New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-30
Only One Man Injured in
Transfer from Strand
ed California.
s REPORTED KILLED
WHEN SHE HIT ROCK
Vessel in Dangerous Position
Grew on Board in Hope She
Will Be Floated.

Londonderry, June 29.-Three hun
dred and forty-eight of the 1,ol6 pas
scngers of the Anchor Line steamer
California. ashore on Tory Island, were
landed here to-day. The others were
taken to Glasgow.
Latest reports from the scene OF the
wreck say that the CALIFORNIA; bottom
has been ripped from the bows to the
foremast. The likelihood of saving the
vessel is considered remote.
In a thick fog the California ran on
the rocks on Sunday night while bouno
from New York for Glasgow. Accord
ing to the passengers there was no
panic when the liner struck. The sea
was calm at the time and the vessei
was moving apparently less than seven
knots an hour. aIor
The shock was slight but the Suuoen
stopping of the California caused s sodnS
connection. The captain ana JN,u .
sneedily restored confidence ara as "
precautionary measure the DoS'S "'i'
swung out but not lowered. .,o
About / o'clock this morning the
,sarcbIight of British destroyer
snmmoned by wireless, penetrated the
n,ist n could be seen that the Can,
foynia had been left almost high and
drv by the receding tide. At low tde
the islanders were able to get close 10
the bow of the vessel.
The Donaldson liner Cassandra'
which followed the California through
out the voyage, but lost sight OF heI
In the fog on Sunday morning, came
into view two hours after the destroy,
or and soon other destroyers reachcj
the scene. From daylight the work OF
transferring the passengers proceedeo'
For several hours lifeboats pied PACK
and forth, and the passengers were
hoisted TO the deck of the Cassandra
in baskets, Only one accident oc-
cured during this operation; Glas-
row man fell out of a basket and was
badly injured. When the tide rose the
transfer became simplified, as a tender
was able to 60 alongside the Caliior-
MIA. c,
Mr.. Fulton, a passenger from Cleve,
land, in describing the accident said
that when the vessel struck everybody
rushed on deck. There was considefa-
Bile excitement, but no panic. Hlgh
rocky land was visible through the lOe
about 800 feet away. The captain was
ON the bridge. He shouted; MI
right. There is no danger. Keep
your heads!"
Later the captain advised everybody
TO 20 to bed, but this suggestion ala
not meet with any response. For
space of fifteen minutes the engines
we're reversed at intervals in the hope
of backing the vessel off, but as this
proved impossible, and it was discov,,
cred that the bows we're damaged and
the California was making water, the
engines were stopped. The arrival oil
the destroyers and the Cassandra gave
great comfort to the passengers, VINO
Greeted them with cheers.
The California is in dangerous
position on the rocks. Her crew re-
mains aboard, and it is hoped that sne
can be relocated.
London. June 3O.--"The Daily Chron-
iele" in a dispatch from Londonderry
which, however, is not confirmed by
snv other newspaper reports, says that
a man. a woman and a child were killed
on board the California, either by the
shock of the impact when the steamer
struck the rocks or by falling SPAR