The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-18
FOUND The JAGGED TEETH OF DUXBURY

p. m. Our cargo consisted Of 255 900
feet of lumber, and we had thirteen cabin
passengers and fourteen of the crew OF
the wrecked steamer Jewel. A hght, oTlz-
Zling rain was falling when we got under
way, and it followed US all me way
down. The fog came up during me
night, but that did not trouble US nucn,
and all seemed to be well until 4:SO IN
the morning, when she piled up on the
reef. She did not strike so very nara,
but 1 think a hole was stove, in her bow;
part of the keel was carried away, and
the rudder post was damaged. hah the
boats lowered and got the passengers
into them. About 7:SO a. IN. b tne He nIre
of the Jewels crew, eight of my passen-
gers and three of my crew. Sne t 1
steamed away for san FraH 1caseei ,n ~
rest of us stayed with the Vessei until
the Alert came along. c,,t.s u,,,~,roor
"Great credit is due to Chief Englneer
II. X. Thompson ana Flrsa Tin a "a Us AM
engine-room until the water was up to
their waists. and did everything in their
power to keep things going
eve very nearly had company In our
,oisfortune' The barkentine s. @. Wilder,
that was lowed outside the ightshlp last
Monday night, was caught In the north
easterly set and came very near eoins
on Duxbury. a -.
the N6vo came ashore on the Henrietta
Il was off watch and asleep in my bunk K
when we struck sal1 ne M VIE No tS1n nnI,s
fusion or excitement, and we all had time
TO dress and go on deck before there was
any talk of lowering the boats. II was
fully half an hour after we struck that
the boats were lowered. We pulled away
from the Noyo and ran across boat pc
longing to the fishing steamer Henrietta.
The two italians in the, boat hailed us
and told us to follow them. The Hen
rietta was lying a mile to the south of us,
so we pulled for her. Captain Sandstrom
thought that we We're all that were TO
20 ashore and at once started for San
Francisco.
CAPTAIN Daniels deserves great praise
for the manner in which he handled
things during the wreck; He was cool
and collected, and kept the boats along
side until the passengers baggage was
put into them. In order to do this great
care had to be taken, as there was
good swell on and the boats might have
been swamped.
There were two women in our boat
One was a Miss Royal from Fort Bragg.
She thought the whole thing great joke
the wreck. Her trunk fell overheard
while II was being put into the boat, and
II took nearly the entire ships crew to
recover It. The other lady was with her
husband and she was not bit frightened.
Some of the Jewels men lost all their
clothes and they played in very hard
luck To be wrecked twice in one week
is something that does not often happen,
crew of the Jewel"
The Noyo was built in San Francisco in
1887 but practically made into a new yes
sci at q cost of over $15. 600 less than
month ago She was overhauled from
stem to stern, her bow was built up, her
engines made as good as new, the cabins
put in first-class order, and when COM
pleted she was one of the finest steam
schooners on the coast. She now lies
wreck on the Mission mud flats. Over
30 900 feet of her load of lumber is gone,
her Lighthouses are sprung, the railing is
gone, and just what damage the hull has
sustained will not be known until the YES
$50 feet long, 1872 feet. broad and 1915 feet
deep. She is owned by ]. S. Kimball &
Co.. who also owned the steamer Pro-
lection, which was wrecked off the
Columbia River few weeks ago.