The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-06

clothing by the passengers and seamen
OF the more fortunate vessel, and col
! lection was taken up among the pas
| sengers TO be distributed among them.
1t was some time before any definite
/ statement could be secured from the
( officials of either line regarding the
I real number of people lost and saved.
/ and even now, after official lists have
been given out there is a great dis
crepancy between the statements OF
/ the passengers and the companies
According TO the Clyde line officials.
I the names Of only eighteen passengers
I are known, and il is admitted by SCI
1 oDd Officer Morris that fifteen cOlOred
women. all of whom are now dead,
were in the swamped lifebOat.
Passenger List.
The crew of the Saginaw numbered
/ tWenty-slX, all told From the officers
Of the Clyde company here the following
l Hsl OF passengers was obtained:
r.. B. Cole. Philadelphia. J. Trevor.
Philadelphia: r. b YOunghead Chester.
Pa; Charles 3. Hoon, Philadelphia: RI.
" Winters, Camden. n. J., all white.
Mary A. SandersOn. Windsor. y. c. Nor
rs Payner. Southwest, Va; John Reese.
Norfolk Va; JudsOn Sevilles, Norfolk,
Va; Miller Pencil, Norfolk. Va: David
Roland Newport News; Mary Robertson,
Florence Newly. Edna Ward NJ E
Jones. p. L. Pencil. A Z. Gilmore,
). Gerngan, all colored.
The Drowned.
Those known to be lost are:
PaSsenSCrs-A. Gilmore, ?. l. PendletOn.
Florence Newly, Edna Ward, NJ. Z.
Jones Mary Robertson.
Crew-Ed ward Goslee. first mate: VIII
nam Bites first assistant engineer;
Nary Anderson, stewardess: - cook:
-- Morris, steward; unknown cOlOred
waiter. Peter swanson, q member Of the
crew IS among the missing
Just how many of the foregoing pas
SehSerS were included in the fifteen that
were lost in the sWamped Hfe-boat can
not be determined yet
a number of the passengers left Rich
mond Sunday on the Saginaw. and until
the list of these is secured it will be i'm
dead
List of Saved.
The known saved from the Saginaw are;
captain J. : Tunnel. badly injured about
the head and internally. also two ribs
broken, Chief Engineer Better Second
Assistant Engineer Murray, Second
Mate W. T.. Morris. several coIored deck
H&loS- nrenen and coal paSsers-
The passengers saved are +. B. Cole
Philadelphia, who lost a purse containing
500 and large diamond stud; J. Trevor.
philadelphia: r. B. YOunghead. Chester.
Pa: George 4. Hood, Philadelphia: Har-
~ Winters Camden. y J., Mary A
Sanderson. Windsor y. g.: Morris Pay
Norfolk; Miller Penuel Norfolk: Jud-
son SevilleS. Berkeley and David Row
land. Newport News
Whistles Were Blowing.
The Saginaw was in charge OF First or /
nicer Goslec when the collision occurred,
aud the first officer of the Old Dominion
ship was also at the wheel of his vessel I
From all accounts Obtaiuable the dense ]
ness of the fog made his speed perilous. /
speed Their fog whistles were kept /
blowing regularly and were distinctly /
heard by each other before the crash.
me passengers and most Of the crew
lt both ships were asleep below when !
The disaster happened. and when the ter
rl3ie shock aud grinding noise awakened /
took plaCe-
The discipline of the crews was ad-
ntrdbie Women first, was the initial
onmand OF captain Tunnel after the
Ite-hudts had been prepared for lowering
ne frightened COlOreG women piled into 3
he first boat of the Saginaw, and all
ost their lives
Statement of Captain Moaz.
The following statement was made to
he press representatives. by Captain r B
3 bcaZ or the Hamilton this afternoons
IL was clear when we left New York
tSLtteaS AFTERNOON, but we ran into
Og nank four miles north Of Egg harbOr. 4
ne log lasting until we reached Cape
haIieS this morning. and we were pro
'eeding at about nine knots an hour. We
lad been under reduced speed since en-
erlng the FOG We could not see ships
F5ilstH aleao; WHeh We heard whistle on
ne SLdrpoaru bow two points ahead We
topped the Hamilton. and then ] heard
mother whistle Suddenly the Saginaw
GGmCd ND three points on the bow and
he Saginaw attempted to run across the
tamiltous bow. We backed at fun speed.
nut struck the Saginaw on the port quar-
er- Pm a very short time she went down
y hen the Hamilton backed off she was
citing We lowered two boats but
meanwhile the Saginaw had lowered their
ga Is and raft 1 picked up two of these
oats and a raft The third was prob
bly, sunk
Captain J. s. Tunnel of the Saginaw
Id not leave his boat until the last man
te was finally taken from the rigging
Z the sinking snip anu when gotten
board the Hamilton was found 10 be I
adly injured He is now in Hamilton (
nceT the care of "a doctor and cannot
e seen. His injuries are serious but not !
atal.
Latest Estimate
Engineer Seller of the Saginaw reported /
n the CLYDE officials here this afternoon
hat the Saginaw lies in fifteen fathoms
water The CLYDE estimate Of the
Kissing IS six of the crew and nine pas-
angers- This is the report thar the
lyde officials sent to their home office
PHILADELPHIA +