Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1894-12-16 | Page 8 | Seas Broke over Her

SEAS BROKE OVER HER p Sailors Tell the Story or a Marine Disaster Aberdeen Wash Dec 15 Two sailors sail-orS fromthe barkentine John Woor ster lost jj j the recent storm have made anfaffldavit recounting the disaster dis-aster Thjjp ssel left Seattle loaded with coalifpr San Francisco She began be-gan to = leak off Cape Foulweather on the Oregon coast The seas broke over her and the officers and men were injured in-jured by being dashed against the ships side by the waves The barken tine sunk gradually deeper into the water the crew lashing themselves to the pumps to avoid being washed over 1 board The sea was too heavy to lower low-er the boats and just as the men were giving up hope they were rescued by V the barkentine Northbend and dJK at Hoquiam on Grays harbor Nothing was saved from the ship except I ex-cept the chronometer and the garments gar-ments worn by the surviving sailors