Evening star., 1902-01-03
Pacific Coast Steamer Goes Down in
a Collision.
MANY OF THE PASSENGERS MISSING
Tugs Out Looking for Three of
the Life Boats.
TX LOST FROM ONE BOAT

EUREKA, Cal. January 3.-The Pacific
Coast Steamship Company's steamer wana
Walla. Capt. Hall. which left this city Jam
uary !, bound for Puget sound ports met
with disaster yesterday morning I'm a COL
lision with an unknown iron sailing vessel,
and foundered. News OF the disaster was
brought to Trinidad, about thirty miles
north of this place, by a boat from the un-
fortunate steamer which when IL left the
scene of the diseaster contained thirteen
persons. but when it arrived at Trinidad
contained but seven. Later the steamer
Dispatch arrived with sixty OF the passen-
gers and crew on board, including Capt.
Hall.
Particulars Of the disaster are hard TO
obtain at this time. The crash occurred
early in the morning. while most of the
passengers were asleep. Boats and life
RATS were launched Immediately, and un-
der the direction of Capt. Hail and his
crew most OF the passengers were placed
safely on rafts and in boats. but it is be-
lieved that the loss of life will be consid-
cradle. Tugs have been sent from here TO
the scene of the wreck. The walla walla
carried thirty-six first-class passengers
twenty-eight second-class and a crew Of
sixty men.
Was WeiI-knowu Steamer.
The steamer Walla walla was one of the
best known vessels on the coast. She was
owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany and has been plying between Puget
sound and San Francisco for years She
was an iron screw steamer and was built
by John Roach & Sons in 1851 Her net
tonnage was 2.1Gs and her rating was No.
l. Her length was 10 feet: breadth 20
feet inches, and depth, 90 feet inches
The following passengers were booked for
Seattle; ]. l.. Field. J. A. Gray. A. H.
Sell, Mrs. Timmons, A. ]. Botzschner ana
wife, Mrs. A. Meydenbauer, ]. Robertshout,
A. Meydenbauer, Charles Neff, c. i. Swan,
A. J. Miller and wife f. Raight Miss q.
Caden Miss r. L. Peters, ID. Stern and
wife, F. l.. Smith, W. p. Sanderson. NJ. q.
Marsh, c. Swanson, ID. Larsen. H. Eric
cson, wife and three children. J. Il. Brown,
ID. Jones, F. McCrimmins, James Cannon,
F. Demar. c. Gleason, G. F. Spencer ID.
Boynen. L. NJ. Paperne, G. Helgeson. X
McWilliams r. McCree, c. II. Smith, ID.
ID. Rube. G. ID. Nicholson, A. Hansen. G-
Lawson and H. Weaver.
For Tacoma: John Gilbert, F. w.
Stream, wife and mother, DIR. b. G. Allen
and wife.
For Victoria: Mrs Capt. L. johnson. Is.
=: Adams, l.. Hanselmen. Mrs Hastings.
w. Duhler- and r. Nevins.
For Vancouver: J. H. Brown and Wife
Mrs. r. s. Edgar, w. b. Moore
For Alaska: c. r. West, A. Mcclellan.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 3-The
steamer Dispatch, which has arrived at
Trinidad with sixty of the passengers and
crew of the wrecked steamer Walla waIla.
left this city on December 81 for Puget
sound points. She is commanded by Capt.
Johnson. Capt. Hall of the walla wala
reported to the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company this morning by telephone. He
said that the Walla Walla collided with an
unknown French bark at 4 O'Clock yester-
day morning during hazy weather The
French vessel had no lights displayed. The
Walla Walla sank in fifteen minutes Can't.
Hall has ordered tugboats from Eureka
sent to search for three missing lifeboats
of the Walla Walla-