The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-07-27
OFFICERS BLAMED
OF THE DEAD, 81 WE'RE PASSEN.
GERS, MANY OF THEM DELE
GATES TO CONVENTION.
A GIRLS HEROIC RESCUE
Survivors Tell Thrilling Stories OF
Rescue by Heroic Comrades
Girl of 16 Saves Companion
After Desperate Struggle.

San Francisco, Cal, July 23.-The
revised list of victims in the disaster
to the steamer Columbia Tuesday
morning contains the names OF liz
persons. Of these "a were passengers
and the remainder, 10, are from the
officers and crew of the lost boat.
Replete with horror, filled with in
cidents each one of which would De
the center of a thrilling novel, the
story of the wreck of the steamer CO.
lurubia in her collision with the
schooner San Pedro, is slowly coming
in from various points on the coast
survivors have landed.
A number OF survivors are eastern
teachers who sought diversion IN d
sea voyage after the meeting of the
National Educational Association i'll
Los Angeles.
Columbia's Officers Blamed.
An investigation has been started
at Eureka to fix the responsibility 1or
the collisionu between the Columbia
and San Pedro.
q. Swanson, a sailor of the San Pc
dro. was was at the wheel when the
collision occurred, said in his report
to Sailors Agent John E.
that the blame is largely upon the Co
lumbia's officers.
Other members of the crew of the
San Pedro substantiate his STORY
Swanson says the order was given
him when the lookout sighted the 90
lrmbit to put the wheel aport. n
would have carried the San Peoro
seward, apparently out of the way OF
the approaching vessel. Passenger
say thai the collision occurred Ak
1890 a. M. or whereabouts; that IL
had been misty and foggy, but at the
time of the disaster the weather mao
cleared I'D. and after the collision the
San Pedro could be seen where 1t mad
drifted away a quarter OF a mile
That some poor navigation was
made, and that the ives lost were
unon the head of some one, is gener-
ally conceded.
Girls Heroic Rescue.
r Hawse. third officer on the Co
lurnh;a said he was in his room a.
the time of the wreck, noted the snock
and heard the alarm given. He makes
the official statement that the Co
lumbia floated IL minutes AFTER the
San Pedro struck her.
Officer Hawse tells of the heroic
rescue of a lady passenger by MISS
Maybelle Watson, who resides III
Berkeley. Miss Watson was in one o.
the small boats with about ~ OF the
and crew. 1t capsized
when the ship went under ana they
all went down. Only about lO or IL
VIII had on life preservers came up.
Miss Watson had been in the water ~
minutes when a young woman appear
cd to her for help. The young woman
had put her life preserver on wrong
and could not keep her head above
water. Miss Watson had asked some
men to help, but they all refused.
She held the girls head above
water for almost two hours, her
charge being unconscious most Oh the
time. When Hawse approached IN 2
boat and asked Miss Watson to give
him her hand so that he could help
her in. she refused until they liftec
her unconscious companion on board.
The two girls were taken on board
the San Pedro. Doctors said the I'M
conscious girl was beyond recovery,
but when they learned OF the heroic
efforts of Miss Watson to save her
they worked desperately, the patient
revived and is now all right. MISS
Watson is only 16 years OF age.
Discovery OF a plot against Korean