Show SCHOONER ADMIRAL LOST NEAR NAR ASTORIA ASTORIA Or Jan 1 17 Ii The fhe The rOUl our our- masted schooner Admiral Captain Jo Joseph Josephi Jo- Jo seph Bender four forty days hays from Valparaiso Valparaiso Val Val- paraiso for Grays Uras Harbor Harbur lies bottom up near No C Ii buoy at the to the Columbia rIver rl after what probably was as the lie strangest c t experience which eve ever be befell befell be fell teH a n d water deep vessel In the history of or Pacific co coast t shipping Driven off oft her course se before a seventy- seventy mIle gala and md completely stint shut In by a a. dense to tog fog the tue Admiral Saturday crushed into the ot Of me tn south Jetty jett of or the tho Columbia river n about SOO feet leot from Crom the lie end of ot the he jetty an and 1 hunG lump there lon long enough to permit Caplain Captain Cap Cap- lain tain Bender his hll wife wire their young son son and tho the stewards tn to make a on the hue shore end ond nd of or the thin Jetty while eight members of or the hue crew flou sought ht refuge on onlie the lie outboard structure Captain Benders Bender's Benders Bender's Ben Ben- ders der's little party part was wa rescued by bv the crew of or a a. locomotive 0 employed In tn the com construction of or the jetty The he Admiral driven b by tho lie gale gab and nay heavy seas finally forced her way through the tue superstructure to the open sea aca beyond where till stun was sl sighted by bytho bytho tho hue bar tug Wallula allula Captain Nolan olan then thenon on her lei way to sea Captain Nolan sent Juice men aboard tho ho Admiral and a hawser pr was made ra fast t. t The Wallula with her to tow headed for rot tho the river For Foran Foran an Rn or 01 more lie tho rou fought ht to get fl her charge to a safe are anchorage but butth the the- thalo gala galo alo and heavy seas S finally pot got tho thin bett better belter r of the contest and tim tho disabled vessel ol began to turn over Tho The three men of or tho thin Wallula allula climbed out out- outon on her t rl rigging and as sho shin made the tho hint final effort clambered chambered up lien her sides and werf ro rescued yes res rUNt cued by a small boat from rein the Val Wallula In going over the anchor of or the Admiral broke loose looRe from Its Us fastenings rasten and Md the ther r vessel rl automa automatically ca II anchored her herself Later shin sho broke from froni liar her anchorage and drifted dr across tl lh lie mouth of lr the Columbia on to Peacock Spit where she sho commenced to go JO to pieces All Au tho the caplain's captains captain's cap cap- tain's lains papers and anti personal effects of or his family and ami cre V cre were lost It wa was several eral hours before th the life lIre crew reached tho thin outboard nr jetty to rescue its ies- cue th tho members of or tileS the crew ere who had hd taken refuge refugo n there A dozen attempts were made to get eel the nina men off ort and finally this was accomplished d b by means of ot a a. breeches buo buoy huo without ml mishap h p. p Thc only ph physical Injury Incident to the tho disaster was wail a crushed Coo foo oo sustained by the tho steward |