Show DROWNED BROWNED steamship aado wrecked on coos bay bar tra gitig to lo knori bic harbor ilse I 1 lie sunk in iii eighteen 4 of wrier water A IF 10 lo wall lo in liter by the striking of ilse hie submerged rocket of the diio partially larli ParI ally lv government jetty ore oct 20 20 the ore gon coal and navigation companas comp anys steamship arago captain reed was wrecked this morning on the coos coo bay lar bar and tour four passengers pas engert and nine nine members of the crew were drowned it is not known how many pass enge I 1 were aboard the vessel at the time of the wreck the arago was the first steel ship ever built by the union iron works of san francisco she was tons gross feet long lone 30 feet beet beans beam and 16 feet deep the vessel was endeavoring to enter the harbor at empire cita cit and the engines were slowed down while the bar was being crossed A strong we tide rip carried the vessel on oil the submerged rocks of the partially constructed government jetty she struck so hard that a hole was knocked in her bottom directly under the engine room and a fc fw w seconds later the vessel sank in eighteen fathoms fathom of water tile the deck houses and the upper works were carried away as were also the life rafts and boats in the midst of the confusion the passin gers and crew clung I 1 to whatever they could reach two boats were capter captured ed and inta int these eighteen persons climbed leaving the captain and five of the crew clinging to the ringing which was still above water for two hours the boats endeavored to make land through the breakers A huge wave capsized one of them and all of its nine occupants were drowned the other boat wat was finally piloted safely into the bay and the lifesaving life saving crew notified with much difficulty the captain n and remaining seamen were removed from the rig gig which was rapidly be being rig submerged three seamen after ard floated ashore in it safety in life rafts and all the passengers and crew aie now accounted for |