The morning call., 1893-07-21
LOST TO SIGHT.
The Mystery of the Wing
and Wing.
NO NEWS FOR FORTY DAYS.
She Was Amply Provisioned, but 1t
Is Feared Had an Insufficient
Supply of Water.

The missing schooner Achilles has turned
mn all right ana the mystery regarding neT
has been cleared, but now there Is ano'nef
"Mystery of the Sea" to report, and the
question that is agitating the minds OF IN
surance men, the owners of the vessei, the
relatives of those on board and men Inter
ested in shipping generally is as to what
has become of the schooner Wing and
Wing. which sailed from Santa Cruz torty
days ago for Coos Bay and has not since
been heard off. People on the city front
are asking each other if she has gone 10
the bottom, or if finally with ruddef as
abled, or masts and sails carried away I'D
some strong northeaster, she is lying nelp-
less in the trough of the sea. waiting 1or
some friendly vessel to appear in sight,
render assistance and perchance tow her
TO port.
The Wing and Wing has had quite an
eventful experience during the last three
months and one that all on Board, if she
is vet afloat. cannot fail to remember
On April 10 last the Wing and Wing. IN
command of Captain Erickson. and with
q crew of six men all told. set sail from
Santa Cruz. in ballast. bound for Coos Bay.
where she was to take on cargo OF lun-
her. Two days later she put into Port
Hartford and reported having had one OF
her rudder- braces carried away repairs
we're made ana Oh the NEXT day she started
again tor her destination. She has not
reached there yet. Ihirty-seVen aays ialer,
or forty days from the time she lett the
harbor. she arrived at Santa Cruz again.
Captain Erickson reported that owing TO
head winds, light and battling winds and
Gains and fresh northwest gales. he could
make no headway to the north, and tele-
graphed 10 A. NJ. Simpson, the managing
owner in this city. to send down tug 10
tow the vessel up here.
The managing owner was wrathy When
he received the dispatch, and, instead OF
sending down tug, he went TO the ship
owners shipping Office and engaged new
captain and crew for the vessel ana look
them down to Santa Cruz by rail. captain
Erickson and his crew were then deposed
and the new crew took possession. and on
June TO- or fortJ-oDe days ago, the Wing
made another start for Goes Bay.
Where she has been from that day to
this. or where she is now, no one on shore
knows The fact remains that she has not
vet arrived a Coos Bay and has not been
spoken since leaving Santa Cruz.
The Wing and Wing was built at San
Francisco in 1881. Her dimensions are:
Length lO4 feet. beam so feet. depth of
hold s feet, gross tonnage 141.S2, net
13473. signal letters J. Y. \. X. Her
managing owner is A NJ. Simpson. prrsi-
dent OF the Simpson Lumber Company,
VINO owns seven-eighths interest IN her,
the remaining eighth being owned by Cap
tain Erickson, her ex-commander.
A CALL reporter who visited Simpsons
office Yesterday was informed by Captain
Harry Pennell that they could form no
idea Of what had become of the vessel. He
believed she had stock of provisions on
board sufficient to last twn months, and Il
vet af1oat the crew would not suffer from
hunger In Mr.. Simpsons absence he
could not say for certain If the vessel was
insured. but he believed his interest was
in one of the local companies IL captain
Trick8on's was not
At the non-unlon shi ping office it was
learned that the following are the names
of the crew who sailed on tile vessel when
she sailed the last time
Daniel kiliman. captain.
John Williamson, mate.
W. Nelson. Max Freisland, George Will
ljams c. Anderson, seamen.
Captain Killma'. or as he is familiarly
called on the front, Captain Dan," is
about IS years OF age, native of Maine.
He is known as good and careful seaman ;
but as CAPTAIN Monroe says. "a devil to
crack on" he was until recently captain
of the ship Mercury, and was master of
the steamer Julia Ii. Ray when she was
wPll-educated young seaman with a mates
certificate He is said TO be relative OF
one of the firm of Kohler & Frohling.
The Wing and Wing is very bluff in the
bows, and is known as being anything but
a fast sailer. and the general opinion
among seafaring men is that Captain
Dan" is meeting with some of the bad
luck that befel Captain Erickson. and that
he will yet turn up at Coos Bay safe and
sound. What causes wonderment is that
being right in the track of vessels. as she
must be, if afoat, the schooner has not
been spoken in all these days.
One shpmaster said Yesterday that he
thought the Wing and Wing was all right,
but had probably lost some sails or met
with some damage to her rudder and was
crawling along slowly He said that the
chief thing he feared was that the men
would be short of water. He said vessel
going up the coast rarely carried a supply
to last more than week or ten days, and
her water butts were probably empty a
month ago.
Ii nothing should be heard of the vessel
within the next few days it is probable
that tug will be sent out to search for