The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1902, Page 3

& THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1902, 3 “HEROES, EVERY MAN OF THEM!” SAYS HALL SE $ HIS COMPANIONS PERISH IN STORMY. SEA Seaman William O’Leary Tells a Thrilling Story of Disasters to the Boat That Reached the Shore Near Trinidad. O'LEARY, a sna- the Walla Walla, "was of the survivors of boat which when it left the lia contained thi sengers. Of the thir- x were drowned before ade near Trinidad light- h through the excellent sea- O’Leary, s of incessant toll and ha ted the course of the boat. lision occurred I was knew nothing of what hap to the time I was awakened. he crash and ran to my station 1 heard the captain give orders to man tie boats. I got my oilskins and rubber boots and some. old clothes. I anned and then started b twelve Hall gave orders for all boa h bark, which was ‘We saw_her draw away. Then land. We old blanket responge. ce and & he..{ hours saw the was too far to leeward to see us. We contin- for shore. Overturning of the Boat. ock on Thursday—that is the watches that stopped— about fifteen miles from son steering the boat, he wind and a sea caught . The boat turned ted herself. All clung ere again thrown off. an who was lost dropped right Two men with life-preservers erneath her airtight 1 was the first man life-preserver suffocated man lost was one of the pas- Te a black suit and was a umatism. He went down s again righted and to the sides. Over nd two more pas- hold on the keel e sea. One of these the bow of the boat. He ) looking fellow or life, but ffeting of the er wearing a other hard ur or_more, ruggle and went rmaster, was ithough he to swim, en- h ilskins and went down. grabbed me we went over e a the boat out rs e We were tied up d to eat was some eg having broken d took us to the us as best they in on the boat h and More- and McClel an, fire- the th nted to turn the offered us hing else, and then sent ‘\}'fin the same recep- could not do t0o us with clothes the entire our disposal. but the com- y man. the treatment est terms of . 1l and the of- ge for their conduct O'Leary will make nces to the Pacific y to-day. ONE LIFE BOAT IS UNPLUGGED | A. B. Maclellan Tells How a Sailor Who Was Hauled on Board Saved Twelve People From Drowning. a traveling salesman t & Co., who was on hig says that the life boat eleven others we; ow- lugged and that she came £ klrg and placing her of the waves. re ur..au on the Pomona faclellan describes wing interview: occurred I deck, where life boat. 1 , but some sailor t and it was low- Waila v @ the wind, which le. We were buffeted this vith been 10 r noticed that recog- the \\|'H water. N be- , but made lit- ater rapidly gained named C. 1 the rope from e was half down fell head foremost ame to the surface we hauled him tely what the He informed cen put in dur- s were successfully land- | who through twen- | | TELL OF AGONY the following account of | | I cut the lash- | | mona. Edgar Reiss, | believes that he was drowned while try- | he | , | Frenchman going astern and then I saw | or for the purpose hall, two pas- | | take effect immediately. He knew where the | and secur- rammed them in their tion no doubt saved amped and from almost | He set to work bailing | | up ( eir ewn clothing for our comfort. As fi | hear that he made a wild leap for one of | had a terrible experience with a liferaft. considerably. He tried to make the Men- docino light and I pulled on the oars until my palms were badly blistered. We stopped rowing after awhile and drifted. After six hours uncertainty the Dispatch came to our rescue. “Too much praise cannot be accorded to Captain Johnson and his crew, who gave Captain Hall, should I ever have to avel the route on which he has a steam- r I will always wait for his vessel.” AND SUFFERING Survivors Recite Stories of Physical Hardship Due to the Long Exposure and Pri- vation. George Reiss was one of the sorrowing survivors who reached port on the .Po- a brother of the former, was lost in the wreck and George ing to jump from the main deck of the Walla Walla to one of the liferafts. Mr. Reiss said: “As soon as the collision occurred and I saw the steamer begin to settle I ran down to my brother’s room and woke him up. He started to dress hurriedly, and thinking he would get away all right I left him and started out to see if 1 could help out some of the women. “‘On the deck I found Mrs. Edgar, who had her ribs crushed in the crash. She was in a terrible state of pain and fright, so I directed all my attention to her. I got her into one of the boats and then went back to my brother's room to see if he was dressed. He was not there. I the boats drowned.” Freight Clerk Dan Hogan of the Walla Walla looked worn and weary when he stepped off the Pomona yesterday. He and I am afraild he was He was benumbed and chilled through and through when the Dispatch picked him and his companions up, but after get- ting a suit of dry clothes on Hogan set to work making the compa s passen- gers as comfortable as he could. When the surviyors landed at Eureka there was work for au the remaining offi- cers of the ship and the bulk of the run- ning around fell to Hogan. He worked without sleep for forty-eight hours, com- piling lists of the ved and injured and helped Captain Hall attend to the many wants of his shipwrecked passengers. When Hogan stepped off the Pomona he was a nervous wreck and he was or- dered home to get a well-earned and much-needed rest. | . E. Stern and wife were aboard the same boat in which were Miss Rose Peters, the Streams famMy and Mrs. Meydenbauer. Mr, Stern s : We had a rough experience and we | were all lucky to get ashore alive. I don’t know anything about how the (‘0111<1(\|1 oc- | curred ran on deck and saw Lhe the W e. Walla all crashed up forward, so I ran back and got v. wife and we | grabbed what little clothes we could and | put them on and then got in eboat. ence in the lifeboa: s that that got asl"ore. s0 | there is no peaking about t Pm | glad to be home and when I take a trip again I'll go by land.” STOCEMAN FOUND SHOT | TO DEATH IN HIS CABIN | Whether the Murder Was Commlttel by an Enemy or by Robbers | Is Not Known. | PRESCOTT, Ariz. | Sheriffs left here t | White Pacheco country | murder of George Bryan, who found | dead in his cabin this morning with a | bullethole in his he; He had a double- led shotgun in hand, leading to the belief that he was attacked defending himself when shot. alone in the cabin, about fourt northeast of Hot Sp: 2 the White Pacheco was engaged in the stock b is no clew to the murderer or murderers. Whether he was murdered by some enemy of robbery is not The body was found by a neigh- to ipvestigate the | ba ! known. bor. New Manager for the Smelters. REDDING, Jan. 5.—A change has taken place in local mining cigtles that comes as a great surprise to many and is of interest to mining men of the State and 'where. Austin H. Brown, general manager of Captain J. R. de la Mar’s Bul- ly Hill mining and smelting plant in this county, has accepted and been appointed manager for the Trinity Copper a_Boston com: which is in- -ton copper smelting plant . Brown will retain his em- ployment with Captain de 13 Mar and act as consulting engineer for his copper smelting operations at Bully Hill. The appointment was made Saturday even- ing at the offices of the Trinity Copper Company at Kennett by Managing Direc- tor Louis Auerbach of Boston and Is to It was made | with the knowleBgé of Captain de la Max | and no friction between the big companies will result. Record-Breaking Rainfall. HONOLULU, Dec. 28—Hawali has been visited by a heavy rainstorm which, at one point, is thought to have been a record breaker. Unofficial reports from Papaaloa, island of Hawaii, state that last Wednesday forty inches of rain feli in twenty-four hours. Professor Lyons of the Government observatory says that this is a world’s record, but he discredits the report. From another district a fall of ten inches in five hours is reported. Receives.a Call to San Jose. SAN JOSE, Jan. 5.—Rev. Francis Palm- er of Philadelphia, one of the most prom- inent clergyman in Pennsylvania, has ac- cepted a call to fill the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church in this city. The en- gagement is but for a month, but at the end of that time it is almost certain he w 1 be selected to fill the vacancy caused 3 XLurL resignation of Rev. Dr. J. Rev. Palmer is a graduate " Although a young man hs rominent pulpits in Ohlo and S R Freight Trains in Collision. so‘ TH McALESTER, L T., Jan. 65— risboro this morning two Choc- ¢ freight trains ion, smashing up jJoseph Add. and - two re stealing a ride ision was caused by { n disobeying orders and 1sboro. Traffic was de- R ke Objéct to Leper Colony Bill. HONOLULU, H. T., Dec. 28.—The bill introduced in Congress by Delegate Wil- cox, providing for a national leper settle- ment on the island of Molokai, was a sur- prise here, as the mattér had not been | discussed in Hawaii since Congressman Kahn of California proposed a similar | scheme a year ago. At that time the plan aroused sironsg opposition in Hawail and it is now criticised with equal vigor. ————— For Piles Try Salva-cea. No matter whether they are blind, bleeding or itching, it will give instant relief and effect a permanent cure. It will surprise you the way it succeeded in keeping the | does its work. Price, 25c and 50c, at druggists mmr @t a low level, though she leaked | or by mail. Salva-cea, 274 Canal st., N. Y. 1 ILL-STARRED STEAMER'S MASTER LAUDS CONDUCT OF HIS CREW CAPTAIN A. L. HALL, WHO COMMANDED THE WALLA WALLA. S Officers and Seamen of the Walla Walla Credited With Behavior Most Admirable in the Dreadful Hour of Shipwreck. EVER mind me; let me say a word for my crew ¥ sald Captain “Andy” Hall yesterday as he stepped e from the Pomona. “Don’t you dare say a word about me, but give There was not a coward in Every man was at his post T've lost my ship, but I'm proud of the fact that every man under me was where his p was in danger. ““One of the rules of the company is that a weekly fire drill must be held. Strange to say, we had a fire drill the day We had ten lifeboats on the Walla Walla, and of these two were smashed in the collision. the alarm came six were launched, while every life raft was There was absolutely no confusion, and my men worked as though the vessel was alongside the dock. Crash in Captain’s Cabin. ““What’s the use of talking about the accident? spectors of Hulls and Boilers will look into that, the boys all the credit. the entire ship’s crew. and not one deserted it. duty called him when the s! we left San Francisco. got over the side. pose we all will be on the gridiron. across my room. All T can tell you is that we left here on New Year's day for Puget Sound. Barly in the morning of the 2d there came a crash and I was thrown clear My bed was on the port side of the ship, and that was the place the Frenchman struck us. bound north and the sailing vessel was on the starboard tack. What she was bound inshore for heaven only knows. “I was in bed and sound asleep when the crash came. The second mate was in charge of the deck, but it did not require him to make a report in order to let me know what was doing. The Frenchman's prow had shoved my bed across the happened I was on lives were lost. ‘When first. I thought we me lifel The In- and I sup- saloon and among We were | excitement, and the the other,” Captain Shea of three cheers. came up again with a part of a hatch under me. float until I reached a life raft and was later put in a wonder if Nuttman and Crosby were saved? knowy was in the engine room and ordered the port boilers blow# down as soon as we were struck. Nuttman was in the ing a worhan over the side. went down the rope ladder with a woman hanging around his neck. Everybody behaved well and none deserves praise above deck, and before the quartermaster could tell me what had the bridge and sounding the alarm. Chief Engineer Crosby went to the engine room in his pajamas and Purser Nuttman went to the soclal hall, manly part in allaying the excitement. man, it was the greatest crew that ever manned a ship. There was not a coward in the whole bunch: Every mother’s son of them stuck to his post, and it is due to them that so few No Warning of the End. “I was on the bridge when the ship went down. you the honest truth, I didn’t know the end was so near. was watching the launehing of the boats and life rafts, and when she began to settle I realized that all was over. to the last boat to push off and then down we went bow where he did a Tell you what, old To tell I I yelled would never stop going down, and then I That kept Crosby, I the passengers’ rooms during the whole last I saw of him was when he was help- Cecil Brown, one of my officers, the Pomona says that when Captain Hall came aboard at Bureka the crowd at the wharf gave him L e e e e e O e e e 2 ) BOMB EXPLODES IN RESIDENGE Attempt Made to Kill Venezuelan Minister of Finance. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Jan. 5.—A re- port has reached here that last evening bomb was exploded in the residence a at Caracas of the Venezuelan Minister of Fi- nance, Tello Mendoza. The explosion wrecked a considerable portion of the house, but no one was injured. The at- tempt has caused considerable excitement in Caracas. Almost all the Venezuelan revolutionists who have lately been here have left this island to join the insurgent bodies Venezuela. in The armed revolutionary steamer Liber- tador, which left Fort-de-France on D e- cember 31 for the Venezuelan coast, with General Matos and 300 volunteers. and a cargo of munitions of war, i Now report- ed to have been successful in landing her men and war material in Venezuela, near Dec. 28.—Frank D. Haskel who_was senténced to two years' by Judge Humphreys for larceny, pardoned by Governar Dole. The bardon conditioned on Haskell's leaving the country, \ Rio Chico. HONOLULU, 11, hard labor en SAFE-CRACKERS ATTEMPT TO ROB RAILROAD DEPOT Use Nitro-Glycerin on Strong Box at Crockett, but Fail to Open Inner Door. CROCKETT] Jan. 5.—An attempt was made early this morning to rob the safe of the Southern Pacific Company. in the depot here: The outer door of the safe was blown off its hinges by nitro-glycerin and an attempt was then made on the inner door. The force of the glycerin separated the two inner plates, but did not force the inner door. But little money was kept in the safe, as the company invariably sends the money away on the evening express. It is evident from the general demoli- tion of the office that an overcharge of nitro-glycerin was used. The counter was badly shattered and the windows broken. All about the safe were evidences of a powerful explosion, which was heard by several residents of the town. Caps were found in the office of the ice- house 200 feet distant and also some fuse and a whisky flask. i g e Mining Property Changes Hands. EUREK), Jan. 5—The well known beach mining property at Gold Bluff, owned by John Chapman, has just been sold to a company of Eastern people, composed of Hon. Sturges Whitlock and daughters of Darby, Conn.; Hart D. Mur- son of New Haven, n., and others hold smaller. shares. ’Jfl; ce paid is said to be $50,000. F‘(ttyfilom!nd dollars more will be expended improvements. The mine has been rudning since the early days of the county’s history. The gold is deposited in a high bluff near the ocean and is washed down by the water as it strikes the bluff at high tide, SlILL PROBING COEBEL MUADER Franklin County Grand |? Jury Summons Sev- eral Witnesses. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 5.—The Cou- rier Journal to-morrow will say: Senator Deboe, former Lieutenant Governor John Marshall and David W. Fairleigh have been summoned to appear before the Franklin County Grand Jury Monday to tell the details, it is saild, of a secret meeting that was held at the Galt House, in Louisville, a short .time before the shooting of Goebel and during the contest before the General Assembly. The meeting was held in the parlors of the Galt House and those who were pres- ent observed the strictest secrecy. Among those who attended the meeting were W. S. Taylor, Adjutant General Col- lier, Pr, James (now United States Mar- shal at Louisville), Dr. T. H. Baker (now postmuter at Louisville), Senator Deboe, Falirleigh, Alexander P. Hum- Duke, Thomas 'W. Bul- litt, John M. Atherton and others. 1t {s believed that the Galt House meet- ing dlafiued means to enable Governor Taylor to retain his of 7 BOY BRAVELY RISKS HIS LIFE TO SAVE THAT OF HIS MOTHER | Youthful Albert Meydenbauer Acts the Part of a Hero on the Deck of the Sinking Steamship. LBERT MEYDENBAUER Jr., - aged 15 years, whose home is in Seattle, displayed a courage that is not often found in a small boy. During the terrible moments of excitement that followed the collision young Meydenbauer’s first thought was for the safety of his mother. A lifeboat was just about to leave the Walla Walla, which was fast settling in the ocean, when the boy led his motlier along the deck to where the.lifeboat was tossing on the swell below. The seaman in charge saw the mother and her brave son and shout- éd that there was only room for one per- son. “Then take my mother, and I'll stay.” shouted young Meydenbauer. The seamen marveled at his courage, and they took Mrs. Meydenbauer aboard and left Albert hift for himself. She waved her som ;%o:l by and then began crying for his safety. "Lct that kid alone. He'll get off all right,” shouted a gruff old seadog, who had seen at a glance what/kind of stuff there was in the boy, and Mrs. Meyden- bauer evidently thought the old sailor was right, for she allowed herself to be calmed. Meydenbauer ran to the upper deck, where some of the crew were trying (o unfasten one of the life rafts. He watched the pperation calmly, and when the crew fourld.thas they could not handle the raft he went down on the main deck again and hunted up and down for a raft to clamber aboard. He found one of the few that still lay alongside and got aboard of t. ! Modest Little Fellow. The brave little fellow smiled, and Continued on Page Five. O brittle and tender, so in every way delicious, are only possible® by using The H-O Co.’s Pancake Flour, a combination of rice, corn and wheat flour, ready to use. ADVERTISEMENTS. OCEAN TRAVEL. Makes eye-glasses and spectacles to orderat moder- ate cost. Expert mechanics to do the work. 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