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

cAnxee oe C1p4. Harrison. May & ISL. sse
seruck a Ms1sle rock. ~ <he ensxuxsce 20
S1csurk hnrfu. and was damaged
al1xhx9y.
Tie skeamsF Pacahc was ! vessel xtsat
ccaId never heep ont of trosabse. she iefs
vzcioria. bound Tor San Francisco % No
vember I. 1915 and e< 80 p "a. co,Essei
with the ship Oxpayeus forxy miles south
Of Cape F1nttery. In . very short tine
ehe SINK beneath the waves The number
ok passengers ard crew aboard wss esti-
mated II ia. and only Two were saved
Henry Jelly. . passenger and Nell osl1aw-
Ter, tho quaxtegusaSter. Capt. Howell was
collision was caused by bad management
not a<sempt to lay by or atserafr to assist
valued at $1eAaec and tina cargo at 81, 20.
both partly inyuEesl
The Monkana> which seemed to Be des-
tined 10 destruction. had an fll-ssarred
career In the last two years OF her exist
ence. VIXEN calling 10 Mexico In Janu-
ary. 1874. she ran aground at La Par. but
got Oh. and after repairing went to sea
again In July. is76. she grounded 1t Dux-
u
1876. On pecember II following she was
totally DESTROYED py dre In tho Gulf OF
California She was insured for sso.0oo
Sailing from Panama 70 San Francisco
On May IL lS77, the Pacific Mall steamer
City Of San Francisco. Capt James We'd
dell. struck upon Tartar shoal. OK fhe
Mexican coast near Acapulco She was
run within ten miles OF the shore In a
dangerous place. and sank Immediately
after striking. Her crew Of 100 men ard
her ~ passengers were luckily removed
safely, but tho magnificent vessel. valued
It SO. CO., was lost
Capt. Howard was In command OF TIA
Georgia. OF the Pacific Mail lire, when
she ran upon the shore Of Costa Rica,
while bound for Punsa Arenas. Septem-
Der Is. 1878 Tbs passengers and crew
went ashore while the Georgia went to
pieces where she lay Her loss was s3op.-
600. Capt Howari's license was suspended
Tor two yearA
The Great Republic Goes Aground.
On April Is. 1879. Tho steamship Great
Republic. with = crew OF ninety-two and
10 passengers. bound for Portland from
San Francisco. under command OF Capt.
JAMES Carroll, now OF the city Of To-
peka. grounded q Sand island. about Ave
miles inside the Columbia river bar. In
setting the passengers or the last boat
70 leave the steamer capsized. The first
ana second officers. the boa;swain, car
penter and ten men were drowned. The
steamer went to pieces She was valued
az $4,000 and carried q cargo worth $sa-
600. The Great Republic was in charge OF
. pilot when she struck. and he was sus-
pended for twelve months
The Victoria was lost or Point Oxford
ON November Is, 1SSs. She was collier,
with passenger accommodations. char
tered by the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company. When lost she was going
down the coast under command OF Capt.
Reichmann. who unwisely took an inside
passage TO dodge winds and heavy seas
and to save few hours. The captain
was reprimanded Tor his reckless sailing
ami lack Of Judgment by which the yes
sci. worsh si5o.o0o. was lost The crew
got ashore In safety.
The City OF Toxic. Pacific Mall steam
er. while sailing under tho command OF
Capt. Jeff Maury. went on the rocks near
Yokohama on June e. 1855. Capt. Maury
attempted to go up the Bay OF Tokyo in
thick weather. He found from soundings
that something was wrong and turned
around to set into the open sea. but on
turning struck on q sdnken rock. There
was no loss Of life. The Toxic was val
ued at $50, 900. Her treasure for China
was valued at $li1,oo0. which was saved
Her captain. who stood very high and
had reputation for caution and Eaz-
teal skill was suspended.
Wrecked. rISsdsrsd and Burned.
A disaster, accompanied by incidents
that read like fictions OF the sea, was the
wreck Of the Pacific Mall steamship San
Pablo. In the Straits Of Formosa, when
sailing from San Francisco for the ORR
ent. It occurred on April Is. 1857. at 3
a m. when Capt. Reed was engaged on
the soundings Much to his surprise the