GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
(Per Press Association. —^Copyright.) SAN FRANCISCOj February 23. - The steamer City of. Rio de Janiero, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, struck on a ledge at the entrance of the Golden. Gate, San Francisco, during a fog. The crew numbered 140. • - She carried 29 cabin and 65 steerage passengers; the latter including seven whites. . ' ' * The sea was' smooth, yet she foundered in 15 minutes, and 150 persons were drowned.. ' ■ - •. ■ Later. Ckptain Ward, placed the women inAhe boats manned partly by the male passen prs and partly by the crew.
One boat load swamped, and another was impaled on a spar while trying to escape the suction from the sinking steamer.
The captain locked himself in the state room 1 and sank with the ship.
Captain Hocht, of the German navy, saved himself by the aid of a life belt.
The missing include Mr D. Wildman, American Consul, and General Hongx Kongj his wife and .two children .
Details of the wreck show that -Pilot Jordan when entering the Golden Gate warned Captain Ward that it was unsafe to . proceed owing to the fog, but the advice was disregarded. Ho shouted to all to take to the .boats.
The Chinese aboard howled frantically. Women screamed piteously, "and. everybody scrambled for the -boats,, and some jumped overboard.
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Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9878, 25 February 1901, Page 2
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