The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-01-11
FORTY THREE LIVES LOST
STEAMER wALLA wALLA SUNK.
She West Down I'm Fifteen Minutes
After She CoIIIded Win French
Bark Max-Had Been n Popular
Passenger Boat Between Seattle
and San Franeiseo.

and San Francisco.
A collision at sea between the steam
ship Walla Walla and an unknown
sailing vessel resulted ia the sinking
Of the steamship and the probable loss
Of at least rs lives. The WalIa Walla,
owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship
January for Puget sound ports. She
carried SO first class passengers, TWEEN
ty-eight second class, and q crew OF
eighty men When OF Cape Mendocino.
on the California coast, about 4:10
Thursday morning. an iron bark. be
lieved to be French, doomed up in the
haze and crashed into the Waila Wal
las bow. Then the sailing vessel slid
of 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 It is believed that some
Of the Storage passengers and crew
were crushed TO death. A big hole was
was in the steamers bow, and she sank
in thirty-fye minues. 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. He was picked up later by one OF
the boats, uninjured, with the excep-
ton of a few bruises. There was a
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 IS 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 to land at Trinidad and was
swamped.
John Wilkinson, quarrermaster, VIII
liam Martel, fireman; L. DUDE. q 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 OIeary, Chief Cook Marshall
and passengers William B. Smith and
William Morehouse.
The following is the most complete
list obtainable of the passengers. OH
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.
asSengers-George L. Field. J.
Gray, A. Kotzseonu and wife. Mrs.
Erickson, Charles Men, DIR. B. F. Allen
and wife, Mrs. l. Johnson. L. NJ Han
selman. NJ B. Moore, NJ. C. Marsh, H.
Erickson and three children, J. Brown.
| D. Jones, F. McCrimmens, G. F. Spen-
Ger, L. NJ. Paperne, H C. Smith, L.
i DUDE, G. Nicholson. A. Hansen, C. Law
| son.
Ofheers and Crew-ChIef 0ficer P.
Nelson, Chief Engineer George H.
Crosby. Second Ofheer F. Lupp, Third
| oficer George Haldoon, Fourth Oficer
! Stewardess Mrs. Minna Reynolds.
| A. Holmes, S. Carlson, John
Wilson. John English, r. Somers, L.
johnson. R. Nelson, NJ. Have, A. John
son, W. B. Dorland, W. J. B2rtel. J.
Rooney, G. Cove. G. Gallagher. ]. Cali-
CHAN, C. C. Cornell. S. Murillo. Frank
Reardon, John She'll, F. Nansett, F.
Nausett, F. Rhode, Ed Reiss, l. Halo
way, T. B. 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 on Cape Mendo-
cino January 2. The Max reported be-
ing in collision with large passenger
steamer at 4 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 it was thought the vessel could be
navig9ted TO San Francisco. Il is prob
able that the passenger steamer was the
WSlla Walla. The Max was bound from
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