The San Francisco call., 1907-06-20
FIVE. MAsTED SCHOONER
LOUIS GOES ASHORE ON
FARAL[ON ISLANDS
Vessel Will Probably Be a
Total Loss Because of
the Weather
MEN LANDED SAFELY
Tug Sea King Attempts to
Save Large Cargo of
Lumber

| The five masted schooner Louis, Cap
| tain Harry Dyer. lumber laden from
Grays Harbor for this port, went ashore
| lon islands during dense fog and VIII
| probably prove total loss. All hands
were saved. The Louis belongs to the
| Simpson lumber company and is not
| insured The cargo, about 100000 rect
of lumber, was consigned to G. H. NC
| Cormick.
News of the Louis plight was re-
ceived in a wireless message oy the
weather bureau The simpson lum-
Der company was notified and Captain
r. J. Lawson, the company's port cap
tain, at once proceeded to the vessel 5
assistance with the tug Sea King. Late
in the afternoon the steamer Cascade
was sent to the Farallones to assist
in saving the Louis cargo.
According to the latest word re-
ceived from the scene of the wreck the
forepart of the big schooner is entirely
gone. The ,deckload was intact at a
late hour, but the indications pointed
to a stormy night through which it
was feared the Louis would not hold
together.
All of the crew except Captain Dyer
and his mate. j. d. Muller, went ashore
shortly after the vessel struck. The
Sea King towed the lifesaving crews
to the scene, where they will remain as
long as there is likely to be need Of
their services.
The Louis carried, in addition 10
captain and mate, the following crew:
Alex Drynan, cook, and John Erick-
son, j. Johannsen, T. Rosnel K. Fred
erickson, Jan Eklof and T. Raggen-
field, seamen. The schooner left here
May 6 for Willapa harbor and was on
when tide and fog conspired to its
destruction.
Considerable sympathy was expressed
yesterday for Captain Dyer, who is
known as good navigator and skill
full and resourceful seaman. BY his
handling of the bark Ferris S. Thomp-
son. about three years ago, Dyer es-
tablished himself in the good graces of
the marine underwriters. The Thomp-
son, of which Dyer was then maste~,
lost both anchors on the coast of Alas
ka during heavy gale. Dyer worked
his ship safely off a lee shore and
brought the Thompson as far as Cape
Flattery, where he picked UP a tug
and was towed into the Sound. In
spite of the fact that he had lost both
anchors he got the towing done for a
nominal fee by disgusting his anchor
less condition. He had both cables
hauled on board BY balling up the
ends of each chain he made two fairly
good temporary anchors, which he let
go and which served to hold him after
the tug had taken the Thompson to
an anchorage
The Louis was built in 1888 at North
Bend, Ore, and was originally con-
structed for steamer. Machinery was
never installed and the vessel went
into commission as the first I'VE masted
schooner on the Pacific The Louis was
the first five masted schooner to make
a trip around the world and for many
years has been conspicuous as a speci-
men of the eccentric in marine archi-
lecture. Two of the Louis masts were
stepped out of the fore and aft line.
which gave the vessels wings a wider
stretch, but contributed to the oddness
or the schooner's appearance
The Louis has been in bad luck for
the past year. Once the schooner nut
back to the Columbia river water.
logged and otherwise badly damaged
and on returning to this port fouled a
British ship while entering the harbor
lost mast and suffered damage 10
the hull.
If the vessel holds together the cargo
will float the Louis into port. but 3
the seams were reported opening yes
terday afternoon and the weather get
ting much worse as the day wore on
not much hope was entertained