The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-03-01

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his way clear through the gateway. Shc
| laid to until about 4:3O o'clock when
the atmosphere cleared and she was
started under a slow bell toward Point
| Bonita. All went we'll until $40 o'clock.
| when she struck Most of the passenr-
| ers were below at the time and 1t is
/ believed that many of them We're
| drowned in their births. i.
The first news of the disaster reached
here at 1880 a. NJ, and soon afterward
a boatload of rescued passengers and
petty officers arrived at the mail dock.
Tugs were Immediately dispatched to
render any service that might be need
ed. but no living persons were at1oat
| when they reached the wreck. A num-
Der of drowning people were rescued
by Italian fishermen. and the bodies oe
three white women. three Chinese and a
Japanese were brought in by the tugs.
| The search for more of the Victims con-
| tinued All dav.
From all accounts II appears that the
officers were cool and gave the neces-
sary orders with the least possible ex-
element
CAPTAINS Goodness.
| 49,. zo,,, ,,,han
| ~, ', a. - 80 " e - ,.d ~,
- ~ ~ .. 49, a. ~ ,,as
sa,,a,ar.. ~, ~ Nv, sr ~ danI, A. tho
IT,, ~ eie ~. a. sta,, ~, d,ty
sa.S .siiiS liAe Ma .st III s5
auu the sisnal ~, NJ ...' , 60
~ 1T ns a. ~ &c, ~ ,,,aIy
20 Iii, ~ a. 80 -,
% +ha ims .ne e".en. VI .ie u ~ =, :,
80, e sessee, as s sIie ,.,,to. nftar
| .tr,i.,,, g. .ol - n.'. -. 1les .,,;th
a. ., .ie foeh' W. Sap..
the $500. " ions .s.l". aS ~ Soo
w uaHsei lhiea .Sieo eihe ~
Si ~ ms charse, anu paShe .
~ S save ofuefs ~ NV NY, 8 aMas
.a.t iIls poats anu me rails lsie we
hot Hlucn CONFUSION untli' HIteell -Illll,-
uees aIter the snip struck, ner DOW suo-
aeniy plunged unoer wafer. Ineh lmere
was W.id rush Ior tne poats. W.
poats had already peen lowered, anu
ethers We're getting away as rapluly
as the Trained discipline OF the crew
couid prepare them. A thlck log en-
yeloped everything, and as yet no sign
had come from the life saving stations.
Darkness was all about. and with this
added horror, the people on the Rio
mad to cope.
Some of the Saved.
One boat got clear of the vessel with
out damage. 1t contained the following
persons.
MIS-. West.
mrs. Ridley.
Snie1 Englneer Heriihey.
.
FRANK Cramo
:. X. Russell
Storekeeper Borgg.
water Tender d. Lane.
Quartermaster r. Mathieson.
g u, Hecht Of the German navy
me Doat got clear OF the sinking yes
sci and then stood by to help sin picking
up those who had no time to get into the
poats and were in the water;
Anotner boat containing Third OFFICER
fHoliana and !. x. Carpenter, got away.
put drllted around close up under the
new oi the steamer. AS the forward END
OF tne vessel plunged downward, the
p tno e T,p Ine smali boat ana cut II IN
Two. me two men IN the boat We're UNI
Injured, INJURED ana swan away from the sink
aa,,ost J. Juss SIN IN elns 70 avoiu peihs
the sat+iins ~ of AZ ~, 49, Ga. w
sgas r,ni,a -, . @ SIP n,,sl
fata af Mo,,ara =, ~ , oenei pua a. Ing y.
s,,nnos.a A. 49, - NJ iie -
- 4 ,,,,,,,,,s.. - "a ~. IT, 10
wera inst Ct. ,.ti,,a a,,t tl.a VIZ
tic Rio and ut ence h Hsl stenad ~ rando ~
every =, t,,a. .e..su - iei0ei
- - =. ~"
Ahe fhots story.
There are several conflicting stories
concerning the fate Of Captain Ward.
, ne seeMari. OF the ftlo says ne stood
,yc,,t a,t,n Wtisn .ne ,ve'sse!
thew also saw tl,a nv, yts re-
Ijndstron, rtar,,,o sta, .eu n
Nv. fleclarad % ntsin Ward III an.,,Ia+a.7
ADMIRAL Trvon az ~ = NJ e u;ntnri., ~
going down n the "a ain ,vhefa 10
met his doom behind lockad dnors ~
81 cerfa,n Gan n, I'd ,,,s = 49,
however. y Y
From storias to1a nv s,,r,,,,,ors 5,,e ~
calamity. All IF Which confl,.t ,,ore, za,.,
less In detail n sts sa fa tn, ,rast,n,a p,,o+
Jordan IS the onIy living nerson nmais
iiied to tell exactIv how tba cata Su
pho happened and who is resnonstbie
for 1t. The captain is dead. and he