The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-05
EmiSSary of President
Among Passengers
of Vessel.
Little HOpeEntertained
For the Safety of
People.

is believed 70 have fOundered az sea
whether any Of the more than lo6
passengers and crew on the vessel have
been saved is unknown.
LIE RATS from the steamer. .provfsion-
ed a. II for hasty fight. came ashore
last night st WaddeH Beach. gixfv-si,
Ielles south Of here. During the night
VAST qlantity OF Wreclage came close
70 tAe shore and the worst 81 faase4
fanchers patrOlied the beach to5sV =.
ashore ~ "asHeu
There were fifteen irst-elass csb{-.
telis,sllIlssIs llssIs on ne Panama besides =
SiiiHese ana 20 steerage passengers
among ner passengers was or Har4,-
~ ~ aioD itoD Nots OF portland, who was hook
ea tHfough 70 New York Mrs o. -.
,|,.ea.--iIll.a IN ana number Of prominent
Her cabin passengers were Iar,s-
- sSoE prey W q. Mcpherson. r n
&c ~. I efsoa. DR. T. Sutherford ami s,if
IT IT II w. COe and wife. II. y Prince
7 3s,S es.ss y Giuyas, Thomas Clark. Charles
=. i shanord. J. Y. Coney. ana Hers,
cooper wife and child.
Terrific Gale Raging.
a terrific southeastern gale has prs.
vailed along The coast for some ds1~
News Of the disaster was brouo-ft q,
FescadeFo from Waddeu Beach b,, A.
Idtteheid. citizen. who rode the si,-
teen miles from Wadden Beach =,
horseback
lie sent his message by telephone 10
san Francisco. as follows:
At O'Clock this morning two Uf.
fatts came ashore at Walden He..b
Inere were on the raft oars. boatboaks
barrel OF water. and q box OF ,rseI-,
ssiss- sIs- MS afternoon al 2.S1 o'clock 7
" SNlneford found about two ,sT-.4 -
- - ilIles DeloW Naddeu Beach. two
W. W IaIts equipped as those fou1j on
" addeiI Beach. There were ,-Cifs ~
.ons rope on the RATS. which were fss-
l'll lii1u sosether The RATS were plainly
marked City Of Panama 80
ne fact that the rats which cs7,s
-9iiole were pr0visiOnei has led 10 tbe
De.ieI mat they. were either washed an
Del Jfe the passengers were re-.5T- -
edEe Ine snip or that passengers were
soIlb, 5"Sbt rom them INTO the sea after
seeking refuge on the RATS In tho Ist-
-sf event all probably perished while
y the former theory Is true there Is q
ehance that the old vessel Is stnI afost
aId d her crew and passengers may be
Look for Missing Ship.
Today ranchers from the neighborbood
are patroliing Waddeu Beach looline
-oF bodies or other bits OF wreckage
NLiieh may tell the story. A keen look
'u' Is being kept over the sea for anv
race OF the City OF Panama or for dis
feAs signals SO far no word has been
'eeeNed Of further deyelopments
ne city or Panama sailed from this
or or last Monday afternoon at / o'clocf-
1ouAd Tor Anacon, ana the FIRST rrc-
sas 10 be mafe IN MazatIan a ro-T "a
deAieo- Under ordinary conditions this
59lL could be reached in six davs
ne Fsssel was commanded by CAM
4 ". Nelson his first trip He WsN
nasler OF the steamer san Hose bT1r
~ meeting that vessel in port last trsp
ie gave way to Captain Th0.nasnn
.ho was senior in the service. Captain
! Selson was appointed as captain IN
ne company's service about six months
go. Prior TO thai ne was FIRST officer ~
ne steamer Newport He is rated as an
excellent seaman.
W. II. Piiisbury. a brother of Cant
!. r Piilsbury. of the Marine Under
writer's, was first officer OF the Panama.
lie was chief officer OF the ManchlIria
men !. siaa she e. ran ashore on Rabbit Island.
. leSs. This Was MS second VOYAGE or
ne CITY or Panama, and he has seer
ong service on tie Panama route.
Thomas Selfridge was the chief en-
lheer OF the steamer and he was one OF
he best known marine engineers on the
oast. r. Steagell went Oh the vessel
5 nrst assistant engineer. e y. Bog
mo formerly acted as freight clerk on
7. y
con. and J. Hazelwood. chief steward
Carried Large Gre.
The vessel carried a freight clerk.
Iorekeeper and. besides the captain and
rst officer, two other deck officers.
here were about twelve in the deck
rev. which was made up OF Mexicans.
! the chief stewards department II ere
ere about eighteen hands and IN the
lgineer's department, over twenty.
The steamer City OF Panama was one
the oldest steamers on the coast. She
as built in 1873 by J. Roach & Son in
and brought around 10 this
'ast she measured 30 feel IN length
feet in breadth, and 20 feet in depth
ne steamer is the oldest operated By
le Pacific Mall and considering llie IacI
at she has been IN constant service
y over thirty-1ve years. she should
ave been sold for old junk long ago
has long been feared among shipping
Ell that the vessel would founder some
y. She Is so built that when deeply
aded the main deck is not very mtICl.
1ove the water, and during heavy
Gather the sea continually swept this
'ruon OF the vessel
Among the Pacific Mail ComDanv-s
en- the. has been some antIDarhv
bout sailing on the vessel