The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-26
MANY score LIVES
ARE lost At Sea
STEAMER COLUMBIA RAMMED
AND SUNK BY SCHOONER
SAN PEDRO.
Terrible Collision in Shelter Cove,
Acknowledgement Vessel Sinks
Almost observation-disclosures of Those
Who Are Drowned or Missing.

Eureka, CAL, July 23.-Hourly the
death list of the marine horror OFF the
Mendocino county coast shrinks. The
best advices are that 1T of the 249
souls on board the steamer Columbia
escaped death when that vessel went
down to the bottom near Shelter Cove
between midnight and one o'clock OF
Sunday morning.
One hundred and seven of the Co
lumbias passengers and 81 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 to Eureka. A late message from
Shelter Cove says that three more
lifeboats have been picked up, one of
them containing Is persons, another
Is and the third not reported.
Citizens Care for Survivors.
The survivors who were brought to
this port are being cared for at hotels
and in private houses. The citizens
of Eureka, moved to unanimous action
by pity and the distress of the victims,
have supplied sufficient quantities of
clothing and all necessary medical at
tention.
A committee of citizens under the
leadership of Mayor Kicks has
charged itself with the duties of the
hour, and is performing them with
energy and all possible speed.
Among the survivors rescued and
carried north to this port by the
George w. Elder, are men and women
from score of states, not a few from
the Atlantic seaboard and the middle
west. Among these are a number of
school teachers who were varying
with sea voyage their home trip
from the annual convention of the
National Educational association at
Los Angeles.
Drowned or Missing.
The following is the list of drowned
or unaccounted for:
Franklin Aulff, Miss Anna Akesson,
Mrs. r. Anderson, w. J. Bachman, E.
Butler and wife, Miss Anna Bahlen,
Miss Gertrude Butler, Mrs. ]. Benson,
DR.. and Mrs. B. G. Best, Mrs. Jane
Best, Miss A. Bernal, Miss Clara Car
penter, Miss Ruby Cooper, ]. w. Car
penter, Chew Nook, Chinaman, Miss
Lena Cooper, Mrs. A. s. Cornell, Mrs.
R. B. Cannon, Marion CLASSIFY, Miss A.
b. Cornell, l.. CLASSIFY and wife, Steven
CLASSIFY, J. G. Durham, L. l.. Drake, Jr.,
Mrs. l.. l.. Drake, F. S. Drake, Mrs. X.
Gagalda, w. Graham, Mrs. A. Gray,
Mrs. Blanche Gordon, Frank Giune,
Mrs. A. Happ, L. E. Hill, G. H. Har-
rington, Miss X. Hayden, Mrs. w. H.
ingalls,, E. B. Keever, Miss Grace F..
Kellar, Miss Fife Kellar, Mrs. G.. A..
Kellar, Miss Alma Kellar, E. G. Liz
gett, Miss Florence Lewis, Ray Lewis,
o. S. Lewis and wife, Lewis Malkus
and wife, G. E. Mehiw, Miss B. Mus
ser, L. Nero, Miss Julia Matek, John
Miller, G. w. Merrill, M. Mayo, John
D. McFaydn, Miss Margaret Nc
Kearney, Miss Louise D. Make, Miss
Nellie A. Make, Miss Mary Parsons, ].
E. Paul and wife, J. Premus, Sarah A.
Roberts, P. Robertson, M. ]. Rateman,
Mrs. VIM. Soule, G. A. Smith, Sarah
Schulz, Miss Cora Schulz, ]. B. Spring
er, Miss Elsie May Stone, Leo T.
Sparks, Miss Frances Schroeder, Mrs.
E. Silva, A. S. Pieler, E. Silva, w. c..
Todd, Miss A. S. Todd, B. Wants, K.
P. Winters, G. F. Wilson, Mrs. A..
Waller, Miss H. Wright, Roland Win
tiers, c. w. Winslow and wife, VIM.
Wallar, Miss Edna Wallace, Miss B.
Wallace, Miss w. w. White, E. A.
Wallin, J. K. Young.
In connection with the foregoing
list it should be borne in mind that it
will be measurably reduced by the 33
names of the survivors spoken of as
coming ashore in lifeboats at Shelter
Cove Monday.
No Panic; Women Brave.
Eight minutes after the San Pedro
struck the Columbia the latter vessel
had filled with water and sunk. The
night saloon Waterman notified all
the passengers to go to the upper
deck. Without clothing they climbed
out of their berths and rushed out
1t was only two or three minutes be-
fore the decks were awash. Six
boats and three liferafts were cut
loose and as many passengers as pos
sible were crowded into them. There
were scarcely any evidence of
panic, the women acting with hero
ism.
The crew of the San Pedro immeGi-
ately lowered boat and picked up
large number of survivors.
Capt. Doran and First Officer Whit
ney were on the deck when the Col
umbia sank, the captains last words
being: God bless you"
Blame Columbia's Officers.
o. Swanson, sailor of the San
Pedro, was at the wheel Saturday