The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-04
MANY LOSE LIFE IN
 A MARINE DISASTER
Steamer Walla Walla Sunk in COlli- sion with Vessel Believed to
 Be Bark Europe.

San Francisco. Jan. rs.-Advices from Eureka at midnight say that the list of dead and missing in the laundering of the steamer walla walla has reached forty-one. Of these eight are known to have died. The others are probably adrift on the ocean in two life boats and q raft.
 San Francisco, Jan. s.-The colloslon at sea early Thursday morning between the steamship walIa waila and an un- known sailing vessel resulted in the sink ing of the steamer and probable loss of at least twenty lives.
 The walla walla, owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, sailed from San Francisco January 1 for Puget Sound ports She carried thirty-six first class passengers, twenty-eight second class and a crew of eighty men. When off Cape Mendocino. on the California coast at 4:1o Thursday morning. an iron bark. believed to be French, loomed up in the haze and crashed into the Walla walla's bow. Then the sailing vessel slid into the darkness and was seen no more. Walla walla except the few on watch were asleep. but were aroused by the crash. The steerage quarters werc in the bow and 1t is believed that some of the steerage passengers and crew were crushed to death. A big hole was made in the steamers bow and she sank in thirty-five minutes. The officers and crew maintained strict discipline, and boats and rafts were lowered.
 All who were not killed in the collision got off except Captain Hall, who went down with his ship. He was picked up later by one of the boats. unintured. with the exception of a few bruises. There was a choppy sea running. and the small boats could not make a Iand- ing on the shore, few miles distant. They drifted about all day and finally sixty-five people were picked up by the steamer Dispatch which took them to Eureka
 Another boat under command of En- gineer Brown and c0rtaining thirteen per sons attempted to land at Trinidad and was swamped. John wiikinsons aszarter- master; William Martel, fireman; l.. Drude. passenger and three unknown men were drowned. Those in the boat who were saved were Engineer Brown. Fire. man John Mcclellan. Coal Passer Will liam Shinn, Sailor O'Loary. Chief Cook Marshall and passengers William B. Smith and William Moorehouse.
 When the Dispatch reached Eureka this morning with the survivors. tugs were The tug Ranger picked up one contain ing eleven passengers and three of the crew.
 The walla Walla was valued at about $25o. 900. She was formerly used as col Her. and about ten years ago was con verted into a passonges vessel at cost of sl75.OO0. The vessel was insured for about s2OO,0Oo.
 At 10 o'clock tonight it is impossible owing to the confusing lists of survivors received from Eureka, to determine the names of lost and missing. According to the compilations of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, all but twenty-seven have been accounted for. H
 The known dead are seven. as follows: John Wilson, quartermaster; William Barton, fireman; L. D. Rule, a passen- ger, and four others whose names have not been learned.
 The remainder. are supposed to be adrift at sea in three boats and two rafts Fourth Officer Brown. third officer Nelson and second officer Lux are each in charge of a raft.
 Word has just been received from Trinidad by telephone of the boat which put in here. The survivors had a ter rible experience and only five or six are left out of & boat load. The telephone dispatch states that thirteen were lost The boat was capsized several times in rough weather Thursday morning and each time several per sons lost their lives. The survivors are now on the road to Eureka and their names cannot be learn ed until they arrive.
 The citizens committee has arranged for a patrol system covering forty-five miles on the coast, both north and south of Eureka, so that should any survivors come ashore they will be taken care Of.
 CAPTAIN JOHNSON TALKS