The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-23
COL UMBIA SINKS IN 8 MINUTES
WHEN STRUCK BY SAN PEDRO
Tossed In Sea For Hours Before Being Rescued
MANY Heroic Deeds-FauIty Naviga-
ton the Cause


der was given him when the ID E.r.
sighted the Columbia, to pnt tha
wheel hard to port This carried tha
ISan Pedro seward, apparently ont III
the way of the approaching vessel.
Short toots from whistles Of both yes.
sells warned the shippers. The "a
/ luHhia was on the cast side. Ap
Iparcntly both vessels were proceeding
at full speed II all had gone well. the
San Pedro would have cleared the Co
lumbia, but il is evident that the or
der 70 put wheel hard to starhoard
Twas given On The Columbia This
Isent her direc III across tho how M
the steam schooner Whether tie
speed each vessel was Stacked 1;
|immateria for the crash of the We.
Isels was terrific. The Columbia, an
iron vessel lore the hrunt og the I'M
Tract and her Iron plates gat N gash
seven fec across the forward Hi ch
| and allowed the water free ingress III
\ great yeocity.
5. g Patte son. a sailor aboard tie
9o'umh'a. was on watch on the forp
castle aai said he could see the light
Iof the San Pedro some hundreds ff
Yards away He eags notice of this
fact In shout to hts superiars on
the bridge WHAT they did he does
not ksow, but the Columbia shot
acros he Path of the San PeIor. IIe
aays thst signals were exchanged Ie
tween 10th vessels, hut there was
aaF3ly time enough to slacken speed
or make any preparation To inaet The
Inevitable disaster Passengers u
The collision occurred at fe.s0 Or
the eaboats that 1t had been nlsAy
and foggy, but at the time os tie al
aster the weather had cleared some.
what and after the collision the
steamer San Pedro could he seen
where she had drifted away 4 quarter
Of nile That some poor Navigation
was made and that the lfycs lost are
m the head of some one Is generally
conceded. II Is said the san Peslro
was unier a slow bell and tbs coum-
bla according To testimony If passen.
yers, was going at full speed. 1t is
said she was headed west when TIE
collision occurred and one passenger
stated the Columbia crossed the bow
Of the San redro
r. Hawse. bird officer Of the
Columbia, said he was in his room at
the time Of the wreck and he noted
the shock and heard the alarm giveE
He makes the Official sta ement that
the Columbia floated II minutes after
the San Pedro struck her. Officer
Hawse tells OF the heroic rescue OF a
woman BY Miss Mahelle Wa son OF
Berkeley Cal , Miss Watson was In
me Of the small boats with about
wenty passeug gers ind crew The
toat capsized when the ship went I'M.
Ter and they all went down. Only .
lozen who had on life preserveis
came up. Miss Watson had been In
tho water 20 minutes when yonng
woman appealed 10 her for helm The
youns woman had put he life pre-.
servers on wrong and could not keen
her head above water. Miss Watson
Skei some one help. but all re.
'used she held the girls head above
water for almost two hours. The
sri was unconscious most OF the TING
When officer Hawse approached IN a
iat and asked Mis- Natsn give him
ser hand so that he could help her in.
DE refused assistance until tAev had
lifted the unconscious companiono on
,oari. When the two girls were taken
in board of the San Pedro be doctors
aid Miss WatsDn's comparion was
'eyond recovery but they wortel
ard and the Young woman is now Ell
ight Mis- Watson Is &C. years oil.
Following Is the list ~ missing. ~
,hom probably az least City are sas eI
long The coast
Frantli AuloT. Miss Anna A. kes
o-. Mrs Y andersen. " J. Bach
nan. F Butirr and wife. Miss Anna
'ablon Miss Gertrude Builerr Mrs
pcnson Mrs Jane Best. Mrs. jane
'e-t Ais A BE nai- Miss Clara Ca
anfer Miss Ruby Ceopef. J. ". Car
ENTER Chcw Mook Miss Leaa
cooper Mrs 4. : Cornell Mrs. r "a
'rrHoa. Marion CLASSIFY. Mss s. i.
'oTneI T. Clsssbv ant wife Seven
ia shy. J. C. Durham. 7. l. Drake.
g. Mrs l. T. Drake ?. s Drake,
Irs +. Caealia. " Graham. Mss a.
iray Hiss blanche Goriou. ak
JUNE. Mrs A. Harp T. s Eli G. q.
lexington Miss x HAYDEN Mrs. s.
T. i-galls. T. p. kserer- Miss GTa7e
Keiiar Miss ETe Keiiar Mr. g.
l. Keilar. Miss Alaa 2 Kei,ar s 6.