Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-12-11
sHIpWREoKs AND DISASTERS AT SEA.


the loss of the American ship Emily
Fasnan,, Austinmaster, which stfuck q
rock off Destruction Island, on the
night Of the 18th ult: This vessel sailed
from San Francisco on the 10thlof No.
vember for Departure Bay with cargo
ofraifroad iron. All thelight provisions
which could be got at was taken over
the foremost on the rocks. Tho chro-
nometer was also taken 10 the rocks in
this way, and in an hour afterwards the
after part of the ship broke in two.
The heavy sea swept everything, chro-
nometer, provisions, the chief officer
and four men into the sea. The chief
officer was picked up on piece of tho
wreck, two men swan ashore, one man
(John Hoaglin) and the steward (Chi-
nese) were drowned. The remaining
fourteen chung to the top of tho after
house, where they remained until morn
ing. Seaman Thomas McGill swan
ashore with line, when the men rugged
small raft from parts of The wreck and
all went ashore, two Mt u .ino. -Four
bags of -four and few heads of cab
bage, picked up from the wreck, was all
the party had to subsist on until the
evening of the 23d, when the weather
moderated and they all got to the main
land. Mr.. Robert V. Reed, the second
officer, and twelve men, arrived at Asto-
ria, Thursday evening, by the General
Candy, and are all at the U. s. Marine
Hospital. The Emily Farnum was of
LIZA tons register, and was owned by
Middlemiss & Boole, San Francisco;
was valued at 5000, upon which
there is 81, 900 insurance. The vessel
and cargo are totally lost.
1t appears that the schooner found
bottom up off the mouth of the Colum,
bia river, reported as tho Sunbeam, was
the Sunshine, the similarity of names
doubtless leading to confounding the
vessels for each other. The wreck was
visited a few days ago by citizens of AS
toria, who cut into the hull in order to
save the freight if possible. The hat
ches were found to have gone off, and
the only freight remaining was about
40 or 80 tons of what appeared to be
new rigging, etc., for vessel which is
now onthe stocks at Coos Bay. Trunks
were found, containing female and
child's apparel, which leads to the sup
position that Capt. Bennett was accom-
panied by his family. The wreck lies
in good condition to be got off if the
proper appliances were at hand. She
is held by her own anchors, bow on to
the sea, and floats at high tide. The
cabin was broken off when she struck,
and the masts are gone clean with the
deck. The vessel isreported as beau
Gful model, and is said to have cost $28-
600. It will probably never be known
how many were lost with her, but the
most recent information goes to show
that she had probably twelve or fifteen
passengers, besides crew of ten. The
officers were: Captain, George Bennett;
first mate, John Thompson; second
mate, Joseph johnson. The names of
the remaining persons are unknown.
A dispatch dated San Buenaventura,
on the I'd inst, says that the brig Lucy
| -i,sss, Capt. !. L. Smith, IRON Puget
Sound laden with lumber for that place
parted her chains and drifted into the
breakers, quarter of mile below the
wharf, where heavy sea dashed over
her all night Tho crew, Of eight men
and officers, were unhurt. On the
morning of the above date, she was
found ON the beach with her bottom
burst and full of water. The cargo
was partly discharged, and will mostly
be saved, but the brig will undoubtedly
be total loss. This vessel seems to
have been doomed from the first. She
loaded at Port Blakely. and experienced
such rough weather that she was OBJ
liged to run into San Francisco, with
five feet of water in her hold. Her dis
tress was relieved, and she again put
out, only to meet q worse fate, as told
above. 3
Honolulu papers Of the 18th ult.,
contain the following particulars of the
loss of the ship Albert Gallatin::
"The ship Siren, which arrived on
Sunday last from Boston, brought nine
persons (including the Captain) picked
! up off Cape Horn, being part of the
ships company of the Albert Gallatin, of
| IiYarnonl Abandoned Mt sea- Cant