Arizona republican., 1913-08-20
Thirty-seven Are Placed Aboard Steamship North western, Leaving Seven in Hospital at Juneau Un- able to Make the Trip
TEN BODIES
 IDENTIFIED
Surviving Officers and the Crew Appear Before Ma rine Inspectors and Give Testimony Taken Down in Shorthand
IAssoCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

JUNEAU, August 19.-Thirty- seven surviving passengers of the steam ship State of California sailed for Seattle on the steamship North western this morning. leaving seven passengers in the hospital unable to travel. On the Northwestern also went ten bodies of passengers, three of which were unidentified. Their collins will be opened al Seattle, and it is hoped that identification will be made there All the surviving of ficers and others of the crew appear ed before Marine Inspectors Whitney and Kell, and gave testimony which vas taken in shorthand. They We're ordered to report to the marine in spectors upon their arrival in Seattle
 Captain Cam, of the wrecked steamer left for the scene of the disaster today to make soundings and ascertain if the mail pursers safe can be recovered The mail was in the hold of the steamship, and thus was intact.
 These bodies have been recovered:
 Birbaum. Mrs. A., Ruby, Alaska.
 Fridd, Mrs. Blanche, Monmouth. Oregon.
 Reardan. Mrs Stella, Seattle
 Van Der Lass, Rev John; Phoenix. Ariz.
 Van Der Lass. Mrs Clara; Phoenix, -Ariz.
 Ward Miss Lillian B; Seattle. Ward Mrs Nellie B.; Seattle.
 Three unidentified women.
 The following is list of the missing passengers who are believed to be dead: Cassidy, Miss Anna L.; Seattle.
 Dixon. Miss May; Seattle; parents in Superior, Wisconsin.
 Dyer, w. A; Milwaukee; medical student.
 Hartlan, Minette F.; Monmouth, Ore; family in Indiana.
 Hobro. Leslie; chief clerk Pacific Coast Steamship Co, office in San Francisco.
 Holman, J H.; Cornwall, England. Johnson, Miss Alice; Vancouver, B. C.
 Norman. Miss Lillian B; Port BoH var. Texas.
 PittuIas. Nick; Seattle.
 Reardan. Miss; Seattle.
 Spithil, Mrs. c. F., and child; Granite Falls. Wash.
 Wade, Rene A; Seattle.
 Wilson, Miss A. J.; Prince Rupert. B c.
 Lost members of the crew aS:
 Anderson, l.. fourth officer.
 Clark. J.. sailor.
 Lawson. N. deck officer.
 Madigan, B., waiter.
 Mazsini, L. deck officer.
 Perkins, D. C.. wireless operator. San Francisco.
 Smith. P, waiter.
 Whether more passengers were talk on down is uncertain. as Purser L. J.. Coughlin saved no records and it is not known how many were aboard the ship. Seven of the crew are known to be dead. The steamer is q total loss with the entire cargo. So sudden was the sinking of the vessel that the survivors escaped with only the clothes they had on.
 According to Captain Thomas H. Cam, the loss of life was caused more by wreckage than by drowning, as the upper works of the steamer broke up as it sank and many were caught in the wreckage. It struck in daylight on a rock. supposedly. and tore out the bottom. Immediate " the captain blew a whistle of dis tress and ordered the crew to launch the life boats and headed for the rocky shore.
 Aid was hurried from the Gambler cannery and later the steamer Jeffer- sen arrived and helped to pick up the survivors The accident occurred where the chart showed thirty fath- oms of water.
 To the best of the purser's recollec- tion, the steamer carried fifty three passengers when she left Seattle Nineteen boarded her at Prince Ru- pert and others took passage at Ketchiken, Alaska. and other ports How many left the steamer at stops ,s,a.. nnt ram nrr1 hpr,pd