The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-12
Steamer San Jose Got
Into Serious Trouble
ENR0UTEFOR SAN DIEGO
Boat Reported In Great Danger
and Was Taking a
Big List
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San Diego, August s.-AII pass
ensers abroad the Pacific mail
steamship San Jose have been
landed and an effort is being
made to get the vessel off San
Pablo reef by chr own engines,
according to a radio message re.
eeived at the navy station here
this morning.
San Diego, Calf, August 9.-The
naval radio station at North Island
received a call for help from the
steamer San Jose early this morning.
At the station it was said that the
steamer had thirty three passengers
and a crew of 100 abroad. "The
steamer is likely to sink at any min
ute," was the word received in San
Diego from the radio station.
San Francisco, August s.-wireless
messages early today from the
steamer San Jose, which struck on
San Pablo reef, about 1900 miles
south of San Diego last night, indi-
Gated the ship was resting, easily:
There were SO and IS members of
the crew aboard. One message from
Captain B. castro said: Holding out
ok, l guess" 49,
the ship was taking a big list" and
was in immediate danger. The ves-
sci left Salina Cruz, Mexico, August
/, and was due In San Francisco
August Is, after stops at San Diego
and Los Angeles.
A radio message picked up from the
steamer Griffdn at 2:15 o'clock said
h4 f1yar % fh4 sSata <xf
the San Jose. There is no panic
aboard" said one of the San Jose's
message. "rhe passengers are treat
ing the accident as an adventure"
Earlier Reports.
The steamer San Jose struck and
grounded on San Pablo reef, Asuncion
Tsalnd, according to distress messages
received early this mornign by the u.
8. Naval Radio station on Yerba Bay,
Buena Island. The passengers aboard
the San Jose were declared in dam
ger.
One message was from the naval
radio station at San Diego. It was a
broadcast telling other ships of the
San Jose's plight and instructing any
nearby to go to her assistance.
A third wireless message said the
message from the San Jose direct
said: vessel in immediate danger; any
ships near please come to rescue.
The San Diego station asked the
San Jose If she was sinking. The
answer came: "No, bu., we are taking
a ssa big s list. Think we are stuck IN
Steamer Resting Easy.
The San Jose is operated between
sci left Salina Cruz. Mex, August 1,
and was due here August Is after
stops at San Diego and Los Angeles.
The steamer San Jose is of 2.135
tons and is owned by the Pacific Mail
Steamship company. She is a two
deck steamer, of steel construction
and was built in 1882 at Chester. Pa.
O'Clock by the navy radio station said:
THE ship is resting easily"
The latest radio message from the
Pacific mail steamer an Jose, which
struck early today on an Pablo reef
on the Mexico west coast, said the
vessel was resting easy" This dis
patch was picked up by the navy
radio station here at 4:25 o'clock. The
San Jose carries thirty three passen-
Destroyer FarQuahar OF For Wreck
San Diego, Cal, August Speed
[ ing to the assistance of the steamship
San Jose Of the Pacific Mail company
ashore on Asunion Island reef, the
destroyer Farquahar left Port here
at four o'clock this morning and is
expected to reach the scene of the
wreck this afternoon. Rear Admiral
Guy Burrage, commander of the
Pacific destroyer forces, ordered the
Farquahar to the assistance of the
San Jose.
> Griffdu Picked Up Message.
/ San Francisco, August Sam Pablo
reef, where the ship grounded, is on
Asuncion Island, about $50 miles
south of San Diego, Cal.
The steamer Griffdu of the Pan
American line picked up the S. O. S.
calls sent out by the San Jose and
Immediately headed for San Pablo
reef. The Griffdu was over 300 miles
north of the San Jose and she is not
expected to reach the stranded vessel
until eight a. m. tomorrow morning.
Early today radio message was
picked up from the steam schooner
lMultnomah stating sh was disabled
md drifting helplessly in the Pacific
fifty miles northwest of Blunt's light
ship near Eureka, Cal. Her crew
numbers between fifteen and twenty.
The Multnomah usually carries
about twenty passengers. Latest ad
vices said the vessel was in no danger
and that a rescue ship was speeding
to her assistance.