Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-02
NOT MANY LIVES LOST.
Particulars Of the Collision Of Ferry
Boats at San Francisco.

Boats at 0AU TTdUSIeSVs
San Francisco, Cal, Dec. $50 far
as can be determined today but few
Lives were lost in the collision between
| the ferry boats San Rafael and Saus-
alto Those known to have been
drowned were w. G. Crandall, secre-
tary Of the Long Sirup works; George
Tredway, a waiter on the San Rafael.
and a 3-year- old son of Mrs. Waller
of Ross Valley. The body of Crandall
was washed ashore at Angel island yes
terday.
In the panic that followed after the
boats collided. about twenty passen-
gers were more or less injured. A
great many were cut by crawling thru
the cabin windows.
Mrs. Waller, of Ross Valley, was on
the San Rafael with her two little chill
dren, a boy and a girl. The girl. Ruth
was safely carried from the San Rafael
to the Sausalito by William Boyd of
the North Pacific Coast Railroad COM
pany when the two steamers We're
locked together. Mrs. Waller had the
little boy in her arms, and was follow
ing Boyd to safety when the sinking
steamer gave a lurch and the little
fellow was thrown from her arms
The mother cried frantically for some
one to rescue the boy, but it could not
be done.
Treadway was pinioned by the
splintering timbers when the Sausalito
struck. and after some difficulty was
extracted. He was hurried to the up
per deck of the injured vessel, and that
was the last seen Of him according to
the survivors.
II there were more than three per-
sons drowned it will not be known for
several days. No other persons are re-
ported missing. AT least 200 persons
were on the San Rafael. After the
boats struck the Sausalito was brought
alongside the sinking San Rafael. 1t
was fifteen minutes at least before the
latter vessel went down. This gave
ample time to transfer the most of the
passengers.
Captain Mckenzie of the San Rafael
said the fog was as dense as he had
ever seen it on the bay, which he has
been navigating since 1s49.
Some time before the Sausalito got
near u.s." said Captain Mckenzie, II
stopped my boat and blew the danger
signal. The Sausalito answered with
two whistles and / backed my boat.
kept her backing all the time, for
wanted to take unusual precautions.
While we were backing / suddenly saw
the outlines of the Sausalito's light
steaming head-on under slow bell to-
ward my boat. She was scarcely a
boats length away when / first saw
her. The Sausalito crashed into the
San Rafael just little forward OF
amidships, where the restaurant is sit
uated. 1t was quite a smash, but at
the time did not think 1t was serious
enough to sink her. The women and
children began to scream. and many of
them became greatly excited. held
my post and sent my mate below to
find out the extent of the damage and
quiet the passengers. My crew took
their proper positions and as far as
they were concerned they kept their
heads and worked according to their
accident drill
I'm the meantime sang out to Cap
tain Tribble of the Sausalito to stay
alongside and pass us line, which he
did. then set about aboard the Sau-
salito. We lowered three lifeboats and
the Sausalito lowered two. Men, women
and children piled into them, but we
put most the passengers on the Sau-
salito by handing them over the rail-
We passed the women and children
over the rail and thru the windows
and most of the men hustled onto the
Sausalito without any aid.
Nearly all of the passengers had on
life preservers, and after the first shock
they behaved themselves very we'll.
They were as cool and as nervy lot of
people as / would want to find any
where. The steamer was not settling
very rapidly during the time we. were
getting the passengers aboard the Sau-
salito. When her hold got full of water
she started to sink very rapidly, but at
this time all Of the passengers were
aboard the Sausalito. If some Of the