Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-23
Heavily L aden Lumb er
Barge Runs Down Crowded
Passenger Vessel Off Coast
of Northern California.
STRICKEN SHIP SINKS
ALMOST INSTANTLY
Survivors Picked UP by Pass
ing Ship Give Graphic AC-
count of Sea Tragedy; Long
List of Dead and Missing.

lBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire
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 249 souls on board the steamer
Columbia escaped death when that
vessel Went to the bottom near Shell
fer Cove. between midnight and |
o'clock on Saturday morning. one
hundred and seven of he Columbia's 5
passengers and thirty-seven of her
crew have been brought to this port
by the steamer George w. Elder,
which towed the colliding schooner
san Pedro from the scene of the dis
aster 10 Eureka. late message from
Shelter Cove SAYS that three more
lifeboats have been picked up, one of
them containing eighteen another fif-
teen and the third was not reported.
Tue nurvs. fS silo acre 8sUught "a
this port are being cared for at no.
tells ana IN private homes The citi-
zens Of Eureka, moved TO unanimous
action by pity and the distress of the
victims will supply sufficient
amount Of clothing and all necessary
medical attention without stint or
price. committee Of citizens un-
der the leadership Of Mayor Ricks
has charged itself with the duties OF
the hour and Is performing them
with energy and all possible speed. a
segregation Of the Columbia's passen-
ger list shows that in her cabins she
carried ninety-eight men and seventy
women and girls. In her steerage
twenty men and one woman, total
Of 1S9. Discrepancies, however, pe-
tween the fun list furnished the
purser on sailing and some Of the
tRrhn A.
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
company's certified list. Adding To
the ISg accredited passengers, the
nfty-nine Of the sixty members Of IN"
Columbia crew gives a total Of 2'N
lives ieopardlzed in the midnight co..
lision
Among the survivors rescued q
carried north To this port by tAe
George W. Elder are men and wom
from score of states, not few from
the Atlantic seaboard and the middle
west. Among these are number nt
school teachers who were varying
with sea voyage their home trip
from the national educational cnnven-
tion at Los Angeles. Following Is the
list as compiled up to this hour. oi
The Culumbia's survivors:
Passengers-H Schallhorn, Port
Land. Medora Sparks. Fort smith.
Ark. J. % Rotherton. Muskogee. J.
r.. A. c. Woodward. Oakland: Mary
D. Cox. EIwood. Ind: G. &. Mayhem.
Enid. Okla. Glide G. Roland. Spo-
kane. T. c. Townsend, Northyahill
ore: a. \. Austin. san Francisco: J.
a.. orr schuyler. Neh.; \. L. Eivers,
Portland: W ". Truesdale litch-
field. IN. Maybelle Watson, Berkeley,
Cal: Alma Osierboog. Cleveland. o;
Miss stella Cannon. san Francisco;
Louis Cannon. san Francisco, Emma
Griese Cleveland. o.. w ~. smith. /
San Francisco. Emil Silon. Aberdeen.
Wash. Alice NJ. Watson, Denver'
Florence Thompson, Youngstown. o;
Lulu Hansen. Minneapolis. Bert I.ipp-
man. san Francisco. Dwight Casner. /
Lead. $. D.. G. H. Bealam. san Diego; |
William Kloat Seattle, J. +. kava-
uaugh. San Francisco; II ). Allen. 7
san Francisco. Dr. =. J. Paine and |
wife. Columbus. Neb.; II. Robinson. !
Alameda. Cal. Henry Kunst Merced. /
cal. A. J. Riegel. Portland. ore. W {
J.. smith. Vancouver. u. G.. sarah \. /
Rogers. spokane. Hazel Ingels. oak ]
land. Rob Cornell. san Diego. Mrs. j. 4
A. johnson. san Francisco: + hel /
Johnson. San Francisco. G. r. johns I
SON. san Francisco. Mrs. Leggett /
Kansas. Dr " g. West and wife. san Z
Francisco: Mamie Mcclellan. Waco. I
Texas. Mrs u. e. shaw. stockton. I
Cal. Miss w. " Fitzgerald. Los An /
geies. Miss Mamie Buxton. Portland. /
ore Mrs. -Shouldice. san Francisco. /
Efne Gordon. Portland. ore. G. ". I
Martiudale and wife. Guthrie. OKLA. ]
D. Rockwell and wife Guthrie. ". y. I
Pinui J. W. Wady. n e. Wahlberg. I
Mns. e. A. Eastman, Miss Helen I
Churchiey Mrs william G. Dnt~un- 4
Portland. ore. Phil Ashford. Liver
more. cal: Pearl Beebe. Portland. /. 4
u Hice. santa Ana. Cal. Mrs- J ". 4
Thompson. Naun. Cal. carrie Martin. /
Eugene. ore. Nav Lehman. san I
francisco. Eva Booker. Franklin I
~. Mrs or Ildeii san Francisco. /
Maheiie Geiger. Peoria. M: A. Grant /
Kline and wife. sanger Cal. p =. f
LARK and wife. Jacksonville. Tenn. f
W Riggs and wife. Bloomington. z
" George !. HeddenpyL McMinn- I
VINE. Tenn. u. =. keener. A Schober. ]