Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-28
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fvsnsy years age occurred q marine
..ua.lsv on the coast Of Northern Cali
,.,,;. which. for lass Of life, treasure
sd p.operty, has never bat once been
.o..llsa on the North Pacific eosat. and
ss,s c.ee was the steamer Pacific, Ten
80. ,sisr. The lost ship Of 1855 was
n arss familiar and popular passenger
s,sansf Brother Jonathan, with which
vent down Gen. @ yOrRe Wright, com
sssndiue this military department at
Pr Vsncouver; Anson u. Henry, SuF-
sssor General Of Washington Territory;
ssd Victor Smith, Collector of Customs
n the Dissrist of Pugst Sound. The
fa;lovino i the reporI of Wm. Burnett,
- saperyising Inspector at San Fran
cisco, on the matter
sOn JsIy 30, 1865, the steamship Bro
tbsr Jonathan, bound from San Fran
sisco for Portland, Oregon, was lost in n
heavy sea by striking upon a sunken
rock, bearing about uest northwest from
Crescent City, California, and from eight
totem miles froui land. Shewas vessel
q about 1850 tons, and had On board,
when lost, az nearly as can be ascertain.
"a, 40 passengers and 80 other persons,
being oificers and crew. and about 800
tons Of freight.
sShe left San Francisco July 18th and
srperisnced very heavy weather all the
vsy up the coast. Ga the 30th, about 2
o'clock p.m., she Wss q little 90 the
northvsrd OF Crescent City, and Was
uass9d at IL N. By the steamship Sierra
Nevada, bound down. The sea was al
this time 90 rough aud the wind blowing
10 heavy from the northwest that ft was
dsisTmfRed by Capt. DeWoif. who was
inoommand OF the steamer, TO turn back
and lie at Crescent City until the storm
bad abated. The steamer vas put about
and had rom some ten or fifteen minutes
10 the southeast when she struck q sunk
en- rock and was SO pierced by u that
she remained lodged and could not DO
backed OF. IL appears the rook must
have been pointed OF wedge shaped. and
when she nansp head 70 TIE wind Il waa
found that In swinging Il had burst open
tbs bottom Of ths ship, and me foremasi
Of the vessel slipped down through she
opening until the fofeyard lay across the
deck. There was an immediate attempa
made 10 get the lifehsais from the sink.
ina ship, and the frst boat cleared and
mst of got away ih safety, with nine
ven persons on board. These were all
he persons saved from the vessel out Of
no. Several Of the other boats were GOT
INTO the water and loaded with psssen-
gas. hns we're store 90 pieces aRains;
tb.gessel 81 the force Of The sss funniue
ainnQsisle. An the boats wsro lowered
under ths dsfoctton af the officers. every
person behaving In the coolest manner
under the assar.see Of the captain that
everything uoald be Zone for their
safety that was possible. None of the
principal a1icsrs aver left the deck Of
the stesmeF; bnt when the lifeboats
had bsen lost aud ali means OF escape
cut OF. they we're seen with the passen-
gers then remaining on board standing
on the after desk OF the vessel until
she sunk beneath the waves, which she
did IN Is minutes. after striking the
roek. Daring several succeeding days
bodies we're drifted on shore. sll Of
vhich had hfe-p preservers secured 81
them, and many we're recognized and
taken possession Of by their friends,
shils others we're buried where found
b. tie force established TO patrol the
beach for more than fifty miles 20 the
soaiAxsrd."