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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.
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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.