The record-union., 1894-12-13
PERILS OF THE SEA.
A Sailing Vessel Wrecked on the
Coast of Oregon.
NOTHING TO SHOW WHAT HAS BE
COME OF THE GREW.
The Ship Scottish Dale Towed Into
Port Townsend In a DIIapidated
Condition, laying Been Dismantled
During a Heavy Storm on the Ore
gon and Washington CoaSt-Oflicers
and Crew Mutiny on the Voyage.
Special to the RECoRD-UvIoN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN
PORTLAND, Dec. y. - An OregORidn
special from Tillamook, Or, says: News
has reached here that a sailing vessel
went to pieces on the rocks at Netarts,
about a mile south of Cape Mears Light
house, on Sunday night. The particu-
lars obtained are very meager, though
pieces of the wrecked vessel are strewn
along the beach for several miles. \ piece
of the stern was marked 'Garcia, San
Francisco" The lifeboats came ashore
but were crushed to pieces. The masts
and keel, also a sailors hat were found on
the beach. No bodies have come ashore
yet, and nothing that would show what
her cargo was.
Sunday night was very stormy and the
breakers rolled high. No one saw the
boat or knew just when she was wreck ed
and no signal lights or guns were noticed
by the inhabitants near the beach. ut
from the enormous amount of wreckage,
it is certain that boat went to pieces
there Sunday night. 1t is thought from
appearances that the vessel struck on the
Sea Lion rocks, about mile from shore.
LITTLE DOUBT BUT IT is THE GARCIA.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.-The schooner
Garcia left here last Sunday in ballast TO
load lumber at Coos Bay. She was OF ll6
tons burden ana was commanded by Cap
tain Larsen. She carried crew OF four
or five men, whose names are unknown.
The Garcia was owned by Captain Peter
son OF this city, and there is little doubt
but that the wreckage found Oft Iilla-
NOOK belonged to her.
ANXIETY FOR OVERDUE VESSELS.
IN or Of
sea has made ship-owners anxious for the
fate of their overdue vessels. The ship
India. which left Nanaimo eighteen days
ago with cargo of coal for this port, has
not arrived, and it is feared she may have
met the same fate as the lvanhOe.
The steamers which run up and down
the coast have all been twelve hours late
The keweenah from COmoX, the Mon
sterrat from Nanaimo, George w. Elder
from Portland, the Crescent City from
the port OF the same name and the Viii
lamette from Tacoma should have reached
port on Monday, but up to dark tonight
there was no sign Of any one of them.
The steamer Walla Walla should have
arrived early in the morning, but by
night she was out at sea and in the storm
with the rest of the vessels.
\ SHIP DIsMANTLED.
PORT TOWNSEND. Dec. l2.-The steamer
British ship Scottish Dales OF Liverpool.
Captain Timothy McCarty, into port to-
night, partly diSmantled. The ship was
bound from San Francisco to Portland to
load wheat for Europe. She left the
former port December I'd, and three days
later. ahead OF moderate gales, reached
the Columbia River. Thursday and Fri
day the gale increased to Il hurricane,
which created heavy sea. Saturday the
gale was composed OF, heavy squalls,
which tore her sails into tatters and
brought down the fOretOpmast and all
the foreyards and main upper yards.
The crew became frightened and wanted
to abandon the vessel ana take to the
boats
Saturday night the gale continued with
unabated fury and the ship, laboring
heavily, strained her hull. Sunday morn
ing the gale subsided and calm ensued.
leaving the ship rolling in a heavy sea.
Suddenly her ballast shifted to the star
board side, badly injuring three men.
The port anchor and thirty 1athoms OF
chain were dropped over as drag to
keep the vessels head to the sea. Later,
the anchor and chain were lost. She was
over on her beam ends, mountainous seas
sweeping her decks, and the only way
the crew could handle the vessel was to
lash themselves 10 stationary objects
By trimming ballast she righted some
w hat, anu Inen Inc SLOEH came on again,
carrying away more of the rigging.
The officers and crew mutined. They
refused to obey their Captains com
mahds, and attempted to leave the ship
in the boats. Captain Mccarthy armed
himself and, single-handed, prevented
them from leaving the ship. On several
occasions the vessel was close in shore
and in imminent danger OF drifting on
the rocks. Twice she got inside the light
ship at the Columbia River bar, when
snow began falling, and the increasing
gale drove her out TO Seaward.
Yesterday morning she headed toward
the Straits of Juan del Euca, but was un-
able 10 make the cape. On trying 10
launch a boat one man was dashed against
the side of the ship and killed. Drifting
past Cape Flattery, the ship was slowly
going toward the Vancouver shore, when
the steamer Bertha hove in sight and took
her in tow at 8 o'clock last night
The Scottish Dale presents dilapitated
appearance. The damage, excepting a
claim for salvage by the Bertha, amounts
to $4,000. Captain Mccarthy, who has
been TO sea over thirty years, says the
storm was the severest he ever expert
enced.
The Hawaiian bark Mauna Ala, from
Honolulu, arrived tonight, and reports
experiencing extraordinary southeast and
west southwest gales. The barometer fell
to 2S.60. The ballast shifted, and the crew
stood ready to cut away the masts. She
lost several sails. OF Cape Flattery,
three miles west by south, a new red
DuOV was observed ad riff