Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-01-09
THE LOST NALLA NA[LA
The Actual Loss Of Life Not YET
Known, and Estimates
Are Conflicting.
HOPES THAT RATS NAY Be PICKED UP,
Speculation A. 60 the Identity and
Fate of the vessel with which
the waIIa waIia Coiiided-AN NUM-
her of survivors Landed snd
Cared For at Trinidad.

Cared For at Irthtuaos
San Francisco, Jan. At Is not
yet known how many persons persisted
In the wreck of the steamer Walln
Walla. which was run into and SUNK
by an unknown French bark on Cape
Mendocino. The most conservative
abatement places the number OF dead
at ten and includes 20 In the list oil
missing. Another estimate is that
no less than - persons are yet unae'
counted for. There are stu on the
ocean, so far as known, two RATS. III
either of these has been picked up,
the number of supposed victims Will
be materially decreased. Sixty-two oil
OF the passengers and crew were
| picked up and landed at Eureka by
the steam schooner Dispatch, % sur
siyors drifted ashore near Trinidad
and II others were rescued by the
tug Ranger. Capt Hall, who went
Down with the vessel. but came to
the surface and was saved. thinks
that the missing may yet be heard
from.
what OF the French narkf
The fact that the bark which
caused the disaster did not stand by
20 aid the walla walla, indicates to
seafaring men that she must have
been seriously disabled. n. indeed
she remains afioat. Her identity Is
not known. or Is 10 likely 60 be de
termined for some time. as there are
several French vessels answering her
description now on the Pacific.
Expert shipping men figure on,
that most likely the bark was thc
Ernest lie Gouve, IS days out from
Hobart, Tasmania, for Portland.
The bark Les Adelphes, ST daysfrom
Madagascar, and the Duquesne. ~
DAYS out from Nantes; the Europe
bound for England. with n cargo OF
wheat. and the Francois Copee. which
left Astoria on December rs, for Cork
are also mentioned by mariners In
this connection. The revenue cutter
McCulloch has been dispatched 10 the
scene of the wreck. and Is expected
besides searching for and aiding The
missing survivors, 10 ascertain nj
possible facts concerning the Vesse
which caused the wreck.
Three Life RATS Psaad.
OF the six life RATS launched b,
the Walla Walla after the boats ha,
been Allied. three and a portion OF an
other were found and their occu
pants rescued by the schooner Dis
patch.
On this little feet of light Graf
hard battle for life were fought On
was half the time two feet under wa
ter. ON another man went mad
His mania took the form OF attempt
ed self-destruction. His companion
kept him from drowning himself
They can not tell how. In such sea
on such n craft. they saved their owl
lives. Yet they saved them and IN
life OF the mailman, too. On still
another raft were ~ persons, and ev
eryone was saved. The man who wa
driven temporarily insane was Fran
orrege, a fireman.
Survivors at Trinidad.
The following named person
reached Trinidad in safety, after
most perilous trip In one of tn
boats:
NJ. C. Moorehouse, stationary eng
neer, Seattle.
II. s. Marshall. chief cook of th
walla wRlla.
w. T. Smith. passenger. OF Los An
geles.
VIM. Sheehan, fireman. of San Fran
cisco.
]. McCaIlum.. San Francisco.
VIM. O'Leary. sailor, San Francisco
Charles Brown. third assistant en-
! gineer. San Francisco.
A. Spear, II. Mckee, Fred McClem
. emit, II. Katzscon, Jr.. o. Swanson
. Dan Larsen, Charles Dawson, passer
gers.
T.. Alexander, coal hand.
A. johnson. messman.
ii. II. Weaver, passenger. was bad
: ly hurt and IL not expected 20 live.
The people of Trinidad had no
learned OF the calamity and the az
pearance OF the haggard, worn-ou
j survivors, as well as their tales O
b peril and suffering, came as a shoe
20 the people of that section an
IA they received them with open hands
e One of the survivors, VIM. o'Lear,
i says that the boat saw an unknown
French bark and came within 30
e yeards OF II. but could not attract tn