Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-23
CURRENT SWIFT AND STRONG
Many of the Victims of Steam
 ship City of Rio De Janeiro

W Swept Out To Sea-Loss of Life Will Reach 12O-Vessel and Cargo Will Be q Total Loss-List of Those, As Far As Known, Who Perished san Francisco, Feb 23-The sinking o1 the Pacific mail steamer City of Rio ue Janelro after striking a rock in the Golden Gate during the dense fog yesterday morning was the most ap-
 palling disaster this coast has known for many years. Most of the bodies
 of the l2O or more victims may never
 De recovered. The water where the ship lies is deep and the current swift | and ths dead with most of the wreck
 age probably will be carried far out into the Pacific. The number of lives
 lost may never be known exactly. ow- ing 10 the fact that the ships records were lost and it is practically impos- sible to tell just how many Chinese
 were in the steerage. The Call to-day baS1ng it's figures on statements of the Pacific Mail steamship officials. says | that l22 persons perished, the Chroni-
 cle gives the number at 12S, and the Examiner states that Ill cannot be ac- counted for The vessel with its val uable cargo will be a total loss. Much dlfhcuity has been experienced in ob- taining he nameS of the passengers
 and crew but the following list of those known to have been drowned and those saved is believed to be ac- curlte: Passengers drowned: Housewife Wildman. U. S. consul general Ut Hong Kong. Mrs Housewife Wildman Housewife Wildman, Jr. Fa Dorothy Wildnan. Miss Kate O'Brien of San Francisco goyerneSS of Wildman children. Mrs Sarah ". Wakefield. of Oak
 land
 Miss Naomi Wakefield, daughter of
 Mrs Wakefield.
 Miss Rowena Jehu of Alameda.
 Alfred Hart, jeweler. of Manila, for
 merly of San Francisco. Mrs Alfred Hart.
 William 4. Henshall, attorney, of
 Horoluiu.
 Harry Guyon painter, of Petaluma. Dr William E. Bodd, occulist, Butte,
 Mont
 Angelo Gussoni. foreman Lowry sugar plantation, kauni. Charles Downfall. barrister of Shanghai. with family, residing i'll
 Santa Barbara. William McPhee. of San Francisco
 was on his way home from Honolulu
 W. A. Woodwork, of Denver.
 Mrs ". A. Woodwork.
 H. C. MatheSOn, of Yokohama
 1T. F. Seymour, editor of the Manila
 American.
 Dl4 Onkawara, a Japanese physician
 from Honolulu.
 Mrs Onkawara, wife of the doctor Japanese servant of Mrs Onkawara name unknown. Leong Chung, well-to-do Chinese student. Charles J. A. Cox, 'steerage passen-
 ger from Honolulu. MT Oda, Japanese merchant from Honolulu. Nr Sakuri, Japanese merchant from Honolulu. Mir and Mrs Takatata, Honolulu. r. Sito. Japanese from Yokohama. Mrs Dika Hamasoke. Yokohama
 Miss 1iikiaseki, Japanese from
 Yokohama = Miss Hamasaki, Yokohama
 x. Taumuro, Japanese from Kobe. Chinese:
 The number of Chinese passengers lost is variOusly estimated at between 24 to 43 Officers and crew: Captain w. Ward of San Francisco J. C. Johnson. first officer, a Russian Finn. ct San Francisco. John Rooney, purser, resident of
 Ocean View.
 R. T. MacCoun, first assistant en- gineer. San Francisco T. II. Brady, second assistant en- gineer, San Francisco w. A. Munro. third assistant engi- peer, San Francisco. Harry A. Scott, steward, San Fran cisco.
 Mrs J. l.. Dormann, stewardess, San Francisco.
 Edward Barwick, butcher, San Francisco. A. Malcolm, saloon watchman, lived on steamer. John 4. Macarthur, steerage watch
 man, veteran c. A. R.. San Francisco. J. J. Smith, water tender, San Fran cisco. -.
 II. M. Lewis, water tender, San | Francisco. l Fred D. Greenway. oiler. Walter Smith. oiler. | The steamship company estimates
 that of the Chinese crew thirty six were drowned. The saved passengers: James K. Carpenter, mining engi-
 neer, of Oakland Russell Harper, newspaper man, of | NagaSaki. -''--. | k. II. Long, produce shipper of Peetaluma. Captain Max Hecht, German army l officer William Brander, London stock ex- change broker Miss Frances Ripley, seamtress, San Francisco. Robert Holtz, German merchant, Shanghai. Mile Gabrielle Lehrin, French maid, of San Francisco. l Mrs Kate West. Red Cross, nurse. i of San Francisco. William D. Casper, fireman on sick leave from transport Lawton. F. c. Howell, ex-soldier from Hong Kong. homeward bound. T. Wada, Japanese professor from l Honolulu Fifteen Chinese passengers were 1 saved as far as any record can be ob- tained. Officers and crew:
 Captain Fred Jordan, pilot, San