The herald., 1896-11-10
Ends on the Beach at Gray's
1arbOr
THE BRITISH BARK ZINlTA
Wrecked by the Familiar Current Un-
known to Sailors
The Crew Is Saved, With One Man In
jured, and the Vessel Is Not
Greatly Damaged.
Associated Press Special Wire

ABEHDEEN, wash, NOV. 9.-Ihe
British bark Zinita, from Greenock,
new iron vessel of 1545 tons, went ashore
on North beach this afternoon, about
five miles north Of the entrance to
Gray's harbor, and close to where the
bark Abercorn was wrecked few years
ago. The vessel was forty days out
from Nagasaki, Japan, to Portland, Or,
in ballast to load wheat, and first sight
sighted land on Monday morning a bout Q
o'clock, she being then about five miles
off the coast and abreast of Quinault
river.
The heavy current that sets in along
the coast and a heavy southwest gale
made it impossible for her to stand
out to sea. and at l o'clock she was
forced to let go her anchors, and the
vessel gradually drifted ashore and is
now lying high and dry on the sands,
far above the breakers, being In SIM
liar position to the Glenmorag. wrecked
north of the Columbia. The crew con-
sisted of twenty-seven souls under the
command of Captain James Fraser, and
all are safe ashore.
One sailor named McNamee received
a scalp wound from being struck on the
head a stanchion which broke loose as
the vessel rolled in the heavy breakers,
he being the only one injured in the en-
tire crew.
The vessel was first sighted by Mr..
Damon of Oyehut, who, noticing the sig
nal of distress, dispatched his son to
Hoquiam, twelve miles distant, for tugs,
and orders were at once sent to West
port to the tug Traveller and to South
Bend for tugs, and to the life saving sta
ton, but before the tugs could arrive the
vessel was too far in to receive any help,
and the crew were all ashore, having
experienced no trouble in launching a
boat on the lee side Of the vessel, and
reaching the land, with the assistance
of the people who live along the shore.
McNamee, the injured sailor was
brought to the hospital at Hoquiam. The
captain says he is confident he can save
the vessel with but little if any dam
age.
This makes the seventh vessel that
has gone ashore on the stretch of beach
lying north of Gray's harbor. all of
them being foreign bound and all stran-
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in the same treacherous current that
sets in along here and were sucked
ashore in spite of all their efforts, and
this section of the coast is particularly
dreaded for the reason that no light
house or life saving station is within
miles, the nearest being Willapa har-
Dor.
The life saving crew, upon arrival
at Westport, on the south side of the
harbor, learned of the crew being safe,
and did not visit the scene, as it lay
some eight miles further on.
The Zinta is but three years old, and
was on her third trip when the mishap
occurred. Those who are best acquaint-
ed with the coast say that the chances
of saving the vessel are slight. as they
believe she will soon sink in the sands.
but here is no danger of her going to
pieces, as she lies far inside the line of
ordinary breakers, having gone on dur
ing the extreme high tide and heavy
swell of this afternoon.
A LAKE WRECK.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov "a report
reaches here from st. Thomas, Ont. that
the schooner Sonora was wrecked and
five lives lost in Thursdays storm off
Point Albino, about ten miles from
Buffalo on the Canadian shore. The
mate, w. Duquette, who claims to have
been the only survivor, carried the news
to St. Thomas. Those reported lost are
Captain Buckley of Sadina; Daniel Rus
sell and James Morrison, Glasgow, Scot
land Malcolm Mcleod, Toronto, and
the cook.
Mate Duquette says the Sonora was
struck by a gale at o'clock Thursday
evening. Her rigging, sails and deck
load of green oak timber We're swept
away. After vainly endeavorng to re-
gain control of the vessel, the captain
decided to abandon her. The crew all
left the vessel in a yawl, except the
mate, who preferred to stick to the
schooner. He saw his companions wash
ed overheard one by one from the yawl
Duquette clung to the vessel until about
4 o'clock Friday morning, when he drift
ed ashore on a hatch. The vessel soon
afterward went to pieces on the reef off
Point Albino.
TONAWANDA N Y, Nov 9.-The
story told by Mate Duquette at ST.
Thomas about the loss of the schooner
Sonora is disputed. The Sonora arrived
here Thursday night from Wharton,
Ontario, loaded with green oak timber
and after unloading cleared Saturday
night all right. Her captain is NJ