Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-01
AGAIN THE FIERCE NORTaERN
SEA MAKES WRECK
AND DEATH.

-NONEmDcT .f--i he OTPIO-
nials has received the following par.icu-
lars-dated Gardiner. Oregon. Novem-
bsr 23-concerning the loss of the bark
Florence bound from Point Discovery
with lumber TO Msstick 4 Co. Of San
Francisco: Daniel Dsary. the only one
saved. makes the statement that on
Tuesday. November Is. the vessel ell
countered heavy south vest gale and
began leaking. Part of the deck load
was thrown off. when all hands were
called TO the pumps, as there was nine
feet of water in the hold. AT ) A. n. on
"Wednesday the Captain ordered the boat
got ready as the vessel was sinking. The
sea was braking over her SO that it was
impossible to do anything forward OF
the maInmaSt. The boat was launched
with great difficulty. 1t 3 P. II. land
was seen but the sea being too rough
the boat pat to sea again. On Thurs
day morning the crew requested the
Captain to land as they had no water or
provisions. The Captain s.iti Il was
Impossible TO make landing, but that
he would take his chances with the rest
and stesred for the breakers. The boa.
capsized and all the men were thrown
out. Daary swan back and hung to the
painter of the boat AMI was washed
ashore. The rest were all drowned.
Deary was picked up by the Indians
and kindly treated. The vessel drifte,i
ashore during the night with everything
gone but the Rlizzenmast The crew
consisted of Captain ). A. Dayton, first
mate Anderson. second mate Carey. and
seamen WEIGH. Ealcom. Grant. William
Duncan, Mcpherson, e Norwegian from
Iecoma-name Uuknown-and a China
cook. The vessel foundered forty CT
Fifty miles of the Umpqua bar and
drifted twenty-five miles to the north
ward Search is being made :or the
bodies of the crew.
In the history o: seafaIing there is no
such a record of loss of ships and lives
for the numbers ensagsd-as that which
tells the tale of shipwreck on the North
ern Pacific Coast. In the carly DAYS,
Humboldt Bar was the Hatteras of .he
Pacific. The General Warren and the
Commodore Preble. as staunch ships as
ever sailed, were among the first victims
to those cruel waves. The Northerner
and the Brother Jonathan with their
hundreds of precious lives were later
lost. What was the fate of the
Alaska-amorg whose passengers was
poor Charley kinkead - no man
knows, save that she foundered at
sea. Spiritual mediums, with thsi-
diviuins OF the dead past,
see visions of ire and explosion and
Trsck anu lsshinG waves, when con-
suited rs to the Alaska's fate-giving
rise 10 the belief lamong believarsl tina.
the boiler exploded while the ship was
in the midst Of the wide and storm
ocean. The Pacific, with all but txo OF
the two hundred and sixty or more who
were of her officers and crew and pas
sengsrs the Sunshine, with ali hands
and now this bark,-thsss are Just what
one may count on ones finger ends, and
are only taken here and there from the
dreadful catalogue. What is at fault ?
Are these seas so beset with psrils as
that their navigation is something more
dangerous than that OF any other part
Of the ocean? Or is it true that the
roastvise trade between San Francisco
and Oregon, Washington Territory,
Alaska and British Columbia brings 30
poor returns that none Ebut old and
cheap ships can with profit be employed
herein ? Do the risks-involving high
,ates of insurance and high wages to
,fficers and seamen, combined with q
United passenger trafic-fail to justify, |
n ship-owning circles. the employment
If vessels which rate " 4 at Lloyd's"?
Jan it be true that the very dangers |
1hich bsset that stormy coast prevent |
he use of ships of the first quality of
in that trade? These
re questions unavoidable of considera-
ion at this time and it may be that
nut Of this dreadful train of disasters
nay arise such action by the Legisla-
urss of the States and Territories inter-
sted as shall remedy the existing evils
evils which would seem to find their
rigin in the sordid weighing Of gains
nd commercial and maritimespossibili-
les as against human life.