The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-11-17
WRECK MANY SHIPS.
The Manacle Rocks Where the Mo
hogan and Paris Struck.
Great Loss of Life Has Followed the
Numerous Disasters at This
Dangerous spot-LittIe Help
for Wrecks.

I have been at some pains 10 collect
information as to the number of cas-
ualties that have taken place latterly
within two or three miles of the Mana
cles. One fisherman who is still in The
middle of life recalls sc. His list, how
ever, is incomplete, for more than 50
have happened during the past 30 years.
Of these considerably more than half
may be classed as total wrecks. 10
turn - the lifeboat records, it seems
that the Portboustock boat, which, by
the way, was sent to the hamlet in con-
sequence of three quickly ensuing
wrecks, has since the year So been on
active service l6 times and has effected
the rescue of ll2 persons. The same
records show that ll9 lives were lost
from the vessels to which the lifeboat
went out. There were at least l6 other
wrecks during that period, resulting in
the loss of A lives, to which the lifeboat
could render no assistance. In some in
stances the crews rowed ashore in their
own boats. In others hurricane from
the east made n launch impossible.
When one looks at this terrible array
of facts it may appropriately be asked
if the means of averting disaster and of
saving life are adequate in the neigh
borhood. A bell buoy certainly exists
at the Mahaeies' ou' II Is oi 81 "l,ie "se
that IL haruiy deserves 10 pe ,i'eh'io'!.u
Next there exists AT No'eracN' ~'2 ni''es
from the Manucles, very good coast
Suaru ltioh' Inc men H''"eie" "
inns station nave oy tneir uh'ir'ns Nisr
lance saved many ships IRON uestruc-
ton only Single coas' eua'u Is S'a-
toned AT forthoustock' nut previous 10
the wreck OF the Mohegan II was ue
clded 10 increase Inc huniper ~ M
ana 10 eree' co''ases 'or men :" Wv
cove. IL may nc polhteu OUT "U"e,e',
'hat from ior'houS'oeN on! :: 49, l'i
.keW Oh 'nkSa~ls 10 "e "-''
h-toe ~ 'le Nun"ci,a .'
thorough u'iu'eu WIN '"e Si'u"
non are '.'os' St'ohs'S 20" ''"N." ~ '"e
eminent u'si'an'i''! VI S'r' '|',"S 'i'e'
men on Man''eie pun ii",' my go 80.
mere 'as' oe,ooei ."e! "ou,. p'o"''',
Lave been aoie 10 signai inc Monegan III
time 10 prevent hef i'oih "s
s'ran"eu.
Next, the fact that on the night Oh the
wreck OF the Mohegan 'he roeNet up
paraiuS al CoNerack hau 10 DC ldpor 'ous-
~ pnShed ny men up e'e"' "''' ui!ee'S
atiention 10 lhe uhia'oianie fosi.i"n
IN when the ihach'he Is PiHeen' 0"'e
IN tue actual cave ''seli 'hele Is no iu'''
along Inc shore from Oo'erach III ei.he'
direc'ioh' In iuiiy h'ne e"seS o"t " ~ t
steep ascent mas 10 DE i'"ue win 'ne
apparatus before 1t can pe e0"' <" "
any point outsiue u nj '-ii'ile r"uius' 1.s
-h2rses are @er &c eoiii,''oei''
Io'erach'-iiS w - Vs.
pioyed. obviously tne pest p'aee III
the apparatus Is Of, Sc 'n,' ~
horses are af"aSS u DC h"u, "nee
an easy descent any Pai' VI t"e nee
boring coast may NC i1eeu.
great Oii""aTu Vi i0'i' "ne" io".
were wrecked IN TWO days inc oei"' -
gettIhs me roeket apparatus ~ 'tie
scenes CT 'he eutuS'i op.'ss 20 .oe
he'u 10 De resr .. I'll. 40. :. n,imh, ho
essary ios' u .iIe' -, ;nst;.nt;on
sseS.eu - ~. - ~ Corer.'cl, ,yomlJ
tnao Do'' 80 O.,.a,;,.,,,Il,.
oe my " - ;rdo,L accnr,.
very sIiious "ie Ifa ,n,.vr,t n
pahieu " sIe"' 'oso Va a,e,,,, ,.';,h;n
he'erne' oui ',,,,ad In thn
tne i".. ~ - tban An rersons.
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