Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-24
SURVIVORS GIVE GRAPHIC Ac-
COUNTS OF WRECK
REFUGEES RETURN THANKS FOR
SAFETY
Several Boats and Life Rats Still
Unheard from May Contain
Some Now Counted
with Lost


names were added today to the list of
survivors of the Columbia-San Pedro
Icolllsion. These sixteen pass were
in boat which landed at Shelter Cove.
The boat also contained two dead bodies,
that of Mrs. o. A. Lewis of Pasadena,
Cal, and an unknown man, presumably
sailor.
The list of survisors now includes sixty
names out of a reported total of 257 per-
sons on board
Three dead bodies have been recovered
| NNinety-seven persons are unaccounted
for.
Those added to the list of survivors to-
day We're B. B. Kriever of Prescott
Iowa; Jacob Kuro, Coldwater, Kas.;
Armand Cardorette, New Bedford, Mass.
o. A. Lewis, Pasadena, CAL; Edwin WAL
lace, San francisco; Mrs. Winkleblock
Dunn, Poplar Bluff Mo-; Mrs. W. H.
Angels, Oakland, CAL. Miss Blanche W.
Musser, Salt Lake. Utah; Miss Ruby
Cooper, Fayette, Mo-; Michael Rodman
San Francisco B. w. Graham, Portland,
Ore.
Crew of Columbia:
David Boston. fireman.; Charles Nc
Coy, oiler; d. S. McAlpine, watchman
Emil Mann, sailor; Paul Hinner, quar-
termaster.
Officers Report
Three officers of the Columbia who ar
rived here on the steamer Pomona made
statement under oath to Inspectors of
Hulls and Boilers Bolles and Bulger. Sec
ond officer Richard Agerupp said:
'At II o'clock, midnight, Saturday.
July 20, 1 relieved First Officer w F.
Whitney on the bridge of the Columbia,
being sixty-eight miles to the north of
; Point Arena, by the ships log, and steer
ing three-quarters northwest by pilot
house compass. Captain Doran was also
on the bridge, as the weather was foggy,
but he went to his room for few min
utes and then went to the bridge again.
about 12:15 a. m. Sunday L heard a
whistle on the starboard bow and l re-
ported to the captain who said he had
heard it too. We kept our. whistle going
regularly and so did the other steamer.
1.-THE sound apparently still came from
the starboard bow, which proved later to
be the case, for about 1920 we saw the
other steamers headlight and her red
side light about two points on the star
II board bow.
eve were going full speed aAlead as
) shown by the indicator on the bridkge. Inc
captain ordered me to blow two bEss1S
"The captain then ordered the engines
full speed astern.' His order was an
swered from the engine room, and the
captain himself blew three whistles. Soon
after the steamer collided with the
Columbia, and struck her about thirty
feet from the stem on the Siuc-
This was about 1922, as 1 looked at the
clock.
"Capt. Doran shouted What are you
doing, man? and told the other steamer
| to stand by us as she was loaded with
lumber.
Capt Doran whistled down to the
| engine room but got no answer; so he
sent down to the engineer on watch to
| learn if the ship was making any water.
went down to the engine room and
asked the first assistant engineer, M.
Burpee, If there was any water there.
He said there was not. Returning to the
| bridge 1 reported to the captain. Just
| then the watchman came on the bridge
! and reported water streaming in forward.
Getting Boats Ready to Launch
"The first officer came on the bridge
and the captain ordered him to take the
bridge and me to take off the head covers
| and get the boats ready for hosting.
by this time the ship listed to star
board and started to go down by the
head Several men were by this time get
| ting the boats over. The captain ordered
me to cut the after life RATS adrift.
While doing this l heard the whistle
blow and looking around saw the bridge
nearly under water.
"I saw there was no time to spare, so
1 threw life buoy overheard and jumped
over the stern into the sea. AS struck
the water the Columbia disappeared and
the suction brought me down with it.
got to the surface and about thirty
minutes later was placed in No 10 boat
| by one of the quartermasters."
In his report Third officer Robert
Hawse tells of the rescue of number
of passengers and takes occasion to praise
some women who were in his boat, while
| he condemns the action of the men sur
vivors who were with him.
when 1 was aroused by the shock of
the collision says Hawse, "I rushed on
| deck and heard Capt. Doran giving orders
to lower the boats on the lee side, at the
same time shouting, Women and children
| frst!' / hurried to the lee side and
lowered boat No, g. L directed the load
| ing of the boat, and when we pulled away
there were fifteen persons in it.
1--WE rowed to the San Pedro and placed
| the passengers aboard. Upon returning
to the scene of the collision we passed
! many RATS and could have filled the
boat at once but were afraid they would
swamp us and decided to pick up the
isolated men and women who were strug-
Cling as best they could on pieces of
wreckage and with life preservers.
1--WE took four women and six men
in the boat. One of the women was
but slightly clad and delirious.
San Pedro Refuses Survivors
we again went to the San Pedro but
they refused to take any more people
aboard, saying the vessel was crowded.
Even though 1 urged them owing to
the condition of the woman my re-
quest was not granted.
Il made the women as comfortable
as could by covering them with a
sail My only trouble was with the
delirious woman. The other three be-
haved fine.
IT have nothing but the highest
praise for the women who were with
me and nothing but the lowest con-
tempt for the men who would do Moth
ing to make more bearable the condi
tion of the women.
1--WE rowed around until daylight.
and had made arrangements with the
captain of the San Pedro to take two
of the women aboard. I planned to
sail ashore and summon assistance, but
by that time the George W. Elder came
in sight and we were taken aboard