Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-23
Heavily Laden Lumber
Barge Runs Down Crowded
Passenger Vessel Off Coast
Of Northern California.
STRICKEN SHIP SINKS
ALMOST INSTANTLY Y
Survivors Picked Up by Pass
ing Ship Give Graphic AC-
count Of Sea Tragedy; Long
List of Dead and Missing. i

fBy Morning journal Special Ieased Wire. I
Eureka. Cal. July 22.-Hourly the
death list Of the marine horror off
the MendOcino county coast shrinks.
The best advices tonight are that III
of the 249 souls on board the steamer
Columbia escaped death when that
vessel went to the bottom near Shell
ter Cove, between midnight and l
o'clock on Saturday morning. One
hundred and seven of the Columbia's
passengers and thirty-seven OF her
crew have been brought to this port
by the steamer George w. Elder,
which towed the colliding schooner
San Pedro from the scene of the dis
aster to Eureka. A late message from
Shelter Cove says that three more
lifeboats have been picked up one of
them containing eighteen. another fif-
teen and the third was not reported.
The survivors who were brought to
this port are being cared for at hO-
tells and In private homes. The citi-
zens of Eureka, moved to unanimous
action by pity and the distress Of the
victims. will supply sufficient
amount Of clothing and all necessary
medical attention without stint or
price A committee of citizens un-
der the leadership Of Mayor Kicks
has charged itself with the duties Of
the hour, and is performing them
with energy and all possible speed. A
segregation Of the Columbia's passen-
ger list shows that in her cabins she
carried ninety-eight men and seventy
women and girls In her steerage
twenty men and one woman, a total
Of 189. Discrepancies, however. be-
tween the full list Furnished the
purser on sailing and some Of the
names given by survivors who have
reached here, indicate that the total
passengers may have been greater IN
numbers sixteen OF the names given
here are not found on the steamship
company's certified list Adding to
the 1S9 accredited passengers, the
fffty-nine Of the sixty members of the
Columbia crew gives a total Of go
Hives ieopardized in the midnight &C.
lision
Among the survivors rescued aed
carried north to this port by the
George w. Elder are men and women
from score Of states, not few from
the Atlantic seaboard and the middle
west. Among these are a number OF
school teachers who were varying
with sea voyage their home trip
from the national educational conven-
tfon nj Los Angeles. Following Is the
list. as complied np to this hour. az
the Coiumbia's survivors:
Passengers II. schallhorn, Port
land; Medora Sparks, Fort Smith.
Ark. J. y. R0therton, Muskogee. I.
r.: A. c. Woodward. Oakland: Mary
u. Cox Elwo0d. Ind; G. G. Mayhem,
Enid. Okla. Glide G. Roland. Spo-
kane: e. G.. Townsend, Northyahill.
ore: Z. A. Austin San Francisco; J..
G. orr. schuyler Neb.: A. l.. Elvers,
Z Portland: w. H. Truesdale. Ldtch-
field, Ill: Maybelle Watson. Berkeley.
cal; Alma Osierboog. Cleveland. O.;
Miss stella Cannon, San Francisco;
Louis Cannon, San Francisco; Emma
GrIese. Cleveland. o.; W. II. Smith.
san Francisco; Emil Sion. Aberdeen.
Wash: Alice NJ Watson, Denver;
Florence Thompson. youngstown, O..
Lulu Hansen, Minneapolis; Bert Lipp-
man, San Francisco: Dwight Casner
Lead. s. D.: G. II. Bealam, San Diego.
William KlOat. Seattle; !. +. Kava-
naugh. San Francisco; II. s. Allen.
san Francisco; Dr +. J. Paine and
wife. Columbus. Neh.; II. Robinson,
Alameda. CAL. Henry Knnst. Merced,
Cal: A. J. Biegel Portland. Ore: ".
l.. smith. Vancouver. y. 6. Sarah A.
Rogers. spokane; Hazel Ingels. Oak
land: bob Cornell, San Diego; Mrs. J..
a. johnson. san Francisco; Ethel
johnson. San Ffancleco. G. r. Johns
son. san FranelarO; Mrs. Lcggett.
Kansas. Or. u. G. West and wife, san
Rraneiseo: Mamie Mcclellan Waco.
Texas: Mrs II. G. Shaw. Stockton,
cal. Miss B. r. Fitzgerald. Los An
eeloa: Miss Mamie Buxton, Portland,
ore. Mrs. shouidice, san Francisco. f.
rfne Gordon, Portland, ore; G. II.
Martindale and wife. Guthrie. Okla;
F Rockwell and wife, Guthrie, ". y.
plnnl. ] w Wady IT, G. Wahlberg.
Mra. &. A. Eastman. Miss Helen
churchley, Mrs william G. Dodson.
Portland ore: Phil Ashford, Liver
more. cal.. Pearl Beebe. Portland: I.
~ Hlee. santa Ana, Cal: Mrs. j. II.
Thompson. Napa, Cal, Carrie Martin,
Eugene. Ore May Lehman, San
Franclseo: Eva Booker. Franklin.
Ky. Mra. on LIdell, san Franciscos
Mahelle uclgcr. Peoria. IliE A. Grant
Kline and wife. Singer cuis smHE
CLARK and wife. IackannHiile Tenn.
i. ". Riggs and wife. niounInHEun.
fn. ge6reu T. Hb1dfnu.l McMInn-
vile. Tenn. II s keenef. A. schoherl