Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28

4 say tnat tney also saw the captain to
the last, but Frederick Lindstrom,
quartermaster officer of the Rio, en-
phatically declared. that Captain
Ward emulated Admiral Trion, on her
British majesty's ship Victoria, in GO
ing down to his cabin. where he met
his doom behind locked door.
| Quartermaster Lindstrom was one
of the first to land at Meiggs wharf
this morning and one of the first state.
ments he made was that Capt Ward
had gone down with the wrecked
| steamer According to his story Capt
Ward, after consultation with Pilot
Jordan, came down from the bridge.
J He was standing on the deck when the
vessel crashed upon the rock. There
was a cry of Man the boats" but it
was apparent that in the midst of
the awful confusion, a systematic
effort to save the passengers
would be of no avail. Everybody was
scrambling for his own safety. II
was at this time that Lindstrom says
he saw Capt Ward standing on the
forward deck. Suddenly the captain
turned and walking hurriedly to his
cabin. he disappeared behind the door,
which he closed. A moment later the
vessel was plunging to the bottom of
the sea,
| Captain Frederick W. Jordan, pilot
of the Rio. was rescued by an Italian
fishing boat and brought TO Meiggs
station about 10 a. m. Along with
him was Japanese and Philip Nus
senblack. He was taken to a room
occupied by the customs officials
where he told the following story:
We anchored inside about five last
night. The weather was thick and l
left orders that when the weather
cleared we should go further in. At
8 a. m. the fog lifted. We could see
the Cliff house and the north end light
and | told the mate to heave short.
After we started heaving short, the
wind came in from the northeast. the
mate to stop heaving. Then the cap
tain came up and said, Let her go.
We can go ahead
You see my watch stopped at 20
minutes to six. When the vessel
struck | ordered all boats out. The
first boat out was that of the doctor.
1t was half filled with water. as soon
as she struck. | got a ladder and
placed woman on it. We
began to descend She had
a boy with her, child
of about eight. She gave him to me-
| held him in my arms and the little
fellow had his arms around my neck
The woman and / were about half way
down the ladder when the Rio gave a
tremendous pitch. was flung off the
ladder; | saw nothing then of the
woman or the boy. | went down with
the ship about so feet. | worked my
way up to the surface and got hold of
some wreckage. | had sense enough
left to turn on my back and drift with
the wreckage. Then | came across
what seemed to be the top of house
with a Chinaman on it. He helped
me Chamber onto the roof and with
him | drifted out toward North Heads,
II was then rescued bya fishing boat
| cannot say who the woman was.
| believe she had husband, but he was
| not on deck when left. | saw moth.
ing either of the woman or boy after
| was flung off the ladder into the
water.
Did you see Captain Ward?"
i saw nothing of him after we
struck. | believe he Is lost"
Prominent People Missing.
Concerning the missing cabin pas
sengers the following has been
learned:
Mrs. and Miss Wakefield boarded
the ship at Honolulu Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodwork were of Denver and evil
IDENTIFY quite wealthy. The gentleman
was consumptive and had gone TO
China for his health. Mattheson, the
statistician of Shanghai, was on his
way to London. j. f. Seymour, edi-
tor of the American at Manila, Is a
well known newspaper man and in
tended to spend hard-earned vaca-
ton among relatives in this country.
Hart was a wealthy diamond expert
of Manila. He and his wife were on
their way to London and Paris. Dodd
and Attorney Henshaw of Butte had
gone to Honolulu on a vacation trip.
Dowdell, a solicitor from Shanghai.
was on his way to Santa Barbara
where his family was awaiting him.
The last that was seen of Consul
Wildman was by George Enslehardt
who said Wildman was going below
in order to get some papers out OF a
tin box. Nothing was seen of him
after this.
Des Mones People Victims.
Des Moines, Feb. 23.-Mrs. Sarah
Wakefield and daughter of Namo, who
were among the passengers lost on
the steamer Rio De Janeiro at San
Francisco yesterday are well known
here and are the owners of valuable
property. They had been in Honolulu
and were on their way TO visit Mrs.
Wakefeld's son, physician at Phil.
adelphia.
DEWET MOVING WEST.