Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-23
STEAMERS CRASH
IN FOG; DROWN


tSontinucd From Page 4, Column ~
fell the seriousness OF the situation.
ltut I carried all my luggage all the
Nay IN aud showed It under a bench
along the rail so as not To have Il
fuISe ANY me 10 stumble. The Voa-
sci was lifting more every second as
7 moved along the side Several mon
ana some women were running about
seeking for life preservers. ana I told
them on 10 lopk In their " hcrths
A. ] pissed along J noticed q berth
filled with people and others were
irving 90 Chamber into IL. Those I'M
side were pleading that no more
Mould get in because The boat would
surely sink, So ! ltft ,hem and climber
over the ships rain just Ia time tu
ktfp from sliding across the steep.
sloping deck down In the water on
the lower side. Within u very short
time the vessel sank until the water
touched my ankles. when / sprang
into the ocean, hoping to win FAR
enough aNaN Go escape the whirlpool
which J thought surely must follow
the ship when ID sank. had taken
about twenty-five strokes and began
Go be In dismay because | seemed to
make fo little Roadway, when the
side Of the ship toppled down toWnrd
nae As the water covered the hnllerr
O. great Kissing sound was followed by
an explosion which heayed a largo
quantity ~ water ana wrerknRe Ia
ward me- WIS carried further from
where The shin was sinking, but The
mass % tangled timbors caused me
fresh alarm, 50 / continued my efforts
90 swim away. until on turning my
head, ] saw that the pile had sprcad
out nearly flat and some logs had
almost oNertnkcn me. 4 few strokes
brought me fu "a ruft. upon which
scrambled. and as / looked around uo
oue appeared within twenty yards OF
fne AN ! could do VAS simply Goo
aNait results. for | had no means az
moving thc raft about. nor "a rope Tint
cttuld hc thrown Within reach pf ann
ouc Aner the noise OF The sluking
vessel subsidized I heard n most heart
feudlng wailinF mingled with plorC-
Ing creams Of those in their sirug
r'sr and some OF these were shriekinR
fhe names 81 friends from whom they
Nad been separated Words cannot
convey AN adequate idea ~ the scene
NOR express mY feeling Of pity and
iismaN. To De "a witness of such die
trefF is indeed q frightful experience.
es"ueciH'lY when one cannot possibly
render assistance Although tho caias-
frupho was concluded within ton miu-
utes after me- explosion. ! ann sure
there was plenty ~ time for all go
have ien the shin with ilfc-proserVorH
had they merely known whore they
ufre stored and how to nut them pn
THHf could easily have been learned
hf HN who were willing Go take The
Hnf fHf rslit nr che conspicuous sign
fnat usre on ODE Walls ~ all ~ thr
fsftr..ms
Na- those saved lcn on thc
teHmsr Pomona fhle afternoon for
san Francisco AN those anuuE fu
ra fo Portland ien thr evening at q
nrlsek on steamer George " Ei-
der fhf local rIiirf committee max
fnr nrrargfmfuIs fHr passage The
following members ~ fhc crew are
U-nHtnsurtri fHf
Iia 90 Missing SaiIor-.
% a uorlr. capfaIu
M n whitney. fraf officer
n ~ MrAlu.H. WIf.nwau.
paul EIunfE lulrffrmaeter
FhHr.ra Peterson.
fnknnun aaHHr
n G. purre emo Nax Caue
AMI engineers
Dave Ka.ar James Madison una
an unknown fireman
Albert Audfa.n aul George NIev-
ander. water frHders
Hrrkruwu nliHF
Unknown second cook
NifhtrfafH mt- huN
suIe Blocker. walter
Nnfrumu baker
a Ifa buaf us uickeT uu lu shelter
al. t~uutllnIrE alKtrrn people. thr.-
.samfn ard thirteen uaFaCuFfrH b.
an fuHH wfre dad
D. -. Iauf# ~ PaaaIrna. ua ln
lssnf Wilh his ulff who died fram
.Apssais IT, lnsf Dr. bny ~ year,