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The San Francisco call., 1901-12-01
MISS EDITH BRIDGMAN
HAS A NARROW ESCAPE
FROM A WATERY GRAVE
Young Lady Resident of Sausalito
Remained in the Water for Twenty
Minutes Before Being Rescued.

nAAhutSS oCAoAO oCiuS kSCcCuCu.
Miss Edith Bridgman Of Sausalito was
on the San Rafael when the accident hap
pened. She was thrown into the water
and remained there fully fifteen minutes
before being picked up by the passengers
on the Sausalito When the steamer
reached the wharf Miss Bridgman was
carried to the Harbor Receiving Hospital
to be treated for submersion. Mrs An
drews. the matron. had her taken to her
room and tepderly cared for the young
lady. Despite her. narrowing experience
Miss Bridgman was very brave. In an in
terview she gave a graphic account of her
experience. She said:
when the steamers crashed I was
taken by Andrew westwader on deck. I
was ordered to get into one Of the life
bcnts and afterward told to get into an
other, because the first was crowded.
The upper railing OF the San Rafael was
close to the water line when 1 stepped
into the boat. The boat swamped and I
with others was thrown into the bay. |
believe l was In the water fully fifteen
minutes. Luckily one of the passengers
had the presence of mind to break open
the case containing ife-preservers- I had
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T7CKET. COLLECTOR SAYS
TRAVEL WAS VERY HEAVY


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MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
OF T. A. REGER FROM
INJURY IN COLLISION
After Assisting Women and Children
to Safety He Saves His Own Life
by Means of a Rope.

7. A. Roger Of Corte MADEIRA was among
the passengers on board the San Rafael.
and narrowly escaped death in the coli
lision. He was rescued by means of a
rope. and after the landing OF the Sausa-
Tito was taken TO the Palace Hotel, whei e
several contusions OF the scalp were
dressed. He makes the following state
ment OF the casualty.
II was with my friend, Jim McCue,
when the crash occurred. The bow of the
S3usalito cut into the restaurant of the
San Rafael, and went in about ten feet.
There were about 400 passengers aboard.
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Entombed in caved-In Sewer.

John Bennett, a laborer employed in the
street department. was entombed for
short time in a sewer In the Sunset Dis
trfct yesterday. Bennett. with other work
men. was engaged In digging sewer on
street. between Tenth and Eleventh ave-
nues, when the bracing gave way and
permitted the sand to fall In on top or
them. Benefits companions managed to
escape, but he was buried fifteen feet
underground. He was sent to the Emer-
gency Hospital. where his injuries, which
consisted of two confused wounds of the
left leg were dressed by DIR. Armistead.
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Nora Whaley, Miss Olive Collins. Miss
Ella Watson. Miss Belle Coughlin. J. d.
Warrock OF the White House, George T.
Ryan of Madison G. Burke, w. r. Ritchie,
engineer: III. Lorraine. butcher.
The following additional names OF those
In the city were reported at late hour:
From Mill Valley-C. J. Fallon, with
Myer. Wilson &c Co.. 210 Battery street;
Jesse Deffebach. Miss Boyle, Allen Boyle,
Michael Flood.
From Millwood-Josie Leonhart.
From Sausallto-Mr. Brown, of the Ne
vada Bank, and Mr. Rosenbaum.
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o. WAITE of 127 Hyde
street, San Francisco. was
passenger on the steamer
Sausalito. He makes the
following statement:
q II left Sausaiito at 6:IO
- on, the steamer Sausa,ito.
The fog was very dense
About the time OF reaching Alcatraz Isl
ana We heard the whistles of some
steamer, which proved TO be the San
haiaei The lookout reported the posi-
ton Of the San Rafael which was that
she was on our port bow. I didn't notice
any slowing up of our steamer and in
about a minute or minute and a half
the crash came. I noticed scenes of
great excitement on board the San Ra-
fael and a number Of the San Rafsers
passengers jumped on our boat. I saw
one man miss our boat and fall in the
water; whether he was saved o.. not 1
do not know.
The Sausalito held herself close up 10
the San Rafael and many passengers
came aboard the Sausalito. A great many
Jumped IN the water from the San Rafael
with life preserverS on. Most of them
were drawn up on 10 the Sausalito by her
passengers with ropes. Before the San
Rafael sank the passengers Of our boat
threw over life buoys and life preservers
10 those heating in the water. We pulled
q great many OF them aboard our boat
Many Of the women were in a fainting
condition and many OF the men from the
San Rafael seemed unable to help them
selves. There were a great many women
and little children floating in the water
seemingly twenty-five thirty any way
y rot more 1 saw none go down. but
Il seemed impossible 70 save them, there
were so many. Many OF them ioated out
Of my sight IN the fog. as there seemed
10 be strong current which carried them
away. Presumably many of them were
picked Up in the boats that were plying
about the steamers.
Il saw four OF the steamers boats in
the water; there were some from each
steamer. We heard a great many crying
out for help. merely crying. Help, Help"
! recognized no one that I knew Imme-
diately after the crash the San Rafaers
passengers smashed the cabin windows Of
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to escort them home. With Mrs. KniIl was
a relative from the East. an invalid who
had just arrived on the overland from
Chicago.
Knill hesitated about making the trip
and finally vetoed his wtfe's proposition
to go home. Instead he drove TO the
Palace and registered for the night.
Knill left a party Of friends. all prom
inent turfmen and bookmakers. residents
of Sausalito. who made the trip on the
unfortunate San Rafael When he heard
OF The accident he endeavored to locate
them. At midnight all of Knills ae-
quaintances save Ralph Curtis. a sheet
writer at the Oakland racetrack, had been
accounted for.
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SEVERAL HUNDRED
PEOPLE THOUGHT
TO BE ON BOARD
Cabin Windows Are Broken by the Excited
Passengers Soon After Collision
of the Two Boats. .
A. A. Martin, Resident of hill Valley, Mar
rates His Experiences in Life
Saving.

"The San Rafael was sinking rapidly BY
this time We saw people in the upper
cabin trying TO break the windows and
thus make their escape. When we got
on the Sausalito we secured all the
life preservers and threw them over
board to those who were struggling in
the water. Three Of the four boats on
the Sausalito were lowered and the peo-
pie picked up. Captain Tribbel of tho
Sausalito seemed to have lost his head
completely The boats were lowered by
the passengers, and the rescue work was
ordered by passengers. After the San
Rafael sank out Of sight we were allowed
to drift about aimlessly in the fog for an
hour Had II not been for the appear
ance Of tugboat on the scene, an off,
Ger of which gave Us our bearings. 1t Is
hard to say where we would have landed.
Mr.. Hood Of Sausalito was one Of the
last to leave the San Rafael He in
formed US that he saw a number OF
women and children huddled together in
the main cabin. II this be true, those
people must have gone down with thX
vessel 1 saw one woman who was saved.
and she stated that her baby was lost
She was hysterical and little could be got
from her. We heard child In the water
crying for her mamma, and as she was
holding on to a life preserver she was
saved. The wife and child OF an engineer
of the Tamalpais Railroad was seen on
board the San Rafael just before the col
llsion, but a diligent search among the
rescued failed TO bring either to light.
The inference Is that they were drowned.
THE San Rafael was at a standstiu
when the Sausalito hove in sight Had
the Sausalito also come to halt the col
lision could not have taken place. She
seemed to be caught In the tide and thus
forced full upon the San Rafael. The
captain of the Sausalito seemed to have
lost his head, and after the San Rafael
sank the captain of the Inflated boat
took command. The fog was very dense.
but II seems to me the accident might
have been avoided"
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boy, who alarmed the crew. The vessel
was stopped and a boat lowered. but no
trace OF the woman was found. There
was nothing left behind to disclose the
suicides identity. She was clad in a
black dress and hat, her face being so
heavily veiled that her features were con-
cealed.
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A woman whom I was sitting next to
at dinner the other day told me that she
had a remedy for seaslckness. She had
been a very bad sailor, and even now n
she does not practice her remedy she is
sick; whereas when she does she can
negotiate comfortably storm or four or
Ave hours on the high seas. 1t Is simple
enough. As the vessel dips she draws In
her breath: as II rises she expels II.
Whether this womans internal arrange
ments are peculiar to herself / do 49,
know, but IL not the remedy seems to Be
worth knowing.-London Truth.
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UNKNOWN WOMAN LEAPS
TO DEATH IN THE BAY
Is Dressed in Black and Heavily
Yelled and Leaves No
Clew Behind.

OAKLAND, Nov sO.-An unknown wom-
an jumped into the bay from the after
deck of the ferryboat Berkeley at 1O:2o
o'clock tonight of Goat Island. The
steamer was on the way to Oakland.
The suicides leap was witnessed by
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JAMES FAY CUTS HIS WAY OUT
Continued From Page Thirty-seven

near by jumped through a window Of the
Sausalito. and though she was severely
gashed about the face she too was
saved
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ample time to strap one around me and
but for 1t would surely have drowned
/ was rescued by rope being placed un-
der my arms and was hauled on deck. The
was one I'll never forget.
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DIR. o. p. FITCH TELLS
OF EXCITED SCENES
FOLLOWING COLLISION
Placerville Dentist States He Saw
Women on Deck Of San Rafael
When She Went Down.

DR.. o. p. Fitch, dentist. Placerville,
made the following statement:
was going over to San Rafael to visit my
father and decided to Jake dinner on the boat
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WILLIAM KNILL's WIFE
WISHED TO MAKE TRIP,
BUT SPOUSE OBJECTED
Meets Family and Invalid Relative At
Wharf, but at Last Moment De-
.sl.S 60 nay,,afn
cides to Remain

William Knili. the well-known book
maker. who lives at Sausalito, met his
wife and three small children at the ferry
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statement follows:
I'VE left the slip for Sausalito at 6:15
o'clock, ten minutes late. 1 was on the
lower deck, which was well filled with
hunters, workingmen and the ordinary
Saturday evening crowd. y I was in the
small card room on the left side Of the
boat at the time the crash came. This
occurred just five minutes after we
passed the Lombard-street bell. The
cabin upstairs was crowded with women
and children but how many / am unable
to state. There may have been 400 pas
sengers on board the San Rafael, but /
am not certain as to- that figure.
When the noise Of splintering planks,
accompanied by shouts of men and
screaming Of women, reached me / ran
to the right side and up to the wheel. /
saw that the passageway was blocked BY
wreckage, and L was forced to go into
the engine room. 1 met the firemen es-
Gaping, and the engineer told me that a
collision had taken place. that one fire was
already out and that we were sinking. /
then met James McCue of Corte MADEIRA,
who was in the right restaurant at the
time of the collision. The bow of the
Sausalito had cut into the side of the
San Rafael like a knife. and the restau-
rant was the point Of contact McCuc
was being assisted by friends. His scalp
was cut and one leg broken then got
a life preserver and assisted in the work
of getting ropes TO the Sausalito, by
which we were enabled to get a hold on
the boat. / then climbed up on a water
barrel near the paddle-wheeI and passed
women and children UP TO the top of the
wheel frame. From this point they were
assisted to the deck Of the Sausalito by
a number Of marines, who. did excellent
service
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-01

III the world owes every man a living,
II has lot of gold bricks to settle for.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-01

A streak of luck is never creased to or,
der.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-01

A. MARTIN, resident OF
Mill Valley and connect
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was one of the passen-
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-01

o. WAITE of l27 Hyde
street. San Francisco. was
a passenger on the steamer
Sausalito. He makes the
following statement:
II left Sausalito at $40
on the steamer Sausa.ito.
The foe Was vary IapSa
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-07

English. In this house, Mr.. English
wrote 1.-THE Conquest OF the North
west" and from this book, Maurice
Thompson, in an acknowledgment In
his novel, says he secured the historical
setting for his story Alice Of Old Vim
cennes." And now on the same old
site stands the theater where Miss
Harmed triumphed as the fascinating
heroine of Mr. Thompsons beautiful
story.
The authorship of the successful now
ell, when Witch is Young" remains
n mystery still despite the fact that
many inquiries have been made at the
office OF the publishers, as well as
through the columns of leading literary
reviews Unless there be Some means
Of discovery through the cryptogramic
4-l9-69, there Is nothing In the charm
Ing story TO reveal even the sex OF the
author. There has been no denial Of
someone's assertion that the novel was
written by a personal friend Of Presi-
dent Mckinley, who Is said to have had
In some OF the books characters, an
ancestor who was intimately connected
with some Of the story's stirring his
torical incidents.
Ward, Lock & Co., London, whose
list Of novels dealing with mystery ana
crime has probably no equal, have out
done themselves with Burford's DEAN
nOy's startling tale "el9.OOO.' This
authors style stands reader up on his
feet. Moreover, a reader win stand
up TIL he has finished the book, II he
begins that way. He will not take
time to sit down.
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MAGAZINES.

Rich IN illustration and with varied
collection Of articles, short stories and
poems. the Christmas number Of AIMS
lees Magazine is especially interesting.
The leading article, entitled America
in England" by Allen Sangree, is a
dramatic study OF the triumph OF Amer
lean business methods In British en-
terprises. The writer compares this
Improvement to the return Of the prodi-
gal son, laden with a new set Of tools,
10 improve the Old farm. Senator AID
rich ia Most Influential Man In Con-
gress, by H. A. Coolidge IL a very
readable study Of the personality Of tho
leader OF the Senate and also a clear
analysis Of the wonderful congression-
al machine at Washington. I'm Re-
mote Newfoundland, by Norman Dun
can, IA the kind of special article that
has all the value OF new and all the
impressWeness Of a well-wrought work
Of fiction. The description Of this stony
country, where gardens aud graveyards
are painfully built by the hands OF men,
Is illustrated with many unusually good
photographs. "Melba at Home" by
william Armstrong, gives delightful
accOl It Of the home life Of this great
singer, which illustrated with sew
eral new pictures. A striking poem, by
Bliss Carman entitled "a Forest
Shrine" Is the most notable poetic con-
trbutiOn 20 the Christmas Alnslee's.
The decorations for the poems, which
have been made by James Preston, are
exceptional. In fiction there IS Il wide
choice 1.-THE Fortunes Of Lal Faver-
Il 81 lat - nshN
this issue contains the second story,
gives every indication OF proving a
series Of splendid romantic tales. "The
Talking Ships by o. Is a delight
ful Christmas Itasy. "a Loyal Trail
tor" by Wlllia Macleod Raine, is
well written love story Of revolutionary
times. "The Opening Of the Opera
House" by George II, Brennan, Is
very humorous story Of the experience
Of dramatic star In town that has
never before possessed theater.
'Rouge et Nolr." by oliver Henry, is
an exciting plot story, with the in
terestiug subtitle "a Little Bush
ness Romance Of the Banana Trade"
"puscnberrys Birthday by Joseph c,
Lincoln, IS q humorous story OF life on
Cape col. Topics Of the Theater"
contains, as usual very attractive
collection Of photographs Of theater
people now prominent.
"Storles OF the old Home Farm" Is
the title OF q story by c. A. Stephens,
which occupies the front page Of the
Youths Companion for this week. II
has the interest that is always feat
ure OF the authors work and is told
IN his usual clever way. I'm the
Face of Fear" is q thrilling short
story by william NJ MacHarg, and
'Clarlssa at Large" and Under
snowslide" are other interesting tales
In the number.
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away, and how he outwitted them and
lust carried It of, shows the kind Of
things that Bnnnon can do best In
spite of his temptation to brag-he was
for two years chief wrecker' on the
Grand Trunk, and has many stories to
tell-Bannon Is one Of the men without
whom American commerce could not
get on, The heroine Of the story Is
Bannon's typewriter.
Mr. Henry Kltchell Webster and Mr..
Samuel Merwin have discovered In the
exciting movements Of trade and fin
ance a field Of fiction hitherto over
looked by American writer's, but con-
tanning great wealth Of romance, The
illustration consists OF some twenty-five
full page drawings, by H. c. Edwards
Macmillan Co. publishers New York.
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NOTES.

The FIRST Canadian edition Of Lazarre
was sold the day Of publication, And
second impression is announced by
the publishers Mrs Catherwood' $
novel deserves the great success II Is
gaining, for 1t is fine story, told in
a delicious style.
Miss Frances Aymar Matthews, au-
thor Of the entertaining story. my
Lady Peggy Goes to Town" Just pub
lished, has for some time been fla
vorably known for her literary work.
She has been a contributor TO the lead
mg magazines, and among other
things wrote a pretty series OF short
plavs fpr Harper's Bazaar" Miss Mat
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WHO is THE OWNER?

who owns this house, my lord or J.?
He In whose name the title runs,
Or | who keep II swept and clean,
And open TO the winds and sun?
Ne who Is absent year by year,
On some far business Of his own,
Or l who tend II, roof to SILL
With fond ungrudging flesh and
bone2
What II 1t prove fable, all
This rumor Of an absent lord,
And | should find myself In truth
owner and master Of the boardl
o friends, no landlord In the world
Could love the place so we'll as /!
Love Is the owner OF the house
And all the lands of destiny,
BLISS CARMAN,
In December Era.
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OALUMNY..

A whisper woke the air,
a soft light tone, and low,
Yet barbed with shame and woe,
ALL might II only perish there.
Nor farther go
But MOI a quick and eager ear
Caught up the little, meaning sound
Another voice has breathed 1t clear,
And so II wandered round
From eur TO lip, from lip to ear
Until 1t reached gentle heart
That throbbed from all the world apart
And that--lt broke
FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD.
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1.-THE Master Key by Frank Baum.
Is u book to delight the hearts OF the
boys Of this and every other land IL
relates the adventures Of young cleo
trician who, while manipulating a score
OF wires, gets them twisted into COM
binatlon which proves TO be "The Mas
ter Key opening the way to wonderful
feats and adventures by means of elec-
trlcal devices, in which the hero particl-
pates much TO his own astonishment as
well as others The story is founded
upon the possible ana impossible Won
ders expected to be achieved through
electricity, and while It reads like
fairy OF Aladdin's tale, Is not
more seemingly preposterous than
many of the wonders already
achieved by that mighty force
would have seemed to the people Of
past centuries. The tale Is an Ingenious
invention, and is as clever in the telling
as In conception. II Is published by the
Bowen Merrill Co., Indianapolis, and is
on sale at the Cannon Book store.
One Of the most widely talked of
books OF Harper Bros list Of American
novels, is "The Supreme Surrender" by
A. Maurice Low. 1t is the story OF
the love OF a young American girl for
a man who Is separated from her by
marriage. The scene Is laid In the ma
tional capital, and the chief figure in
the tale Is a senator who has won in
fluence and renown through his strong
character and gift OF oratory. and the
other personages are all political OF dip
lomatic characters. The heroine, en-
tranced by the eloquence and magnet
ism Of the young political giant yields
herself blindly 10 her infatuaton and
fiinally when the two are together, In q
moment OF mutual communion confess
es her love The man. bound to wo-
man for whom he has no actual affinity.
after weeks OF struggle against his
growing passion for the girl whom he
is too honorable 20 betray, decides final
~ to seek release from his bonds In
divorce and wed the woman OF his
choice. He is on tine verge OF great
political conquest and to prevent the
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BRlLL.ANTS

The baby has no skies
But mothers eyes.
Nor any God above
But mothers love
His angel sees the Fathers face,
But he the mothers, full Of grace;
And yet the heavenly kingdom is
of Such as this.
John r. ThRT
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Rev, James Drummond's biography OF
James Martineau, large portion OF
which will consist Of the great Unfair
lsn's own letters. will be published in
London next spring.
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A special holiday edition OF "The
Crisis" is in preparation by the Mac
milan company. The frontispiece will
consist OF portrait Of the author new
er before published and reproduced in
photogravure.
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Miss Virginia Harned's recent ap-
pearance as Alice OF Old yincennes at
Engllshes opera house in Indianapolis
calls to mind sequence Of colnci-
dences
on the very spot where the opera
house now stands, cace stcc. tae o..
homestead Of the Hon. William II.