The Alaska citizen., 1913-08-25

'ltHti htlitu outright or drowned when the falling mast of the Cali. forna crushed the lfeboats.
 All of these who have been ex amined exonerate the captain. who with Pilot McGillivray. directed the rescue work. after having narrowly escaped sinking with the vessel.
 Most of he survivors went to Skagway today on the Georgia. Others went south on the North. western. and some are sti1l here. The
 fticials of the Pacific Coast Steam. ship company have purchased cloth ing for the survivors and are doing all possible 10 aid them. The homes of Juneau were thrown open to the victims. and the city has given work to those who needed it.
 SEATTLE. Aug. 19.- Several divers were sent North tonight by the Pa. eff Coast Steamship company to make a search of the wrecked yes sel for the victims who are supposed 10 have been caught in their state. rooms when the vessel foundered The officials of the company esti mate the number of unrecovered b dies at 21, but they say that the exact number probably never will 5e known.
 SEATTLE Aug. 20.-The federal marlne lnspe ctors have received in strhetiens from Washington to have the geodetic survey investigate the wreck of the steamship State of Cali fornia for the purpose of ascertain. Ing the reasons for the existence Of reef n11G, yrh peared on the charts. It is probable that steps will be taken immediately To send party North to make q survey of Gambler bay in compliance with the instructions.
 The surviving officers and mem. bers Of the crew of the California, who are expected here this after noon will be called upon to appear before the federal inspectors imme- diately. The Northwestern Is ey Herted tomorrow with many of the surviving passengers
 Advices from Juneau state that Captain Cam has gone 10 the scene Of the wreck for the purpose of taking sonndings with a view to re covering the mail and the purser's safe
 JUNEAU. Aug 20-The body of w. A. Dyer. who was reported among inc missing passengers of the steam ship State of Cal fornia. was recoy- cred today by one Cf the several ranncry boats which have been pa trolling the bay since the wreck oc- cured. Dyer was a medical stu dent of Marquette, Michigan.
 The complete passenger lists show that total of 3l persons lost their lives when the California went to the bottom. Of this number eleven bodies have been recovered. Three of the bodies are still unidentified.
 The passage where the wreck oc- cured is very marrow and extremely dangerous. the uncharted reef which was responsible for the sinking of the California lying directly in the path of the steamers.
 SEATTLE, Aug 21-According 10 the official report which has just been made public by the officials of the Pacific Coast Steamship company. the total loss of life in the Gambler bay q saster was 34. Cf which num- Der 2 were passengers and were 4ii' '-iA'ViS pi tHt NItA.
 The company is doing everything possible to relieve the distress of the survivors who have arrived here from the North The majority of the saved passengers reached this city today on the Northwestern.
 SEATTLE, Aug. 22.-The local pa pers this afternoon are filled with accounts of the wreck of the steam ship State of California. received first-hand from the survivors who arrived on the Northwestern and the Jefferson. The stories all agree as to the time and place If striking and the rapidity with which the vessel went 10 the bottom In fact. prac- tically all of the testimony which was given before the federal inspec- tors is corroborated by the surviv- Ors who have just arrived.
 The common version of the wreck, as told today. is that the striking f the reef was followed immediately by one awful shriek which tore the hearts of those who heard It. Then the vessel sank beneath the cold wa ters of Gambler bay, the boats be- kept busy loading on the pass tHStlS III tHt Dlltl tune dNalldDle Perfect discipline was maintained throughout the exciting moments i'm mediately following the shock Wo- men first was the order of the hour, the men remaining quietly be hind until the coming of their turn.
 Captain Cam was carried off the ship in the pilothouse when the vessel, sank. and from his position in the midst of the wreckage he directed the rescue work. He was afterwards taken aboard the lifeboat himself.
 The passengers declare that the majority of those who met death n the disaster were killed by the fall ing masts and the other wreekage from the ships
 SEATTLE. Aug. 22.-The investi gati1n of the wreck of the steam ship State of California, which oc- cured in Gambler bay last Sunday morning, has develoned the 1att that the chart which was in use on the vessel was directly responsible for the disaster. which resulted in the death of more than 30 persons, in addition to the total loss of the ship. Deep water was marked on the chart at the exact point where the jagged reef actually exists. this fact being testified to by all of the officers and members of the crew of the California who were called be- fore the federal inspectors.
 Seven members of the crew testi- fled regarding the rapid sinking of the California after the rock had been encountered.
 The steamship Jefferson arrived |