The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-01-10
FORTY THREE LIVES LOST
STEAMER WALLA WALLA SUNK.
She Went Down in Fifteen Minutes
After She Coliided With Preach
nark Max-Had Been Popular
Passenger Boat Between Seattle
and San Franctsco.

Passenger Boat Between Seattle
= and San Frsnct.co.
n A collision at sea between the steam
ship Walla Walla and an unknown
Q sailing vessel resulted in the sinking
T OF the steamship and the probable loss
: of at least % lives. The Walla Walla,
9 company. sailed from San Francisco
January l for Puget sound ports. She
carried SO first class passengers. TWEEN
ty-eight second class. and crew OF
eighty men. When off Cape Mendocino.
: on the California coast, about 4:l0
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
off 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
I OF the Steerage passengers and crew
/ were crushed 10 death. A big hole was
was in the steamers bow, and she sank
in thirty-five mlnues The officers and
crew maintained strict discipline and
boats and life RATS were lowered. All
who were not killed In collision got of
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 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 5
Engineer Brown. containing 10 people. Z
attempted to land at Trinidad and was $
swamped
John Wilkinson. quartermaster. VIII :
liam Martel. fireman; l.. DUDE, pas :
senger. and three unknown men, were !
drowned.
Those In the boat who were saved s
were Engineer Brown. Fireman John Ct
Mcclellan. Coal Passer william Schinn. e
Sailor OLeary. Chief Cook Marshall p
and passengers William b. Smith and =,
Morehouse. :,
The following Is the most complete 3
list obtainable OF the passengers. OH d,
GERS and crew OF the wrecked steamer
Walla Walla, who are missing. A few In
Of these have ben reported dead. but no 81
bodies have yet been recovered. %
Passengers-George l. Field. ]. "
Gray. A. Kotzseonu and wife, Mrs. "a
Erickson. Charles Neff. DR.. b. F. Allen m
and wife, Mrs. l.. Johnson. L. VI. Han m
selman, NJ. b. Moore. NJ. c. Marsh. II. os
Erickson and three children, j. Brown. vc
D. Jones. F. McCrimmens. @. F. Spen-
.er. L. NJ Paperne, H. C. Smith, l.. ce
DUDE. G. Nicholson. A. Hansen. C. Law Az Az
ION. 80
Officers and Crew-Chief Officer p. 40
Nelson, Chief Engineer George II. IN
,rosby. Second Officer F. Lupp. Third tn
)fficer George Haldoon. Fourth Officer NJ
,ecil Brown, Purser +. L. huffman. de
'tewardess Mrs. Minna Reynolds ae
/. Holmes, s. Carlson, John g..
wilson, John English, r. Somers, z. no
ohnson. r. Nelson. VI. Have, A. John ar,
on, w. B. Dorland. w. J. Bartel. J.
,ooney. c. Cove, G. Gallagher. J. cali- mo
han. G.. C. Connell, s. Murillo. Frank sci
.eardon, John She'll, F. Nausett, r. th'
iausett. F. Rhode. Ed Reiss. I. Halo ~,
'ay, t. 3. Williams. J. o. Johnson. on,
gorge Morrison. nal
When the Dispatch reached Eureka VIII
his morning with the survivors. tugs str
ere Immediately sent out for the miss to
lg boats. The tug Ranger picked up
ne containing eleven passengers, and
Tree of the crew. y
rr.., p,rr u JEFF
The steam collier Washtenaw, at Sc
tie, reports being in company with H.
e French bark Max off Cape Mendo. ,
no January 2. The Max reported be. -
g In collision with large passenger "a
Gamer at 4 o'clock that morning. The sun,
ak had three holes stove in her bow
ID her stem was bent to port. but no :"
'eJ were lost on the bark The mat
ashtenaw offered to tow the Max to s'ah
Iget Sound, but the offer was refused. iere'
II was thought the vessel could be mat
vigated to San Francisco. 1t Is prob VIVA
10 mat tho r,aasen osr ,tear,er 40 tbs will
ALA Walla. The Max was bound from the
tyre to San Francisco In ballast. u N
- - bet
Argentina AEsIn Aroused. beat