The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-04
ESTIMATES PLACE LOSS AT ABOUT
TWENTY-sIx.
OTHER VESSEL WENT DOWN TOO
Identity Of Frerch Ship Is Still a
Mystery - Revenue Cutter McCul-
loch Sent to the Scene-One
Man Went Insane.
(Ry Associated Press.l

known how many persons perished In the
wreck of the steamer walla Walla, which
was ran into and sunk by an unknown
French bark off Mendocno.
The most conservative statement places
the number of dead at 10. and includes
26 in the list of missing. Another esti-
mate is that no less than 73 persons are
yet unaccounted for. Those believed to
be dead are:
MRS. HERMAN KOTZSCHMAR, wife
of Lieutenant Kotzschmar.
MRS. NJ. REYNOLDS, stewardess.
MRS. II. ERICKSON and three chill
dren.
LOUIS II. DRUBY of San Francisco.
e. L. HUFFMAN, purser.
WILLIAM BURTEL, fireman.
JOHN WILSON, also known as Hans
p. Anderson, quartermaster.
List Of the Missing.
The following is the most complete list
obtainable of the passengers, officers and
crew of the wrecked steamer Walla
Walla who are missing. A few Of these
have been reported as dead. but no bodies
have yet been recovered.
Passengers-George L. Field, A. Kotz-
schmar and wife, Charles Neff, Mrs. L.
Johnson, w. b. Moore, II. Erickson and
tHTee CHlluTeI, ~. JoHes, ". II. opelceTp
C. II. Smith, G. Nicholson, c. Lawson.
George Gray, Mrs. Erickson, DIR. b. +.
Allen and wife, l.. M. Hanse.man. M. c.
Marsh, ]. Brown, +. McCrimmens, L. M.
Paprne. L. Druby, A. Hansen.
Officers and crew-Chief officer p.
Nelson; Second officer F. c. Lupp,
Fourth officer Cecil Brown, Stewardess
Mrs. Minna Reynolds, S. Carlson, John
English, e. Johnson, M. Have, w. B.
Dorland, w. J. Bartel, J. Rooney, c. Gal
lagher, J. c. Bonnell. Frank Reardon, +.
Nausett, Ed. Reiss, T. B. Williams,
George Morrison, Engineer G. H. Crosby,
Third Officer George Haldron. Purser E,
L. Muttman, A. Holmes, John Wilson,
r. Somers, r. Nelson. A. Johnson, G.
Cove, A. Callahan. c. s. Murillo, John
She'll, r. Rhode, /. Holloway, J. o. John
son.
Rats Unaccounted For.
There are still on the ocean so far as
known two RATS. If either of these have
been picked up the number of supposed
victims will be materially decreased.
Sixty-two of the passengers and crew
W re picked up and landeu at Eureka by
the steam schooner Dispatch. Twenty
three survivors drifted ashore near Trim
adad and II others 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 yet be heard from. The fact that
the bark which caused the disaster did
not stand by to aid the Walla Walla in
dlcates to seafarng men that she must
have been seriously disabled, IL indeed
she remains afioat Her identity is not
known, nor is 1t likely to be determined
for some time, as there are several
French vessels answering her description
now off the Pacific coast.
Shipping men figure that most likely
the bark was the Ernest Legouve, 55 days
from hobart, Tasmania for Portland
The bark Les Adelphes, 81 days from
Madagascar today and the Duquesne, 1926
days out from Nantes; the Europe
bound for England with cargo of
wheat, and the Francois Copee, which
left Astoria on December 2S for Cork, are
also mentioned by mariners in this con-
nection.
The revenue cutter McCulloch has been
dispatched to the scene of the wreck, and
10 expected, besides searching for the
missing, to ascertain all possible facts
concerning the vessel which caused the
wreck.
or the six life RATS launched by the
Walla Walla after the boats had been
filled three and portion of another
were found and their occupants rescued
by the schooner Dispatch.
One Man Decame Insane.
On one little fleet of life craft hard
battles for life We're fought. One was
half the time two feet under water.
On another man went mad. His mania
took the form of lf-destruction. His
companions kept him from drowning
himself They cannot tell how. In such
a sea on such raft they saved even
their own lives. Yet they saved them
and the life of the madman, too.
Another raft had ten and every one
was saved. The man who was driven
temporarily insane was Fireman Andrew
Orrego, who attempted to end his life
by jumping into the sea- but was re-
strained by his companions in misery.
The following named persons reached
Trinidad in safety, after a most perilous
trip in one of the boats
M. 9. Morehouse, stationery engineer
OF Seattle; Fl. s. Marshall chief cook,
OF the Walla Walla; w. r. Smith, pas
senger of Los Angeles; William Shee-
han, fireman, of San Francisco; J. Me-
Callum, ship hand, of San Francisco;
William O'Leary, sailor; Charles Brown.
third assistant engineer of San Fran
Sisco' a. spear, X. Mckee, Fred Nc
Clement, Fl. Katzschon, Jr., o. Swanson.
Dan Larsen, Charles Dawson, passen-
gers; u. Alexander, coal hand; A. John. |
son, messman.
II. H. weaver, passenger, was bad |
~ hurt and Is not expected to live.
The people of Trinidad did everything |
In their power to relieve the distress OF |
The haggard and worn-out survivors.
One OF the survivors, William OIeary |
says that the boat saw the unknown !