Gus Erickson
Gus Erickson was a second-class passenger on the Valencia travelling to Seattle from Riverside California. The San Francisco Call newspaper on January 25th, 1906 listed him as “No record of residence. Labourer en route to Seattle in search of employment.” In the January 27th edition of The Call, Gus Erickson was listed among nine bodies recovered. “NINE BODIES CAST ASHORE BY THE SEA – John Wallace, waiter, R.M. Nelson, third assistant engineer, American Soldier, Marine from Concord, Gus Ericksen, Los Angeles passenger, James Inglehorne, and three unidentified.”