Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-05 | Page 6 | Waves Batter Ship Aground

WA WAVES YES BATTER t.- t. SHIP AGROUND MARSHFIELD Ore Sept 5 uP- uP P Pounding to pieces against submerged I rocks at the the the- end of the Co Coos s bay south Jetty the wooden steam schooner Fort Bragg today appeared destined to to tode de de- The vessel feeling her way into Coos Ba Bay Ore in a heavy fog and a rough sea last night struck her stern against the submerged rocks An ebbing ebbing ebbing ebb ebb- ing tide made futile the efforts of coast guardsmen to free the ship wo wo passengers and the crew of 21 were lowered in two lifeboats and towed by coast gu guardsmen to the thc Coos Bay coast guard station The second boat was lost in the fog and f was found by the coast guard boat only after aUer half hill an hours hour's battle with battle with fog and heavy swell swells The st steam am schooner owned by the Beadle Steamship company of San Fran Francisco isco left the Golden Gate Sep t 1 with gallons of gaso gaso- gasoline line ine for Coos B Bay y and about tons of general freight for Astoria and Portland C Captain Samuelson estimating the combined value of ot vessel and cargo at said he did not know what part if U any of th the loss was c covered b by b insurance