The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-23
SEA INCuLFED STEAMER RIO lANEIRO
and l22 PERSONS were DROWNED.

sank, and the Italians saw him 60 beneath
the surface even as he spoke.
SACKS OF MAIL WASHED
ASHORE AND ROBBED.
The Italian fishermen brought to the Mer-
chants Exchange Station at Meigg's wharf
twelve bags Of mail. which they picked up
at the scene of the wreck. These include
two pouches from the United States Mill
tary Station In China Also two bags Of
registered mail. When the registered bags
were delivered 1t was found that they had
been ripped open with a knife and all their
contents stolen. When this crime was COM
mitteed Is question. but the fishermen
who brought them In are not suspected.
and 1t is impossible to determine who the
robbers are.
The Rio carried, in all. 800 bags of mail,
Five bags Of newspapers are among the
rescued sacks. There is one sack OF mail
from Toxic for London, all in a horrible
condition. The mail from the United States
military station was not tampered with.
j. Wade. Japanese passenger. had 1880
in his trunk. which was lost.
Rounzeville Wildman. who is presumed to
be lost, was well known in this city. where
he resided for number of years He first
came into prominence locally when he pur-
chase! the Overland which he owned and
edited for some years prior to entering the
consular servfcc at Hong-kong. He re-
signed recently the post of Consul General
at Hong-Kong ard was on his way HON
with his wife and family.
MIR. Wildman married Miss Iettie AL
drich. daughter OF Mrs. Louise Aidrich. a
wife.
Mrs. Aldrich is now in this city. where
she has been awaiting the Homecoming OF
her daughter.
FACTS ABOUT MISSING
CABIN PASSENGERS.
Concerning the missing cabin passengers
the following has been learned:
Mr.. and Mrs. Wakefield boarded the ship
at Honolulu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodworth of Denver. man
and wife. were evidently quite wealthy. The
gentleman was a consumptive and had gone
to China for his health.
Mr.. Matthiesen. a statist,cian of Shang-
hal. was on his way to London.
Two japanese gentlemen. with their
wives. names unknown. were cabin pas
sengers. As far as known. they have not
been seen since they retired last night.
]. F. Seymour, editor of the American at
Manila, was a well-known newspaper man.
and he intended to spend a hard-earned
vacation among relatives in this country.
Mr.. Hart was a wealthy diamond expert
Of Manila, and he and his wife were on
their way to London and Paris.
Mr.. Dodd and Attorney Henshaw Of
Butte. Mont. had gone to Honolulu on a
vacation trip
Mr.. Dowdell. a solicitor from Shanghai.
was on his way to Santa Barbara, where
his family was awaiting him.
The last seen OF Consul Wildman was by
George Englehardt. Mr.. Englehardt says
that Mr.. wildman went below in order to
get some papers out of tin box. Nothing
was seen of him after this.
The Fort Point Life Saving Crew was out
drilling at 7:i5 o'clock when the fishing boat
with the first Of the survivors passed in
and reported the wreck The rescued peo-
pie were taken ashore to the life-saving
station. and the crew started out to the
wreck. but there was nothing to be found
The South Side crew was on the scene
about an hour later. and its Captain was
or the opinion that all the wreckage
pointed to the fact that the Rio had blown
up after the sinking All the woodwork is
splintered and other details known to sea-
faring men and too numerous to mention,
NOT FIRST SHIP WRECKED
ON THE MILE ROCK.
The Rio Janeiro is not the first ship that
mas come to grief on Mile Rock About
ten years ago. the Frank Jones. an Ameri-
down. She was standing in half shore.
blindly feeling her way through the fog,
and those who recall the disaster say that
the circumstances attending 1t were about
the same as the Rios loss. with, however,
a far less numerous casualty list
The Rios resting place is about half a
mile from the shore. mile TO the south
ward OF North Heads and a mile and a half
to the south and west of Fort Point. The
tide. ebb or flow. had a southerly set in
this light, and this Is what put the steamer
in with the land.
On the north shore there IL q northerIy
set quite as strong. and II was this that
caught the City of New York and piled her
high and dry upon the North Head.