Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-06
MANYDROWNED ATSNEA|I,
A Terrible Disaster Off the Coast ot
California.
THE WALLAWALLA FOUNDERS
was In Collision with Vnkun,xr
FRENCH Vessel and Went 10 the
BOTTOM In Fifteen Minutes
After the Accident.
'HE WALLAWALLA FOUNDERS

= san francisco. Jan. 4.-News ha
peeh received in this city Of a terribl
! ulsaster off the California coast II,
, far from Trinidad.
The steamer Wallawalla of the p,
enc oonst Steamship company wa
IN collision with an unknown iron sail
ing vessel and sank in fifteen minutes
Inc HIST news OF the disaster wa,
brought to Trinidad. about thirty mile,
"or'h Oh inns place. by boat from Tho
unfortunate steamer. which. when i,
eIt the scene of the DISASTER. contain.
'u 'n'rt"'h persons. hut when It airiv.
ed AT Trinidad contained but seven.
Later the Steamer Dispatch arrived
WIN sixty Of the passengers and crew
on board.
particulars of the disaster are hard
10 Obtain at this time. The crash ne.
CURED early in the morning. Will.
most or the pn>Sengrrs were uslc.u
'"''lS ana NJ" RATS were launched i'm
hledlatrly. and under the direction of
captain Hall and his crew most of
lhe passengers We're placed safely ON
ral's ana IN we boats. but il is lo.
leNed mat the loss Of life will he CON.
Siderable
The latest reports have il that forty
I'VE people We're drowned
IES have been sent froni Eureka
10 the scene OF the wreck.
Among those who are known to have
saved their lives is Captain Hall who
commanded the. shipwrcckcd vessel
ne reported to the Pacific Coast Steam
snip company during the day bv tele.
bhone
Captain Hall says that the Walla.
valIh collided with an unknown
reich bark at 1 o'clock Thursday
liorhlhg during hazy weather The
rehch vessel. lie asserts. had no lights
isplayed
The Passenger List. !
me Wallawalla left Eureka on Jan
Tor Puget sound points. She carried j
llrty-s!X first class passengers. twen. S
'-ei"ht second class and a crew of six. I
men. y
ne Wallawalla was one of the host G
Town vessels on the coast She y,s
'iled by the Pacific Coast Steamship
inpafN ana has been plying between te
lget sound and San Francisco for a
airs she was an iron screw steam- ri
ana was quilt at Chester. Pa. hy ca
roach n Sons in 1881. Her not he
mage was 2.1GS and her rating was Dc
D. !. Her length was 80 feet, y;
'aotll ~ feet & inches and depth % CT
t . inches. CO
ne Following passengers were book ca
Tor Seattle: j. l.. Field. j. A. GRAY.
H. Sell. Mrs. Timmons. A. J. Botz. IN,
ner ana wife, Mrs. 4. Meydenbau ow
j. Robbertshout. A. Meydenbauer Da
irles Nelf {. f. Swan. A. J. Miller orc
Wife. +, Haight Miss G. Cadcyn. the
IS H. T.. Peters ID. Stern and wife. ms
l.. Smith, w. L. Sanderson NJ G. min
'sh' {. Swanson, u. Larsen, IT. Err line
son, wife and three children: J. T. A
W.T. ID. Jones. +. Mcrrimmins. SIN
les cannon. /. Demar. &. Clemson bias
r. Spencer. -. Boynen. l.. NJ Pa. the,
no. q. llelgeson, II. McWillams. r He
rec. {, II. SMITH, l.. u. Rubc. G. thel
Nicholson, A. Hansen, G. Lawson rea,
II. Weaver. a IL
n lacHlna: Iohn Gilbert. f. w the
am wife ana mother and DR.. p. desi
Hen and wife. 81
I Victoria; Mrs. Captain l.. John. Tow
H. r. Adams. l.. Hanselmen, Mrs islar
ms. W. Duhler and X. Nevins. built
vancouver: j. H. Brown and Mr..
Mrs X. $. Edgar and W. r. 1t
e. read
Alaska: 0. Il. West and A. Mac Germ
H. man