Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-10-20
BEACHED ON An VIII|
Wreck of the Laursds
Behring Sea.
HAD AN EVENTFUL pAco,
Luckily No Lives Were Lost .
paratively Little Discomfort O.,
Passengers-Lnuradas Re,ord '

NCCUfu.
Seattle, Oct. 17.-By the r,,.
States revenue cutter Corwin IL' ,rI'
arrived here tonight, survivors "D.
brought of the steamship To",,l
which lies a wreck in zapadira a's a
st. George island. 1l
The Laurada, Captain Frank VIVA.
left Seattle September u, for c %
Nome, with a crew of 4S ofRco,. '' ~
men and 20 passengers. She corT',
full cargo Of general merchandise I
lumber, 80 head OF cattle and y
sheep. She encountered rough we,tI,
from the start, and just before soi.ns
on the morning of September 20 ra
driven by wind and current into cha
water in Active pass, but after b+I
detention she resumed her voyage R
ing loaded deep, the heavy seSs lns .
over bow again and again and by h
time the open sea was reached i h,
become so serious that she was fam.
to turn back and take the inside NJ,
sage to New Metlakahtla wber
tons of lumber and so tons of coal WON
put ashore. Thus lightened, she M
ceeded to Dutch Harbor, which va
reached September rs.
At Dutch Harbor 80 sheen Won
landed. The Laurada left Dutch Hs
Dor September 26, encountering CO,
tinued stormy weather. On Septen,
Der 81 it was discovered that gl
had been started forward by the pOuni
ing of the seas. This increased rand
ly, and soon it became evident that IN
pumps would not much longer ken
the vessel afoat. She began gradusl
to settle. The only hope of safety g
in reaching the Pribyloff or Seal i
lands, the northernmost of whiA
st. George, is barely 225 miles from
Dutch Harbor.
At $3.50 P. NJ, September 2S, CAY
tain White, after having skirted ts
eastern shore of st. George island, anil
finding it impossible to make al
landing, ran the now sinking Launh
ashore in the shallow waters Of ZsR
dine bay. The fire in the lower psh
had been by this time extinguished ty
the rising sea waters, and the stOken
were wading in the fire room up 10
their knees.
On this side of the island are tW
small frame salt houses used for ts
storage and curing of sealskins by th'
North American Commercial Company
which has lease of the island from
the government. The smaller Of thes
was vacant, and the crew and passen'
gers of the Laurada moved in. Pm
visions and other necessaries weE'
taken from the ship. All the livestOci
was successfully landed.
1t was on October that the cuttl
Corwin, Captain Herring, which bad
left st. Michael for Seattle and Sal
Francisco on September 30, sighe'
the signal of distress flying from tA
mast of the Laurada. Captain Herrll
consented to receive the passengers an
crew and convey them back to Dutl
Harbor. The third mate of the Lul
rada was left ON the island to prOteS
the ship and cargo from being take
possession of as derelict, and six pa
sengers remained to care for outn'
they were unwilling to abandon. Id
Corwin's store of provisions was
plenished from the abandoned vesS
and the cutter made sail for Du'c
Harbor, with a total of 1876 persons
board, arriving in the afternoon
October 4. Here the Laurada's paSe
gers were provided with blankets a. a.
made as comfortable as possible. u
mail carried by the Laurada was a.
brought back by the Corwin, and VI
be forwarded by the next aval@p
steamer north bound. 1t is prooap
relief expedition will be sent HV
here as soon as possible. g.,
Among those left at Dutch HarO
are the wife of Captain Brown, OF
Yukon river steamboat Oil City, ~
at st. Michael, and the wife and cnl
OF Minor Bruce. An entire prlnl
outfit for a newspaper at Nome is III
cargo of the wreck.
The Laurada was built in Great bi
ain and became famous shortly bel'
the outbreak of the late Spanish'Am
lean war as a filibuster and success
blockade runner.
Fair Craven Suit.