The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-23
DEATH LIST SHRINKS,

=
brought in from Briceland and Shelter
Cove.
1t is known that of 1SS passengers
reported by the company as sailing on
the Columbia 81 were saved by the
George w. Elder, which towed the San
Pedro into Eureka.
There were sixty in the crew of the
Columbia and of these So were on the
Elder. Reports from Shelter Cove
announce the arrival of one boat with
10 more passengers and crew, leaving
the total death roll at SO.
So far only one boat has arrived at
Shelter Cove, although four were re-
ported there. 1t is said that before
the steamer sank, six of her boats had
been launched together with three
life rafts. These have yet to be heard
from and it is expected that steamers
passing up and down the coast will
succeed in picking them up with their
living freight.
That so many escaped is accredited.
strange to say, to the fact that the ex-
plosion of the boilers when the steam
er was sinking, counteracted the tre-
mendous suction and saved a lot of
people who were in the water from
being drawn into the vortex and down
with the wreckage. The back wave
from the sinking steamer threw many
swimming for their lives back from
the point of danger and gave them a
chance to escape. Not a few of the
passengers or board the Columbia
were teachers and their friends who
had been attending the National Edu-
cational association in Los Angeles.
Many of these have been rescued and
We're among the arrivals on board the
George w. Elder.
An Affecting Scene.
On Sunday evening there was an af-
fecting scene on board the Elder when
hn
social hall and divine services were held
by the Rev. DR.. Frank Talmage of Los
Angeles, son of the great T. Dewitt
Talmage.
Joined in offering thanks to the AL
mighty for their deliverance. 1t was
touching spectacle while women and
men with bruised faces and limbs in
gers and crew of the Elder sang
Nearer, My God to Thee" and Rock
of Ages"
F.G.Leure of Pasadena, was in a boat
with his wife who died from exposure.
He lost his boy of years and his girl
II years old. Leurs got his wife and
children on the upper deck. A breaker
washed off the cabin and knocked them
on a piece of wreckage and f1oated for
two hours. He does not know when his
children were lost.
The Drowned and Missing.
The following IS the list of drowned
or unaccounted for:
Franklin Aulff. Miss Anna Akesson,
Mrs. r. Anderson. w. J. Bachman, E.
Butler and wife. Miss Anna Bahleen,
Miss Gertrude Butler. Mrs. J. Benson.
DR.. and Mrs. B. c. Best. Mrs. Jane
Best, Miss A. Beernal. Miss Clara Car
penter, Miss Ruby Cooper, J. w. Car
penter, Chewmook. Chinaman; Miss |
Lena Cooper, Mrs, A S. Cornell Mrs
R. B. Cannon, Marion Clasby. Miss A.
B. Cornell, L. Clasby and wife, Steven |
Clasby, j. c. Durham, L. l.. Drake, |
Mrs l. L. Drake. F. S. Drake. Mrs. K. |
Gagalda, w. Graham. Mrs. A. Gray, |
Mrs. Blanche Gordon. Frank Giune |
(steerage), Mrs. A Happ. L. E. HILL |
:. H. Harrington, Miss K. Hayden, |
Mrs. w. H. Ingals. E. B. Keever, Miss
Grace F. Kellar. Miss Ef1e Kellar. Mrs. |
8. A. Kellar Miss Alma B. Kellar, E.
8. Liggett, Miss Florence Lewis, Ray |
Lewis. o. S. Lewis and wife, Lewis |
B. Musser, L. Nero. Miss Julia Matek. |
John Miller (steerage), CT. w. Merrill |
(steerage), NJ Mayo (steerage), John
McFadien. Miss Margaret Nc
Nellie A Make. Miss Mary Parsons, ].
E. Paul and wife. ]. Premus (steer-
lge), Sarah A. Roberts. P. Robertson,
VI. ]. Bateman. Mrs. VIM. Soulee, G..
4. Smith, Sarah ShulL Miss Cora
ShuH, ]. B. Springer, Miss Elsie May
Stone. George T. Sparks. Miss Frances
Mrs. F. Silva (steerage), A.
Spieler (steerage). E. Silva (steerage).
w. c. Todd. Miss A. S. Todd, B. Wants,
<. P. Winters G. F. Wilson, Mrs A
Waller, Mss H. Wright, Roland Win
ers. c. w. Winslow and wife, William
INallar. Miss Edna Wallace, Miss B.
Wallace. Miss w. w. White. E. A.
Wallin (steerage), ]. K. Young.
In connection with the foregoing it
should be borne in mind that it will
De measurably reduced by the thirty
i've names of the survivors spoken of
is coming ashore in life RATS at Shell
Rr Cove today