Evening star., 1902-01-04
HOPE FOR THE RAF rs
Revenue Cutter Cruising for the
Walla Walla's Missing,
TEN KNOWN TO HAVE PERISHED
There Are, Besides These, Thirty
six Unaccounted For.
KNOWN TO HAVE PERISHED
RESCUED HAD HARD TINE

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. At is not
known yet how many persons perished in
the wreck of the steamer Walla Walla,
which was run into and sunk by an un-
known French bark off Cape Mendocino
early Thursday morning. The most con-
servative statement places the number OF
dead at ten and the missing at thirty-six.
Another estimate is that no less than sew
enty y-three persons are yet unaccounted for.
Those believed to be dead are:
Mrs Herman Kotzschmar, wife of Lieut.
Kotzschmar; Mrs. NJ. Reynolds, steward
ess; Mrs. II. Erickson and three children.
Louis Druby of San Francisco, E. l.. Mutt
man, purser: William Bertel, fireman; John
Wilson, also known as Hans p. Anderson
quartermaster.
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. Grace.
A: kolzsennur and wife, Mrs. Erickson,
Charles Neff. DR.. b. f. Allen and wife.
Mrs. l.. johnson, l.. NJ. Hanselman, W. B.
Moore, NJ. c. Marsh H. Erickson and
three children, j. Brown, ID. Jones, f. Nc
Crimmens. f. G. Spencer, L. NJ. Paperne,
c. II. Smith, l.. b. Rube, G. ID. Nicholson,
A. Hansen, c. Lawson.
Officers and crew-Chief officer, p. Mel
son; chief engineer, George II. Crosby;
second officer, F. l.. Upp; third officer
George Haldoon; fourth officer, Cecil
Brown; purser, f. l. huffman; stewardess
Mrs. Ninna Reynolds, A Holmes s. Carl
son. john Wilson, John English, r. Som
ers, Z. johnson, r. Nelson, NJ. Have A.
Johnson, w. ID. Dorland, W. J. Bart,i, J.
Rooney, q. Cove, G. Gallagher, J. l.. Calla-
han, j. Connell, 5. Murillo, Frank Reardon
John Shell. F. Nausett, F. Rhode. Ed.
Reiss, /. Holloway. r B. Williams j. o.
johnson, George Morrison.
Two Rats Adrift on the Ocean.
There are still on the ocean, so far as
known, two RATS. If either of these has
been picked up the number of supposed vic
TINS will be materially decreased. Sixty
two of the passengers and crew were pick
ed up and landed at Eureka by the steam
schooner Dispatch; twenty-three survivors
drifted ashore near Trinidad, and seven
teen others were rescued by the tug Ranger
Captain Hall, who went down with the Ves-
sci, 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 indicates 10 seafaring men that she
must have been seriously disabled. IT, in
deed, she remains afioat. Her identity is
not known or is it likely to be determined
for some time, as there are several French
the Pacific coast. The bark Ernest lie
Gouve, ffty-five days out from Hobart
Tasmania, for Portland; the bark Les
Adelphes, eighty-one days from Madagas-
car; the Duquesne, 12o days out from
Nantes; the Europe, bound for England
with cargo of wheat, and the Francois
Cope, which left Astoria on December Is
for Cork, are mentioned by mariners in this
connection.
The revenue cutter McCulloch has been
dispatched to the scene Of the wreck, and
is expected, besides searching for and aid
ing the missing survivors. to ascertain all
possible facts concerning the vessel which
caused the wreck.
OF the six life RATS launched by the
Nalla Walla after the boats had been
filled three and portion of another were
found and their occupants rescued by the
schooner Dispatch.
Hard Battle for Life.
On this little feet of light craft hard
battles for life were fought One was half
the time two feet under water. On another
a man went mad. His mania took the form
Of attempted self-destruction. His COM
panions 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
madman too. On still another raft were
twelve persons. and every one was saved.
The man who was driven temporarily in
sane was crank Orrego. a fireman.
Trinidad in safety after a most perilous
trip in one of the boats:
NJ. c. Morehouse. stationary engineer
Seattle; III. S. Marshall. chief cook of the
Walla Walla. w. T. Smith passenger OF
Los Angeles; William Sheehan, fireman. of
San Francisco; ]. McCallum. San Fran
cisco; William O'Leary, sailor. San Fran
cisco; Charles Brown, third assistant engi-
neer, San Francisco; A. Spear. r. Mckee
Fred. McCiement, X. Hatzchon, jr.. o.
Swanson, Dan Larsen. Charles Dawson.
passengers; e. Alexander coal hand: A
johnson. messman; III. III. Weaver passen.
ger, was badly hurt and is not expected to
live.
One of the survivors, William O'Leary
says that the boat saw the unknown French
bark and came within 800 yards of it, but
could not attract the attention OF any one
on board.
SEATTLE, Wash, January 4.-The Pa
cific Coast Company carried $4,000 insur-
ance on the Walla Walla, which they
valued at S35o000 Her transformation
from collier several years ago and sub
sequent changes and repairs are said by
the company officers to represent an ex-
penditure of $2o0,0o, giving her a value to
the company Of over half a million dollars.
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