Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-10
FORTY THREE LIVES LOST
She Went Down ~ Fifteen Minutes
After she Collided with Freaeh
Bark Max-Had Beea . Popular
Passenger Boat Bcsween seattle
and San Francisco.


A collision at sea between the steam
ship Walla Waila and an unknown
sailing vessel resulted In the sinking
OF the steamship and the probable loss
OF at least % lives. The Walla Walla.
owned BY the Pacific Coast Steamship
company, sailed from San Francisco
January for Puget sound ports. She
carried SO first class passengers, TWEEN
ty-eight second class. and a crew OF
eighty men. When on Cape Mendocino,
on the California coast, about 4:1O
Thursday morning. an Iron bark. be
lieved to be French. doomed up In the
haze and crashed into the Wal!a Wal
las bow. Then the sailing vessel slid
on into the darkness and was seen no
more. All the passengers and crew Of
the Walla Walla except few on watch
were asleep. but were aroused by the
crash. The steerage quarters were in
the bow. and 1t Is believed that some
OF the steerage passengers and crew
were crushed TO death. A big hole was
was In the steamers bow. and she sank
in thrty-five mlnues. The officers and
crew maintained strict discipline and
boats and life RATS were lowered. All
who were not killed In collision got on
except Hall. who went down with his
ship. lie was picked up later by one OF
the boats. uninjured. with the excep-
ton of few bruises. There was q
choppy sea running and the small
boats could not make a landing on the
shore. few miles distant. They drift
ed about all day. and finally 65 people
were picked up by the steamer Dis
patch. which took them TO Eureka.
Later Reports.
Another boat under command OF
Engineer Brown, containing i3 people.
attempted 10 land at Trinidad and was
swampcd
John Wilkinson, quartermaster. Will
liam Martel fireman: l.. DUDE. pas
senger. and three unknown men, were
drowned.
Those in the boat who were saved
were Engineer Brown, Fireman John
Mcclellan, Coal Passer William Schinn.
Sailor OLeary, Chief Cook Marshall
and passengers William b. Smith and
William Morehouse.
The following is the most complete
list obtaInabe Of the passengers, off,
GERS and crew Of the wrecked steamer
Walla Walla. who are missing. A few
OF these have ben reported dead. but no
bodies have yet been recovered.
Passengers-George l.. Field. J.
Gray. A. kotzseonu and wife, Mrs.
Erickson, Charles Neff. DR.. d. +. Allen
and wife, Mrs l.. Johnson, l.. NJ Han
selman. NJ. b. Moore NJ. c. Marsh, II.
Erickson and three children, J. Brown.
ID. Jones. +. McCrlmmens. G. +. Spen-
Ger. l.. NJ. Paperne. II. c. Smith, l..
DUDE. G. Nicholson. A. Hansen, C. Law
son.
Officers and Crew-Chlef Officer p.
Nelson, Chief Engineer George IL.
Crosby, Second Ofiicer +. Lupp. Third
Officer George Haldoon. Fourth Oficer
Cecil Brown. Purser f. l.. huffman,
Stewardess Mrs. Minna Reynolds.
A. Holmes. s. Carlson, John
Wilson. John English. X. Somers. e.
Johnson, X. Nelson, NJ Have, A. John
son. w. Il. Dorland. w. J. Bartel, J.
Rooney. G. Cove. G. Gallagher. J. Cali
CHAN. G. c. Connell, S. Murllo. Frank
Reardon, John She'll. r. Nausett, r.
Nausett. +. Rhode. Ed Reiss. /. Halo
way. 7. Is. Williams. J. o. johnson,
George Morrison.
When the Dispatch reached Eureka
this morning with the survivors, tugs
were Immediately sent out for the miss
Ing boats. The tug Ranger picked up
one containing eleven passengers, and
three OF the crew.
French Bark Max.
The steam collier Washtenaw, at Sc
attic. reports being in company with
the French bark Max of Cape Mendo-
elmo January 2. The Max reported be.
Ing In collision with a large passenger
steamer al O'Clock that morning. The
Max had three holes stove In her bow
and her stem was bent to port, but no
lives were lost on the bark. The
Washtenaw offered TO tow the Max to
Puget Sound. but the offer was refused.
as 1t was thought the vessel could be
navlgated 10 San Francisco. II is prob
able that the passenger steamer was the
Walla Walla. The Max was bound from
Hayre 10 San Francisco in ballast.
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