Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-28
PACIFIC COAST.

SAS FRAScIsco, June GA telegram
to the Merchants Exchange says the
British ship Lammermoor, Capt. Dun.
can, from Sydney to San Francisco, il
ashore of Bodega Reef, and will proba.
bly, be total loss. Seven feet Of wate,
are in her hold. She is rolling heavily
The crew were saved By q schooner.
wheat Charters.
SAs Francisco, June 27.-The British
ship Houghton Tower, 1885 tons,
wheat at e2 los.
Gold Mining In the City.
San FRANoIsco, June N.-James Nc
Coy, an experienced Virginia miner,
with some associates has taken up gold
quartz claim within the city limits near
tho Industrial School. The lode claimed
is over 600 feet wide, and is traceable
for miles. A tunnel has been begun.
Assays of the rock run from traces of
gold and silver to over twelve dollars
per ton.
From our Portland Correspondent.
PORTLAND, June BE. V. Smalley, of
the New York Tribune staff, arrived this
evening, having come overland via the
Northern Pacific. He will visit the
Willamette valley and Puget Sound.
Robert Brunswick, aged 40 years, fell
dead this morning, while at work in a
sawmill at Albany. He arrived recently
from Canada, and had bought farm.
He leaves large family. Heart disease
was the cause.
At 3 o'clock this morning the south
bound freight train on the o. d G. r. r.
fell through the Pudding river bridge,
near Aurora. The engine got over safe
ly, but its tender, six fat cars loaded
with rails for the extension, and three
empty box cars, fell into the river forty
feet below. B. F. Harvey, brakeman,
received severe cuts about the head, but
his injuries are not considered danger
Gus. Through passenger trains were
delayed an hour making the transfer at
the bridge. Only two engines happened
to be south of the break, and the COM
pany were obliged to suspend the Albany
express and all freights. Repairs SO
that trains can cross will probably not
be completed till Sunday. The bridge
was a Howe truss, $50 feet, was built
twelve years ago; overhauled and repair
ed in 1873, and was considered sound.
1t is not known whether the accident
was caused by weak timbers, or by the
breaking of wheels or axles. Loss be-
tween ten and twelve thousand dollars.
Stella and Retta Cougill, daughters of
Mrs. Cougili. postmaster at East Port
land. aged respectively IA and 7, were
riding this morning on a pony, which
became frightened, throwing them off.
The young child struck heavily on her
head. sustaining injuries which will no
doubt prove fatal.
On Sunday evening the stable of Capt.
J. w. Cochran, at Needy, Clackamas
county, was entered by thieves and two
valuable horses were stolen. Sheriff
Jack Pilsbury came to this city yester-
day, and left a description of the team
with the police. Information was sent
to other points to intercept the robbers.
About dark last night three strange and
suspicious-looking characters rode by
Molalla postoffice at Four Corners, and
stopped their horses some distance from
tho crossroads. They dismounted and
inquired the road leading to the Barlow
pass over the mountains. Jim Wall, who
keeps the Molalla station, found that
the mems and horses appearance tailed
somewhat with the description sent out
by Cochran, and he and several other
men around told the strangers to ''throw
up their hands" and surrender. Wall
and his companions in the meantime
armed themselves with shotguns and
pistols. Instead of complying with Wallis
request, the strange men drew their re-
volvers and opened fire on the Molalla
boys. This was returned, with interest,
by the latter, and about forty shots were
fred in all. 1t was impossible to learn
whether any of the Molalla boys were
killed. The supposed horse thieves rau
away, and, mounting their horses, fled.
A messenger from Four Corners aroused
Sheriff Pilsbury at his house in Oregon
City about 3 o'clock this morning, and
told him the details of the battle. He
mounted his horse and pushed for the
Sandy, hoping to intercept them near
that place.
DR.. John p. Parker, Of Big Butte,
jackson county, pioneer of Southern
Oregon, was killed few days ago by a
blow in the breast from big plank
while working in a saw mill.
The body of Muy Ling, Chinese
capitalist, was found in the river at the
foot Of Oak street this afternoon. He
is supposed to have fallen from the
from the Stark street ferry pontoon a
month ago, and drowned.