The San Francisco call., 1907-03-02

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her stern around northwsrd describ-
inE three-quarters OF cfrcle her
stern, lifted high on the crest Of ter
rife billow. came down upon the sub
merged rocks Of the North JettH-
which ground through her steel plates
isnd allowed the water to rush into her
hold. al the same time catching Der IN
e grip from which escape was nope
less
The usual scenes attendant upon
'shipwreck accidents followed the reaf-
tzstion Of the passengers that tho Co
rome had gone aground. MOST OF me
lpssseng gers. who had heen told 10 stay
insFde their statero-rns while the bar
was being passad. rushed into the So
ciai hail Some Of the women were
hysferical end some Of the men were
ipalsied with fear An hour vas spent
81 giving resssurine WORDS and finally
some degree Of calm was established.
Later the passengers assembled upon
fhs hurricane deck. where they re
mained until the rescue work was un-
dertsken st s.15 o'clock this after
noon AT noon sandwiches were served
by the ship stewards.
Soon after the ship struck boat in
chars Of Qusrtermaster Gum was
lowered swav. She contained three Of
the crew and three steerage passengers.
This beat capsized ct once in the boii-
1ne surf and Gunn was drowned. The
Others succeeded in reaching shore, the
iife-saving crew under captain Rennig
having gone 10 their assistance.
A Second boat IN charge Of Second
aOficer b II Joenn was nut on badly
baftere6 and king like sieve. This
boat reached the shore. Meanwhile r.
# -Sotbern. night saloon wstchman.
formerly q marine in the Emitted States
I'D 20 nd a =
tempted. 10. carry line ashore. The
En7sll-1ine that he had tied about his
wsist parted. however before he had
gone; far. Sothern was picked up by
the life sssNers.
Several attempts Were made TO shoot
q line aboard with the Ly-le gun, but
each time the line fell far short. BY
1ines fell athwart the wrecked engine
Of the Sequois s January wreck Final
~ ii was decided by Captain Hennig
and the life savers 70 go out in the
biiloRs. and they made as gallant a
veyaee as ever man undertook. finally
reaching the side of the Corona and
picking up the line
several unsuccessful attempts were
made to work early in the CAV, but
81 WIS not until this afternoon that
Captain Hennig and his men worked
efectively. At that time the ships
'b0a q also commenced working and at
6ezB Captain BOYD. the last TO leave
the ship stepped upon the shore The
passengers were brought TO this city.
Nearly all had been drenched and some
were suffering greatly from the cold.
exposure and nervous shock All are
being cared for tonight.
The assumption Of responsi biiity by
Captain Boyd does not altogether settle
that important question iJay H. Fisher
OF the American Typefounders Co, OF
San. Francisco. who had been on the
bridge with the captain and first mate
from 5 o'clock in the morning. declares
that BOYD, realizing he was too close 10
the setty and under a slow bell. or
dered the two quartermasters at the
wheel 10 put her hard aport The order
was repeated Fisher declares that the
wheel was put over hard. but he does
not know whether aport or starboard.
He was the only passenger on the
bridge
Tic Corona. which was one Of the
staEnchest vessels on m The coast. lies
Htraddling the north iettE and is p
complete loss. All the hand baggage
.of the passengers was brought ashore.