The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-15
OFT THE STORM TOSSED SEA.
Another Sailing Vessel Is
Roughly Blown Into Port.
NOT A Sign OF THE CLEVELAND.
The DehooneF Challenges Reaches
u>,n.rs After n Tcmpcsfuoas yoy-
age From Newport-Drisen 10"
Miles OF shore-Ltftie Hope Tor
the Augusta's safety-Last spoken
OF Victoria by the Faranos'

Another sailing vessel has reached poft
On the Sound from OF the ssoTfn-tossed
ocean The winds have roughly eroush,
the schooner Challenger TO safe anchor
age In Ballard. but the Cleveland. equip
ned with steam propulsion and built TO
ria With safe speed the most turbuleD.
seas. is yet unreported. Anxiety Tor the
Cleveland must be mingled with soiici-
tude for the steam schooner Augusta,
many days overdue from the mouth OF
Copper river. Have the two steam Craft
been wrecked IN the storm from which the
schooners Challenger and William r.
witxemann. and the barkeEtine Leslie d.
escaped SO narrowly?
The Challenger was more fortunate than
the other two sailing vessels. She had
hard time, but came through without loss.
IL was an experience Capt. Anderson VIII
remember SO long as he shall depend on
the uncertain ocean for livelihood.
Il have been going 10 sea for twenty
years" his said yesterday, nut never
have | seen such waves. / could not de-
scribe them 10 you. They were wonderful
The same storm must have caught the
q
seen again. She was staunch boat, built
TO last, but II something has not hap
pened of a very serious kind, she should
be here. ! saw nothing of her, but that
means nothing since | was Obliged 10 Guh
far out of the beaten track of steamers.
II left Newport South for Seattle, No
vemher - After going against head
winds for time IL fell calm and on De-
ceraher g. fourteen days after leaving
4 mil
Of Newport. had been going ahead back
wards. On December n breeze came up
from the southwest and l began TO draw
away on nay course with every stitch of
canvas set. The wind freshenad gradually
In the next two days until Ii was blowing
eighty miles hour. II came in squalls
tnaf seemed almost TO pick tbs vessel oft
of The water and send her through the air.
tlose-reefed. / ran before the wind far
cut or my course. At one time i was $50
,iuiIes Out To sea You can imagine the
force of the wind from the speed ] made.
notwithstanding the roundabout course
taken. was or Cape Fiattery last Sat
urday night. having come UP from New
port I'm eight days. Though i.oihing was
carried away, / regard IL as the closest
call have ever had"
The Challenger Is the schooner which
two years ago drifted across the harbor
from Smith cove 10 West Seattle In a
fnidwintar storm. which IS remembered as
probably the worst that has ever visited
this port The Challenger will load In
Ballard a return cargo of lumber. She Is
owned by NJ. kalish, of San Francisco.
who also operates the steamer Humboldt
Hope for the steam schooner Augustus
safely has been almost Abandoned. She
is now fifteeen days overdue from the
mouth OF Copper river. the last heard Of
the steam schooner was reported hy Capt
George Roberts. of the steamer Farallon,
which arrived here December from Alas
Ia. On December 6 the Farallon passed
OFT Victoria a steam schooner answering
the description Of tho Augusta. The craft
was spoken and Il was learned that she
was from Copper river and had aboard Ave
miners The master said he was heading
Ter Seattle. No such boat Is known 10
have arrived here Those aboard arc SUP
POSED 10 have been George j. Rennicks
aud his partners, Mcdonald and Simpson.
letter received here from Rennicke.
GATED shakan. Alaska. November II. said
;hat Mcdonald was returning 10 Seattle
af the Augusta with sle.e19 In gold dust
and nuggets. Capt. Wallace of the
steamship City of Topeka, reported hav-
fns Parsed on December :. In Clarence
stfsitS. steamer supposed to have been
the Augusta
The Augusta was in si;ka November q.
:" tsN sei"NAHh- she on tttat
eate returned TO Sitka from nisenchaut-
meat pay, having there landed a party of
pfospeciors which Intended 10 explore the
t9jff frerf there TO White river ana
tents % he gold helia Of the Kiouaika
q was 'carn.e from Capt White OF the
Sasu-ts nat stor was raatie AZ Yaxu-
TAT Wherc tae party employed some In
S'an- ard an in:rrar~ter and thence ora-
@fs3fd 70 pt&enes sn;ment hay goirs an
~ a. rs head. where they were landed.
trey expected ia remain here until Janu
Hfy. wkca shey will proceed along the val
~ ~ si'esk river ~ reach White river
turing 'b@ say or the vessel nt Olsen
eA8h rent bay part Of the surrounding
country vas explored