The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-05
LIFE RATS COME TO SHORE.
Ava of Survivors Reduces the List of Dead and Missing Persons
in the WaIIa Waa Steamship Disaster
to Forty Seven.

San Frncisco, Jan. 4.-Tne steamer
Nome City arrived here tonight with
six survivors Of the wreck Of the
steamer WaIla Waua. They include
/ five of the crew and one second class
passenger. They were picked up off
Trinidad yesterday afternoon from a
| life raft. Their names are: P. Nelson,
first officer; F. Lupp. second officer; C.
Brown, fourth officer; J. Shiel, pantry
man; S. MuereIlo. second cook: Henry
| Erickson, secOnd-class passenger.
This reduces the list of missing to
forty-se
Erickson. who was picked up by the
Nome City, was accompanied by his
wife and three children, who are vet
unaccounted for. They were bound for
Whatcom, Wash.
The presence Of SO many officers on
the life raft is accounted for as fol-
lows:
The first. second and fourth officers
were on the rear of the Walla WaIla
doing all in their power to rescue the
passengers when they noticed the yes
sci sinking. Just previous to this they
had thrown a raft from the steamer 10
the passengers who had jumped into
the water. As the boat was going
down the officers leaped and were
picked up by those who had succeeded
in boarding the raft. There were orig
inaHy eight persons on the raft, those
mentioned above, an unknown lady and
the 15-year-old son of Rev. DR.. Erick-
son.
Shortly after the Walla Walla went
down those on the raft met one of the
life boats and the unknown woman was
removed from the raft to the boat.
Young Erickson died from exposure
twelve hours after the Walla Walla
went down. The survivors saw the
steamer Dispatch come and go out of
Eureka, but could not hail her. Rev.
Erickson seems TO have suffered the
most from exposure. He drank a
quantity OF salt water during the thir-
ty-six hours the party was drifting
about in the ocean before being picked
up by the Nome City. and tonight is
unable to talk. The rest of the party
are in as good condition as can be ex-
pected after their perilous adventure.
AS far as can be determined by dill
gent inquiry and careful checking and
comparison of lists, the dead and miss
ing from the wreck of the steamship
Walia Walla now number forty-seven
people. The known dead number eight;
passengers missing. twenty: crew miss
ing. twenty-five
The known dead are
Mrs. Herman KOtZchmar. passenger.
John Wilson. quartermaster.
- DrOley (Or L. H. Druby), passen-
ger
Four unknown men.
The following named passengers are
40 f11d
Charles Neff. DR.. Allen, Mrs. Allen,
Mrs. /. Johnson. w. B. Moore. Z. NJ
Hanselman. L c. Marsh, H Erickson,
wife and three children; J. Brown. D.
Jones. G. F. Spencer, L Drube, G.
Nicholson. A Hanson
Crew unaceounted for: P. Nelson
first officer; F Lupp. second officer;
George Huldorn third officer: Cecil
Brown. fourth officer: J. Otis. watch
man; John English, quartermaster; r.
SomeTs, seaman; Z. L. huffman.
purser; George H. Crosby. chief engi-
neer; B. F. Potter, second assistant en-
gineer; W. P. DOrlands. water tender:
j. Rooney. fireman; G. Gore, coal
passer; D. Gallagher coal passer; John
Callahan, coal passer; J. Connell. stew
ard: Mrs. NJ Renolds. steWardess: s |
Murello, third cook; Frank Reardon
porter; John Shiel. second pantryman;
r. Rhode mess boy, l. Holloway,
waiter, T 3. Williams, waiter: ]. John !
son. waiter; Ed Reiss. waiter
The list of saved includes fifty-one !
and fifty-five of the crew.
Advices received at the Office of the |
Pacific Coast Steamship company were /
TO the effect that two OF the missing 1
lifebOats arrived last night north OF /
Trinidad. and that seventeen people 7
we're landed from them. This leaves 4
one lifeboat and two RATS yet to be ac-
counted for. The RATS are IN charge Of