Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-23

Hnu knocked tneIn INTO IN eSea. III
finally got his family on aa piece "a
wreckage and ioated for wi hours
He does not know when his children
were lost. The dead man I'm the boat
Is unknown. lie was dressed only III
an undershirt.
A later message from Shelter Cove
says three life boats have been
and one containing fifteen. The num-
Der in the third IS not reported.
Nearly -Four score Missing.
Eureka, July 22.-Of the 249 poo
pie on the Columbia. which was run
into and sunk early Sunday morning
by the lumber laden schooner, San
Pedro. one hundred and fOrty-four
were brought here today by the
steamer Elder. OF these lO7 were
passengers and thirty-seven members
of the crew of the Columbia.
In addition 10 these four life boats
are reported to have been picked up.
enc containing thirteen people, one
eighteen and one fifteen. Tho number
on the fourth boat Is not given.
sea Strcwn With Mreckage.
Oakland. Cal. July ZIP. O..
Walker. a passenger on the steamship
Roanoke which arrived today from
Portland. gave out the following
'The Roanoke was bound south and
at noon sunday we reached the scene
of the collision.
The surface Of the sea all around
was strewn with the w~reckage.
THE steamer George W. Elder an i
two steam schooners, whose names we
failed TO hear as they were just re-.
Stunning their course north. were at
the scene. The Elder had fastened a
line 10 the San Pedro and her crew
were endcavoring to get q tow line
aboard the latter IN order TO tow her
10 port.
'"rhe san Pedro's after mast had
been broken of even with the smoke
stack. She was badly listed aud -
low down at the stern that the sea
swept the after deck.
"Nhile we drifted across the bows
of the Elder. several OF the crew Of
the san Pedro and the Columbia who
had been rescued by the Elder. re-
quested as 10 report to their families
thai they were safe: but | could only
make out one name, namely. Kavs-
naugb, who. / think was an officer or
The lost steamship and a resident OF
1928 Hroadway
I'VE noticed the shlpwrecked pas
sengers OF the Columbia on the deck
Of the Elder clothed In table cloths
and other temporary covering. and "A
bier on the upper deck on which
bodies recovered from the sea were
piled and covered with an Americas
flag.
As the Roanoke could be Of no ser.
vice she resumed her course south
ward.
After We had proceeded several
miles from the scene OF the wreck. We
two life RATS and two boat;
had any living thing aboard.
one OF The life RATS was secured. The
water keg had been wrenChed from
the deck and The bolts which held the
deck to the hull had been drawn and
.at4f uIAtnHtHauf shat ~. ..aEf hAl l.-LmI
damaged as u was launched from the
deck OF the doomed steamship.
when the raft was being raised -
he Roanoke's deck the body Of o
man floated from under IL. This was
secured ana pulled abonrd. 4 life pro-
server encircled the body and the hor-
rified expression on the face indicated
death was not due 10 drowning
10 fright.
He wal fully dressed save for the
head covering. lie had evidently
dressed himself hurrledly, FOR his ve3t
VAS put on inside out. lie was a tall
slender man and had "A good crop
II very dark hair.
They searched the body for SOME
hing TO identify him and found a let
or In one OF his pockets addressed to
hutlcr Portland The initials
a v forgotten. The oars and boat
looks on the other raft were picket
NJ but the life raft Itself which was In
rood order apparently. had the water
seg nlled with water and was turned
drift We noticed afterward that u
yhite-hulled schooner picked Up the
lie boat and the raft. The bOatswain
" The Roanoke recognized the RATS as
with which she had been
Ipped an the Fulton Iron Works
hortlS after the big fire.
Everything about the scene Of the :
'ise ster and the condition of the san
NAH a-- 49, III #L- d. ~ 49,. 4 =
struck the Columbia squareiy {
mldships and the san Pcdro's stem
suffered no damage, while the sea \
uttered With the wreckagc OF the S
owor cabins Of the foundcred steamer q
EFFORT was mad To transfer any Z
u the survivors Of the disaster from
decks of the Elder to the Roa-
I've presumed that the Elder would
army the living and dead and tow the !
r-loggod san Pedro 90 Humboldt {
{
THE Roanoke had "a fun hist of pas- al
GERS ana the dreadful experience "a
.itnessed of shelter Cove unstrung "a
he nerves Of an OF us. T.
"ttanN remained on deck nll night ,
tst night and everybody deserted \
heir cabins as soon a. the vessel en- !
.rti the fog belt O began sound u
1E the fog whistles. .
Victims From stockton.
ftotktun. Cat. July 22-Mrs. ~. g. '
ht ~, widow ct the late head uf thaI
: - shaw Pillow company. was among
he passengers on the ll-fatod Cutum. /
She leaves "a brother. 49, r.. Hart Il
a sister, Mrs. n, W Williamson. ]
IS waiter on the Columbia was
harlCs r Murphy OF this cltN. aged
o wears A brother Daniel. g. a fire.
here. Murphy wits a striking Sle
o., nclsco electrician.
7. o. \. Dclcgutcs Believed Drowned
san Jose. cat. July e2.-Amour tho
"a s-engers on the steamcr Columbia
ere Attorney " J.. Partridge ana q
.ite of his CITY who were on their =
aN 20 Portland FOR a. northern trlpI
lrs Partridge o. a sistor of James
capitalist ana politician Dthrr
1ssfugcrs from here were Misses
and Lena Cooper of rsypfe
county. who were iu this oi;v
~ Thursday ON q visit 60 tht cousin
Vivian. head Of tho art DEPART
.cnt uf the state normal school Tnev 4,
ld been in attendance nf tho cduUl- -
onal convention at Los Angeles ani oil,
ti started ON their return homo wa ~
oriiand. j.
Oakland People Missing 30
Oakland. July 22-Nr and Mrs n
.roy Smith. of this City. arr among So
.c missing passenger ou tho Culum- 81
Ia and 20 Is expected that fhst HH.a. Ia.