The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-25
PACIFIC STEAMER SINKS ].
Columbia Goes Down With More Than 100 of Her Passenger
 And Crew.
RESULT OF 4 COLL SION IN TIVE FOO

tne So'umota Was Bound From San
 Francisco to Portland, Ore, With
 Full Complement Of Passenaers
 and crew-Run Down by Steam
 Schooner, San Pedro.
 San Francisco. July 23.-In a col iision between the passenger steamer columbia and the steam schooner San Pedro off the Mendocino coast 100 pas sengers lost their lives Saturday night. The Columbia was sunk and lies completely submerged in the deep waters of Shelter Cove. Capt. Doran, master of the Columbia, stayed with his vessel and is among those lost.
 The collision occurred at midnigl when all on board save the lookout and officer on the bridge were asleep in their berths. The Columbia was steaming north at an easy rate. having left here at noon Saturday. suddenly out of the fog loomed the dark hulk of the steam schooner San Pedro, southbound, which was evi. dently out of her course. Whistles were blown and frantic efforts made by the helmsman of each vessel to avert the collision, but they were of no avail. The San Pedro struck the steamer in the port bow, tearing an immense hole in her side, through which the water rushed in great vol tune. Alarms were sounded through out the passenger ship and the terri. fled passengers scrambled from their state rooms in an effort to escape from the doomed vessel. But the time was too short to aid the lifesavers. The vessel sank within five minutes of the time of the collision. A fife raft was launched with a number of the passengers on board, but only . few of the entire number aboard were saved. One hundred lives were lost.
 The steamer Roanoke. carrying . number of the dead and some of ths rescued passengers. reached here at 6:15 Monday morning. bringing the first news of the disaster. The dead were conveyed to the morgue. Shel- ter Cove, where the collision occurred, is 17s miles up the coast.
 A life raft, bearing number of the survivors, is being lowed to this port by the Daisy Mitchell. The San Pedro is being lowed to Eureka by the steamer George w. Elder.
 The steamer Roanoke spoke the steamer Georeg w. Elder and the lat ter had on board sS passengers and the crew of the Columbia, which were taken off the steamer San Pedro.
 The San Pedro had her stem gone and was damaged considerably for ward. Her main mast was gone and foremast sprung, her cargo was gone and she was in a water-logged condi. tion. The Elder was trying to tow her to Eureka but was making slow progress. The Roanoke picked up a body supposed to be Edward Butler and brought it here to this city.
 According to J. c. Flynn. rescued passenger of the Columbia. every woman passenger on board was saved.
 The merchants Exchange in this city has been beseiged by anxious relatives and friends of the Colum bias passengers since early morning Few women have called, but scores of men, some of them weeping open ly. are passing in and out or standing about the corridors waiting for news. One of the most distressing features of the accident Is that up to this hour 1l o'clock) there Is complete ignor ance of the names of the drowned and the names of the survivors.
 Miss Florence Thompson of Johns ton. ohio, and Miss Eva Brooker oi Franklin, Ky, are among those lost
 ,an Francisco. July 24.-The Paci- ii, Coast Steamship company's pas senger steamer Pomona arrived in San Francisco from Eureka at 10:30 Tuesday morning, bringing from the latter place one of the surviving pas sengers of the wrecked steamer umbia and the 32 members of the Columbias crew who were saved out of her total complement of 59.
 The passenger is Miss A. Leidell of this city.
 It is hoped now that the loss of life will not be so heavy as at first reported. The exact number will not be known until complete accounts are brought in from Bryceland and Shelter Cove.
 It is known that of 1SS passengers reported by the company as sailing on the Columbia, 97 were saved by the Geo. w. Elder, which lowed the San Pedro into Eureka.
 There were 50 in the crew of the Columbia and of these 3s were on the Elder. Reports from Shelter Cove an nounce the arrival of one boat with IS more passengers and crew, ieav- ing the total death roll at 98.
 So far only one boat has arrived at Shelter Cove, although four were re- norted there. It is said that before inc steamer sank six of her boats had been launched together with three life rafts. These have yet to be heard