The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-04-15
a SAD ACCIDENT.
FULL AND RELIABLE PARTICULARS CONCERN
ING THE DROWNING OF THREE MEN.

ING THE DROWNING OF THREE MEN.
Especial correspondence to the GAzErrEl
Early on Thursday the 7th of April YES
sci was seen off Foulweather; at first was
supposed to be the schooner Kate and Anna
she came down passing between the outer
and shore line of breakers. she whistled for
q pilot, from this she was believed to be the
government tug General Wright, a. Capt.
Lutjens would not need a pilot, she passed
south, opposite the entrance to drift
buoy about three-fourths of mile south of
the bay one that has been reported to the
lighthouse Inspector as occupying danger
ous position for the last three years, liable
to lead a stranger into serious trouble
Capt. Korts once examined this buoy's posi-
tion and said the Shubrick had no business
there for the buoy lay in nest Of rocks .
By this movement, it was plain. the Cap
tain of the vessel was unacquainted with the
place or its surroundings. After escaping
destruction in the vacinity of that snare
buoy, the steamer headed north seemingly
to examine the bar which from the land
showed wide unbroken space of smooth
water in the middle or old channel, / say
old, for it is the channel that has been used
for the past 20 years, it was we'll defined by
breakers south, and heavy breakers ON the
middle ground with lesser breakers north
and over the ground buoyed for the Shu-
drick last year. The steamer continued
north to point three-fourths of a mile
north of Yaqulna station and came to an
archor, between the outer reef and shore
line of breakers, not a safe place to stay.
As the tidehad ebbed but little, the bar
smooth, and by reference to tide guage at
least IL feet, on the bar everybody was
much surprised that she did not enter the
bay. Engineer Polhemes Immediately sent
up the river for suitable boat TO cross the
the bar, and pilot the stran ssr ssfely in, and
and proceeded to put ups some beacon On
south beach to gaide the captain, should be
try to come in before>a boat arriY6. 40 L
this time small boat was seen t5 leave the
steamer, andGpw towards the lar Only =
few people hained on the point after IL the,
steamer anchored. but that few. saw q sight
never to be for syolel,, the boaS co6saine.l
four men and they pulled to point opposite
the route bouyed by the Shubrick. Here
the boat attempted to enter, the c.iamx of
rashness followed, the first breaker lifted
the frail boat like top, the next turned tho
boat completely over and three men were
seen clinying to the boat now bottom sideiup:
soon ono man was missed, this was the
unfortunate captain: two men now clung to
the boat, and here the people from the
shore coul.l see one breaker after another
roll with merciless force over the boat, at
times no one could be seen on the boat then
one would get hold aft anothar forward on
1y to again be separated by the wicked
waves. l. was terrible sight, women cried
and strong men seemen paralised. Nothing
hut life boat, we'll named coull do any
good in a sea Ike that, but two Indians
stimulated by a reward triei tp get out and
they did we'll, but all the men were gone but
rnA anil he had driftel into CON p.ratively v
9water. lie was rescuelbY I. w.
Ry;s. he was holding with death
i of tIie b2ats ws uncon-
Y DIAL. H. was taken to tn !.
BY go5d c5fe ssvci. His
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