The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-07
Eliza Miller Sights Dangerous
Derelict Off the Coast.
Nay BE THE MISSING NoMAp.
!. Track OF Conss~fse shipping
~g. Res~msiin q LonE-Loss seat
tic sesseI-Hystery Of the Nc Afi~p
lp-1apt. Libby to send ont q Tug.

tTne ugtarned hull Of a biz Ssh 9oner.
ria the blue waves ~ the Pac3ac fash-
tag around her. Is footing 20 mites west
n Coos bay, ii The track Of steamers and
Ealing vessels plying between this per.
ard san Francisco. II was sighted on
Igne 2, By ths schooner Eilza Miller.
.aen has just arrived At Per- b.akeley.
RS believed BY shipping men 10 be the
butk Of the long~n!ssng schooner No
mad, which sailed In ballast from ahang-
h. for Seattle on December aad has
regsr been sighted since.
The hulk In IT'S present position IL
xzngeroas menace - navigation. and IL is
oyoiJable ;hat an attempt Wall he made 10
taease it by tugs sent cut from Port
townsend and Astoria II the hulk is
sauua some sad mystery Of the sea will be
r.rayelea II Il proves 10 be tho hull Ok
a. Somad the eIs Of one OF the saddles;
tales of marine disaster in the history of
a. Pacific Ia sn sight. A loving mother
i. patiently waiting Ia this city for some
saIngs Of the missing vessel. on which her
sr,.re family husband, SONS and daughter.
have been LOST.
HUI was ftO0tsn8.
Can't. Christensen. OF the Eliza Miller.
aw the hulk at 10 O'Clock on the morning
Of June q, and an observation taken TIM
naedaseiy after showed that IL was In
fss longitude west and 1915 latitude
north. This would make the position Of
,hs hulk 20 miles west OF Coos bay and
NJ niles south by west from Cape Flat
tary The Eliza Miller was slightly west
81 The usual course of vessels plying be-
tween Puget sound and san Francisco.
but the currents were slowly taking the
hak towards the coast. and would throw
hsr directly III the course Of all coast
vsse shipping. As near az Capt. Chr.steR-
,an could tell. the vessels keel Vas from
~ 70 no feet In length. The keel WAS
PERFECTLY straixht. which proves that the
Tss.fI was a new one It rad been newly
eoYpesed and carried considerable lead on
The forefoot The hull was floating
Straight Ia the water and the MiIier's
captain eot1i not tell whether her masts
wefs stlIl IL position Or not.
Rsll Bros. Of Port Biakelay. who owned
all buff the Somad. recognize perfect
description Of the hull % Their long miss
ing vessel in Capt. f'hrfstenson's report.
Ths Somad - the only new vessel shat Is
ni.sng ami we'll posted shipping men are
vas eea from the Miller The copper
sA.eting aud loaded fofefoot correspond
20 snat pal on the Nomad before she sail
% 90 ser first and last voyage to China.
and the lengtn Of Keel IL about right
sspt John r. Libby. OF the Puget Sound
raghaas Company. viii probably send
vessel 10 search fer the wreck in a few
days
The Nomsd.
IT. -
yards. at Port B!akeiey. In August. 1897.
and shortly after sailed with cargo Of
anber for China. She was as staunch a
vessel az ever left Puget Sound ways, and
vas built on beautiful lines. She carried
an immense amount of canvas on her
sear nssts According 20 letter receiv-
"a from Capt McAllep she had good trip
across the Pacific and sailed for Seattle
81 Ire return trip from Shanghai on De
sember = Months passed. aud otter sail
ing vessels arrived from the same port
b., no news came from thu Nomad. As
ame passed her owners gave up nope and
aaiy Mrs MeAnep whose husband and
family were on hoard. continued to hope
TIE Nomad carried ten persons. incfudlng
Miss Helen McAllcp, the captains aauga-
Ter who went along for her health. The
eihers on hoard were:
John W McAllep. master
c W s0derstrom. glrsr male.
Charles ioomau. second mate
Fred Holmes cook
Weston - McA,lep, carpenter.
George H. McAnep. seaman.
II Nissntsns. seaman
Thompson. seaman
q Olsen. seaman.
l. r. Hloo3eood cabin hoy.
The ep.n.on 81 shipping mea IS mat the
NeTad tripped up IN soma heavy gale,
ans having pathing IN her hold hat bal
ass. iuFned over. Tltr hulk mas, have
been carried ~ curFeatS, aided ~ the
vEd. % SIS present position tron some
posas fsr out AZ sea.