The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-08-23
.OAKL AND MAN
He RO Of WRECK
At SEA SUNDAY
S. ]. Robertson, Santa Fe
Ernploye, Saves Four
Women From the III
Fated Steamer
SURVIVORS ARRIVE
WITH TRAGIC TALE
Total Dead and Missing Is
.31-Crew Testihes Ship
Struck Shore

SEATTLE. wash. Aug 22.-The
steamship Northwestern arrived from
Juneau this afternoon with Is of the
rescued passengers of the lost steam
ship State of California. eight mem
bers of the ships crew and the bodies
of ten dead passengers. Forty mem
bers of the crew of the State of Cali
fornia arrived from Juneau earlier this
morning on the steamship Jefferson
The story told by the passengers
does not differ from that of the crew.
Most of the passengers were at break
fast Sunday morning when the boat
bumped. but not so violently as to
cause a panic. The passengers who
were asleep in the staterooms probably
were not awakened by the shock.
In few seconds. however. warning
was given that the ship was sinking.
The passengers In the dining room
rushed on deck without making effort
to save anything except their lives.
There was not time to get the people
out of the staterooms.
OAKLAND MAN HERO
s. J. Robertson of Oakland, Cal, a
Santa Fe employee, was in bed when
the boat struck Leaping out OF his
cabin. he seized Mrs. Belle Drake OF
Des Moines and Miss Fayette Null OF
Douglas island and rushed them to a
life boat. He also got two other
women out of staterooms. Miss Helen
Hamilton of Fresno, Cal, was saved
through the attention of Carl Gylling.
a contractor of Seattle, who put a life
preserver on her. Gylling says many
of the passengers did not know how
to use the life preservers.
On deck the officers and crew behaved
admirably, getting out the life boats
and RATS. which took on board the pas
sengers from the deck. When the steam
er sank some people were carried down
in the whirlpool 1t made. Others were
picked up from floating wreckage to
which they had chung. The survivors
were made comfortable at the Gambler
bay cannery until they could be taken
to Juneau. All the round trip passen-
gers are now in Seattle except Peter
Olson and wife of New York, who re-
NAMED at Juneau. Mrs. Olson being sick
In a hospital.
PASSENGERS ARRIVE
Following IS a list of the passengers
who arrived this afternoon:
IL. 1frc
Belle vinnedge Drake. society editor of
the Capital Des Moines. Ia; Lawrence
Ferris, New York; A. NJ Floyd and wife.
Seattle; Carl Gylling, Seattle; Miss Nell
lie Hamilton, San Francisco; E. Hill,
Prince Rupert. B. c.; T. Hipp. Prince
Rupert. n. c.; Paul Neacy, Milwaukee.
Wis: CIV. Nelson Seattle; S. J. Robert
son, Oakland, Cal: Robert Shaw, Van
couver B. c.; Miss Mary Smith, Van
couver. B. c.; Alvin vinnedge, Seattle.
SURVIVORS WENT NORTH
In the list are included all the tour
list passengers except Mr.. and Mrs.
Olson. The 81 rescued passengers who
were bound for destinations in Alaska
continued their journey. None of the
passengers who arrived here today is
suffering injury except from the
nervous shock of the experience on the
water.
Following is list OF the survivors
who were left in Juneau when the
Northwestern sailed for Seattle
Harry Agoff. Prince Rupert, b. c.;
Floyd Bergson; Captain Biddle, Gam
bier bay; Thurmond Brown, Prince
Rupert, B. c.; D. H. Conan Seattle;
Master Albert Daniel. w. H. Daniel;
C. o. Dickson. Wrangell Alaska; j. F..
Erickson. Seattle; S. D. Grant, Wrang-
ell, Alaska; Green, Ketchikan. Alaska;
Mary Joseph, Seattle; James Mathe-
son, Prince Rupert B. c.; Miss Fayette
Null, Seattle; J. Null. Ketchikan; Mrs.
Nickerson Gambler bay; George Odell
Kansas; H. Olson, Wrangen, Alaska;
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Olson, New York;
d. r. O'Neill. o. P. Opsahl, w. Paulson,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. f. Pugh. w. P. Ray
mond and Frank c. Russell. all of
Prince Rupert. B. c.: Mr.. and Mrs.
lltfItldu % tCf u II. 0ud w, GyQHey,
Australia; H. H. Towne; August vresh
and D. H. wescott. Seattle: Mrs Jane
Wills.
BELIEVED DEAD
Following is list Of missing pas
sengers believed to be dead:
Miss Anna L. Cassidy. Seattle; Miss
May Dixon. Seattle. parents In Superior,
Wis; Frank Fuller. Prince Rupert B.
c.; James Gustavson, wrangell, Alaska;
Minette E. Harlan, Monmouth, Ore,
family in Osgood. Ind; Lester Hobro,
chief clerk Pacific Coast Steamship
company, San Francisco; ]. H Holman,
Cornwall, Eng; Miss Alice Johnson,
Vancouver, B. c.: Miss Lillian b. Nor
man, Port Bolivar. Tex; Nick Pittulas,
Seattle: Ernest ]. Reid, Prince Rupert.
B. c.; Miss Estella Riordan, Chicago;
Mrs. Catherine Spithill and 8 year old
child, Josephine, Granite Falls, Wash.
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