Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-22
OFF THE MENDoclNo COAST.
Disaster Occurred at Midnight,
0nIy Lookout and Officers on
Bridge Awake.
SCHOONER OUT OF HER COURSE.
Struck Steamer ON Port Bow--Water
Rushed in in Great Volume
Vessel Sank in Five Minutes.

SAN Francisco, July 22.-In a collision
between the passenger steamer Col
umbia and the steam schooner san
pedro off the Mendocino coast loO pas
ssneers lost their lives Saturday night.
The columbia was sunk and lies COM
pletely submerged in the deep waters OF
Shelter Cove.
Cant poran, master of the Columbia.
STAYED with his vessel and is among
those lost
COLLISION AT MIDNIGHT.
The collision occurred at midnight
when all on board save the lookout
and officers 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. south
hound, which was evidently 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 on the port bow,
tearing an immense hole in her side
through which the water rushed in
great volume. Alarms were sounded
throughout the passenger ship and the
terrified passengers scrambled from
their staterooms in an effort to escape
from the doomed vessel. but the time
was too short 10 aid the life savers.
The vessel Sink within five minutes of
the time of the collision. life raft
was launched with number OF the
passengers on. board. but only few
OF the entire number were saved.
HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
one hundred lives were lost.
The steamer Roanoke, carrying a
number Of The dead and some OF the
rescued passengers, reached here ut 6:lo
this morning. bringing the first news
OF the disaster, The dead were con-
veyed to the morgue.
Shelter Cove. where the collision oc-
CURED, is 17s. miles up the coast.
A little raft, bearing a number OF
the survivors Is being towed TO this
port by the Daisy Mitchell The san
Pedro is being towed 10 Eureka by
the steamer George w. Elder.
The Columbia was q steel vessel or
I.74G tons and was 800 feel In length.
ss5 feet beam and l4.4 feet In depth.
She carried Il crew OF q men unaer
Capt. p A. Doran, who had been mas
Ter OF the vessel for the past five years
The vessel WAS built at Chester, Pa.
in 1880 and was owned by the San
Francisco and Portland Steamship COM
pany. During the earthquake and fire
the Columbia was lying at the drydocK
of the Union Iron works and the
shock loosened some of her blocks.
with the result that the vessel capsized
But she was entirely refitted and when
she left here Saturday she carried
fun list of assengers-about 300.
The San Pedro was commanded by
Capt, Hansen and Is n wooden vessel
Of ais tons. She is 1876 feet long. 81
feet beam and ~ feet deep. She was
huilt In San Francisco In 1902 for the
II II IIanify & Cons company and was
recently sold &c the Eastern and west
ern Lumber company.
II is reported that so of the passen-
gers and crew of the Columbia were
saved. and that $50 we're drowned, In
GLIDING Capt. Doran.
THE PASSENGERS.
The following passengers sailed from
San Francisco OIL the steamer Columbi
on July 20: f. G. Liggett and wife,
Lewis Malkus and Wife, Miss Florence
Lewis. A. l.. Bicgel Franklin Aulf, Mr.
Mauldn. Mr.. A. Schober, Ray Lewis
II. l.. Keever. J G. orr. Il. Rockwell
Mrs. Il. Rockwell. j. w. Riggs and wife,
John d. McFadyen. j. A. Smith, Mrs.
II. +. Winters. Sarah Schulz. Mrs X
Fagalde, H. S. Allan, Miss Clara Car
penter Miss Louise G.. Make. b. w.
Graham, Mrs. A. Happ, Mrs o. S. Lew
Is, w. J, Bnchman, u. Butler and wife,
L. Leroy G. i. Wilson. w. II. ingalls,
and wife, Miss Ala Bahleen. r c.
Townsend, Fred Rogers l.. o. Cannon.
Mrs. $. Waller Miss Florence Thomp-
son, Miss Mary Parsons, G. II. Johnson,
Miss Ethel Johnson, Mrs. b. Fitzserald'
Miss NJ. Buxton. Mrs. II. c. shaw Mrs
". G. Dodson. Miss Ruby Copee. l.. X.
Smith and wife. Miss III. Wright, 7. r.
Clark and wife, j. Il. Paul and wife,
j, w Carpenter. l.. r.. Hin, ]. c. Dur
ham. w. II. Lucas. o. s. Lewis. IL. H.
Deckas and wife, Il. 2. Keever, C. H.
Beahem c. II. Martlndalc, Mrs. G. H.
Martindale, w M. Penney, c. II. Har-
rlngton, William II. smith Roland
winters. Mlchcora sui. A. G, Wood
ward b. G. wabberg. Miss Nellie A..
Make. J, u, Eecles. George l.. Hood
nepyl, Miss Emma Grnese. w. l.. Smith.
Dwight Casner Miss Gertrude Butler
Chew Mooh, G.. A. Winslow and wife
Miss Hayal Ingalls,, Miss Anna Akee-
son, c. ~. Mehiw, william Waller. -,
g. Austin, Miss May Lehan, Miss Pearl
betpe. Miss Alice watson, Miss j. a.
JJohnson. Miss Edna Wallace. Miss Il,
wallace. Mrs. ]. Benson. Miss l., Han
ton, Miss Alma Osterberg, MISS Lena
Cooper, Miss Maybelle Watson Miss
Mabel Gelger, +. NJ. Janney, Il. II,
Ewart, g. c. RowlDnd. Mrs. A. i.
Cornell, Dr. Is. c, Best and wife, j. Is.
Springer w. c. Todd. j, W. Wuddy.
MISS u. Musser J., l., Drake,
". Mrs. II. b. Cannon, Miss
Eva Booker. Miss Effie Gordon.
Marion CLASSIFY, Sarah A, Roberts. Miss
Carrie Martin, Mrs. e. A. Eastman
Miss Elsie May stone, Miss a, $. Todd
Hall laal.l ..Hlt .Mt
]. Grant Kuline and wife. Miss N, l..
Goedjin, Miss Grace +. Kelar, Miss
lenie b. Kellar, Miss X. Hayden X. +,
Kayenaugh + Robertson Miss Mar
garet McKeaney. Miss Mary Waller,
nro os m'' Il + pnte,n !, 'an MIX A. A.
Gray, Miss a. y, Cornell Mrs. Jane
Il, Best. VIM. klodt, Philip Ashford,
Frank Hager, Mrs. l.. l.. Drake, Miss
s. Cannon, Miss shouldice, Mrs. Blanche