The San Francisco call., 1907-06-22
TUG SEA QUEEN Returns
WITH sH|PWRECKED men
FROM THE FARALLONEs
Brings Crew of the Lost
Schooner Louis, Which
Went to Pieces
VESSEL TOTAL LOSS
Drifts Out of It's Course
During a Heavy Fog
and Runs Ashore
VESSEL TOTAL LOSS

Captain Harry Dyer and the crew oi
the wrecked five masted schooner Louis.
which drifted ashore early WeohesoaS
morning on the Farallones ana later
went to pieces, were brought mere from
the island yesterday afternoon by the
tug Sea Queen. No lives were lost'
but while engaged in saving property
from the schooner Jan Eklof' an aoie
seaman, was seriously injured >. ~.
Muller, mate of the Louis, once Workeo
as steward in a hospital and to Mullers
knowledge of surgery Eklof prooaDiy
owes his life.
The Louis, bound for this port WIN
a cargo OF lumber, was within sisnt
of the harbor lights at midnight on
Tuesday Captain Dyer got MS pear
ings and was beginning to congratulate
himself on his safe arrival IN port,
when the fog swallowed the lights ana
contracted the vision of those. on the
schooner to less than the Vesseis >
length.
As the opaoueness increased the wind
died and the schooner drirted neipiess.
ly. A cast of the lead showed %
fathoms. too deep for anchorage. and
the schooner's crew could only watch
and walt At 2:15 Wednesday morn
ing the sound of breakers fell ike q
knell upon the ears of the mariners.
and the next moment, with shiver ana
a scrunch, the Louis nose was pe1ns
ground to sliyers among the rocks OF
Maintop bay.
Although 10 feet away from the snore
IL was not until the fog had cleared sew
eral hours later that Captain Dyer could
see the land. The Louis had drlfted
IL miles out Of its course. The schooner
went ashore directly under the light
which had been shining out its warn
ing overhead when the Louis. ap-
preached the island, but which, OBJ
scured by the fog, might have been
miles away for all the good it did the
people on the schooner.
I'VE could neither see the light nor
hear the BELL" said Captain Dyer yes
terday. 1T was the thickest fog l
ever saw. We grounded within 10 feet
of rugged shore line, but could see
nothing until the fog cleared"
The Louis went to pieces quickly, and
by midnight on Wednesday had dis
appeared. The personal effects of the
crew and such of the ships property
as was movable were saved. A line
was run from the schooner to the top
of cliff and over this the stuff was
hauled.
1t was in helping to rig this line
that Jan Eklof received his injury. He
was climbing up the face of the cliff
and had almost reached the top, when
a rock, dislodged by somebody above.
crashed down upon his head. He fell
to the ground. and rolled among the
wreckage of the Louis, where he struck
a plank, two nails in which tore open
his throat and chin.
j. D. Muller, the mate, jumped to
Eklofs assistance, unspiked him from
the plank and, with skill gained during
his hospital experience, did what he
could for him with the limited equip
ment at his disposal. The wounds
were carefully washed in a carbolic
solution and with gauze and bandages
the torn flesh was brought in, place
and tenderly bound up. The injured
man was taken to. the marine hospital
yesterday from Vallejo street wharf,
where he landed from the Sea Queen.
The cargo of the Louis is scattered
on the bosom of the Pacific. OF the
vessels hull, such parts as can float
are with the cargo; the balance is in
Davy Jones locker.