Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-19
MANY PASSENGERS GO DOWN
WITH THE STATE OF CALI
FoRNiA IN GAMBLER eAY.
THIRTEEN SURVIVORS
IN HOSPITAL At JUNEAU
Society Editor Of Dee Meinss Capital
Among the injursd-Loss Of Life Due
to Wrsekass Rather Than Drowning
Weasel Strikes Rock and 0oss to
Pieces Before She Can 1s osaehed.

who were On the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company's vessel State Of Califor-
not. when she struck q rock and sunk
in Gambler Bay Sunday morning. to-
day stands unchanged with ten bodies
recovered ana ntteen passengers
known 10 bs missing and given up for
dead.
Whether more passengers than those
known are missing 10 uncertain ~
Pursur L. J. Coughlin saved no record
and 10 not sure how many were aboard
the ship when it went to its doom.
To the best Of his recollection the
State Of California left Seattle with
tifty-three passengers. Nineteen more
boarded the steamer at Printz Rupert.
B. g.. and others were iaAen c: ..
ports on the way north. but how many
or who left the steamer at the several
stops 10 not known.
Examination of the hospital list.
where eleven survivors were taken,
added two names to the list Of the pas
sengers saved. They are George ODell,
q Kansan en- route to the Sushanna
gold field. and Alvin Vinnedge. Of
Seattle.
One Survivor Will Die.
The eleven survivors treated in the
hospital are H. r. Andrews. suffering
from shock and exposure: Alvin Vim
hedge. Seattle. Wash. severely bruised;
Mrs. Belle Vinnedge Drake, Des
Moines. sister OF Alvin Vinnedge. and
society editor Of the Des Moines Capt.
tai. bruised; Lawrence Ferris. New
York, knee badly bruised Hans John
son. third engineer. head cut: Pilot
McGillivray. rib broken and body
bruised; George O'Dell, Kansas. head
cut: Mrs. Peter Olson, Tacoma. shock
and exposure. not expected to live:
Peter Olson. Tacoma. shock and ex-
.posnre; c. ID. Shaw. Sydney. Aus
tralia, head cut: Mrs. NJ. J. Tracy.
stewardess. shock and expo9ure.
. Tho State Of California 10 total loss
with everything aboard, Including
cargo. mail and express and the per-
sonal effects OF the passengers.
Many Perish in Wrsekass.
Those surviving escaped with only
thee lothes they had on when the
steamer struck. The loss Of life was
caused more by wreckage than by
drowning. according to Capt. II. c.
Cam, Jr., who was master Of the lost
ship. Captain Cam said the upper
work Of the State Of California broke
up as the vessel went down and many
people were caught in the wreckage.
It was in this way that Miss LII
Ia Ward, daughter Of Edward c.
Ward. Of Seattle. assistant manager of
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
lost her life. a mast. falling as tho
upper works were carried away. strik-
ing her as she stood on the upper
deck. She was taken Off In a small
boat and later put aboard the Alaskan
Steamship Company's steamer Jeffer.
son. but died before that vessel ar
rived here Sunday night.
Vessel Sinks Suddenly.
So quickly did the State of Califor-
MIA sink after ehe struck that Captain
Cam barely had time to run her to-
ward the rock beach OF Gambler be-
fore she hit the bottom. The wireless
operators aboard did not have a chance
to summon aid. but boats from a can
merry put out from shore and assisted
the crew OF the wrecked steamer.
picking UP the people floating among
the wreckage. Two gas boats were
obtained from the cannery and one
was sent to Petersburg for aid. while
the other headed toward Juneau. meet
ing the Jefferson. which proceeded to
the scene Of the wreck and picked up
the survivors.
Partial List Of Dead.
Following is a list Of the dead whose
bodies have been recovered:
Mrs. A. Birnbaum.
Mrs. Stella Reardan.
Mrs. Clara vandeclass.
Miss Lila Ward. daughter OF Ed
ward G. Ward. assistant manager OF
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
Mrs. Nellie b. Ward. mother OF Miss
Ward.
Four unidentified women.
Following 10 Q partial list OF the
missing. who are believed to have per-
ished:
Miss Anna L. Cassidy.
Miss May Dixon.
w. A. Dyer.
Blanche Fridd.
Minette Z. Harlan.
Leslie fi0bra, manager Of the Pa
clio Coast steamship Companys OF
nee In San Francisco.
J. Holman.
Miss Alice Johnson.
Lillian b. Moran.
Nick Pittulas.
Miss ReaFdan.
Mrs. G. E. epithill and child.
Bon a. Wade.
Miss Wilson.
Mies Lana Ward died after beins
taken or OF life raft The uninjured
survivors, crew and passengers ara
being taken 20 Seattle on the steamer
Jefferson ana will arrive here Thurs
~ 49, ss.,. n ab,p'e us<esw,,