The morning call., 1894-10-17
ONE OF THE CREW DROWNED
Battles of Other Vessels in the
Heavy Seas.
ROUGH VOYAGE OF THE ELMORE.
Further Evidence That the Big Raft
of Piles Has Been Broken
to Pieces.

TACOMA. WASH, Oct. 16.-An Ocosta
(Wasb.) special to the Ledger says that
early this morning the schooner Lorinna
Harkins, in ballast from san Francisco.
bound to Grays Harbor to load lumber,
lost her rudder crossing the bar at he
entrance to the harhor and was driven
ashore on Petersons Point, near Ocosta.
In passing through the surf waves broke
completely over the vessel Peter Peter
son. seaman, was washed overheard and
drowned. The balance of the crew es-
capped.
The vessel was trying to beat into the
harbor during the night while a heavy
wind, almost gale. was blowing. The
sea was running high and the vigorous
motion the vessel was subjected to finally
carried away the rudder. Left helpless
she drifted down off Petersons Point. a
quarter of a mile north of the lighthouses
at Westp6rt. and was driven ashore. going
in bow on. The tiue was high and she
was carried far up. At low tide she is
practically high and dry. All the crew es-
capped unhurt except Peterson. Some of
them remained on the vessel after she
stranded, but many came ashore.
A. 3. Todd of Tacoma returned from
Ocosta this evening and substantiates the
foregoing story. He says 1t will be i'm
possible to float the vessel.
ASTORIA, Or, Oct. 16.-The steamer. R.
P. Elmore arrived in this morning from
TillamoOk after experiencing one of the
heaviest seas known along the coast in
years. Sine left Tillamook yesterday
morning at o'clock with eleven passen-
gers and large cargo of case salmon con-
signed to Elmore, Sanborn & Co. After
getting outside Tiilamook bar she struck
heavy sea, with stiff northwester
blowing, which soon increased To a perfect
hurricane. AL day long the steamer bat
ted with the heavy seas, not daring TO
attempt to cross in at the mouth of the
Columbia, which was reached about P. NJ.
They remained out all last night the wind
growing stronger and the seas heavier as
the night wore away. About O'Clock this
morning they began to throw out her
cargo. and after 200 cases of salmon had
been pitched int the sea the boat steadied
somewhat and rode the seas much easier.
The officers of the boat say that on several
occasions last night they gave up al. hopes
Of saving the steamer.
The State of California, George W. Elder
and three British vessels remained inside
the Heads this morning until the Elmore
crossed in.
The steam schooner Bandcrlle arrived
from Siuslaw this afternoon. She me.
with an accident off the Nehalem yes,er-
day morning by having the plug blown
from her boiler. letting all the water out.
She raised a small sail and managed to
l., bn~ han :. hnc fhaI a
was repaired. Captain Winant says yes
terday's Northwestern was the heaviest be
has ever experienced. From off TillamooE
lar the Bandoriile passed derslict pilinl
which Captain Winant believes 10 have
come from the big raft. The tug Mon
arch, having the big raft in tow, was mo-
sighted.
The Bandorille brings news of the
schooner DanielsoD, which was on tbs
south spit at Siuslaw up to a week ago
Monday evening and was pulled off aftel
sustaining serious damage. She Is nov
discharging her cargo at Florence. after
which she will go on the beach for sur
vey and repairs. She had on 5000 fee
of lumber from the Siuslaw River Lumbe
Company besides considerable freight
conss ting of hides and salmon. Hurd
| Daven Dor, of Florence lose about $1,000 oil
lumber washed off from the deck and TIL
| loss 10 the vessel will probably be $1,000.
There is no further news tonight from
the pile raft, the tug Relief coming i,
| from the pilot schooner late this Afternoon
with the inform alton that heavy south
erly current has set in, made strong by tn
northwest gale that has been blowin
since yesterday morning. This ha
probably assisted the tug Monarc
and her tow in going south. bu
the report made by Captain Winant that h
had sighted 4 number of piles hoatin
from Tillamook TO the Columbia Rive
strengthens the belief that the raft is 10.
ing her timber. He says that be is posi
tive the piles that he saw are from sh
raft, as they show evidence Of bein
bound by chains such as were used to b oil
the raft together. Many people who W 4
messed the construction Of the raft a
Stella claim that 1t would be impossible 70
the heavy seas to break it.
The only wreckage sighted during tn
past week by vessels coming into thi
port was yellow painted mast with yard
attached, few miles off Cape Blanco b
the schooner Olsen, which came in o.
Saturday. The bar had been SO rough TO
the last two days that steamers, asid
from the Bsndorille ana Elmore, whic
arrived to-day. have not come iD. hence n
further news can be obtaiEed.
Two more losses by the storI
were reported yesterday. One was tn
schooner Portia which had been drive
ashore at StewaIts Point, and the othe
was the schooner Electra which wer
ashore at Cambria. The bottom WA
knocked out of the Portia, and her ere,
had very narrow escape from drownin
as they tried to reach the shors.
SEARCH FOR THE IYANHOE.