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Show Si Oil F Hi BACKBROKEN Two Passenger, Swim to Safety, But There Is Little Hopo of Savlnp, Sixty Other on Board San Francisco, Not. 23. Five members of a oow of llfo savers trying try-ing to reach the steam Bchoonor Han-ale!, Han-ale!, wrecked on Duxsbury reef, nine mlleg north of San Francisco, wero drowned early tonight. Two of tho Hanalel's crew wero drowned late today while trying to mak0 their way through tho surf with lines. Two pas benge h managed to swim to snfety. The Hvo3 ot llfty-olght othcra, wh wero clinging to the sloping deck8 of tho fust breaking up schooner, hung In the balance. A thick fog prevented prevent-ed relief ships from aiding the Hnna lcl and when darkness closed In nnd tho rescio craft sought safety In deep water It wnB realized that the only possible hopo of saving the ro-nialnlng ro-nialnlng thirty pnsssngcts and twenty-eight ofllcers and crew was to get a lino out from shore. Sends Mortar Gun To make this attempt a San Fran-elbco Fran-elbco newspaper arranged to send u mortar gun and the crew of the Golden Gol-den Onto life saving station to the scene of the wreck. A motor truck met the llfo savers nt Sausalo, on tho north shore of San Francisco bay and began the long Journey n-ound tho heads to a point opposite the stricken schooner. It was believed tho llfo savers would reach te scene about midnight. Two of tho Hanalel's boats upside down, and a life raft also wero wash ed on tho shelving beach. Tht schooner lay a few hundred yaius off shore, blanketed In tho fog which led hor upon tho reef and which shut off sight and sound nllko. Her back is broken and she Is doomed. Just at dimk a rift In the fog ro vcaled a gllmpso of t'jo doomed boat, pounded by tfio surf wlilch brenks over ov-er the reef oven In quiet weather. Tho wind brought indistinguishable cries from tho passengers and crew An Instant later the fog blotted out the picture. It was so thick that persons per-sons flvo feet apart could not distinguish dis-tinguish ench other's presence and n little fleet of schooners nnd tiics which had been trying through the afternoon to get In touch with tho Hanalelei without themselves piling up on tho reef, drew olf ns night came on. Some of them stood out to sea and one or two returned to San Francisco. A fow remained ntar tho scene Including the life snv-'ng snv-'ng crews from Fott I'olnt and Point Hon ita in their launches which kept groping In tho dark. At 5:20 p. m. tho revenue cutter McCullloch wirelessed thnt she was nosing about In the fog, but could not locate tho Ilannlei. Tho Illch mend, nuother tanker, tho United States distilling ship Rainbow- and tho tugs Hercules and Dcdnnce al so woo at tho scene. It was reported that tho first mate of tho Richmond with n crew of volunteers, vol-unteers, hnd put off In a small boat to try to reach the schooner. The boat carried a fog horn with which it was Planned to exchange signals with the Hanalel's horn. It Is believed that besides the two whoso bodies wore reported to have been washed ashoro others on tho rapidly breaking up vessel ventured Into tho surf In an effort to win tho land nnd wero drowned from tho life boats. Tho Hanalel Is ono of many Iltt', bchooncrs which run up and down the coast carrying lumber, package, freight nnd passengers. Until month or so ago Ihircka n town of 10,000 Inhabitants, hnd no dliect com munlcntlon except by theso boats and tho passenger list generally Is heavy Tho schooners always hug the Bhoro all tho way down but stand out a Httlo In thick weather. Apparent ly the Hnnnlol thought sho wng clear of tho roof and was carried In by n current. |