The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-04

William Caspar also came ashore at
Melgg's WHAT. He was a coal HEAVIER
On board the transport Lawton, but was
put oil at Honolulu, owing to stomach
trouble He was being sent home by
the Government. He said:
my name is William Caspar, and l
be.ong in Toledo, O. l was washed off
the hurricane deck and went down sew
eral feet in the water. When / reached
the surface l caught q log, to which
chung. l was almost exhausted, and
thought 1 would have to let go when
one of the ships RATS came along, on
which l struggled. l was in my bunk
when the Rio struck. There were four
teen Cinnamon on the raft, and had it
not been for them l should never have
been able to get on
Ihil p Nussenblatt, a passenger from
Honolulu. was saved by Frederick Cas-
TRIM, the owner of the fishing boat, who
also rescued Captain Jordan.
He said: Il was in the water fully one
hour and half clinging to a log. l mus
| have gone down at least twenty feet in
the water. When l came to the surfac,
1 grabbed the log. There was a big fell
low in the water near me, and he got
near enough to grab me by the neck.
don't know how he broke loose. When
1 was on the log 1 Aept calling loudly.
and was rescued by the Italian just OPP
posite the battery"
how The RIU v as Wrecked.
The Chronicle says: At ncon Thurs
day the Rio de Janeiro, then days ever
due, dropped anchor four m les OUTSIDE
! the Heads and wa ted for the dense fog
to lift and give her fair run into liar
bor. Toward evening there was Slight
| clearing of the sky and the vessel
steamed in close to Point Lobos, wncce
she anchored again because of the thick
ening weather. All night she lay while
her bell tolled a warning to other YES
sells that might be working their way
toward the Golden Gate. AT 4 O'Clock
yesterday morn ng the fog lifted ana
! the stars and the bright lights on the
| headlands gave promise of a quick run
| to harbor. AT 1870 the anchor was rails
| ed and the big vessel steamed slowly
| against the strong tide, passing Point
Lobos, Lands End and the Mile Rock
on up toward Fort Point, when, as sud-
denly as it had lifted, the fog came
down and wrapped sea, sky and land in
an impenetrable veil.
| AT 5:25, as she was drifting almost aim
lessly, the steamer struck with her star
board bow on hidden rocks. then slowly
settled back and Slid off into deep wa
ter, which closed over her topmost
point, and now lies SO well hidden that
Notwithstanding the search continued all
day by hundreds of boats her location
remains one Of the mysteries of the Gate,
| as does the exact place where she met
her destruction
Captain Fred Jordan, better known
among his fellow pilots and sea captains
as Little Jordan who has long borne
! the reputation of being the luckiest pilot
on the bay, was on the bridge bur with
the enVeloping fog and the strong q -
tide fortune forsook him and he lost
ms bearings Exactly where the ship
struck Jordan does not know. He thinks
II was on Fcrt Point ledge but it was
All over so quickly that he had little
time to think before he found himself
IN the water clinging to plank in com
pany with one of the Chinese crew.
Inc nrst information to reach shore
was when frightened italian fisher
man, who could scarcely tell his story.
rushed into the Bakers Beach Idfe-Say
ing station and announced that a big
snip had sunk in the bay. The word
was passed along to other stations and
soon the rescuing boats shot from the
shore to help those who might be found
struggling In the water Little could
be done, however, on account OF the
darkness and the heavy fog which still
hung close to the water. No sound GAME
to the searchers and not crv for helm
was heard by the anxious ones who
Were striving to render assistance The
suction OF the sinking vessel had by
this time silenced those who were in
the water, while those who had secured
places on wreckage were too much ex-
hausted to call for aid.
As daylight drew on the fog lifted and