Show DROWNED IN THE PACIFIC steamship arago strikes a submerged rock and goes down four passengers girs drowned and nine bembera of the crew perish passengers and crow take to the boats but one is capsized and its occupants drowned marshfield oregon oct 20 the oregon coal navigation eroam arago captain heed wae wrecked chis morning on the bay bar and lour and nine here ol 01 the crew were drowned those who perished are john norman af marshfield oregon cabin passenger F patience E M mcgraw walter E brown chief enc ineer rich ard patterson Patte raon chief et eward francieco Franc Seco fernandez chief amittie WM ittIe H E wall firemen J kruger harry sander beamen benjamin boy i the baked eo far as known are cap lain A aeed master A paynter U brown Joe martin boss berzman anen J moore white firemen P mu set C F mccollum purser F officer J banks second officer F hau first assistant enzi neel P friel second assistant asti stant r ie bioti low many bers were aboard the vestel at the timo of the wreck the arago was abe steel ship ever built by the union iron works of ban francisco ebe waa tone gross feet loafs 30 feet beam and 16 feet beep the survivors were brought to empire city on th tug columbia the bodies of abe lost leave been recovered the arabo eatley t roin san francieco on the for booe bay she arrive yesterday discharged her cargo and eailee for tian francisco this mornine heavily loaded and with a number ot cabin and steerage passengers the vessel wa endeavoring to enter the harbor at empire city and the engines were slowed down while the was being crossed A strong tide rip carried the on the submerged rocks of the partially constructed government jetty she struck so hard that a bole WAS knocked in her bottom under abe engine room od a few later the leeel sank in eight fathoms of water the deck and upper works were carried away as were alio the life rafts anil boats in abe mid of abe the a end crew to what ever debris they could reach boats were captured and into alibee eighteen persons climbed kavick the captain and five of the crew clinging to abe which wae still above water two hours the boats endeavored to make land efa the A huge wave one of bliem and all ol 01 its nine occupants were drowned athar boat finally piloted into the bay and abe life flavine crew were notified with much difficulty abe captain and ao 10 were removed from the ringing which was rapidly being ked three u atter warda floated acdore in safety on life rafts and all the pas and crew are now accounted jor |