Shipwrecks are the stuff of legend, tragic stories of lives lost and cargo destroyed.
Dozens of coastwise vessels and riverboats have wrecked in the Coos region since Euroamericans colonized the area in the 1850s. She usually carried freight only, no passengers. But on this voyage the son of Southern Pacific Railroad's general manager was aboard, in addition to the ship's 23-man crew. An international group in the Deck, Engine, and Steward Departments served under the ship's master, Irish-born Charles Duggan. They came from Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and Argentina as well as the United States.