Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-23
TEE srp STEAMSHIP ssxGss q

The Old psonssr steamship OF tks Pa
efse, the Oregon, owned By Holisdsy q
Brsnham, has been sold 70 Adams Il
BIinn, lumber deaIsrs Of San Francisco,
who will convert her into sailing wee
eel, bark riggsd, 20 carry l1mssr from
Hoods Canal, 81 Sssbeck, Kitssp co1D-
~, W. T., 70 San Francisco. The San
Francisco Times Of late date says 81
bsr:
"Tbs Ursgon IL = historical steam
ship. She xas one Of The three the
Caiifornis, Panama and Oregon bailt
ia lS4S by tie Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, With ths aid Of the Govern
rnsnt, 10 ply bstwesn Panams and the
then newly acquired gold regions Of
California. Soc arrived ~ San FrsrE
cisco March ~, 1919. from New York,
t<yuahing at Panama, with about 80
passengers. snd bringing the first United
states mail to California from the At
Iantie Ststss, phich. With the passsn-
gers. came on board At Panama. Among
her passengers vas John W. Geary, the
frss Postmaster Of San Francisco, pres
ent Governor u Pennsylvania, and gen
sral ia the Union army. Alfred Robin
syn was tbsu agent VI the oofnpanJ.
She made twenty eight round voyages
70 Panama from 1855 20 1865 inclusive.
having steamed ia that time Is2, 900 miles
and carried at lsast 1000 pa ssengsrs 70
and from this state vitbou. ever meet
ing With an accident. On her hrst ar
rival hsre shs was commanded BY Cap
tain X. n. PisrsOn, and Der officers we're
II. l.. Whiting. W. 9. Dali and Thomas
Huntington, Afterwards promoted - be
captains. In October, 1850, the Oregon
brought the news of the admission d
California as one Of the States OF the
Onion, and the flag she wore on that oc-
easion 10 the one recently presented TO
the Society Of California Pioneers.
| In the spring Of ISL she was sold 70
Messrs. Holiday snd BRENNAN, vbo
used Der ia their coast steamship line 70
the northyArd. Her last direot trip 70
Panama was made in February, lo6S.
| In toe fall Of 1873. when the Ishaunte-
pee route vas opened, she went TO Ven
t0sa via Acapuloo, and thenee 10
Panama, where she remained until the
SIMMER Of 1850, when she rsturned 10
San Francisco. Daring the Fraser
river exeitsmsnt, In the summer OF
| 1853. she made q trip TO Victoria and
back, commanded by Captain Patter
son, and on the return passage, while
crowded with passengers, she Was al
most wrecked on Point Reyes. some
miles TO the northwsrd of Ban Fran
CISCO hafbor but, With her usual good
luck. she Just scraped ON the rocks and
glided past, vith only = splintered
plank or two M a proof Of her narrow
escape. She has always been suc-
csssful, money making vessel, and II
would seem 70 be almost an ast OF in
gratitude for the company 70 part With
suoh an old and faithful servant, but fOF
the fact that she will float longer and te
better purpose Ia her future useful
career as sailing vessel. Her boilers
and machinery have been taken out,
and she will be docked at Hunters
Point in few weeks and examined.
Seattle Herald.
The foregoing is pretty good story
bat our evening contemporary IL late
with its presentation. The events In
; the introduction all occurred fifteen
years ago, instead Of occurring ut the
present time, and we strongly suspect
our neighbor OF hooking the yarn from
some ancient record. The latest dat.
Of the San Francisco Times 10 NOR
than ten years old the Oregon saileC
~ bark an entire decade, and wa
wrecked nearly FIVE years ago; Holla
day d BRENNAN have had no existenct
a. firm for twelve years, and Adam
d Blinn nsne FOR fifteen.