The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-13
TWO DEAD, BUT
OTHERS ESCAPE
Entire Crew of Schooner COrin.
THAN Has Close Call to
Watery Grave.
WRECKED OFF COAST
OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA
Only Heroic Work of Life-Say.
ing Station Cuts Short List
of Dead.

EUREKA Cal, June 12-While crossing
Humboldt bar last evening and attempt
Ing to navigate through the south chan
mel, the gasoline schooner Corinthian,
Walter Cogeeshall. managing owner: Cap
tain Walter, master took aboard a hugo
sea, causing her to become total wreck
Tho disaster was marked by two fatal
tiles
Dead.
ANDREW McCARREY, student at
the University OF California.
OLE CARLSON, sailor,
Rescued
CAPTAIN ATWATER-
r M, BOYCE, mate.
EDWARD WEBB. chief engineer.
AUGUST Johnson. assistant engineer.
OLE SIMPSON. sailor.
CARL EDMUSEN, sailor.
FRED JOHNSON, sailor
PETER ADGAE, cook
w. d. LINTON, passenger.
j G. LINTON. passenger.
Vessel Now on Beach.
The Corinthian is now upon the beach
between the ship yards and New Era
park. just beside the hull OF the Inflated
steamer Ncwsboy. which was wrecked
vessels willing. but helpless. hands one
poor sailor ole Carlln. was dragged
down and out to sea by the strong ebh
tide. Two others battled 80 stoutly that
they were able to reach shore. One was
seized and landed safely by Alex Nc
Lean of the Mclean Launch company.
and the other, who had left all his cloth
ing aboard, managed to crawl ashore
himself to receive attention and cloth
Ing and good place beside blazing
bonfire.
Heavy Sea Running.
Tho Corinthian, bound from this port
to San Francisco, attempted to cross Out
OF the harbor at o'clock. A heavy sen
wns running and as the vessel reached
the entrance she was struck by comb
ing wave which flooded the engine room
and rendered her helpless. The little ves-
sci became watcrloggcd at once and all
hands were forced TO take to the rigging.
A tug and life-saving crew were sum-
moned from the shore as quickly as pos
sible, but could render no assistance
Life-Savers Bafaed.
Th lIfe-savers could not launch their
boat and were forced to fall back on
their beach apparatus. BY tho tlme this
was decided upon II was growing darS
and rain began pouring down. The life
station, a long way off, and the cart OF
apparatus was a heavy weight TO drag
over the sands and logs, 1t was Just S'tO
when the lIfe-saVing crew arrived. They
quickly unlmbercd and placed their cnn-
non on the bottom OF the wrecked steam
er Newsboy Finally small line was
made out to the shot and at the third
attempt was fired over the vessel.
Breeches Buoy Saved.
The men on board. grouped In knot
forward. hcavcd away on the line, haul
ing q big hawscr aboard. Out went the
breeches buoy and back II came with
Assistant Engineer August Johnson. On
the second trip First officer Boye was In
the basket. The third time the buoy re-
turned empty TO be Immediately re-
turned and again hauled in with an In
tured sailor, Fred Johnson. whose leg was
broken while he was in the rigging. w.
d. Linton came next, and then there was
another empty basket. On It's being re-
turned c c. Linton. brother of the other
Linton. was brought ashore. The next
man to be saved was the cook, who told
OF University Student Andrew McCarrcy
going overheard, and Linton confirmed
his story.