The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-24
STRUCK THE REEFS ALONG
THE COAST SOUTH OF
COOS BAY AND SANK.
Crew of Twenty Five and Fourteen
Passengers Were .Aboard-A
Number. Saved but Others
erished-It was in
Thick Fog.

1 1ulCB EoS.
/ Marshfeld, Or. O,t, 10 The
steamer South Portland, which
sailed from Portland, Or, last Sun
day loaded. with grain for San
Francisco, struck on Bianco Reef
last evening at S o'clock during a
! heavy fog. The vessel carried a
crew of IS and "a passengers. OF
these the following have reached
shore:
James Nc Intire, captain; John
Reimer, a sailor of San Francisco;
Emanuel Pasomenis, chief cook
William L Wilson, Jr., of Bali-
more, L Baker, Alameda, CAL. Guy
Bent, boy of II years, of Nova
Scotia; Al Bailey North Dakota.
passenger; Chsrles Bruce, first Off
Ger; James Wasd, chief engineer;
John McKown, oiler, J Driscoll.
oiler, W Hughes, fireman; w Rob-
erts. fireman; James Atwood, sea-
man; II Webber, passenger; q
johnson, seaman.
Charles Huson, the first engi-
neer,. died as they were taking him
off the life raft from exposure.
Eighteen persons are yet missing
and are probably lost.
The South Portland struck bow
on going at a speed Of about seven
knots. As soon as she struck she
began to settle astern and In min
ute or two slid off the reef and be-
gan to sink.
Captain McIntire seeing that
there was no hope of saving the
shio ordered the boats lowered.
One of the boats that got away
from the ships side, loaded with
part Of the crew and some of the
passengers, was capsized as she
cleared the ships side and when
last seen was Floating away in the
fog without q living sovl aboard.
The captains boat, with about IS
aboard, succeeded in clearing. but
was also capsized and only seven
were able to get back to the boat.
These consisted Of Captain James
McIntire, john Reimer, Emanuel
Pssomenist, w L Wilson, L Baker,
Guy Bent, and AL Bailey. They
reached Port Oxford last night.
A lifeboat on which the following
en- barked reached shore this after
noon;
Charles Bruce, first officer; ames
Ward, chief engineer; T Pizzotti,
second assistant engineer; John
McKown, oiler; J Driscoll, oiler;
w Roberts, fireman; James Atwood
SEAMAN; II Webber passengel; G
Johnson, seaman and Charles Hu-
son, the first assistant.
The survivors suffered much
from exposure.
There is another raft out yet that
has not been sighted. On this raft
are seven persons. 1t is almost
certainsthat the loss of life will
will figure but II all told, provided
that those on the second raft are all
rescued, but the celd chilly nights
and the exposure they have to en-
dure makes it almost certain that
some of the weaker ones may per
ish before morning.
The Bandon life-savipg crew
went overland to Port Orford and
started 10 search of the last named
party. They have not yet returned
but an anxious throng eagerly
awaits them, with hopes of good
news.
The tug Columbia is in the vicin-
ity Of the wreck, having left Coos
Bay at 10 a m as soon as the fog
cleared, but no news has been heard
OF her yet.
Captain McIntire, of the wrecked
steamer was disclined to talk for
publication on the matters pretain-
ing to the course his boat VISA trav-
cling or whether she was off her
course when she run on Blanco
Reef last evening. When ques.
toned tonight he said:
eve had been running in blin-
ding fog ever since we left the
Columbia River and it was so thick
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