Show STEAMER BATTERED m m WM M m MM MH TO 10 PIECES ON REEF 1 AND 31 LIVES LOST Starred Ill Rosecrans Ends Career o of Disaster by y Running Running Run Run- ning fling on Peacock Spit Spite M t MM t t t t. t t t t 4 t t. t t LIFE SA SAVING ClU CREW OREW W IN IK PERIL PERU 4 Astoria torla Or Ore Jan 7 The Th wireless wire wire- f fless less station has bas re received ed 1 a message message mes- mes fi f sage to the etto effect t that tho the Point f Adams life lIte saving cr crew w. w which rescued the men clinging clinging- to the rigging of or the wrecked steamer Rosecrans Is unable to get set back 4 to owing to disabled boats boate Tho The tug Oneonta has gone to Its 44 4 4 assistance 44 4 4 A telephone m message received 4 from Fort Canby at t 9 O o'clock 4 tonight ht stated staled that tho the disabled 4 lifeboats were still sUll burning burning- a 3 red f 4 flare This was taken to mean 44 4 4 that tho the Oneonta had not reached 4 the tho disabled craft cral at that hour f 4 The Tho report also alBO stated that the 4 4 f bar was er very rough and a a. high f 4 4 wind t prevailed ailed although Its ye- ye ve- ve 4 was less than than- earlier In the 4 day M M M 4 M M MA ti A STORIA Ore Jan Tito Th 7 The The- oil all tank A x steamship Rosecrans Captain FL F F. 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Johnson from Mont Monterey re Cal for tor Portland Ore ran aground r carl early today today to to- to da day on Peacock spit while crossing Into tho the Columbian river ri during a five fifty mile gale and was lost with thirty one members of or her crew of ot thirty One Ono survivor surl of ot th the wreck was re te re- reported ported tonight to have reached shore at Tioga Wash Vash six miles from the scene of ot the disaster an and the Point Adams lIfesavIng crew which the life lIfo crew rew from Fort Canby had been at work since early earls morning rescued three other men late toila today Tho The latter latter latter lat lat- ter had taken refuge In the rigging rigging- of one of ot the masts when the ship went down For man many many- hours the they clung clung- there the waves wa breaking over O them repeatedly Lato Late toda today today- the wind died down own somewhat and antI the lifesavers ers were enabled to reach them Two of oC the themen themen themen men were taken from their perch porch while the third who had leaped leape into the sea when the life lire boat nearer the spot Was taken from the water The fhe was hurled upon the rocks of ot Peacock point at the same samo place tit where here the tho steamship General Washington went aground a year ear 3 ago 0 Tho The Washington was pulled ot off after a two days ays struggle lc O Owing to the thick weather tho the plight of tho the Rosecrans Rosecrans Rose nose crans cram was not learned learnel for some hours When her perilous position became known tho the tugs Goliath Hath an and Oneonta and the tho Fort Can Canby and Point Adams lifesaving crews hurried to her aid aill When hen the tugs reached reache the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood of the tanker r. r she sho was found round to be bo hard halll aground and the high hl-h seas and driving winds made glade a near approach impossible The wrecked vessel essel soon shifted and began to break breal up and anil be before he- he foro fore the tugs tug and life savers sa could get got near enough to put a life lIfo aboard she slipped off ocr tho the rocks and sank until only her masts an and the funnel appeared above o the water with wILh men a of the crew clinging to the ina nn an Ill Y Vessel leJ San Francisco Jan 7 7 Trouble perched on the forefoot of ot tho the Rosecrans Rosecrans Rose nose crans when she was launched as tho the Methuen en Castle In Glasgow twentynine twenty twenty- nine nino years ago and never left leCt her Captain L. L F. F Johnson her master went down own with her toda today after three wrecks within a n year ear for none of ot which was he ho responsible On an tarl early voyage oage Garc Carey Garcy one ono of oC the Phoenix Park Par murderers who sur sur- surrendered rendered his confederates in time the assa assassination assassination sl- sl nation at al Dublin of ot Lord lor 1 Charles Its Frederick Ca Cavendish an and Thomas Burke was tracked half halt aroun around the tho world to Cape Town South Africa an and shot down clown on her decks deck b by avengers I For FOI a time she did dut duty as an Amen ron con arm army transport but the tho government government govern JO ment was dissatisfied and sold her Scooped out and converted corn Into a tanker she became more actively unfortunate On March I 1 12 1912 after atter fighting fighting- a a. terrible gale all aU nl night ht she grew rew un unmanageable unmanageable un- un mana manageable and was wa tossed broadside side on tho rocks at Alcatraz twenty twenty- miles north of oC Santa Barbara The ships ship's carpenter and a n quartermaster were ere washed overboard o and drowned frowned With Witha Ilila a hole holo twenty five feet teet wide In her plates and spliced spiked firmly on th the rocks t the was given gJ up for lost hut but the thc weather moderated and it was oS seen scot she sho could coul bo hu saved sa Patched up an and put to work again the steamer cau caught ht fire five months later while taking on oil at al Gaviota lota anti and burned to tho waters' waters c edge gC The Tho owners put another han handful ful of or thousands s into her bier in repairs an arid and sent h her r to sea ca again This time site she made madea a complete Job joh of it on tho the roel rocks H of oC Peacock spit taking her stout master an and thirty other men to death with her Officer of 01 Lot ho t Sk y At t the tilt offices of the tho thos Associated s Oil Transportation fran company o owner ner of the Hose the tho navies of or tho the officers of or the tho steamer were veto announced as fol- fol follows fol fol- lows lott m i Captain L- L I F. F J 1 Johnson onn on First officer Thomas Mullins of officer rice I Hans Bans Second Tondu Third officer C. C It II It Palmer Chief hie en engineer Richard First t ast assistant l tant engineer cr J J. J A. A Mc- Mc rc- rc Pherson Pheron Second assistant engineer 1 J. L L. Adams dams I Third assistant t ant engineer I Fife FIre Chief Steward Fred Fret Wilson Wireless ir le operator L. L A. A Boatswain r Peter ter Uren Ships Ship's carpenter Eric Lindmark Ships Ship's electrician inn Milton Elletson Wrecked rt Four Lost Vancouver B. B C. C Jan Tan 7 Time The The little steamer owned ownell b by the Union Steamship company o of Vancouver wn way was wrecked today today- off ott Van Anda AmIa north of ot Vane Yanco Vancouver over er Wireless Ireless messages messa-es sn say three p passengers an and a a. member of or the crew perished The Tho other pa passengers sensors and seamen were rescued b by tho steamer of the Santo same line which reported reported re reported re- re ported tho the disaster The plied lied between this port and a. a island five seventy miles northward |