The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-23

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lMendoclne County Coast shrinks. Til,
latest adyices tonighJ are that prob
! ably 2eo of he 2l9 persons on boar,
] the steamer Columbia escaped dealt
twhen that vessel went to the DO,
| tom near Shelter Cove Sunday IN IN
ling One hundred and seventy ot TIL
! Cob mbia's passengers and ST of hi
crew were brought to Eureka by tn,
s,eamcr George w. Elder, whicl
| ltowncd the coliding schooner Sal
Pedro from the scene of the disaster
| 20 Eureka A late message fr0u
Shelter Cove says four life hoati
were picked up containing nearly 9.
persons Survivors brought here arc
cared for at hotels and houses,
Ciizens have supplied sufficient
quantities Of clothing and all neees
saiy medical attention. A commit
tee Of citizens, under the leadership
Iof Mayor Kicks, has charged itsell
with duties Of The hour and II per
forming them with energy and speed
The segregation of he Columbia j
passenger list shows that in the cabin
1t carried 70 men and 90 women, il
steeraee twenty men and ne woman
a total Of iS9. Discrepancies, how
ever, between the full list furnished
by she purser on sailing and some
of the names given by survivods who
have reached here. indicate that the
total number of passengers may have
been greater.
A life boat arrived at Shelter Coye
i6, three seamen and ~
passengers. Of which two are dead.
r. O. I.ogrs, OF Pasadena, was IN the
boat with his wife. who died of expos
ure He lost a son of nine and daugh-
ter IL years old. LouEs got has wife
and children on the upper deck. a
breaker washed off the cabin ana
knocked them into the sea. flhe then
got his family on a piece of wreekage
and iloated two hours before taken In
to q boat He does not know wher
the children we're lost.
Among the Survivors rescued auG
carried north to his port by the Ge3
w. Elder, are men and women from,
score Of states not a few from the
middle west. Among these are q
number cf school teachers who vera
taking a sea voyage on their honl
trip from the annual convention of thu
national educational association al
Los Angeles.
Eight minutes after the San Pedro
struck tho Columbia the latter vessel
filled and sank. The night saloon
watchman notified the passengers tc
go to the upper deck. without their
clothing they climbed out of the1
berths and rushed out It was only
two or three minutes before the decks
were awash. Six boats and three life
RATS were cit loose and as many
passengers as possible were crowded
into them. There was scarcely any
evidence of a panic with women act
ing heroically. The crew 4 the San
Pedro Immediately lowered boats and
picked up q large number of survivors
while boats from the Columbia lay TO
by the San Pedro.
Captain Dorcn aud First officer
whitney we're on beck when the Co
lumbia sank. be- captains lest words
being: "God bless you.'
According to Purser J, +. Byrnes. OF
the Columbia. there were l90 passen
gers aboard 1CS first class. % steer
axe. and GO crew u is sno2n thai
I07 passengers have been saved and
81 of the .rcw. The exact number at
shelter cove Is uncertain, but is re
porred'to be- hoat fify. 4s
Just as the Columbia was sinsin2 /
her boilers exploded. This consteT
acted The suction and saved many
lives. !
Husband an- wives were separated
ana fatbers and mothers and ehii I
dren became m-f 20 each other in The
excitcncn. vhru the beats coilidei /
The on'r dead per~ "a caught By the 1
ride- was George =. SE1rks pre-i /
dent e. tra bank at r. Smita Arh .
I5e and Dis dauahter were on iheif +
,ra~ home. Sparks when puile3 On 70
the life rift mas weak from SHALLOW
in~ salt water anl shortly afer he I
g.s Transferred f1 a boat and dies 1
n coff and opposite lis daughter 4
was saved
Two hours after the wreck the fog
-r.a4 and a cold wind hier. and pc /
Mo in No. boats suffered greatly
o. saau=on ef San Pedro vas at /
he wheel uh.1 De collision occurred I
In bis report fhe blame is laii 70 the 4
-alsmtia's oHlrers. other members
u the crsw 4 the san Pedro sub