The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-23

death list Of the marine horror of
, fMendocine County Coast shrinks. The
latest adyices tonlgh are that prob
ably eco of he 2l9 persons on hoard
! the steamer Columbia escaped death
fwhen that vessel went to the boz.
tom near Shelter Cove Sunday IN IN.
ling. One hundred and seventy OF the
u Col mbia's passengers and 9T of the
Icrew were brought TO Eureka by the
steamer George w. Elder. which
Itowncd the eollidng schooner San
Pedro from the scene of the disaster
to Eureka. A late message from
Shelter Cove says four life boats
were picked up containing nearly 60
persons Survivors brought here are
cared for at hotels and houses
Citizens have supplied sufficient
quantities Of clothing and all neces.
say medical attention 4 commit
tee o. citizens, under the leadership
Of Mayor Kicks, has charged itself
with duties of the hour and Is per.
! forming them with energy and speed
The segregation of The Columbia S
passenger list shows that in the cabin
! ii carried 10 men and 80 women, Ia
isteeraee twenty men ana ne woman,
a total Of 1S9 Discrepancies, hoN.
ever. between the full liat furnished
by She purser on sailing and some
of the names given by survivors, who
| have reached here, Indicate that the
total number Of passengers may have
been greaer.
a life boat arrived at Shelter Cove
containing Is. three seanien and ~
passengers, of which two ere dead.
f, O. Losrs. OF Pasadena. was in the
boat with his Wife who died Of expos
ure. He lost a son Of nine and daugh
ter II years old LOUIS got has wife
and children on the upper deck. A
breaker washed off The cabin and
knocked them into the sea. nhe then
got his family on piece Of wreckage
and Heated two hours before taken ia
to boat. He does not know wher
the children were lost.
Among the survivors rescued anG
carried north to his port by the Gel
w Elder, are men and women from
a score Of states not a few from the
middle west Among these are q
number Ct school teachers who were
taking a sea voyage on their hon
trip from the annual convention of tn,
national educational association at
Los Angeles.
Eight minutes after the San Pedro
struck the Columbia the latter vessel
filled and sank. The night saloon
Waterman notified the passengers &c
go to the upper deck. Without their
clothing they climbed out of theI
bcrths and rushed out. II was only
two or three minutes before the decks
were awash. Six boats and three life
RATS were CT loose and as MANY
passengers as possible were crowded |
into them. There was scarcely any
evidence Of a panic with women act !
ing heroically The crew n the San
Pedro Immediately lowered boats and
picked up a large number OF survivors /
while boats from the Columbia lay to
by the San Pedro.
CAPTAIN Doron and First Officer
whitney were on beck when the Co
mmbia sank. he captains last words
being: God bless You
According to Purser J, E. Byrnes. OF
the c lumbia. there were 100 passen
GERS aboard fGS first class. p steer
age. and co crew. u IS knoSn tha'
107 passengers have been saved and
q of the crew The exact number al
shelter Cove is uncertain. but is re
ported ~ be boat ffy.
Just as the Columbia was sinking
her boilers exploded This couAieT
acted The suction and saved many
lives
Husbands ans wives were separated
and fafhcrs and mofhers and chi.
dreu ,.came Iosi 90 each other in the
excitcmeu. when the boats coliidei
The only dead per@ caught hy the
Elder VAS Gearua q. Sparks. presi
dent sf tha uHf st r. Smith Arb
tic and Dis dau-htcr we're on iheif
var home Sparks when puiiei GA 20
the life r.ft was weak from seallow-
fur -aI+ water and shortly Al er ~
vas transferred t0 boat and dies
NJ cold and exnos-rs. Ills daughter
was saved
Two hours after the wreck the fog :
fitted and o cold uind bieE. and re- /,
bio In Ode boats suffered greatly.
d. Srauson. ~ san Pedro vas AZ /
he wheel wben -he collision occurred
.n bis report che blame IS lali 70 the
-ol1niil's officers. other nembers
I tle crew q the san Pedro SUB