Story Of The Colima's Loss

CITY OF Aikxiuo, Juno 3 -Of all the passengers and crew of the ill-fated Colima at this writingbuttwenty-seven are known to have been saved. This is authoritative. They were all pioked up froni pieces of wreckage or rafts, and many were badly bruiaed. The veseel ; went down in a storm that threw her on hor beam eiids, and Uien before any one could take measures for safety overwhelmed her and down she went. All the women and ohildren went down with her, and their bodies atrewed the occan round about and were.aeen by. scores. by those fortúnate enough to have got'.ou hold of something that would keep them aüuat. This is the story of John M. Thornton, one of the saved. He lost a wifo and sister-in-law in the wreek, and with a sailor managed to get on a raft which they made themselves. They floated toward shore, but just bofore reaching land were picked up by the San Juan, having been In tlio water and on the raft twenty-two ■■'urs. It is stated by some of the savcd i' he. vesc"l haú a heavy deck load of ■r which shifted and listed her hours belore she wout ovur on her beam ends, but it 8eems ihat no effort wus ruado ta juita.son the lumbar. From advioes at hand it woulil soem that the vessel misrht have been snved if this had been don?. The exact number of lost is not kuowii, hut is stated at from 150 to 180. .