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Show WRECKED IN HARBOR. Tba Klizabath ou Down With All liar Craw on Hoard. Sam Francisco, Feb. '.'3. While entering en-tering the harbor Saturday night during dur-ing a furious gale, the American ship Elizabeth, from New York with a cargo of assorted merchandise, went on the beach ut the north end. Tho vessel was commanded by Captaiu Colcord and carried a crow of twenty-six men. The captain's wife and two children were also on board. Of tho crew it is known tho captain and seventeen sailors sail-ors are drowned. Details of the wreck are hard to obtain, as the place where the ship struck on tho rock is almost inaccessible. The story of the wreck as told by one of the crew is that the in I was blowing blow-ing a heavy gale, but 1 he captain decided de-cided to sail in; the tug Alert was made fast to the Elizabeth, but the hawser broke and the ship drifted towards the shore. Just as the second hawser was made fast the vessel struck the rocks. The captain lowered a small bout and put his wife and children in it, and thev were taken to tho tug by the mate and two seameu. The boat then returned to the ship, anil its occupants perished with the rest of the ship's crew. Tho tug being unable to get near the ship, could only rescuo three men. Yesterday Yester-day morning nothing remained of the Elizabeth. She had gone to pieces during dur-ing the night. When the wreck was reported to the Fort Point life-saving crew they started for the wreck. They were being towed by a tug, when Captain Henry of the life-saving crew was washed overborn d and drowned. The life-boat could not get near the wreck, and returned to tho station. About midnight the life crew was taken across the bay on a tug, and started overthe mountains to Tennessee Cove, with wickets, ropes and other apparatus. No report has been received re-ceived from them, and it is not known if any of tho men were rescued. Much damage has been done to shipping ship-ping in the harbor by the furious gale. |