Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-25
Sixteen More Survivors Reported
from the Columbia Pc
dro Collision.
LANDED AT SHELTER COVE
A Total of 100 Survivors Out of the
81, Persons on Boartl--COOl Head
of the second steward saved
Many Iives-NRny Victims
Were shut into Cabins

San Francisco, July 23-Sixteen names
were added today to the list of survivors
of the Columbia-San Pedro collision
which occurred Sunday morning. These
sixteen passengers were in a 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 survivors now includes l60
names out of reported total of 81
persons on board. Three dead bodies
have been recovered.
Ninety-seven persons are unacounted
for
Those added to the list of survivors to-
dav were B. H. Kricver OF Prescott.
Iowa; Jacob Kuro, Cold Water. Kans.;
Armand Cardoctte. New Bedford, Mass;
O. A. Lewis. Pasadena. Cal; Edwin
Walln, san Francisco; Mrs. Winkeblock
Dunn. Poplar Bluff, Mo; Mrs W. II.
Angels, Oakland, Cal; Miss Blanche
Mussel Salt Lake City; Miss Ruby
Cooper Fayette. Mo: Michael Redman,
san Francisco; b. w. Graham, Portland
Ore
Crew of Columbia: David Boston. fire.
man. d. Charles Mccoy, oiler; y. S.
McAlpin. Waterman; Emil Mann, sailor;
Paul Hinner, quartermaster.
STATEMENTS BY AN OFFICER.
r. p. Schwerin vice president and
general manager of the san Francisco
and Portland Steamship company, was
asked about the published charge
that the accident was in large measure
due to the habit of coastwise master.
of ''hugging the shore" in order t
save coal for owners. He said
That charge is absolutely false ant
nothing better illustrates its falsit,
| than the fact at the time of the col
lision the Columbia was II miles of
shore. The extreme range of light
house lamps is only 90 miles and mas
ters must be within that range to ge
their bearings, especially in fogg,
weather.
LAS for criticism against the Columbi;
on the score Of improper construction, /
is not supported by facts. The Columbi;
had five water tight compartments and
collision bulkhead.
1T Is an impossibillty to build on un
sinkable vessel for practical use, put II
as many waite tight bulkhoads as yo
please. A collision may occur at the pofn
whore a bulkhcad joins the ships sid
and the ship be so cru he'd that the ship
side be broken down. Then you have tn
twj compartments flooded. or glancin
broadside collision may breck down tw
or three bulkhcad Was and the resultan
number of water tight compartments ar
quickly flooded
GOOD WORK BY THE CREW.
The cool head Of Second Steward =.
Marks of the Columbia saved many live
when the Columbia sank. AS soon q
the ship struck, the steward ran int
the GLORY hole" where his men slei
and ordered them to their posts. Tf
men were we'll drilled md they pr,
ceedcd at once to awaken the passenger
They ran through the cabins asslgn'
to them dragging the people out of be
and adjusting their Me preservers f.
them. This accounts for tho fact tn;
all those who were on deck had II
preservers on them. When the waite
were about half through their work {
the starboard side the vessel gave
heavy list and those Who still RENAME
in their stateroOms on that side of Il
boat were doomed. The vessel filled
the deck and the doors of their cabil
were jammed so that they were unab
to get out.
The starhoard deck was filled wit
half dressed people when the fat
list came. Those who We're alreaJ
( on the deck were able TO climb to Il
port side and cling there. The vess
\ went down without a noticeable SUI
tion but the passengers found Thu
, they were unable to remain on the SUI
face OF the water although buoyed ,
hy the life preservers. Many ass"
that they sunk rs deep as 80 feet b
fore they began to rise.
William r. Jennings of New York hs
Just completed a bungalow on Stamioi
| mountain near Bennington, 1850 fe'
above the sea-