residing in Santa
Barbara: VIM. McPhee of San Francisco,
was on his way home from Honolulu: W.
A. Woodwork of Denver; Mrs. W. A.
Woodwork of Denver; II. c. Matheson of
Yokohama; II. f. Seymour, editor of the
Manila American: DIR. Onkawara, Japan
ese physician from Honolulu: Mrs. Onka-
wara. wife of the doctor; japanese servant
Of Mrs. Onkawara, name unknown: Leong
Chung. well-to-do Chinese student: Chas. j.
A. Cox. steerage passenger from Honolulu:
Mr.. Oda, Japanese merchant from Homo
lulu; Mr.. Sakuri, japanese merchant from
Honolulu: Mr.. and Mrs. Takata, Honolulu;
f. Sito, japanese from Yokohama; Mrs.
Dika Hamasoke Yokohama: Miss Hika-
seki, Japanese, from Yokohama Miss NJ.
Hamasaki, Yokohama S Taumuro, Japan
ese, from Kobe.
The number of Chinese passengers lost is
estimated at from twenty-four to
Offcers and crew Captain Ward of
San Francisco, j. c. johnson, first
officer. a Russian Finn. of San Fran
cisco: John Rooney, purser. resident of
Ocean View: r. L. MacCoun, first assistant
engineer. San Francisco: T. H. Brady. sec
ond assistant engineer, San Francisco; w
A. Munro, third assistant engineer San
Francisco; Harry A. Scott, steward San
San Francisco; ID. A. Carvin, quartermas-
ter, lived on steamer; Edward Barwck
butcher. San Francisco: \. Malcolm, saloon
watchman. lived on steamer: John A. Nc
Arthur steerdge watchman, San Francisco;
J. J. Smith watertender. San Francisco: IL
NJ. Lewis, watertender, San FrancIsco Fred
ID. Greenway. oiler; Walter Smith, oler
The steamship company estimates that of
the Chinese crew thirty-siX We're drowned.
Those Who Were Saved.
Following is list Of the passengers vino
were saved: James X. Carpenter mining
engineer, Of Oakland; Russell Harper, news
paper man, of Nasasaki r. II. Long, pro-
duce shipper. of Petaluma: Capt. Max
Hecht. German naval officer; VIM. Bran
der. London stock exchange broker; Miss
Frances Ripley. seamstress, San Francisco;
Robert Holtz. German merchant. Shanghai;
Mile. Gabrielle Lehrin, French maid of
San Francisco; Mrs. Kate West, Red Cross
nurse, of San Francisco. VIM T.. Casuar
fireman, on sick leave from the transport
Bawton; +. G. Howell, ex-soldier from
Hong Kong, homeward bound; j. Wa.ia
Japanese professor. from Honolulu
Fifteen Chinese passengers were saved as
far any record can be obtained
Officers and crew-Capt. Fred Jordan
pilot. San Francisco; c. T. Holland third
officer: Fred Linstrum. quartermaster: G.
j. Englehart. freight clerk, San Francisco;
l.. NJ. Bork, storekeeper, San Francisco;
Frank Cramp ship carpenter; +. Matthew
son. quartermaster: Graham COghlan, sec
ond officer; Harry Donahue steerage stew
ard. San Francisco; S. III. Herlihey. chief
engineer, San Francisco; DIR. Arthur
o Neil, ships surgeon, San Francisco; Jas
Russell, watchman; y. II. Lane water
tender. Forty-one of the Chinese crew. 1t
Is believed, escaped with their lives
These Stopped on In Honolulu.
The following passengers who started on
the Rio de Janeiro from various Asiatic
points left the steamer at Honolulu on
stop-over tickets: Fl. s. Olcott from Yoko-
hama Mr.. Heisca. from Shanghai Edward
Secretan. from Shanghai: W. w. Castle
and wife, from Hong Kong; w. c. Lose,
from Hong Kong; Mrs. c. F. Mcintosh,
Srom Hong Kong; l.. Horn. from Shanghai