The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-07-25
COLUMBIA VICTIMS
NOW AlAETY-SEYEA
SIXTEEN MORE SURVIVORS ARE
LANDED AT SHELTER COVE.
TWO DEAD IN THE BOAT
Mrs. LIedell and Others Tell Of Their
Narrowing Experlences-Good
Work Done by the Boats
Stewards.

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San Francisco, July 24.--Sixteen
names were added Tuesday to the list
of survivors of the Columbia-San
Pedro collision. These 16 passengers
were in boat which landed at Shell.
ter Cove. The boat also contained
two dead bodies, that of Mrs. o. A.
Lewis, of Pasadena, Cal, and an un.
known man, presumably sailor.
The list of survivors now includes
100 names out of reported total of
257 persons on board. Three dead
bodies have been recovered.
Ninety.seven persons are unaccount-
ed for. @u
Those added to the list of survivors
Tuesday were: B. b. Kriever, Pres
colt. Ia; Jacob Kuro, Coldwater,
Kan; Armand Cardoette, New Bed
ford, Mass; o. A. Lewis, Pasadena,
CAL; Edwin Wallin, San Francisco;
Mrs. Winkleblock Dunn, Poplar Bluff,
Mo-; Mrs. w. H. Angels, Oakland,
CAL; Miss Blanche w. Musser, Salt
Lake; Miss Ruby Cooper, Fayette,
Mo-; Michael Redman, San Francisco;
B. w. Graham, Portland, Ore, and
four members of the Columbia's crew.
Good Work by the Walters.
The cool head of Second Steward
A. Marks of the Columbia saved many
lives when the Columbia sank. AS
soon as the ship struck the steward
ran into the glory hole" where his
men slept, and ordered them to their
| posts. The men were well drilled and
they wasted no time in their duties
Weakening the passengers They ran
through the cabins assigned 70 them,
dragging the people out of bed and
adjusting their life preservers for
them. This accounts for the fact
that all those who we're OH deck had
life preservers on them.
When the walters were about half
| through their work on the starboard
side the vessel gave heavy list and
all those who still remained In their
staterooms on that side of the boat
were doomed. The vessel filled to the
| deck and the doors of their cabins
| were damned so that they were un.
able to break their way free before
the vessel upended and diyed to the
bottom.
Mrs. LledeIl's Experiences.
Mrs. o. Liedell, Of this city, who ar
rived on the Pomona. describing her
| experience, said:
when the crash occurred I got out
Of my stateroom. Everyone was ex-
cited--everyone except the captain.
He stood on the bridge, his arms ex.
tended, begging the passengers to be
cool. The crew stood at the boats,
cutting away at the lines that held
them. There was no chance to lower
them. All who could piled into the
boats. Lots Of people jumped over
the side, trying to climb onto bits of
wood which were floating in the water.
did not have time to think. I ran to
the side, There under the side was
a raft. There was nobody on it. l
jumped. How l got onto 1t l don't
know, but / struck on the raft. Other
women got onto it also. z
| Then the Columbia went down,
bow first. The raft dHfted around
and water washed over us. Two wo-
men and little child were washed off
and | never saw them again. One
woman was left. Her hold was weak.
She begged me to help her tried
to hold her on, but was too weak.
She died before my eyes. .
Got Aboard the San Pedro.
I'VE got some pieces Of wood after
while and used them for oars, and
finally, 1t must have been hours after
ward, we climbed on the San Pedro.
1t was terrible climb up her side.
On the San Pedro we were sitting on
two little narrow pieces of lumber.
Suddenly a wave carried away the
lumber we were sitting on. p '-
I'VE managed TO stay on the ship,
however, but there were some who
/ got that far who got no further, for,
/ without any warning, the rear mast of
the San Pedro gave way and swept
several into the sea- One or two were
brought back alive. but of the others
we saw nothing. At daybreak the
Elder came up. They got us aboard
cared for us and at Eureka / secured
the only remaining berth on the Po-
mona to come back here"
Chief Engineers Story.
Chief Engineer ]. Y. Jackson gave
the following account of the wreck:
II was in my stateroom when the
crash occurred, and I scrambled into
some clothes and came up on deck.
All was confusion and turmoil. The
roar of water as 1t poured In the hole
of the Columbia's side was deafening.
Then desperately swimming away /
caught a rope thrown from the deck
of the San Pedro. From there l
looked back at the Columbia just in
time to see her plunge beneath the
waves. AS she sank could dimly see
many men dash across the deck to-
ward the San Pedro; the next mo-
ment the fog had hidden the dreadful
scenes.
"When rushed across the deck II