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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2020
ABOVE: While most shipwrecks at the turn of the last century involved sail-powered vessels, the small steamship Point Loma’s propulsion system couldn’t save it from the sands of
Seaview. BELOW: After wrecking in 1907, the Solano remained a tourist attraction for years and was promoted on this postcard mailed in 1912.
Shipwrecks: Salvage was a constant
Continued from Page B2
Mr. Payne himself is a survivor of the
Strathblane.” — Dec. 25, 1900, The
Morning Astorian.
Salvage was a constant:
“A crew of men is at work wreck-
ing the stranded vessel Potrimpos,
which has been on the beach for over
four years, all hopes of getting her off
having been abandoned. The huge steel
plates will be taken off carefully and
there will be little use of explosives,
as was done with the Glenmorag. The
rigging and derrick used in wrecking
the Glenmorag are being used on the
Potrimpos.” — Jan. 31, 1901, Morning
Oregonian.
Sailors survived the wreck, married,
and stayed:
“Thirty-six years ago today, March
19, 1896, the ship Glenmorag came
ashore at the point just south of the
Caoba ( 1925 ) hulk. It beached in a
heavy fog while beating around outside
the Columbia R iver. She was skippered
by Captain Archibald Curry. His fi rst
mate was William Turnbull, who later
married a sister of William Garretsen
of Ocean Park. Another survivor of
the wreck was William Begg, who was
severely injured when a life-boat was
smashed against the ship’s stern quarter
by heavy seas. He married Maud Tay-
lor of Ocean Park, and lives here today,
having raised a fi ne family and estab-
lished himself as one of the communi-
ty’s leading citizens…” — March 18,
1932, North Beach Tribune (Ilwaco).
And, fi nally, an explanation for what
happened to that stoutest of wrecks:
“Ancient North Beach Wreck
Blasted to Clear Speedway. The last
oaken bones of the bark Harvest Home,
the oldest prominent ‘wreck-mark’ on
the North Beach were last week blasted
away from the sands of the shore
on which the old wooden hull came
aground on a bright moonlight night
in the fall of (1882) … The protruding
timbers of the old windjammer were
an obstacle to the automobile races,
the (auto racing) committee agreed,
and were blown out to clear the speed-
way course. … T he Harvest Home was
(made) of heavy oaken timbers that
withstood the breakers for these 45
years. The wreck was an object of sight-
seeing interest to the many beach visi-
tors for nearly half a century.” — Aug.
3, 1923, Ilwaco Tribune.
Independent scholar Nancy Lloyd
lives at Point Ellice near Chinook,
Washington.
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