Douglas Island news., 1913-08-20
State of California Sunk

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 Last Sunday morning, at half past eight o'clock, the steamship State of California, of the Pacific Coast Steam. ship company, plunged beneath the cruel waters of Gam bier bay, aud all that remained of the once proud ship was a mass of wreckage floating in the water, in the midst of which the pas- sengers and crew were struggling for their lives. A few minutes before, she had left the oannery dock and was ! heading for the open waters under a ! full head of steam. Suddenly there was a grinding shock, and the joy of the beautiful Sabbath morn was as sud. denly turned to aterrible fright, as the passengers and crew, realizing their danger, tore tbe life boats and rafts loose from their fastenings and plunged into the icy waters, with the hope of making their escape from the wreck. I'm mediately after she struck, Captain ! Cam, who was on the bridge, headed the ship for the beach, but SO great was the damage done by the sharp rocks that the ship sank before the nearby shore could be reached. Survivors say that only three minutes elapsed from che crash until the waters closed over the shattered wreck.
 It is now believed that thirty 1 lives were sacrifed in the State of Cal ilornia. The wreck was seen from the caunery dock aud gas boats hurried to the scene and were helpful in recover ing bodies of those who had given up the fight. The cannery tug Lucca P. was at once dispatched for Juneau with the bodies recovered and several of those who were badly injured. This boat met the s. s. Jefferson, south bound from Juneau, which latter ship reached the scene of the wreck about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and afterwards returned 10 Juneau with the survivors.
 The dead are John Vanderlas, Mrs. John Vanderlas, Mrs. E. c. Ward, Miss Lila Ward, Mrs. S. B. Riordau, Mrs. Albert Birnbaum, and four women, names unknown.
 Besides the above list, seventeen pas. sengers and seven member of the crew are missiug, bodies not recovered.
 Among the passengers were W. II. Daniels, brother of James Daniels of Treadwell, and the latter's little son, Albert S. Daniels. When MT. Daniels leaped into the sea he held the boy in his arms. Binding himself being drawn down by the whirliug waters he gave the boy a push toward the sur face. When be came up again he climbed into a life boat and began to look for Albert, and there few yards away was the little fellow, olinging to a piece of wreckage, kicking and yell ing for dear life. Both reached Tread we'll safely, apparently none the worse for their thrilling experience.
 Miss Faythe Null, of San Francisco, daughter of Frank Null of this city, was also a passenger on the doomed ship. She was coming to Douglas to keep house for her father. She was thrown into the water when the ship listed and went down twice before she was pulled onto life raft.
 D.. c. Perkins, the chief wireless oper- ator, went to his death seated at his post, vainly sending out the IS. O. S." signal.
 The veteran mail clerk, Andrews, was also thrown in the water Here the first objyot that greeted. his eyes was his violin case. Grasping it he swan ashore. ID the wreck of the Cottage City this violin was washed ashore, where it was picked up by an Indian. and returnedlto the owner.
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