Arizona republican., 1901-12-01
WAS A DENSE FOG
One of the Boats Laden With Passen- gers Was Sunk Immediately-No Estimate Could be Made Last Night of the Number of the Lost. The Excitement Created by the Disaster.

San Francisco, Nov. 30.-The ferry boats San Rafael and Sausalito col lided in the bay in a dense flag tonight The San Rafael was sunk It is thought that number of lives have been lost. The place of the collision was off Alca- traz island.
 The report as to the number of lives lost is very conflicting and exaggerat- ed. The estimate running as high as fifty. The San Rafael was on the way from the city to San Rafael and had, it is estimated from 15O to 200 passengers. The San Rafael was struck amidships, sinking almost immediately. Large numbers of passengers were rescued by ropes from Alcatraz island
 Captain Mckenzie of the San Rafael sent his ship along under a slow bell He was somewhere near Alcatraz island when the Sausalito, coming from Saul salito to this city. crashed into her. There were but few passengers on the Sausalito. When it was seen that the Sausalito was not badly hurt she stood by the San Rafael. The officers, crew and passengers engaged in the rescue of the unfortunate passengers of the sinking vessel.
 Roth ships were sidewheelers and or dlHdTIlN llldily GU pas sengers. Fortunately this was the win ter season and the last trip of the day, so there were not so many passengers as usual. Marin county from Sausalito to San Rafael, a distance of twenty miles, is lined with the homes of wealthy peo- pie. During the summer the ferry boat traffic is very heavy, but in the winter it lightens and there are comparatively few people who travel on the boats-
 Ife-sscT d not reach the city until nearly 0 clock and it spread with great rapidity. There was intense excitement at the opera house. where an immense crowd was listening to CalVe, in Carmen" '" Many people left the house and rushed to the newspaper offices to obtain in- formation about friends and relatives who might have been on one of the yes sels.
 Never has a fog been thicker in San Francisco and on the bay than tonight.
 Is was a day and night of anxiety In the early hours the fog came up as thick as mush." Tonight it was almost impossible to see a boats length. The steam schooner Arctic ran down the French bark Edmond Rostand in the early morning hours. while the Encinal and Albatross came together in fog Many vessels had narrow escapes. Most of the ferry steamers escaped. but one two of them got into trouble. The 1iburon had to make a second attempt al the first landing The Encinai was nearly a half hour reaching the slip and the Piedmont had a similar expert ence. The Oakland and the San Rafael came very near collidins when they reached the city at o'clock in the evening.
 James Moore of Ross Valley, an em- plOye of the Nevada bank, was one of the passengers on the San Rafael.> To the Associated Press he said "There was the usual Saturday: night crowd on the San Rafael when she left for Sausalito. There was a dense fog. Cap tain Mckenzie of the San Rafael sent his ship along under slow bell. We were about half way between the LoTn- bard street wharf and Alcatraz island when the Sausalito crashed into us. I was smoking a cigar on the forward