Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-22

been received mere lldl ltie stoaA'sA
Columbia and San Pedro were in
collision off Shelter Cove, Mendocino
& county. at midnight Saturday. The Co
lumbia was sunk and hundred lives
We're lost.
San Francisco, July 22.-1t is report
ed that eighty passengers and the
crew of the Columbia were saved and
$50 were drowned. -,
San Francisco, July 22-There was
{ heavy fog at the time the San Pedro
heavily laden with lumber, struck the
Columbia ON the port bow with such
terrific force she was cut down to the
water and sank In about five minutes.
About 100 people sank with her to
watery grave. The rest, numbering
about eighty, were saved by clinging
onto the San Pedro, from which yes
sci they were rescued some hours la
ter by the steamer Roanoke. Captain
Doran, of the Columbia, went down
with his vessel. The San Pedro was
nicked up by the steamer George w.
Elder and IL now being towed into
Eureka
Passengers Asleep When Ships Struck
The collision occurred at midnight
when all on board. save the lookout and
the officer on the bridge, were asleep
in their berths.
The Columbus steaming north at
an easy rate, left here at noon satur-
day. Suddenly out of the fog loomed
the dark hull of the San Pedro, south
bound, which evidently was out of her
course. Whistles were blown and
frantic effort was made by the helms
man Of each vessel to avert collision,
but they were of no avail. The San
Pedro struck the steamer in the port
bow, tearing an immense hole ini her
4 side thru which water rushed in great
volume.
Columbia Sinks Quickly.
Alarms were sounded thruoqt the
passenger ship and the terrified pas
sengers scrambled from their state
rooms in an effort to escape from the
doomed vessel. But the time was too
short to aid the life savers and the
vessel sank within five minutes Of the
time of the collision. A life raft was
launched with number Of passengers
on board. but only few of the entire
Aaanaber were saved.
Life Raft Towed Ia.
The life raft, bearing number of
the survivors is being towed into port,
by the Daisy Mitchell. The San
Pedro is being towed to Eureko. The
Columbia carried crew of seventy
four men, under Captain P. A. Doran,
who lost his life with the ship
: The steamer Roanoke, carrying a
number of the dead and some of the
rescued passengers, reached here this
morning.
Shelter cove where the collision oc-
cured is 159 miles up the coast from
San Francisco Eureka is the nearest
port of any importance.
One Hundred Fifty One Lost.
The Hill Flynn interview. he denies
It, The assistant to President Frey of
the San Francisco and Portland
Steamship Company says there were
249 souls on board the Columbia. 1t
is reported that ninety-eight were
saved, and 151 unaccounted for.
Names Of Drowned Not Known.
One of the most distressing features
of the accident is that up to II o'clock
there is complete ignorance of the
names of the drowned or survivors.
Miss Florence Thompson, of Johns
town, Ohio and Miss Eva Brooker Of
Franklin, KY, are among the lost.
According to j. C. Flynn, rescued
passenger of the Columbia, every wom-
an passenger on board was lost.
Description of Vessels.
The Columbia was an iron screw
steamer of 2,722 tons register. She