The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-23
STEAMER COLUMBIA SINKS IN COLL|-
SION OFF THE MEND0C|N0 COAST
Seventy PASSENGERS Out of tg Hundred and FONne Are Reported
Either Drowned or unaccounted For But There Are Still
Hopes For the Safety of Others

Blanche Gordon, Frank Ginne
(steerage), Mrs. A. Happ, l.. e. Hill,
c. II. Harrington, Miss X. Hayden,
Mrs. W. II. Ingals, f. B. Keevar,
Miss Grace f. Kellar. Miss Ellie kel-
lar Mrs G. A. Kellar, Miss Alma b.
Kellar, e. G. Liggett, Miss Florence
Lewis, Ray Lewis, o. S. Lewis and
wife, Lewis Malkus and wife, c. r.
Mehiw, Miss B. Musser, l.. Nero,
Miss Julia Matek, John Miller
(steerage). C. w. Merrill (steerage), ),
M. Mayo (steerage), John d. Nc
Faryen, Miss Margaret Mckearney,
Miss Louise G. Make, Miss Nellie A.
Make. Miss Mary Parsons, j. L. Paul
and wife. J. Permus (steeragel,
Sarah A. Roberts, p. Robertson, NJ.
j. Rateman, Mrs. VIM. Soulee, G.. a.
Smith, Sarah Schulz, Miss Cora
Schulz, J. B. Springer, Miss Elsie
May Stone, George T. Sparks, Miss
Frances Schroeder, Mrs. e. Silva
(steerage), A. Spieler (steerage), f..
Silva (steerage), w. c. Todd, Miss
A. S. Todd, b. Vints, H. p. Winters,
G. +. Wilson, Mrs. S. Waller, Miss
H. Wright, Roland Winters, c. A.
Winslow and wife. VIM. Waller, Miss
Edna Wallace, Miss b. Wallace, Miss
w. White, e. A. Wallin tsteerage),
J. X. Young.
In connection with the foregoing
list it should be borne in mind that
it will be measurably reduced by the
3S names of the survivors spoken of
as coming ashore in life RATS at
Shelter Cove today
Among the lost is Mrs. +. o. Lours
of Pasadena. She died of exposure.
Mr.. Lours' life was saved. Their boy
of and their / year old daughter
were drowned Lours succeeded in
getting his wife and children onto
the upper deck in the brief interval
between the collision and the sinking
of the Columbia But a breaker
washed them off the cabin roof into
the sea- The husband and father
, succeeded in dragging them upon a
life raft and for two hours the for
lorn and wretched family tossed
about on their frail craft in the
! blackness of the night. Eventually
the children lost their grip and slip
ped off into the sea. Mrs, Lours
succumbed soon afterward from
shock and exposure.
Sank i'm Eight Minutes.
Eight minutes from the time the
San Pedro struck the Columbia the
latter vessel had filled full of water
and sunk. The night saloon watch
man notified all the passengers to go
to the upper deck. Without cloth
ing they climbed out of their berths
and rushed out. 1t was only two or
| three minutes before the decks were
awash. Six boats and three life RATS
were cut loose and as many passen-
gers as possible were crowded onto
| them There was scarcely any evil
dence of a panic, the women acting
with heroism. The crew of the San
Pedro Immediately lowered a boat
/ and picked up a large number OF
survivors, while the boats from the
Columbia lay to by the San Pedro
When the Columbia sank she carried
down with her about "A passengers.
This estimate is not accurate, and
| the number cannot be definitely de-
termined until full particulars are
received from S.lelter Cove, where
four life boats are said to have been
landed Captain Doran and First
officer Whitney were on the deck
when the Columbia sank, the cap
tain's last words being, God bless
YOU
According to Purser ]. e. Brynes
of the Columbia, there were 1870 pas
sengers aboard the ship-16S first
class, % steerage and 60 crew.
1t is known that 1O7 passengers
have been saved and 81 of the crew.
The exact number at Shelter Cove
Is yet to be determined.
Just as the Columbia was sinking
her boilers exploded. This counter
acted the suction and saved many
lives. Husbands and wives were
separated and fathers and mothers
and children became lost to each
other in the excitement when the
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