The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
A L|GHTSH|P GOES ADR|FT
Was Discovered North of
Her Station.
RESCUED BY THE MANZANITA
Lost His sAnchorage-CameN Near Go
ing Onto ClatsOp Spit.

Lost His Anchorage-Came Near Co
ing Onto Clatsop Spit.
Astoria, Or, Dec. 14.-The Column
bia river lightship, for the second time
in three weeks, was towed into the har
Dor this evening, this time by the
lighthouse tender Manzanita, Captain
Gregory. She had a very narrow es-
cape from wrecking on North beach
last night, and both vessels nearly
went on Clatsop spit this afternoon.
After the Manzanlta made her Sec
ond trip to the mouth of the river this
morning, the following dispatch was
received:
'Fort Candy, Dec. 14.-At midnight
one of the Candy lifesaving crew went
to the North head and burned signal
lights. The lightship was then 12
miles north of her proper position and
drifting inshore. At l O'Clock this
morning, the ships lights went out,
showing that the crew realized their
danger and had probably got up steam
and started their propeller. They are
probably safe.''
The tug relief also went down early
this morning and, with the Manzanita,
beat about until daylight. 1t was IL
O'Clock before they could pass out; the
Relief got out first. The lightship was
then 10 miles north of her station and
four miles off the cape. She was under
steam and slowly making her way to
the harbor. The Manzanita passed
her hawser and took her in tow.
At 1 O'Clock, while coming in, the
hawser snapped, throwing the Manza-
bita into the trough of nasty sea. All
hands feared the worst. The parted
hawser got tangled up in the wheel of
the lightship, rendering her helpless.
For few minutes, it seemed that both
vessels must be thrown onto Clatsop
spit, near the jetty. By tremendo is
exertion and heroic work on the part of
the crew of both vessels the hawser of
the lightship was passed to the Manza-
nita and the dangerous voyage again
commenced. Slowly they made their
way into the lower harbor, when again
the hawser broke, near Fort Stevens.
Once more tow line was patched up,
and at 5:45, the lightship dropped one
of her small anchors abreast Smiths
point, where she now lies in safety.
The captain of the lightship stated
that he did not get adrift until mid
night, Saturday. The Cape lookout
reported him adrift at O'Clock in the
afternoon and at midnight, 10 to IL
miles north of his station. The light
ship lost 135 fathoms of chain and
mushroom anchor. She will be refit-
ted Tomorrow.
s The six vessels which were in the
offing last night put to sea when the
lamps were put out, and
none of them could be seen this morn
ing. -
Sometime last night, the second
mate, two sailors and an apprentice
boy on the British bark Ochtertyre de-
serted. They stole one Of the ships
small boats and made then escape.
Early this morning the sheriff was no.
titled and started up Young's bay in
search of the deserters. The boat was
discovered by another party, on the
Dwyer, and put into Hungry harbor,
on the Washington shore, when the
men saw they were pursued. When
the pursuing steamer reached the shore,
the boat was found with a hole in her
bottom and brought back. The sheriff
will go for the men at o'clock to-
morrow morning. The men took to
the woods.