The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-03

uoR2z08. soon 0feAFW0fo her engines
wsrs taken out and slss was turned into
oark and = now saiiing ont o< san
Francisco.
\ Starry Of Hsrossm.
Forty persons lost their livee 81 At
tempting - 80 ashore from. the steamer
Eortherner. which was wrecked January
8. 1850 near Cape M<ndoclno. This ves-
sunkcn rock In the afternoon and was
Immediately beached about ssx miles
shove the mouth Of the Bear river. A
line was gotten ashore with some Diff
Guilty, and By this means many pasxen-
gers were saved. althcugh forty, passen-
gers and crew. were drowned In attempt
ing to land. The heroic First ofIicer
French made three trips ashore with wo-
men. but one woman refused to leave
the ship unless her brother was with her.
Preach. seeing her eth on the wreck.
got his boat on from shore through the
breakers and returned for her amid APP
palling dangers. but the brave fellows
life was crushed out against the vessel
and he disappeared In the light OF the
morning following the young woman wac
found lasised TO the wheel house with her
dress. She was dead. It was her brother
who made her fast to the wreck. and he
remained until washed away. There was
no doubt among tie survivors that these
two died together. The ship was q COM
plete wreck.
The Pacific Mail steamer Salvador, an
old ship. began to founder In the Gulf OF
Nicoyo. near Punta Arenas. San Saliva
dor, while taking on q cargo Of coffee.
Capt. Wise beached her and she became
q total loss. This was his first command
and his last. She was worth about $780,
600. The Salvador was tho first irdA ship
sent to this coast BY the Panama Railway
Company.
A Marine HoIocauat.
Ono OF the most terrible disasters Of
the Pacific coast was the destruction by
fire Of the Pacific Mail steamship Golden
Gate. on July q. 1859. just Is miles from
Manxanfllo and four miles OF shore. As
many as 200 people met death. and the
oid-fashioned paddle steamer went up in
smoke. The passengers were at dinner
when q cry OF IRE startled all on board
Flames burst upward from the galley
and with such fury that nothing could
subdue them They suddenly broke out
In immense masses. and all aboard had
hardly time to realize what had happened
before Il was necessary to get away from
the doomed boat. Some passengers chung
TO ropes. as directed. but others, con-
flsea and bewildered. threw themselves
headlong into the water. Half an hour
after the alarm was given the upper deck
fell In and the <oremast went by tho
board, falling 70 the starboard. Soon after
this Ts,e Golden Gate took the beach cas-
tly. her engines working UP to thds time.
II quickly regained my strength" said
Capt. II. r. Pearson. os the Mall CONF
pany. IN relating his awful experience.
"and was deeply panied 10 learn that
more were not saved. some were lying
dead on the beach. ana some. whose
names called. had NOT been seen. We
mustered but 100 persons. We were sad
indeed.
while the nrc roarsd through our
noble ship the huge seas made breaches
through the charred timbers. huri4ng the
flames high in the air. We gathered our
dead by the light and laid them up on
the sand ont OF reach OF the sea. and then
sat down to watch the gloomy scene. As
soon as day broke We buried the dead.
digging graves with pieces OF board.
We placed crosses at the heads OF tho
graves 10 designate the spot as sacred"
All next day boats were out in the bay
resScusng ALI they could md. Several
dead bodies were seen drifting TO the
eoufheass. Although there were ten
boass aboard-sufsicssn TO save every
one-only three could be reached by the
passengers. whsle the others burned at tbs
davis The decay In getting out the
boats was responsible for the panic and
loss of life. The Colleen Gate was the
second nnest ship OF the Mall company.
She was ecsi tons burden. Her. loss,
couznfnea with the cargo. amounted to
g.-s6 90.
For many years after sire was lard
mark OF the lower coass. her great side
wheess apsearsng far above the breakers
Officers ard crews OF coastiny steamers
used to say on seeing e.: 1--WE are not 20
rsany miles from Manzan.iln.'' Men were
all tfse time divsrg for the sunken trnas-
urs. II is TIE Arm belief az seanssn that
many victims ct tho disaster were eaten
By sharks which abound In the yacinssy
OF the wreck
ne Nsa elmer y auathAn FuuudefA
The Bsosher Jona,hsn Was lost on July
81. iSs5. about ten miles northwest ~
Crescent city. Cal Her wreck - amongst
the mos. terrible cf marine disasters, ard
was due 20 bah management SIRE was
uwrexs by the California Steam Navfga-
ton Company. ard pied between San
Francisco ana the Columbia river. wzen
unAer eonzmasai % CAPT D~wosr OF o trip
srxsru Portland s0sxsh. size ssr-ark on
sanrsken rock near Crescent City aFxa werx
down 80 The aospsrs wsshsa fgeDsy-sve
minutes after striking. There we're 70
pe~zsrzs on hoard. ard only rzrsetepa %
them we're saved The sst9i soss az yxag-
cry was sssAea nv1g. Gen Wright ard
a r.r~arzv Of sol tiers were tsss On fss~-.
II - thought that ire ensv surviving
rs~vsrxs os< ere wreck % she Brother jena
than az this day lives IN ssse state Of
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