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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1912)
EXTRA1 EXTRA! 00S mm MAHSlIFIEIiD, OltKGOX. KL'XDAY .MOIIXIXCJ, JANUARY 21, 1012. MEN ARE LOST WHEN LAUNCH TURNS TURTLE ON COOS BAT BAR lorfch Star No. One is Carried Out to Sea and Capsized, When Engine Breaks Down Below Empire. BKAINAIIU. TOM FERRI FRANK TANNER AND DE YONKER, IRA AL1JEE, WJI. cnch Instant, Cnpt. YonkorH oxpeclod 10 regain mo iiHu ui ii ih uugiuo. ijuug AND yonrtt of fanilllarlty with tho huh nnd UN- tno ,mr nn,l probably eliminated. fear of tho breakers from lilm. . . mi. . .. ii... I ..... KVOWN" MAN ) OWMilJ IjAST "o iuukuwi hi iiiu iiiu wiving hiii K,NU ' tloii caught sight of tho North Star NIGHT CHAFT SMASHED UP nB alio wnfc being swopt out on tho liar. An Instant later, ho miw a hit; ON JETTi. 8(,n Htrlko hur anil tho llttlo craft Swept out onto tho Coob Day bar which hnil been tossing Mko n cork a BtrotiR ebb tlltlo nftcr tho on- . he of tho hunch North Star No. 1 Umlor Ita torrlllc forco, hIio olthor turned turtle or wns swamped. Tho llfo hiivIiik crow quickly re sponded hut tho tragedy of tho North Star No. 1 watt too milckly enacted Thoy for thoni to ho of scrvlco Tho sen had clnlmcd tho occupaiitH of tho Id broken down In tho lower liny, men lost their Hvcb whon n kakcr capsized the hoat Into yoB- rday afternoon. All of tho occu- iils of the launch wcro lost. Ire: JOE YOXKEKS, ownor nnd enp- North Stnr hoforo tho hnnd of mini of tho North Stnr No. 1. TOM KKRRI, South lnlot rnnchor. could Intervene, It wuh runfnrcd thnt Cnpt. Hrltt IRA ALHKE, ferrymun nt South or n member of tho llfo snvlng crow mh. liad boon lont In tho effort to go VM. nRAIXAIU), n South lnlot to tho rescuo of tho North Stnr hut pcher. FRANK TANNER of South lnlot. UNKNOWN MAN, evidently n rancor. Several nt Empire saw tm but nono know him. thla wns erroneous. All except Forrl, who wno n young mnn, louvo lnrgo families. I A noil of Ira Allien nnya thnt whtlo lighting tho hnrbor lights nt Chariot;- Mr, Anderson, n mombor of tho ton ho saw tho North Slur Ju t bo- savins crow, wns wiiHhcd out to foro tho dlHiiBtor nnd Ik conlldent boat but wns rescued hy tho thnt nil Jumped over hoard and tried ers. I to hwIiii iihIioio, Mrs. YonkorH vlow- At first, It wns reported thnt soven 'ed tho accident from afar through n re lost lint this Is presumed to glnBS nnd says thnt sho saw thorn e orlglnnted from tho aupposl- throw out tho anchor hut thnt it i that Master Mechnnlc Hay worth would not hold thorn, tho Smith-Powers Logging com-' Whon duwn broke this morning, y was aboard tho crnft. How- tho North Stnr, upsldo '' wni r, Mr. Hnyworth Instead of tnk- hooii washing up on the l Spit. the North Stnr No. 1 to tho Sho- wns bndly broken up on tho Ith-Powers Logging Cnmp whore rooks nonr tho ond of tho jetty. was ordered to superintend ro- Joo Yonkor, tho owner nnd mns rs walked down nnd thus escaped tor of tho North Stnr. wns ono of nre rato which tho occupnnts of tho best known boatmen on tho liny. Ill-fnted launch mnt. Ilnv- For vonrs n mombor of tho Coos Day rib's fa tn 1 1 v lives In Mnrnhflnlii nmi llfo finvlnir crow nnd Inter connected II ho wns located to bo snfoly at with nnvlgntlon on tho Hoy, ho wns South Slough enmp Inst ovonlng, known to U who trnvoled theso wn e was much nnxlntv nlinnt him. tors. IIo wns n mombor of tho llfo te North Star No. l loft horo snvlng crow nbout twenty yenrs yesterday nfternoon. Besides ngo, nbout tho tlmo of tho wreck of e drowned, n nnmhnp nt Hinnli-n tint TCmllv. nmi tvim In nhnrco of tho P'e, Includlmr tlin MIrror VIb. Rtntlnn nt thn limn of tho Arnco dls- a. left hero on her. Sho mado tho nstor, sixteen years ngo Inst Sopotom- to Empire without troublo nnd bor. 1 part of tho imRsonccrs loft lior. IIo sorved under Cant. Wilcox who oon after leaving Emptro, nccord- died nt tho homo of R. J. Coko In tQ reports last nvmilnn It wna nn. Vnrtli Tlnml vnatnrrinv. Whlln 111 i that tho engine wns "bucking," Mnrshflold yestordny, ho expressed n tuu uqo wns strong, ono or deslro to nttond tho funorni of his urungest of tho year. Tho North old cnntnln. whom ho so highly ro- i was caught In the strong cur- gnrded, which Is to ho held at tho as swept out to sen. Dora comotory this nrtornoon. 1'or- hether Clllt. Vnnlmn, lin.l .. Imnn It ...no Hilo ,lslri . nnOallllv im . ari1 la a mooted question It wna ono ono of thoso strnngo nnd i laic, ii is (louuttul If n smnll mystorlous premonitions thnt somo- "Or Would havn holil npnlncf llin Inina cnnit, tn mnn thnl loil him to 6 uu anu it Is presumed that express tho deslro, according to n ro-( port In circulation hero Inst night, not to make yestordny nftcrnoou's trip to South Inlet. About two yenrs ngo, Yonkers mot with n mishap In tho lower bay, his boat swamping. Then, his ability In tho sen nnd surf, saved lilm, swim ming nshoro In wntcr so rough thnt nn ordinary smnll crnft could not linvo remained nllont In It. Win llralnnrd Is nlso well known hero nnd leaves n wlfo nnd sovornl children. A brother, Hoy Drnlunrd lives In North Dend nnd another brother, Ruho Drnlunrd, has been nt tho Howrou nnd Noblo ranches at Ton Mile. A sister, now married in Portland nnd Is well remembered horo ub Miss Edna Drnlunrd. She wns n grndunto of tho Mnrshflold schools nnd for qulto n whllo was cnshlor nt tho Ploneor'-IInrdwnro Company. Tanner wns nlso a innr rlcd mnn. Nolthcr ho nor Forrl woro so woll-known hero nB tho othors, Irn Albco has boon oporntlng tho South Inlet ferry nenr Chnrlston for n long time. H has n ntimbor of relatives on tho Dry, n brother being employed nt tho C A. Smith mill. Owing to tho dnrkncsB nnd fog thnt Bottled overo tho bay and bur soon nftor the nccldont, but llttlo could bo do no. Lnto Inst ovonlng, it was reported that tho North Star, uusldJ down hud washed up on tho Ih .Totty. A& an Indication of how strong tho ebb tide, which swept the launch to disaster, was Is shown by tho fact that at North Ilond tho current wns running so swift thnt tho Noblo float ing pllo-drlvor could not bo nnchorod sufficiently to pormlt It to work. Tho llfo snvlng crow kqpt wutcn on tho bench nil night In hopes thnt possibly soino of tho occupants might miraculously ercapo or at any rnto that their bodies might bo cast up by tho sea nnd bo recovored. JESS DAY WINS FltOM JACK DUAUTK At tho ond of a twonty-round go, Joss Day wns given tho decision over Jack Dunrto of Oakland, Cnl., at tho Mnrshflold Skntlng Rink Inst night. C. A. Howard was tho roforeo. Tho bout Is said to hnvo been ono of tho host thnt has been pulled off horo In n long tlmo, Day coming back with tho vigor and class that won him ronown whon ho first nppearod on tho Day. Early In tho go, ho Injured his right hand so bndly thnt ho could ubo it only for dofonso but his loft wna offeotlvn In Torching Dutio'h nnsn throiiRiiout tho bout. Thoro was a fair crowd present.