The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-02-10
TIE ABANDONDED SCHOONER
EMILY STEPHENS.
Statement and Memoranda of Cap
tain Charles TAYLOR.

tain Charles Taylor.
Left Humboil bay January 9th
with cargo Of $1,000 feet Of redwood
iumher.
First day out ran 10 miles in nine
hours. Heavy gale increasing from
:. 2. was compelled to heave TO that
night.
Experienced a continuation 0f heavy
gales until ! arrived off the Columbia
river bar. vessel straining and leaking
considerably while laboring in a sea
way, necessitating a careful attention
constantly 10 the pumps which was
done.
Wednesday, February 2nd.-Com-
menced with. moderate :. 2. wind,
heavy sea and thick fog. At L. VI.
bursted jib, and at noon, blowing a
gale, hove to; latitude 10 degrees 81
minutes; longitude l24 degrees 80 min
utes: Columbia bar distant about 80
miles: Pumps attended To.
Thursday. February Sd. Thick fog.
heavy sea, moderate wind from the
Outh'ard, latitude 40 degrees I3 min
utes; longitude I24 degrees 81 min
utes; the bar bearing z by y. half ",
distant u miles, 80" thick 70 run for
1t. Fog continued rest Of the day.
Friday, February 4th. Commences
with hghr sOutherly wind and thick
fOg. Eleven A. NJ. sighted the land
n"rrhward OF the bar. Noon, cape
Disappointment, bearing 5. Z. by E,
distant 12 miles. Fog shut in thick
agaln, had to stand Cd. Midnight,
cape hight bearing 2. by :. half :.
distant u miles
Saturday, February 9th. Light
suutherly wind and thick weather: at
daylight stuvd in to the land. Noon,
t"" thick To make it out. Stood of
again. Midnight, blowing fresh from
southeast.
Sunday, February 6.-ComIaences G.
with strong :. z. gale. -Four P. N.
blowing very heavy. Hove tos under
el"se reeied foresail N"on, wind
shifted to : W and cleared mp. Made
all sail and steered for the cape. Latl-
tude, - degrees % minutes; longitude,
l24 degrees a. minutes, having drifted
20 miles 10 the y. ".
Midnight, calm. Pumps carefully
attended to-
Monday, February 7.-COmmences
with light s"utherly wind and ine,
clear weather. Cape Disappointment
bearing al noon, p by :. half $. dis
sant IL miles.
Afternnsn. calm. Six P. NJ, wind
5. z. and overcast. Midnight, wind
variable fruI. :. z. 70 :. w, squally,
with rain.
Tuesday, February s, / A. NJ
Wind :. ". SIX A. NJ, wind west.
fresh. At daylight made all sail and
steered for the north channel. Eight
A. NJ, got to the bar and found it
breaking clean across. Tackled ship
and stood for the scnth channel and
run in TO within half mile of number
four bnoy on the end of Clatsop spit,
when It fell dead calm and the vessel
commenced drifting over 10 the middle
sands. Let 60 the big anchor, she
ran out thirty fsthoms of chain,
when II parted. Let 60 the other
anchor, and lost il alsu. The vessel
then drifted stern first into the break
ers ON the middle sands, she shipped a
heavy breaker aud smashed our steer
ing gear mp, stove in cabin door and
filled the cabin. Having had signal
of distress flying ever since We lost
the first anchsr, and no assistance
coming. seeing We could do no more
fer the vessel We launched the boat
being the only means left OF saving
our lives. After being in the boat an
hour and half and making no head
way, and the vessel drifting away from
rs all the time, the tug Columbia
came out and rescued us about 3 P. #.
She then went out the south channel
and found the vessel had drifted clean
over the middle sands with but little
damage. The tugs crew put hawser
and pilot ON board, took the vessel in
TOW and arrived in Astoria with her at
Z P. N. when Capt: Flavel took full