SHIPWRECK OF THE
PASSENGER SHIP SAN JUAN
Dated August 29, 1929
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From the Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Friday, August 30, 1929: "It was at 11:59 o'clock last night that the San Juan, en route from San Francisco to Los Angeles, collided with the S. C. T. Dodd an oil tanker. Five minutes later then San Juan went to the bottom, spilling into the sea the 65 passengers and crew of 45..." From the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada Saturday, August 31, 1929: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30. (IP) The following is the revised list of survivors oĢ the San Juan disaster brought to San Francisco today by the Standard Oil tanker S. C. T. Dodd: Crew C. J. Tullee, first mate; A. Olson, second mate; R. Papenfuss, third mate; Clifford Paulson, first wireless; Paul Hillsman, second wireless, San Francisco; W. Gainley, winch driver; Charles Lane, chief pantryman; C. G. Haines, waiter, San Francisco; Lawrence Roberts, fireman, San Francisco; James Naughton, oiler, San Francisco; J. A. McDonald, oiler; Raymond Alkofer, waiter; H. Steffanson, winch driver, San Francisco; Julius Sepp, seaman, San Francisco; Jens Mehanner, seaman, San Francisco; Anest Zoarifaki, seaman; Caesar Ceballos, oiler, San Francisco; John MacCarthy, third engineer, San Francisco; Passengers Harry H. Kidder, San Francisco; Martin Hanson; Mrs. M. Dansby, 8823 Beach street, Los Angeles; S. Karanky, 909 Temple street, Los Angeles; John Aley, Anaheim, Cal.; Roy Eades, Los Angeles; John Garcia, Santa Barbara; J. H. Houghton, 822 Thirty-fifth avenue, San Francisco; Hollis Pifer, 6 years old, San Francisco; Henry Holgate, a negro; L. B. Heasley, Manila. RECEIVE TREATMENT SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30 (AP) Eleven survivors of the shipwreck near here today, all of them passengers, or members of the crew of the San Juan, which sank, were brought here tonight by the U. S. coast guard cutter Shawnee. Four of the more seriously injured were taken to Harbor emergency hospital. Those taken to the Harbor emergency hospital were: Mrs. William Fellows, Los Angeles, bruised about the body and legs, not serious; Miss Rosa P. Rulfo, San Francisco, 113S Turk street, badly bruised about the head and body; James Gallagher, Los Angeles, bruised and suffering from exposure Luther Leathers, San Pedro, steersman of the San Juan, bruised about the face and back, not serious." Cutter Shawnee Has Four Survivors SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.(IP) - The U.S.S. Shawnee, coast guard cutter which took 11 survivors of the S. C. T. Dodd-San Juan crash aboard today, docked here at 8:30 o'clock tonight. Four of the survivors, a Mrs. Fellows, Rosa Perez Ruflo, A. Garcia and J. K. Hamilton, were being treated for injuries." MISSING LIST SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30. (AP) Names of those missing in the San Juan wreck as compiled tonight by the Associated Press from all able sources, with home towns where that information was available, follow: P. M. Mosses; Mrs. Marjorie Pifer, Los Angeles; M. Mathew; R. R. Menner; A. D. Hillbrand; R. A. Davis; Leslie Seabury; Julias More; E. D. Marshall; Fred E. Glund; James Dougherty; G. Navarro; S. Fisher; Jose Cazares; J. Sanchez; ____ Colvin (man); Mrs. John Ealey; Mrs. Brown; Mrs. Josephine Foley; Paul Wagner, Stanford university; R. O. Gorman; Mrs. Sheppard; Miss Sheppard; A. P. MacNeill; Mrs. L. H. Kendall; Mrs. L. H. Mohler; Mrs. Martin Hanson; Maud Ganzby; Mrs. H. L. Field; Mrs. E. Fraser; Mrs. Theodore Grandstedt, Mountain View, Calif.; John Olson, San Jose, Calif.; Mrs. John Olson, San Jose, Calif.; Mrs. Bettie Simons; Max Wilkes; Vera Bell; W. Fuchs; Mrs. P. Seitz, _____ Hill (man); J. Rulfo; Louis Curris; J. O. Edeler, Marysville, Calif. Crew (contains names not in other lists) Captain A. F. Asplund, San Francisco; Jack Cleveland, purser and chief steward; M. Apple, first assistant engineer; John Lewis, Second assistant engineer; William Gainey, seaman; George Constantine, seaman; P. A. Lier, seaman; A. von Bank, seaman; Pete Knutson, seaman; J. Kromann, seaman; Ernest Lang, seaman; E. E. Lynn, seaman; P. Murphy, seaman; George Watts, seaman; George Whitcomb, seaman; Albert Astrada, seaman; Jack Doyle, seaman; B. Giles, seaman; Ernest Knight, seaman; L. Beardsley, seaman; A. Gonzales, seaman; J. Gonzales, seaman; John Henderson, seaman; B. Bohan, seaman; J. Dougherty, seaman; Pete Hawley, seaman." From the Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden City, UT Saturday, August 31, 1929: "MISSING LIST IN SHIPWRECK No Mountain States Names Appear On Roster of Drowned SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. (UP) The following persons, believed to have been on the San Juan, still are unaccounted for and believed to have perished: Barton, Willis, Los Angeles; Bell, Vera, no address; Brown, Mrs. U. S., Oakland; Burris, Louis, no address; Cazares, Jose, no address; Colvin, Harry, Portland, Ore.; Davis, R. A., no. address; Edeler, J. O., Marysville; Eley, Mrs. John, Anaheim; her husband was saved; Englund, Fred, no address; Field, Mrs. H. L., no address; Fisher, S., no address; Foley, Mrs. Josephine, no address; Fuchs, W., San Francisco; Goldin, Mr., no address; Grandstedt, Mrs. Theodore, Mountain View; Hansen, O. O., no address; Hanson, Mrs. Martin, San Francisco, Hanson, Eric;, 4, her son; Hill, Mr., no address; Hillbrand, A. T,, no address; Kendall, Mrs. Lili, San Francisco; MacNeill, A. P., no address; Marshall, E. D., Los Angeles, retired vice-president of Theobald Oppenheim Cigar company, Philadelphia; Mason, Martha, 7, her daughter; Matthews, M., no address; Menner, R. R., no.address; Mohler, Mrs. L. H., no address; More, Julius, no address; Moses, F. M., San Francisco; Novarro, George, Los Angeles; Olson, John, San Jose; Olson, Miss Helen, daughter; Pifer, Mrs. Marjorie, Los Angeles; Ruflo, J.. Mexico City; Sanchez; J. B., no address; Seabury, Leslie, no address; Seitz, Mrs. P., no address; Shepard, Mrs. Clara. S., San Francisco; Simons, Miss Betty, San Francisco; Slater, Miss M. E., San Francisco; Wagner, Paul, Los Angeles, a Stanford university student; Wilkes, Max, no-address; Apple, M., assistant engineer, no, address; Asplund Captain A. F., commander, San Francisco; Beardsley, H., seaman; Behan, B., seaman; Cleveland, Jack, purser and chief steward, San Francisco; Constantine, George; seaman; Dawes H., radio operator; Dougherty, James, seaman; Doyle, Jack, seaman; Estrada, Albert, seaman; Giles, Donald, 28, seaman; Gonzales J., seaman; Hawley, Pete; seaman; Henderson, John, seaman; Knight Ernest, seaman; Knudson, Pete, seaman; Kromann, Jr., seaman; Land (Lang?), Ernest, seaman; Lewis, John, assistant engineer; Lier, F. A., seaman; Lynn, E. E., seaman; Murphy, P., seaman; Haughton, James, oiler and cousin of his namesake, the San Juan's chief engineer who was rescued; Watts, George, seaman; Whitcomb, George, seaman." |
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