The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-04
Death
ROLL IS
LONG.
List Of Passengers, O'ilcNs
and Crew Of Steam,r WaIIa
WlIIa Who PeIishsd.

San Francisco. Jan. 4-The following Is
passengers. officers and crew of the
wrecked steamer Walla Wslla. who are
missing. A few OF these have been report
ed as dead but no bodies have yet been
recovered:
Passengers-George l.. Field, ]. A. Gray,
A. Kolzennur and wife. Mrs. Erickson,
Charles Neff. Dr.. b. r. Allen and wife,
Mrs l.. Johnson. l.. NJ. Hanselmsn. W.
3. Moore. NJ. c. Marsh. H. Erickson and
three children, ]. Brown. d. Jones, r.
McCrimmens. r. @. Spencer, L. NJ Pa
perne. c. II. Smith. L. r. Rube. G. ID.
Nicholson. a. Hansen. C. Lawson.
Officers and crew-Chief officer p. Mel
son, Chief Engineer George III. Crosby,
Secrond officer r. l.. Upp. Third Officer
George Haldoon, Fourth Officer Cecil
Brown, Purser r. l.. huffman, Stew
ardess Mrs. Minna Reynolds. a. Holmes,
s. Carlson. John Wilson, John English,
II. Semers, Il. Johnson, X. Nelson, NJ
Hsave. A. Johnson, w. ID. Dorland. w. j.
Bartel. j. Rooney. G. Cove. G. Gallagher
j. l. Callahan. j. Connell, Murillo
Frank Reardon. J. Shell. F. Nauzett. r.
ftnOue, h1 tSelSs, !. fidHoWhy. j.. VIII
liams. J. o. Johnson. George Morrison.
TWO RATS MISSING.
There are still on the ocean so far as
known TO RATS. IL either OF these has
been picked up. the number of supposed
victims will be materially decreased. Six
ty-two Of the passengers and crew were
picked up and landed at Eureka by the
steam schooner Dispatch, Is survivors
Artf
ers were rescued by the tug Ranger.
Captain Hall. who went down with the
vessel, but came to the surface and was
saved, thinks that some OF the missing
may vet be heard from. The fact that
the bark which caused the disaster did
not stand by TO aid the wslla Walla, In
dicates to seafaring men that she must
have been seriously disabled, If indeed.
she remains afioat
Her identity Is not known, or is IL likely
TO be determined for some time, as there
are several French vessels answering her
description on the Pacific coast.
The bark Earnest lie Gouve, 55 days out
from Hobart, Tasmania, for Portland: :
the bark Les Adeiphes, 81 days from Mad
gascar; the Duoueene, lbs days out from
Nantes; the Europe. bound for England
with cargo OF wheat and the Francis
Copee, which left Astoria on Dec. p for
Cork. are mentioned by mariners In this
COnDttNlOu.
The revenue cutter McCulloh has been
dispatched TO the scene OF the wreck
and IL expected. besides searching for and
aiding the missing survivors. to ascer-
tain all possible facts concerning the ves-
sci which caused the wreck
HARD BATTLES FOR LIFE.
OF the six life RATS launched by the
Waila Walla after boats had been filled
three and portion of another were found
and their occupants rescued by the
schooner Dispatch.
On this little feet of light craft hard
battles for life were fought. One was
half the time two feet under the water
on another a man went mad. His mania
took the form OF attempted self destruc-
ton. His companion kept him from
drowning himself.
They cannot tell how, in such a sea
on such craft they saved their own
lives. Yet they saved them and the life
OF the mad man too. On still another
raft were L. persons and every one was
saved The man who was driven tenn
porariiy insane was Frank Orrego, fire.
man.