The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-11

Especial to The Times-Dispntch.1
BRISTOL, VA, August 10.-By mis-
take, the trunk belonging to William
down to his death with the Inflated
steamship Columbia, was shipped toI
Zeno 7. Harris, at Memphis, Tenn, and
has been sent here by Mr.. Harris. In
the trunk We're stored purchases of
jewelry and other articles which Mr..
Buchman had purchased for his wife
and two little daughters. The trunk
also contained many interesting souv-
enirs purchased in California and Ia
beIed for friends here, including
number of knights Templars who are
members of the commandery of which
the missing man was eminent COM
mander.
DR.. Charles S. Butler, who a few
years ago made soundings for the
government along the Pacific coast
says that the water where the Colun-
bia went down was noted for It's un-
even depths, apparently covering a
| mountain with deep coNes and ravines.
The water in the Shelter Cove region
liz a mile deep In places. and 1t Is quite
likely. Dr. Butler thinks. that the
sunken ship rests at depth of mile
or more. lR
Held Trngic Fate.
Bachman was thirty-eight years old
He is survived by his wife and two
little daughters. who reside on Wind
sor Avenue. He was member of a
prominent family, for whom Cali
fornia seems to have held q tragic fate
| This mans granduncle, Joseph Bach
/ man. sailed from San Francisco in 1850,
being bound for New York City. From
that day to this nothing more has
~ hi ~
on which he sailed. Another grand
JUNGLE. Nathan L. Bachman, who was
a wealthy mine-owner, residing at
| Fresno, Cal, was murdered by Chinese
soon after the Civil War. His son,
| Nathan, who then resided in New
York City, left Immediately for Fres-
no and settled on his fathers estate,
but death overlook him in a few
weeks.
1 DR.. ]. S. Bacnman, member Of
the famaily. while travelling In Cali.
fornia three years ago. received news
i OF the sudden death of his father
who was in good health when he lef
home. A first cousin OF the lates
Bachman to perish was In two bar
railway wrecks in California as 6
. member Of the Eleventh Regiment O
), Infantry the train carrying the sol
diers being wrecked on the way tt
the coast, and the CORRESPONDING
train. which carried the same sol
diers on their return from the Philip
. pines being smashed in collision
Recently two sisters Of the victim o
the Columbia narrowly escape,
drowning. One of tenn had gone be
You'd her depth. and the other, in oil
i effort to rescue her. was about to g
down for the last time, when
young man near came to the rescu
md saved both.
, No Prcmonition.
William ]. Bachman, in the face OF
such things as had previously attend
: ed members Of tho family in Califor
mia started on q Western pleasure
: trip without premonitlon of danger an
, in San Francisco, just before sailing
:. he wrote to friends here in humorous
. strain about how he had struck Girls
:. co" fifteen months after the. earth
, quake disaster, adding but of cours
: not nearly SO hard" In this CORE
/, spondenoe he told that he would sal
:. on the Columbia for Portland.
Bachman was prominent as a Mason
and was serving a second term al
eminent commander of st. Omar Com
mandery here.
The knights Templars OF San F'rar
cisco have taken it upon Intensely,
: Ito discover his body, If possible.
Bachman carried life and accident,
Insurance III favor OF his wife an
, children to the extent of $25,0 900. Il
had Just taken accident policies fl
$4,000 before leaving home. He prol
ably would never have gone on IL
+ Western trip but for the fact that l
!. had earned a free trip at the expen,
j of Western insurance company, +,
!, which he wrote catering amount
n business in 1906 He was the only ma
:, east of the MISSISSIPPI River WI
y earned this trip, although there We
). many agents trying for It,
n STRIKERS GAIN POINT.