Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-23
DEATH LIST SHRINKS AS
SMALL BOATS ARE FOUND
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated PreSs
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
e49 souls on board the steamer Columbia
escaped death when that vessel went to
the bottom near Shelter Cove between
midnight and l o'clock of Sunday
morning.
One hundred and seven of the Column
bias passengers and thirty-seven of her
crew have been brought to this port by
the steamer George w. Elder, which
towed the colqding schooner San Pedro
from the scenA of the disaster to Eureka
A late mesfage from Shelter Cove says
that three &nore life boats have been
picked up, fbne of them containing eigh-
teen persons, another fifteen and the third
not repor d. 49,.
port ard being cared for at hotels and
in priv NE homes The citizens OF
Eursl<Ea, moved to unanimous action by
d. and the distress of the victims, have
asupplied sufficient quantities of clothing
and all necessary medical attention with
out stint or price.
A committee of citizens under the lead
ership of Mayor Kicks has charged itself
with the duties of the hour and is per-
forming them with energy.
A segregation of the Columbia's pas
senger list shows that in her cabins she
carried seventy EIGHT men and ninety
women and girls; in her steerage twenty
men and one woman "a total of 1S9. Dis
crepancies, however, between 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 com
pany's certified list. Adding to the 1S9
accredited passengers, the fifty-nine of
the sixty members of the Columbias crew
gives a total of 249 lives jeopardized in
the midnight collision.
Survivors Among Crew
Following is the list as compiled up to
this hour of the Columbia's crew who
have been saved:
]. f. Jackson, chief engineer; r. j.
Thomas, third assistant engineer; w.
Lewis, oiler; ]. G. Porter. oiler; Thomas
Russell water tender; John Ross, fire.
man; Charles Eastwood, fireman; John
Swift, fireman; R. Agerup, second Of
ficer r. NJ. Halves, third officer; quar-
termasters, w. Curran, John Lindstrom
J. Ellis, boatswain; G. M. McEny, car
penter; r. Gustafson, A. Larson, A. Sim
ons S. Peterson, seamen; j. E. Brynes
purser; F. Funk, steward; A. Mack, sec
A. st. Clair, porter; Charles Won Bosler
c. f. Cook, Charles Nolan, pantrymen
G. w. LUawrence. steward; ]. c. Shaw
ney, C. F Murphy, Louis Cole, Robert
Engman, A. Carrarax, ]. White, Charles
Holland, walters; William Tedman, sea-
man; ]. ]. Fogarty, saloon watchman
Henry Otto, third cook.
Drowned or Unaccounted For
The following is the list of drowned ol
unaccounted for:
Franklin Aulf, Miss Anna Akeeson
Mrs r. Anderson, w. ]. Bachman, E
Butler and wife, Miss Anna Bahleen
Miss Gertrude Butler, Mrs j. Benson, DIR
and Mrs B. c. Best, Mrs. Jane Best, Mis-:
A. Bernal Miss Clara Carpenter, Mis-:
Ruby Cooper, J. w. Carpenter, Chew
Mock (Chinese), Miss Lena Cooper, Mrs
A. s. Cornell, Mrs. r. B. Cannon Marion
CIasby, Miss A. B. Cornell, L. ClasbJ
and wife, Steven Clasby, j. c. Durham
u. J.. Drake, jr., Mrs. L. L. Drake, F. S
Drake, Mrs. X. Fagalda, B. w. Graham
Mrs A. Gray, Mrs. Blanche Gordon
Frank Giune, Mrs. A. Happ, l.. f. Hill
G. II. Harrington. Miss K. Hayden. Mrs