| Show SCHOONER UPSIDE DOWN turned over by a heavy wave and a sailor drowned victoria B 0 feb 21 the sealing schooner 11 I 1 morse of victoria is a wreck and G donaldson one of her crew was drowned the survivors were landed here by the steamer umatilla at midnight the R I 1 morse wag caught in a heavy southeast gale with tremendous sea on feb irth when forty miles oil cape oxford on the california coast she was hove to with her storm sails close beefed reefed the wheel lasted and G donaldson lookout the others were below A heavy sea broke alongside her and she careened over on her port beam and another aca striking her she went over and was bottom up she soon righted three parts full of water and those below rushed on deck don aadson could be seen off the stern on a piece ot wreckage shouting although he could not be heard atie boats being broken his comrades could not aid him and he their eyes the sur divora worked with oil bagi and two drags forward to keep the schooner from being wrecked and on tuesday morning were picked up by the fc choon cr penelope of victoria which blew up the wrecked morse on saturday the Ui natilla was spoken and she took the boaters from the penelope and landed them here last night |
