The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-13
SHIPPED 4 SEA
AND WENT DOWN
Gasoline Schooner Wrecked
While Crossing Bar Near
Eureka, Cal.
ONLY TWO LIVES LOST
PROMPT WORK OF THE LIFE
SAVING CREWS.
ONLY TWO LIVES LOST

Eureka. Cal, June 12-WhiIe crossing
Humboldt bar last evening and attempt
ing to navigate through the south chan
mel, the gasoline schooner Corinthian,
Walter CoggeshaH, managing owner;
Captain Atwater, master; took aboard a
huge sea, causing her to become total
wreck The disaster was marked by two
The Dead.
Andrew McCarry. student at the Uni
versity of California.
Ole Carlson, sailor.
The Rescued.
Captain Atwater.
R NJ. Boye, 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. @. Linton, passenger.
The COrinthian is now upon the beach
between the ship yards and New Era
park. Just beside the hull Of the ill-fsted
steamer NeWsbOy, which was wrecked
two months ago.
Struggle for Life,
Before the eyes of the vessels willing
but helpless hands one poor sailor, Ole
Carlson, was dragged down and out TO sea
by the strong ebb tide Two others pat
tied SO stOutly that they were able 70
reach shore One was seized and landed
safely b. Alexander Mclean Of the Nc
Lean Launch company, and the other,
who had left all his clothing aboard, man
aged TO crawl ashore himself. to receive
attention and clothing and Sood place
beside blazing bonfire
The COrinthian, bound from this port
to San Francisco, attempted 20 cross out
of the harbOr at 7 o'clock heavy sea
was running and as the vessel reached
the outer entrance she was struck by q
cOmbing wave which flooded the engine
room and rendered her helpless. Inc 1T
Tie vessel became waterlogged at once and
all hands were forced 10 take 10 the rig
cling A tug and life-saveTS we're sum
moned from the shore as quickly as pos
Eible, but 1t could render no asSistan nee
The life-saveTs could rot launch their
boat ard were forced to fall back on their
beach apparatus,
Heavy Rain Began.
Nv thu ti-r~ This as 5e~-ided upon Il
vas growing dark and rsslll- began pour
.ing down. The life station was a long
way, off and the cart Of apparatus was
, Z heavy weight to drag over the sands
and logs. Il was just $50 wren the NE
! saving crew arrived. They quickly IN
2 Iiubered and placed their cannon on Jhe
bottom Of he wrecked steamer NeWSbOy,
Considerable trouble was then had in get
ting a shot TO fit. The doomed boat rolled
and labored, pounding hard, while those
on board were continually shouting for
help. Finally q small line was made out
10 the shot and at the third attempt was
fired over the vessel. The men on board,
grouped in a knot forward, heayed away
on the line hauling big haWser aboard
out went the breecheS buoy and back II
came with Assistant Engineer August
Johnson On the second trip First Of
f5Cer BOye was in the basket
Returned Empty.
The third time the buoy returned empty,
to be Immediately returned and again
Las1TaI in with injured sailor. Fred
johnson. whose leg was broken while he
Vas I'm rhe rigging ". D LintO came
next and then there was another empty
basket On its being returned, J G. Lin
ton, brother Of the other Linton, was
brought ashore. The next man to be
saved was the cook. who told OF the uni
versity student, Andrew MCCaTrey- going
overheard and Linton confirmed his
story. The young man was n a galley
which was carried away by sea, and
MCCarrey went with il. His two extend
cd arms were seen as he sank. he was
che Of the nOn-uniOn crew Of the North
fork Tt is said ne was shanghaIed at
San Francisco. and being in hurry 10
get home took passage on the CORN
THAN. The next man to come ashore was
Chief Engineer Edward G. Webb.
The only man then remaining aboard
the schooner was Captain AtWater. and
10 rescue him the breeChes buoy was sent
On presumably its last trip. but it re-
turned empty Then the hawser broke,
and il became necessary to send long
way to the station for another This
caused much delay and IL was not until
o'clock this morning that the captain
was brought safely to shore.