The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-04
STE GAMER WALL WAllA SUNK:
- = PROBABLY 27 LIVES LOST.
Struck by Sailing Vessel Supposed Be French Bark Which In
mediatey Moved Away Without Attempting to Give NdCap
WentD With Ship, but Was
INTENSE SUFFERING OF SURVIVORS UNTIL PICKED UP.

| San Francisco, CAL Jan. S.-At 10 o'clocl
tonight 1t is impossible. owing to the con
| fl:sing lists of survivors received from lcu
| reka, to determine the names of the los
| and missing in the wreck of-the STEAMSHIP
| Walla Walla. According to the compa
| tions of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
! pany, all but twenty-sevep have been ac
counted for
| The known dead are seven. as follows
| John Wilson, quartermaster; William Bar.
| ton, fireman; l.. Drule, a passenger, anG
| four others, whose names have not beer
| learned yet. These were drowned by the
! 1psetting of a boat
The remainder are supposed to be adrift
at sea liz three boats and two RATS Fourth
Officer Brown. Third Officer Holdren and a
boatswain are each in charge of a boat
First Officer Nelson and Second Officer
Lupp are each in charge of a raft News
oi their being picked up by passing YES
sells is expected at any time
WORD has Just been received from Trim
ldad by telephone of boat which put in
-here. The survivors hau q terrible expe-
-lence, and only five or six are left out Of a
boatIoad.
Inc telephone dispatch states that th,r-
teen We're lost. The boat was capsized Sew
erai times in rough weather THURSDAY y
Clorning. and each time several persons lost
their lives.
Inc survivors are now on the road to
Eureka, and their names cannot be learned
until they arrive
1he Citizens Committee has arranged for
a patrol system covering forty-five miles of
the coast. both north and south of Eureka.
SO that should any survivors come ashore
they will be taken care of
SHIPS CRASHED TOGETHER
IL A HEAVY FOG.
The Walla Walla, owned by the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, sailed from San
francisco. January !. FOR Puget Sound
ports. She carried thirty-sx first-class pas-
sengers, twenty-eiGrt second class. and n
crew of eighty men,
When off Cape Mendocino on the Cali
fernia coast at 4:10 Thursday morning an
iron bark, believed to be French. doomed
up in the haze and crashed into the Walla
Naila's bow. The sailing vessel slid off
into the darkness and was seen no more.
All the passengers and crew of the WalIa
Walla, except the few on watch We're
asleep. but were aroused by the crash
Ihe steerage quarters We're in the bow.
ana 1t Is believed that some of the steer
age passengers and crew were crushed to
death. n big hole was made in the steam
ers bow. and she sank in thirty-ive min
utes. The officers and crew maintained
strict discipline. and boats and life RATS
were lowered
CAPTAIN WENT DOWN
But WAS RESCUED,
All who were not killed In the collision
got off. except Captain Hall. who went
down with his ship. He was picked I'D
later by one of the boats. uniniur.d. with
the exception of few bruises.
There was choppy sea running, and the
small boats could not make a landing on
the shore. few miles distant. They drifted !
about all day. and finally s!xty-five people |
were picked up by the steamer Dispatch. |
which took them TO Eureka.
Another boat. under command of Engi- |
neer Brown and containing thirteen per-
sons. attempted to land at Trinidad and