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Vol. No. XXXIX.
Established 1878
An Tho Const Mnll.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1915 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Tlmofl, Coast MaU
and Coos liny Advertiser.
No. 87
EIGHT
FOUND-MORE MAY BE DEAD
(Eons Sa
p
JLj
FEAR THREE HE OF
CLARA GREW- MAY BE
FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEER AND FIREMAN ARE NOT YET
ACCOUNTED FOR AND THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN
, LOST FROM SMALL BOAT
LLPASSEMBEHSWEHE FOUND BUT TEN
THESE, HOWEVER, MAY BE IN THE CITY AND FOUND
LATER DISTRESSING INCIDENTS FOLLOW
THE DISASTER
LATEST NEWS OF WRECK
Eight bodies of Santa Clara victims have been re
covered and six of these identified.
Three more of. crew, it is feared, may be lost as
they are not located.
Ten of those in passenger list are not accounted for
but may be in the city and safe.
The Santa Clara is 200 yards from the point where
the Marconi wenWo pieces.
She may stand long enough for some of the freight
to be saved, but boat will be total wreck.
Loss on vessel estimated at $150,000 covered by
blanket insurance.
Loss on cargo probably $50,000 partly covered by
insurance held by consignees.
The wreck of the steamer Santa Clara last evening on .the
South Spit at the entrance of the Coos Bay bar caused the loss
of eight lives, and possibly more. Eight bodies have been re
covered, and all women and children but one.
FEAR MORE LOST.
It is feared that the first assistant engineer and a fire
man and the mess, boy, Jack Farrell, may also be lost, as they
cannot be accounted for today. However, they may turn up.
The last seen of the two first named they were in the
small boat which turned over when loaded with members of
the crew, and they had no oars.
ARE NOT ALL FOUND
In checking off the passenger list there are ten persons
v.'hose nanies are given. These persons may be safe in the
city, or some of them may be lost. It is expected that most of
tem will turn up.
All eight bodies found have been identified.
SHOCKING DISASTER -
The wreck was a horrifying disaster which shocked the
community. There were many sad features about it. The
survivors suffered greatly until help could reach them.
VIEWED BY MANY.
Today many are going down to the scene of the wreck in
gasoline boats. Many autos went down last night, but there
Were so manv wU'mh urn ctrnnrlnri thfl nennlfi nreferred boat
"linn J VflllWII (IWI U Wll V MW w j,ww-. - - -
ravel tnHsw
WILL BE A TOTAL WRECK
. The Santa Clara is today about 200 yards from Marconi
Cove and may hold together long enough to get off some of the
freight, but will eventually be wrecked on the rooks. There is
no chance of saving her as her bottom has been badly dam
aged. CAPTAIN'AND MEN SAVED.
. Captain A. Lofsted and six members of the crew who were
'mcd out of a capsized boat and who were believed to have
been lost, were late last night rescued.
, They had gotten back to the Santa Clara and were reached
the Coast Guard crew and removed to safety in the breeches
buoy.
SUFFERING IS GREAT
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. The dead were all women and children passengers, except
mg the one sailor. ' . ,
.. Much suffering was borne by the survivors on. account of
ye isolated spot where they landed, the heavy ram and the
oarkness adding to the distress.
STRUCK ON SOUTH SPIT
0 The Santa Clara struck as she was crossing over the bar.
She went side on at the South Spit at a point opposite where
w Portion of the jetty shows above water. She was carried
'n toward the south and finally stranded about half a mile from
s,ioref opposite the cove where the Marconi was wrecked.
THE KNOWN DEAD
MRS. M. J. DUNNi of Butte, Mont., sister of Mrs1.
Dan McDonald, of North Bend.
MRS. D. H. THORNE, of Hood River, Oregon.
EUGENE GILLENWATER, aged 7 years, son of A.
S. Gillenwater, of Seattle.
MRS. S. CALBECK, of Salem, who was coming to
visit at North Bend.
MRS. B. CULLEN, identified by Father Hogan as
housekeeper for Father Black. She was com
ing here on a surprise visit to some friends.
DELMAR BOGUE, aged 9 years, son of Mrs. Jen
nie Bogue, and has brother at McDonald and
Condron camp here.
HARRY ANDRADE, oiler on Santa Clara.
ALFRED CROWLEY, son of B. J. CroWrey, of Se-dro-Wooley,
Wash., aged 13 months.
The Passenger List
The passengers who were saved are:
Anderson, R. W. Gillenwater, A.
Ballard, Mrs. F. T
Ballard, F. T.
Ballard, Lucille
Bogue, Mrs. Jennie
Bogue, Henry
Bogue, William
Cramer, J
Church, .Alice
Crowley, B. J.
Crowley, Mrs. B. J.
Costigan, M.
Dunn, Ray M.
'Dunn, Margaret.
Davis, Dr. D. F.
Weikel, Martin
Gillcn, J. A.
Ballard, Mrs. D. T. '
Gillenwater, A. S. '
Jas. Lawson, Ferndale,Cal.
Gillenwater, Hugh
Holgart, Chas.
Hunter, W.
Kanack, Henry ,
Larson, J. W.
Murphy, Pati'iclc '"
Morris, Mrs. H. A. v
Martin, A. P. '
Marguard, W. G.
McCarn, H. H.
Neill, J. Jr.
Stenhouse, G. W.
Kincaid, Chas. C;
Sykes, E. A.
Thorn, D. H.
Turney, Annie
Noyes, John W., Eureka.
Ballard; D. T.
UNACCOUNTED FOR
Those unaccounted for 'this afternoon, but, who
may be safe are: ' '
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S. Collins
T. Gaff
,J James Hayes Y
. -jW. G. Marquard4r.:
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G. Allen
J. A. Gillen
Mrs. H. A. Norris
Henry Kanack
Jones, Fred.
IDENTIFIED DEAD
The known dead are: . '
Delmar Bogue Alfred Crowley,, ,
Mrs. M. J. Dunn Eugene Gillenwater
Mrs. D. H. Thorn Mrs. D. Culler)' ' -
Mrs. S. Calbreck, of Salem.
Tho ubove list of passengers on tho Santa Clnra wan telegraphed from
Portland nbout midnight und may c qntatn nomo Inaccuracies, It Is gala
somo loft the boat at Astoria and did not got back beforo she sallod.
James Lawson, of Forndulo boarded tho steamor ut AstorI. II" Is
among tho rescued,
STORY OF STEWARD
C. PHILLIPS TELLS MANV HIDE
MOUTH ON DISASTER
P
NOT LIKELY ABOARD
LOCAL PEOPLE ANXIOUS AHOUT
PARTV OF THREE LAWKS
Included Miss Oniliani, of Portland
ad Two I'roiii Soulh Heiirt
' Not in List
It Is not bolleved that Miss Oalo
Graham or Portland and Mrs. 12. K.
Rooney and Mrs. Halo of South
Bond, Jnd., were aboard tho Santa
Clara. Last night soveral ladles of
Coos Bay who expected them wore
at tho scene of the wreck and look
ed over tho dead.
It was a trying experience for the
lr.dle3 but they were determined to
see Jf their friends woro among tho
dead. Tlio local ladleB wept as they
vlowed the dead women In tho dark
ness of the porch as matches were
struck anil hold to the. faces of tlio
wreck victims.
Tho names do not uppear In the
list and It, Is thought that tho
three did not get away from Port
land on tho Santa Clara.
TO TItV IT AOAI.V
Though thoy were In tho surf
yesterday and had narrow escapes,
John W. Noyes, of Eureka, and
Georgo StenhouBe, are willing to
try the waiter again and this morn
ing secured tickets on the Kllburn
for Saturday and will sail then for
Eureka.
'Both men said that they were not
scared out yet and. hoped to havo
better luck tho next tlino,
Say There AVns No Panic AtnoiiK
Passengers or Crow TiUst Itoiit
Swamped While HolnR Launched
C. Phillips, steward of tho Santa
Clara, was ono of thoso who woro
Bwampcd In tho last boat to bo low
ered, and who Hwnm nnhoro. Whan
ho reached tho beach, his legs woro
too weak to sustain him nnd ho had
'to bo lifted out of tho water by par
ties on tho bnach.
"It was about 1:30 when tho San
ta Clara first struck," ho said lust
night. "I wont down to my room
about 4 o'clock to Ho down and was
'resting when It occurod. I tmmodt
'ntoly got ui and stnrted for tho deck
and In a few moments, tho ship
I struck Again und soon aftorwards,
j'Capt. Lofsted sounded tho four wills
ttlcH, Indicating distress. Immediat
ely tho wlrolcss operator began
sounding tho S. O. S.
"Ab soon an tho distress signal
'was blown, wo began gottlng out
the life proservers nnd putting them
on tho passongers and crew. Many
woro greatly excited but were all fol
lowing orders pretty well.
' "In tho mcantlmo, tho Santn Clnra
hung up for n time. Tho tldo was
flooding nnd soon lifted hor off
again nnd wo woro carried along tho
cliffs on tho ocean side of Coos Head,
"When Capt. Lofsted ordered, tho
boats to bo loworcd, tho men woro
ordered to tho upper deck and tho
women tiud children nssomtiled on
tho lowor dock. Thoro wna no panic
and tho crow worked porfoctly,
quieting and roassurlng tho passon-
'Rors ns best thoy could.
"I think thoro woro about a dot
on -women and n dozen children on
hoard. Theso woro. put in tho first
boat. It soomod to us that tho boat
was practically on tho bench when It
overturned nnd wo nil folt cortaln
thnt tho occupants could got safely
up on tho beach front whoro It waH
wrecked.
Tho noxt two boats got away all
right. In ono of theso wo put an old
man, who was crlpplod, his wifo and
a llttlo child. Tho reason thoy wore
not put In tho first boat was that
thoy romalnod in tliolr statorooni and
wo did not find them until uftor tho
'first boat loft.
"Iloforo ono of tho boats loft, a
young fellow enmo to mo and Bald
fthat ho had a mother gottlng into
tho boat nnd ho wanted to bid hor
good-byo, Ho said thnt ho did not
want to got in. I let him down and
lie bado her good-byo and camo up
on deck ngnln. Soon after I got up
on tho beach, this samo youth camo
to mo and thanked mo,
"Tho last boat to bo lowored was
tho largest of tho lifeboats, holng
nblo to carry about thirty-four. It
was heavy and unwieldy. Only mom
lera of tho crow then romalnod
aboard. Thoro woro about twenty
five I think.
"Wo had to lower It from tho boat
and tho ropeB on tho for'd end
sliick, Tho stern lowered all right.
I was standing an tin nngJo when tho
sea hit us. Moantlmo, tho ship had
.swung around with her stem tv ho
seas, so wo had no loo slilo to lower
the boat on.
"Whon the Bca struck tho boat,
It must luivo lifted it twenty foot.
It soomod to mo as though I was
sh6t out of a catapult.
" I came to tho Biirfaco on a wave
and startod swimming. Tho last
view I got of tho ship I saw Capt.
Lofsted) clinging to tho falls. Ho
was tho last man to attompt to got
Into tho boat. I only snw him an In
slant. "Iloforo getting Into tho boat, I
slashed my shoo strings bo that I
could kick my shoes off If I had to
swim. 1 had a llfo preserver on and
I could not got my handB down to to
move my shoes. Finally I turned ov
or on my back and got them off. I
succeeded In getting my coat off. I
worked In under the big cliff and
there struck n current that seemed
to enrry mo seaward until tho heavy
seas came. I must havo been there
ton minutes before a big rollor came
In and I got on It and was swept up
close to shore. I heard someone and
called to thorn for help. They reach
ed me and pulled mo out. My lego
would not support me but I think
I would have bceu able to flout and
LOFSIEDT SAYS IDE
STEERING GEARFAILED TO WORK
VESSEL WAS THROWN ON THE SOUTH SPIT AND IN
HELPLESS C0NDITI ON WAS POUNDED
'ABOUT AND STRANDED
IS
PRAISED
HIS
CONDUG
T
MASTER OF SANTA CLARA G IVES DESCRIPTION OF JUST
' HOW THE LOSS OF HIS VESSEL LAST
EVENING OCCURRED 1
"It was the steering gear. It went wrong somewhere and
refused to answer the helm after we had turned in to cross the
bar. The seas caught us then and drifted us, helpless, onto the
South Spit." This was the brief statement of Captain Lofstedt
of the Santa Clara, a moment after he was hauled up on the
cliff overlooking the wreck In a breeches buoy. He was the
last to leave his ship and came only after all lights on board
had been "doused" that there might be no danger from fire.
COAST GUARD CREW TOIL
Captain Britt, of the Coast Guard Station, and his crew of
'men, toiled for hours through utter darkness and dense under
brush" to get their lines and tackles rigged on the cliff overlook
ing the wreck and some 200 yards away. They were success
ful in bringing ashore in the breeches buoy the last seven men
aboard, all members of the crew and including the skipper.
These are some of the men who attempted to leave in the sixth
llfe-boaf which was capsized by a lieavy sea, sending them alt
into the breakers. These seven men struggled back on board.
Practioally the same story was given by Quartermaster.,
Lahke, who was at the wheel when the Santa Clara struck.
"It wouldn't work," he said last night. "I had it put far over
to starboard in an effort to throw the ship away from the spita
it was no use, the wheel would not respond." "
(Continued on Paso Three,)
swim for n half hour or morn if ncc
ccsaary. "Among thoso In tho last boat who
got ashoro before I loft woro First
Officer Tlssol, tho boatswain, Wal
ters, Norman, Parkinson, Fred Stew
art and Edwards,
"After wo had got tho llfo pre
servers on ovorybody, I wont bolow
and cut off about twenty feet of light
ropo which I put In my pockot for
omorgeucy purposes, I figured that
i!f I was uuabla to leave tho ship, I
would climb well up In tho rigging
and lash and tlo mysolf fast. I
was in ono shipwreck and know that
tho Intonso cold would probably soon
overcount n num. Nearly always
any vessol's rigging will stand for
many hours and give a follow a hot
ter chnnco. I waB In ono wreck nonr
my old homo nt Sydney, Australia.
I am a good swimmer and this was
all that enabled mo to save myBolf.
"A traveling unin representing
Lowcugart Millinery Houso at Port
land was at tho dock ready to Ball
when I told him about a competitor
Just having gono back from hero. Ho
decided it was twoloss for him to
make tho trip nnd so did not coino.
"At Astoria, an old man, named
Lawson, o Eureka got aboard. Four
others who ira to havo got aboard
there failed i get on. Two of thorn
wore uu oldei j rouplo,
"According to my count, thoro
woro forty-nlno passengers and forty
four crow aboard tho Santa Clara."
Phillips lost everything ho hud.
Ho camo to Tho Chandler about
0:30 und was soon rigged out with
clothing, and cured for, ovorybody
doing ovorythlng ppsslbla for him,"
BUTTLE WITH SEAS
FIRST OFFICER AND 110 ATS WAIN
HAVE LIFE IN BREAKERS
SYKES ARRIVES IN
E. A. Sykos, of Portland, who
travels for tho National Cush Regis
ter Company and who Ib qutto woll
known on tho Bay, caused consid
erable uncasluess this noon by not
putting in appearance. Ho arrived
at Tho Chandler about noon, after
somo of his friends had about con
cluded that he must bo among tho
missing, His wife Ju Portland was
greatly alarmed and called Tho
Times offlco in an ondouvor to lo
cate him,
IImihIh nro Ilndly Lacerated From At
tempting to CUng to Rocks
Owo Live to Bean
First Offlcor Tlssel and Boat
bwuIii Manning wore In the last boat
that attempted to leave the Santa
Clara. Roth good swimmers were
tumbled Into tho water from the port
side mid started for tho shore.
"Tho sea carried me around the
bow nnd far to starboard," Bald Mr.
Tlssol this morning, as ho sat In
negligee garb In tho offices of the
North Pacific Steamship company.'
With his chair tilted back to the
wall, and smoking u good cigar, the
frnt offlcor could laugh about an
oxporlonco that last nlgllt looked,
liko his last.
Held to A Hock
Despito tho fact ho Is a good swim
mer Tlssol was buffotod about until
almost out of breath when he man
aged to grab hold of a rock. lift
pulled himself up under tho cliff and
was Immediately washed dowi
ugaln. There was another struggle
and tho next tlmo ho got back there,
was n call from tho boatswain for a
hand.
Wanhod Into Sen J
Up ho camo and off the two men
wont Into tho sea. Thoy did this
soveral. times, Mr. Tlseol exhibited
both lunula torn and lacerated from
trying to hold on in tho breakers.!
Both men the last tlmo they
washed off wore swept far to tii'.
south ami around a little eddy )t-t
to comparatively Bmooin water,
"And thou I felt something atrlk
my stomach" Mr. Tlssol said, and IV
ia a portly man, "and I knew I wax
ashore. You bet I got up on t)i
beach in n hurry." The Boatswil!
went with him and together thay
'wont to the cottage on the poach to
get dry and aid the paaaengers.
DR. JL E, KEMT, DmtljX, MM
JCokyllldjc. PhoHm;j,
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