Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 1 | Ship Wrecked off Eureka

I t II A J l l rA PASSENGERS N R ABOARD I Vt VESSEL tl fA FAST T ON N H ROCKS K OFF ff CALIFORNIA C COAST A T Wireless Reports for Assistance Received by Vanous Vari- Vari ous Coast Ports and Ships H Hasten sten to Scene Passengers Taken Off in Small Boats SEATTLE Wash Aug 6 The G.-The The steamship Alaska san sank in fifteen minutes with the loss of many lives according to a radio message picked up by the harbor depart department cn here at 11 1155 55 p. p m. m NORTH HEAD Wash Aug 6 The The steamer wi wire lessed lesse shortly after 11 o'clock that she had picked up one boatload of passengers from the Alaska NORTH HEAD Wish Wash Aug G. G An C.-An An S. S Q 0 S S. S from Crom the thc st steamer amer Alaska was received at the wireless f station statton hero at 08 p. p m m. m The ves vessel el was hard aground on Blunts reet S A second call caB said the thc Alaska had struck tho the rocks hard and was listS list list- trig inS S heavily S The The The wIreless S. S O. O S. S call of ot the Alaska c ceased ased at 9 98 58 loading to thov belief that she had gone down At p. p J. J m. m a wireless message from the Alaska said that thaLaU all boats boats boats- were being lowered Tho The ship snip th the wireless said aid was full Cull of t. t passengers and mid urged that ships come to the assistance of the vessel S 'S f Tho The tank steamer El EI Segundo miles north of ot Blunts that she had ca caught tho Alaska's S. S O. O S. S but ut could not reach h r tomorrow S S The steamer only five miles mUes from the scene of the thc wreck I has that she I Is on her way to the Alaska's al aid S CARRIES MANY PASSENGERS S PORTLAND Ore Aug AuS' C. C GA G.-A A telegram from Seattle tonight said wIreless wireless wire wire- less operators there had picked 1 UI up an S. S O. O S. S from rom the passenger steamer I L Alaska which had struck on Blunts reef reet near Eureka Cal Cat shortly after 9 5 The Alas Alaska m of the line of ot the San Francisco o Portland Steamship Ste. company com corn S. S pany left lert here last Friday with a h heavy a. passenger list this being the Uie height of at the summer tourist season The vessel was as only recently added ced to the he theline's theline's heUne's lines line's fleet supplementing the Ro Rose e City on 01 the tho San Portland Francisco run Blunts reef reet ha has b IHen en the scene of a number of ot disastrous S Fogs have o a prevailed along alonS' the Va Washington Oregon and northern California coasts for Cor two weeks past and several shipping casualties have occurred d. d the most notable being the wreck of ot the Canadian government steamer 1 Canadian Exporter Export r off oft South Bend BentI Wash last week PERSO PERSONS S ABOARD 4 5 t-I t j SAN FRANCISCO A 5 g. 6 The The passenger list of ot th the tho steamer Alaska a. a totaled shipping men here said here said t tonight S Tho The Marconi Wireless Telegraph ph company of ot America received tho the fol fot- following 5 lowing S. S O. O S. S call from the Alaska at o'clock tonight t Hit rocks at Blunts reef On shore Listing heavily I I Marconi operators got In communication with tho the steamship Ernest H H. 4 Meyer Meyr e r. r ninety ty miles north of ot E Eureka and arid asked it to go 0 to to the assistance of at the Alaska S t C S Blunts reef reet on wh which tho tIo Alaska struck Is forty mUes ml south of Eureka Euka ka Cal Cat nn and miles north of ot San Francisco i Ship accidents were frequent fruent at nt that point man many years ears ago until a alight alight light ship wa was built In 1901 The on only I notable wreck since was th the sinking a about out fifteen years cars ago aso of ot the tho steamship Columbia with a a. large loss Joss of ot life UCe The owners of or the Alaska Incidentally ally also own owned d the Columbia ALL PASSENGERS IN SMALL BOATS I EUREKA Cal Cat Aug 6 All All passengers aboard the steamer Alaska wrecked on Blunts reef have been taken off oft in the boats according ac to a 11 wireless message received by the naval st station at T near here S I The steamer rep reported to the wireless st station it Jt was vas five miles nilles from the scene of at the wreck and was proceeding to tho the Alaska's assIst assistance ii All the Alaska's Alaska s boats were reported lowered Blunts re reef t is Js about four ot off shore The weather Is 18 thick and foggy The sea w was was s comparatively ely U calm 5