The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-05
STEAMER IS
victim OF
Big Storm
Klamath Is Driven on Cali
fornia Coast by HowIing
Gale Last Night

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 5.--with
the 10 passengers and 7s members
Of the crew OF the steamer Klamath
believed 10 be safe on the bluffs near
Dclmar. Mcndocino county. efforts
to bring them to san Francisco were
under way at the offices OF the
Charles r. Mccormick Co. owners
OF the vessel. here today.
Tn. Klamath was driven shore In
the gale which howied over IN. Cali
fornia coast thruout last night. Al
2.i5 a. m. a general call for help
was sent out BY wireless
STEAMER CURACAO
GOES TO RESCUE
The call was answered BY the Al.
mlrai line steamer Curacao. which
turned back on It's course and stood
by the wrecked steamer. and by tugs
sent out from this city.
This morning the following radio
gram was received from Captain Hall
OF the Curacao by the local offtcsi =
of the Mccormick company: "ktarn-
afh ashore at Dcimar. cioee in. Pas.
sengers and crew apparently ashore
on bluff. Life6oafs in dnvits. Cura-
Gao lying half mile off wreck. Hull
apparently intact but being punished
by heavy seas"
'our .pnly concern has been 70
save iht passengers and the crew
and bring them safely back 10 san
Francisco after getting them tempo
rary food and shelter" declared
John NJ. Hencken. manager OF the
Mccormick company. today.
VESSEL. NAY BE
TOTAL LOSS
I'VE are not worried over the
condition Of the ship at this time.
We do not know whether she VIII
be total loss or whether she can
be savad.
Judging from Captain Halls mes.
sage saying the Iifeboats sfiii are In
the davits. those aboard must have
been taken ashore on life lines.
rigged in the emergency. The YES
sci is close on the shore and such
procedure would have been posssi'
BILE"
An telephone and telegraph lines
within a radius OF nearly 100 miles
OF the wreck are out and the bluff
where the passengers and crew are
believed TO be IL out OF the reach
Of easy transportation. A. a re-
suit IL has been impossible up to
late this morning TO secure any
definite word from the scene, fur
ther than that furnished by the
steamer Curacao.
The coast line whete the Klamath
IA ashore is exceedingly rugged and
was exposed TO all the fury Of last
nights gale. While advices are
lacking. IL was feared here today
that the passengers. including sew
eral women. and the crew of the
vessel suffered from exposure Sc
yereiy.
CAPTAIN JAMESON
IN COMMAND
The Klamath, In command OF
Captain Thomas Jameson. left San
Francisco for Portland late ycster'
day. She is a vessel OF sG2 net
tons and was built at Fairhaven,
on Humboldt bay. Cal, In 1903. To
play In the coast lumber trade.
Passengers aboard the wrecked
steamer included:
T.. l.. Flack. Paul Anderson, III.
j. Johnson, T.. Hays, l.. Lefebre.
A. Melcbart. Mrs. G. Buckley and
child. Samuel Woodward, William
Woodward; william DrummeIl.
Mrs. l.. stingerland. Miss Irene
McGiIlen, ~. Larkin. ID. Culver,
Dan Long, ]. Shelton. +. Murphy,
Miss Ethel McGiIlen and T.. McGii-
len.
The crew is composed OF:
Thomas Jameson, captain: Otto
Hengst, first officer: j. Christian
son, second officer: A. Arnesen.
third officer: Martin johnson. chief
engineer: Mike Constantinoff, first
assistant engineer; J. Hansen, sec.
ond assistant engineer. Fred Lun-
din. steward: James Valentine.
chief cook: w. Bennett second
cook; two wireless operators. nine
seamen, two winchmen. one watch
man. six fircmen. SIX oilers.