Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1902 — DIE IN OCEAN WRECK. [ARTICLE]

DIE IN OCEAN WRECK.

Forty-One Dead and Lost In Crash tn Fog. In a thick haze and without a second's warning, an iron bark, believed to be French, struck the passenger steamer Walla Walla off Cape Mendocino early Thursday morning, sinking her within' thirty-five minutes and causing a loss of life which, so far as could be definitely ascertained, is be-, lleved to amount to forty-five persons. Despite the darkness and a choppy sea the ofiicers of the vessels quelled an incipient panic and succeeded in getting the passengers and crew of the vessel into the small boats in safety. The sailing vessel, though probably not severely injured, did not* stand by to rescue, but made her escape in the fog. The known dead are: L. Brule, passenger, San drowned in landing; William Barton, fireman, drowned in landing of boat; John Wilson, quartermaster, drowned in landing of boat; thirteen others drowned in landing of boat.