Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-01-02
ON THE ROCKS.
Heavy Gales on the Pacific Does
Damage.

Damage.
From various points of the
coast comes dispatches telling OF
loss of life and property as a re-
suit of the recent heavy gales.
Last Friday the following dis
patch was sent out from Bandon,
Oregon:
Grinding in the treacherous
rocks of the north jetty the
schooner Advance OF San Fran
cisco, lies tonight at the mercy
of a maddened sea, while the
crew sings to the rigging and
spectators on shore are powerless
10 offer assistance. Heavy seas
are continually breaking over the
vessel, and the fate of the crew
lies with the staunchness of the
ship. Should the sea moderate it
will be an easy matter to rescue
the inperiled men, but if the
storm continues Or increases they
face almost certain death.
Early in the afternoon the Ad-
vance was seen creeping close in
shore, apparently seeking shelter
from the gale. She came too
close to the treacherous rocks of
the north jetty, and was swept
upon them by the violent waves.
Heavy seas are running, and
it has been impossible to aid the
stricken ship in any way, and
the waves rushing over the decks
have penned the crew below out
of reach of their force.
1t seems impossible for the
schooner long to withstand the
pounding of the waves and the
people are waiting anxiously for
a calmer sea to permit some at
tempt at rescuing the imprisoned
men.
Another dispatch comes from
B. c., dated December
28. and is as follows:
Berett of clergy though with
solemnity, the bodies of three
victims of the wrecked British
bark Pass of Meltort, were buried
today in the little graveyard at
Ucluelet, a village a few miles
distant from the scene of the
disaster which involves the lives
of 2o men and one woman. The
villagers all gathered at the GEM
etery and knelt in prayer while
the interment took place.
The wreck of the Pass of Mel
fort, badly broken, is submerged
about SO yards from the shore.
with two spars anchored to it,
baoying the location. An Indian
is said to have seen the ill-fated
ship firing rockets just before she
foundered.
The Indians just before dawn
Tuesday morning heard reports
and rushed out of their lodges,
but not hearing other reports,
they returned. One states he
saw rockets, which is probably
correct, as a small box marked
rockets was washed ashore. The
Indians went to Ucluelet settle
ment, where the settlers were in
formed that a wreck had occur
red aud both white men and
Indians returned to the scene of
the wreck.
The steel bark had gone on
the reef to the eastward of Amph-
itrite Point, about 60 yards from
the shore, and the wreckage was
washed ashore in small bay, 20
yards wide with steep jagged
rocks at the mouth on both sides
and fully exposed to the terrific
southwest gale which still swept
seas onto the rocks.
The sea rushes into the bay as
though in tide race and while
the settlers were searching among
the wreckage they saw two
bodies, both of which were re-
covered with boathooks found
among the wreckage. Two other
bodies which were beating against
the rocks could not be recovered,
but it is reported that they have
since come ashore. Itis consid-
cred impossible for man to
land alive, so rocky is the vicin-
itv where the wreck occurred.
On the rocks a handkerchief
and collar were found with the