The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-04
STEAMSHIP SUNK OFF
 THE PACIFIC COAST
WALLA WALLA SPRUCE BY 4 SAIL.
 ING VESSEL.

Whom tho Crash Came-OI All tho
 per.ou. Aboard 115 Have Been Ac-
 counted For, Leaving Forty-one Missing Dead.
 San Francisco, Jan. 3.-At o'clock tonight the representatives of the Pa cific Steamship company say that thelr latest adyices from the company $ agent in Eureka accounted for 115 persons who were on the Walla Walla. This leaves Al missing and dead. There are still one boat and two life ratts missing and some hopes are entertained that possibly the majority Of those uh- accounted for may have been on these and have been picked up at sea.
 The Walla Walla was owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship company, sail ed from San Francisco January l TOT Puget Sound ports. She carried thirty six first class passengers. tWenty-elght second class and a crew Of eighty men When off Cape Mendocino on the Call fornia coast at 4:10 o'clock Ihursdav morning, an iron bark. believed 10 De French, loomed up in the haze ana crashed into the Walla Wallas DOW. Then the sailing vessel slid off into the darkness and was seen no more.
 All the passengers and crew or the walla Walla, except the few on watch, were asleep but were aroused by the crash. The steerage quarters were in the bow and it is believed that some of the steerage passengers ana crew were crushed to death. big hole was made in the steamers bow ana she sank in thirty-fve minutes. The offl- cers and crew maintained strict dlsci- pline and boats and life rafts were low cred.
 All who were not killed in the col lision got off, except Captain Hall who went down although not drowned with his ship. He was picked up later by one of the boats, uninjured, with the exception of few bruises.
 A choppy sea was running and the small boats could not make landlng 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 Engineer Brown and containing thir- teen persons attempted to land at Irln- idad and was swamped. John W1lkln- son, quartermaster; William Martel, fireman; l.. Drube, passenger, and three unknown men were drowned Those 1n the boat who were saved were Engineer Brown, Fireman John Mcclellan, Coal Passer William Shinn, Sailor OLeary, Chief Cook Marshall and passengers William B. Smith and William Mooi : house.
 When the Dispatch reached Eureka this morning with the survivors. tugs were immediately sent out. The tug Ranger picked up one boat containing eleven passengers and three of the crew.
 The Walla Walla was valued at S2o0,- GOO. She was formerly used as a collier and about ten years ago was converted into a passenger vessel at cost Of sl75. .O0O. The vessel was insured for about $200,oOo.
 San Francisco, Jan. 3, 8 p. m.-Word has just been received from Trinidad by telephone of the boat which put m there, The survivors had terrible eX- perience and only five or six are left out of a boatload The telephone despatch states that thirteen were lost. The boat was capsized several times in rough weather Thursday morning and each time several persons lost their lives. The survivors are now on the road to Eureka and their names cannot be learned until they arrive.
 The citizens committee has arranged for patrol system covering forty-hVe miles of the coast both north and south of Eureka so that should any survivors come ashore they will be taken care of,
 The Captains Story.
 Eureka, Cal, Jan. 3.-Captain L. A. Hall, captain of the wrecked steamship, gives a graphic account of the disaster. He says: "We left San Francisco We'd pesday, being bound for Victoria and Puget Sound The weather thickened as the night advanced and Thursday morning a heavy fog, accompanied by A light rain, set in. About AID a. m. was suddenly awakened by an awful crash on the port side, well forward. Second Officer Luke was on watch at the time. The housing, especially in the vicinity of my cabin, was badly shattered, the main force of the colll- sion striking her just forward of my etateroom. My bunk was struck and thrown across the room on my table. After the crash the vessel, which think was a French bark, Judging from +he language used by her sailors, re- ho,1nded and grouped alongside. called to her to stand by. She drifted away and was lost to view. l could not tell how badly she was injured, but do not imagine she was severely hurt as she struck us bow on, and, though ,,er forward rigging must have been bro1xen it is not likely her hull sui raras r7aterislly Those Of the passen- ,ers who had not been awakened by +he crash were aroused at once. The vessel began to fill immediately and che sank in thirty-five minutes. There was no confusion on board The offl- cers and crew kept the passengers from hecomine panic stricket The crew was inomediately ordered to man the life hoats and rafts and an effort was made to save the baggage. This was given ,ln however the vessel filling at such an alarming rate that no thought was given but for the safety Of the passen- aers. I gave orders to have the port boilers blown out, it being necessary tc rive the vessel a list to keep the gaping
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