Cornelius Allison was a first class passenger on the Valencia and one of the 19 survivors picked up from the second raft by the Topeka.  In his sixties, he had been a sailor years ago and because he had some experience on ships he gave more forceful opinions than other surviving passengers.  The contradicting accounts from the various survivors makes finding the accurate details of weather and specific events hard to pin down.

George Billikos Valencia Survivor

Charles Brown Valencia Survivor

Tony Brown Valencia Survivor

Frank Bunker Valencia Survivor

Frank Campbell Valencia Survivor

Thomas Carrick Valencia Survivor

Frank Connors Valencia Survivor

William Doherty, a 40-year-old fireman with 22 years of experience on steamships, was one of the 19 survivors rescued by the steamship Topeka. His account sheds light on the chaos and survival efforts during the catastrophe. Doherty was in the engine room when the Valencia struck a reef, causing water to flood the fore part of the ship. He and his crewmates worked desperately to maintain steam pressure as the order came for “full speed astern,” prompting the ship to reverse rapidly.

Charles Fluhme was the baker on the Valencia and survived on the second liferaft picked up by the City of Topeka. He is mentioned very little in newspapers reporting on the Valencia. The San Francisco Chronicle wrote a brief article about him on January 26th, 1906:

William Gosling Valencia Survivor

Samuel Hancock Valencia Survivor

George Harraden Valencia Survivor

A.H. Hawkins was a second-class passenger on the Valencia and one of the nineteen survivors picked up 36 hours into the disaster by the City of Topeka. Very little is known about A.H. Hawkins before or after the Valencia disaster in 1906. The Seattle Post Intelligencer reported that he had been a resident of Seattle for about seventeen years. He travels considerably. He lived util a few years ago on Twenty-third avenue near Madison street. 

Charles Hoddinott Valencia Survivor

Yosuki Hosoda Valencia Survivor

John Johnson third cook on the Valencia who was one of the nineteen liferaft survivors that were saved by the City of Topeka. Nineteen year-old Johnson lived in San Francisco and had recently transferred to the Valencia from the Roanoake.

W.D. Johnson Valencia Survivor

Tom Lampson Valencia Survivor

Frank Lehn Valencia Survivor

George Long Valencia Survivor

John Marks Valencia Survivor

Joseph McCaffrey Valencia Survivor

Timothy McCarthy Valencia Survivor

Patrick O'Brien a waiter on the Valencia and one the life raft survivors picked up by the City of Topeka. Very little is known about him and he is rarely mentioned in newspapers and seems to have never been interviewed. His photo appears in a few newspapers, but nothing about him. We can only piece together his time on the Valencia from the experiences of other survivors.

Peter Peterson Valencia Survivor

Paul Primer Valencia Survivor

Walter Raymond Valencia Survivor

Frank Richley Valencia Survivor

Charles Samuels Valencia Survivor

John Segalos Valencia Survivor

Thomas Shields Valencia Survivor

Max Stensler Valencia Survivor

Mike Stone Valencia Survivor

Martin Tarpey Valencia Survivor

James Walsh Valencia Survivor

Albert Willis Valencia Survivor

Grant L. Willits, a passenger on the Valencia that survived on the second raft, the last raft to depart the Valencia.  About two hours after they departed, the Valencia collapsed into the sea killing everyone still on board.  Willits and 18 others were finally found by the Topeka, after two hours on the freezing, soaking wet, overcrowded raft.  Barely alive, they were brought on board the Topeka and reported the situation on the Valencia when they left her.