Identifier: sanfranciscosoce01wrig (find matches)
Title: San Francisco's ocean trade, past and future; a story of the deep water service of San Francisco, 1848 to 1911. Effect the Panama canal will have upon it
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Wright, Benjamin Cooper
Subjects: Shipping
Publisher: San Francisco, A. Carlisle & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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both passengers and crew. Charles C. Sullivan, one of the earliest to reach the shore,saved many lives by returning frequently into the surf anddragging helpless ones ashore. He had the credit of pullingout the last man seen in the foaming waters. There were four men at the wheel when the steamer washeaded for the shore. One after another left as the flamesapproached. At last only William Howd remained. He wasseen to leave when the fire had reached him, but it was onlyfor a moment. He then returned and made fast the wheelso as to keep the steamer on its course, and then plungedoverboard and was saved. A mother appealed to Mr. Murphy to save her two-year-old boy. Rev. C. Keith, an Episcopal minister to China,united his handkerchief with another and strapped the boyto Mr. Murphy with the remark, The Lord save you andthe child. Both were saved. Keith had just returned fromChina with a sick wife, who died in San Francisco ten daysbefore the steamer left. He had preached in the cabin that
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San Franciscos Ocean Trade—Past and Future 61 morning, and was one of the last to leave the ship. Thougha good swimmer, he suddenly disappeared upon reachingthe surf. Ben Holladay, a well-known character in those days andfor many years afterwards, strapped himself to a ladderbefore sinking, and was picked up afloat. There were many other equally noteworthy escapes,fully as remarkable as those mentioned. It was fortunate that the fire was discovered in the after-noon. In less than three hours afterwards all the wood-work of the vessel above the water line had been destroyed,leavingnothing but the massive machinery in sight. During that brief interval a steamer worth $250,000, acargo worth $100,000 and specie valued at $1,400,000 passedbeyond the reach of those who had owned or controlledthe same. But of far more consequence than even such loss, wasthat of human life, over two hundred persons being lostor missing when all the known survivors had reached Man-zanillo, the nearest town t

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