New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
FOURTEEN SANTA ROSA
PASSENGERS MISSING
Purser Says Death Roll Will Ex-
coed Four-Ship Owners
Estimate.
STEAMERS CAPTAIN BLAMED
Survivors Say He Refused to
Allow Them To Be Taken
Ashore When They Could
Have Safely Landed.

Santa Barbara. Cal. July Fourteen
passengers of the steamer Santa Rosa
! which broke up last night on the rocks
at Point Arguello, are unaccounted FOR to-
night on the lists OF Purser Carlton. While
some Of these may he alive and others
probably left the scene of the wreck with
out giving their names. Carlton believes
! that the list Of four known dead viii be
| heightened. This view is fully held by the
| Surviving passengers OF the wreck. despite
| the assertions of company officials and
| ship owners that only four sailors were
! lost i'm the surf
! One hundred and eighty-six passengers
are all that have been accounted for so far'
/ say the survivors. There were two nun
dred on the steamer. and many OF the res
| cued said to-day that the missing ones
| went down 10 death when the surf battered
| life RATS to pieces
! Few OF the shlpwrecked voyagers have
recovered from the nerve rackng strain OF
| the battle with the breakers in the dark
night Many Of the rescued women are
| still hysterlcal. and are under the care OF
| physicians Those that were able TO con-
! tinuo the Journey south boarded regular
| trains this morning Others will take later
| trains but large number, especially
women. will not be able TO trayel'for sew
| eral days
| MANY of the passengers were vehement
| IN their denunciation of the ships officers.
who refoed to land the passengers soon
after the Santa Rosa grounded near Point
Argucllo.
! Captain Faria. who was making his first
I
they say, so listen to the pleas of the pas
( sengcrs. who desired to be put ashore he
! fore the gale arose yesterday evening. He
replied to cntroates. It is said. With the
statement that he had received ins'ruc-
tons from the Pacific Coast Steamship
officials to permit no one 70 90 ashore
unul II became absolutely necessary.
Survivors in Pitiful Plight.
The relief train bearing the rescued pas
sengers from the Santa Rosa arrived In
santa Barbara early to-day. and dis
charged q Pittul freight Of hysterical
women and half clad. shyeriug men. sur
ferlrg and privation were written plainly
IN tho faces II all. and II VIII he weeks
and I'm some cases months before some %
the victims recover All had been drcnched
10 the skin. and none had had anything 10
cat since noon yesterday except hasty
hncneor snd cup Of coffee provided ~
farmer. who thronged to the beach when
the vessel began to break up.
Many wero too weak 10 leave tho cars
unasslsted and half a dozen had ~ Re-
carried from tho train on stretchers. Few
OF the passengers were fully clothed. Most
OF them we're wrapped I'm blankets.
Heroic Rescue Of Woman.
= X Ross, with his wife and son. Of san
Francisco. were among the rescued who
reached here to-day. That Mrs Ross
reached shore alive is due 10 the heroism
Of some unknown passenger. who grasped
her az she was sinking after she had been
swept from an overturned life raft and
swan with her through tho breakers to
safety
Il sank three times said Mrs Ross IT
WAS the No preserver which brought me
to the surface each time. but 7 was UNI
able ~ battle with tho immense breakers
that swept over my heed once AZ I came
to the TOP I saw my little boy Just as he
was going down. / grabbed him by the
hair. and Just then a big. strong man
caught mo and helped me get ashore"
M Ross said that the passengers from
the FIRST asked 20 be put ashore. They even
! called 10 passenger train passing from
the GIN n, said. The train stopped,
but the captain would not allow the passen-
gers 10 70 ashore"
Probably Zig ht Lost in Wreck.
There were probably eight lost I'm all.
and IL viii be some time before the exact
number s known" said @ q. Schooner.
Of san Luis Obispo. Two boats capszed.
one from the Santa Rosa. I'm command Of
Second Mate Heuson, and another from
the steamer Helen +. Drew. which stood
by all day. waiting for a chance to help
as get a line ashore
surf Cal July Son the rocks three hum
dred feet of the sand dunes surrounding
the mouth Of Honda Crock. lies the Pacific
Coast Steamship Companys steamer Santa
Rosa which was wrecked shortly after 4
O'Clock Yesterday afternoon. Prior to that
time the stranded steamer WAS lying easily
with towlnes run out to the steam schooR-
ers CcntralIa and Helen p. Drew. ready to
be drawn OF at hish tide last night
But az that hour n rising wind stirred
an angry sea. and the vessel soon began
pounding TO pieces. At first an effort was
made To run buoy line 10 the Centraia !
but the high seas prevented this. and il |
was decided TO try to pass the life line
across the 300 feet OF breakers to the shore. |
Sailors in Lfeboat Lost.
Hcusou the second officer, was detailed |
bv Captain j. .. Faria 10 take the line |
ashore. He and his men launched life |
boat and prepared for the dangerous pas !
sage
Meanwhile a thrOng OF ranchers from the |
hills and railroad men gathered on the |
beach These saw the lfeboat mount the |
crest OF a breaker for an instant and
then plunge out Of sight The foaming
waters covered the doomed sailors. and
they were never seen again.
The breeches buoy line. however. was
washed ashore. II was picked up and made
fast, and from 8 O'Clock until $50 the
dangerous work OF transporting passen-
gers ashore continued. Before 20 o'clock
the surviving members of the crew were
safely ashore with the drenched. weary
and more or legs hysterical passengers.
Captain Faria's Statement.
Captain ]. O. Faria commander Of the
wrecked steamer Santa Rosa, made a state
ment to-day as he stood on the beach
looking at the fragment OF his vessel when
remains above water He placed the blame
for the strandlng OF the steamer and the