Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-21
Steamer South Portland
Struck a Reef
SHE SANK IMMEDIATELY
or Her Passengers and Crew Less
Than Half Have Been Heard From.
The Survivors Suffered Terribly Of
Exposure.

Marshfield. Ore, Oct. 20.-The steam
er South Portland, which sailed from
Portland. Ore. last Sunday loaded
with wheat for San Francisco, struck
on Rlanco Reef last evening at
O'Clock, during heavy fog. The YES
sci carried crew of twenty-five and
seventeen passengers.
OF these the following have reached
shore:
James McIntire, captain.
John Reimer a sailor o. San Fran
cisco.
Emanuel Pasomenis, chief coow.
William L. Wilson, Jr., of Baltimore.
L. Baker. Alameda, Calf.
Guy Bent a boy OF u years of Nova
Scotia.
ger.
Chas. Bruce. first officer.
James Ward. chief engineer.
T Pizzoti second assistant engi-
neer.
John McKown. oiler.
J. Driscoll, oiler.
w. Hughes, fireman.
W. Robertson, fireman.
James Atwood. seaman.
II. Webber, passenger.
G. Johnson. seaman.
Charles Huson, the first assistant en-
gineer, died as they We're taking him
of the life raft. Of exposure. Fourteen
persons are yet missing and are prob
ably lost.
They include: ]. Watson. J. S.
Lakey, and Mrs. W. f. Tyrrell. cabin
passengers; c. Hallenbeck. D. Mckay,
F. Moringe, Paul Brimith and ]. c.
Wright. steerage passengers; Second
Officer Raven and five members OF the
crew.
The South Portland struck bow on
going at a speed of seven knots. AS
soon as she struck she began to settle
astern and in a minute two slid of
! the reef and began 10 sink Captain
Mcintyre, seeing no hope of saving the
ship speedily had the boats lowered.
One of the boats that got away from
the sh.-o's side loaded with part Of the
crew and some OF the passengers was
capsiZed as soon as she cleared the
ships side and when last seen ,Gas
floating away in the fog without Il
living soul aboard.
The captains boat with about eight
cen aboard succeeded i'll clearing but
was also capsized and only seven were
able to get back to the boat.
They reached Port Oxford last night.
4 lie boat on which eleven embarked
succeeded in reaching the shore this
afternoon.
The survivors suffered much from
exposure and Capt. Mcintyre is con-
fined to his room.
OF the thirty people on board
eighteen have been rescued and twen-
ty- one are still missing sat a late hour
tonight.
II the boat still out with seen
people has not been stranded it is al
most certain that some of the weaker
occupants will succumb before morn
ing.
The Randon lie saving crew went
overland to Port Oxford, and relieved
Captain McIntyre's exhausted crew,
who are in search of the last named
party but they had not returned at d
late hour
The tug Columbia is in the vicinity
of the wreck. having left Goes Bay at
10 o'clock this morning as soon as the
fcg cleared so she could get cut, but
no news has been heard CT her.
The latest aGvices from Port Oxford
are that the RELIEF parties have re-
turned ID Sncre, -naFlng Deen daIVen IN
by the fog, and darkness. II is now
thought that only six Inore lives on
the wrecked steamer can be possibly
saved and thOt al the others missing
have perished. These six were last
seen clinging to a raft constructed cut
Of the steamers matches and were be-
ing carried in sCutherly direction by
the current.
The only hope for their recovery is
that ahe wind will drive them near
shore, where they can be picked up.