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i'ji i 'ii.miL-Lita Vol. XX. Astoria, Oregon, Saturday Morning, October 20, 1883 No. 17. LIFE SAVING SERVICE. Cape Hancock and Shoalwater Bay Station. The annual report of the oper ations of the United States Life Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30 1S82, is just is sued, T. J. Blakene', superintend ent. The report sets forth in de tail the services rendered to ves sels wrecked dr in jeopard on this coast, some of which were in brief as follows: September S, 1SS1. The schooner Emily Stephens of Port land, Oregon, bound in, got caught in the breakers and was in danger of croinp; ashore. "Word was transmitted to the station at Bakers Bay, and a lifeboat, manned by a crew obtained at Ft. Canby was dispatched to her re lief. The sea was very heavy and the men worked manfully, but a powerful tug had gone out and towed her out of her peril before the lifeboat could possibly have reached her under the most favor able conditions. The entire dis tance traversed by the lifeboat was sixteen miles. September 1 7. The bark Hi ml of and from San Francisco, with twelve persons on board, and a cargo of hay and shingles, was wrecked upon Peacock Spit. The surfboat at Baker's Baj' station, manned by a crew from Ft. Can- by, was sent out, but the people on board had already got into the vessel's lifeboat, and the station boat kept with them until Un reached shore, to render any assist ance in case of accident. October 1G. The British ship J'Wjifleit, in ballast, with a crew of twenty men on board, went ashore at o'clock in the morning off Cape Hancock. The wreck was two miles from land. The lifeboat was manned, and after a hard pull of about a mile through the surf, finally reached the ves sel. The captain, who still enter tained a hope that his vessel could le got off, refused to leave her, and Keeper Harris, after giving the captain his course, in case the Ecraglen floated again, and ar ranging for signals, returned to the station, but still kept a watch on the imperilled bark. On the following day the wind blew a . temnest, and a tremendous sea was running. The bark was seen lying on her beam, and the life boat vas again launched, and was towed by a powerful tug about two miles. The crew of twenty men was seen clinging to the side of the bark highest out of the water. The lifeboat now let go her tow line and made a long struggle with the surf and gale to reach the bark,but the combatting elements, aided by a strong flood tide, bafiled all efforts, and the boat was compelled to take the tuc: again and return to shore. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon of the same da)' the attempt was re newed, and the sea having gone down a little it was more success ful. On reaching the bark, how ever, Keeper Harris was surprised to find that her crew had disap peared. He immediately descried them in a whaleboat just as the were entering the breakers, where their destruction was certain un less succor reached them in time. He signalled the tugboats to go after them. They were overhauled I))' the steamers and taken on board just in time to avert the im pending calamity. Their safety was, after all, due to the presence of the lifeboat's crew, who reached their station exhausted and almost frozen. October 30th At five o'clock in the morning the British iron bark JLammerlmo of LiverpoolJ'vvithll25 tons of coal, "went on the breakers about seven miles from shore north of the entrance of Shoalwater Bay. There was a very heavy sea run ning. Albert T. Stream, keeper of the Shoalwater Bay lifeboat sta tion, upon being informed of the disaster, immediately set about the difficult task of procuring a crew. He sent to the Indian village about two miles away, which was his us ual reliance, but failed to find more than three who were willing to face the high wind and raging sea. At South Bend Mills, fifteen miles further on, a tug with some men was procured. Meanwhile, Keep er Stream had got the surfboat at the station launched, several ladies of the Mission aiding him, and with a crew of seven men brought down from South Bend Mills, started for the wreck in tow of the tug. For about three miles of the stormy journey the tug continued to tow the boats, but darkness set in and the surf ran heavily. It was a wild night, and in view of the in creasing danger the captain of the tug refused to proceed further. Keeper Stream, steadfast in his purpose, requested the captain to stand by him until morning, but this also was refused, nor would he consent to allow his four men, who formed a part of the volunteer crew of the surfboat, to remain with it, but steamed back to South Bend, leaving the keeper with only three men to pull back against the tide to the station. It was 8 o'clock a: M. when they got ashore, and the keeper sent his tired men to rest while he went out and burned the customary signals to let those on board the Jammerlair know that help was coming. There were fifteen persons on the strand ed vessel. They answered the keeper's signals, and Mr. Stream set out again through the darkness for the Indian village. The three men who were willing the day be fore to go out in the boat, accom panied him . buck to the station. The tug promised to return by daybreak, but did not reach the station until 10:30 o'clock in the forenoon. The keeper, however, did not wait for her, but manning the surfboat with the six men now at his command, he started out at 3 o'clock in the morning. They pulled six miles down the bay against the tide then, as the sea grew rougher, they anchored and waited for daylight. When day broke the wreck was seen a mile away. The people were seen clinging to the rigging, while surf and foam was flying over the ship from every direction. There was no lee water to allow an approach, and two of the Indians, in dismay at the peril of making an attempt to reach her, refused to work at the oars. At noon the tug boat came up, and two other men were ex changed for the terrified Indians. With great labor and several nar row escapes from being over whelmed, the ship was at,, last reached and eight of the men were taken?, off, two being hauled through the surf with a line. One of the eight was the captain, who had been knocked down by the wheel and disabled. Finding it impossible to take any more in the boat without imperilling the safety of all, the keeper ordered his men to puli away for another tug boat, the Gen. Gar field, which had appeared on the scene and lay at the edge of the breakers three quarters of a mile away. The eight rescued men were placed on board of the Gar Jielil and another perilous journey over the wild surf was made. Again the ship was reached at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and the remaining seven shipwrecked mari ners were triumphly delivered by the keeper on board of the tug South Bend. Thus ended the fine rescue which might have been ac complished in 24 hours if Keeper Stream could have got together a crew. It was one continuous peril while the gallant little surfboat was struggling in the foaming breakers. Oct. 31st. While the surfboat was returning from the Lammcr- air's wreck, Keepor Stream saw the British bark G: Jirouyhlon, with her sails clewed up, running in on the breakers, about fifteen miles awav. She had mistaken in the fog the entrance of Shoalwater bay for the entrance to the Colum bia river.. She had let go her anchor, but the surf was running high, and she parted her cable and drifted on the beach. Capt. Stream repaired at once to the scene with all necessary life-saving apparatus, but although the vessel was al ready a complete wreck, the Cap tain said his crew was not in peril, and declined assistance. He ac cordingly returned to the station with his boat and apparatus, Nov. 2d, after a season of activity which lasted thirty-two hours. November 7th. At about 11 o'clock in the forenoon the British ship Edith Lortu- with a cargo of 1250 tons of wheat, while crossing out standed at a point known as the elbow. At the Cape Hancock station, two miles distant, the life boat was launched and taken in tow by a tug, until heavy surf was readied, when the tug let go and the volunteer crew in the lifeboat, after great labor, readied the ship. There were 19 persons on board of the wreck, all of which were safely taken off. The work of saving them required two trips of the life boat. The ship became a total wreck, and her cargo was lost. The lifeboat reached the shore with the last 0 men from that ves sel at 8 o'clock in the evening. January 10th, 1SS2. The bark Harvest Home, of San Francisco, with a cargo of general merchan dise and carrying a crew of twelve men, was wrecked soon after mid night on the Washington Terri tory coast, about ten miles north of Cape Hancock station. Keeper Harris discerned her from a pilot boat, and in half an hour afterwards the lifeboat, with its apparatus was on the way to her. It was found, however, that ail the smpwrecKCU people had gone ashore, and the services of the rescuing party were not needed. R Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel o purity, strength and wlislesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition irith the mul titude of low test snort weight, alum or phosphate powders. SnUlonluin cans. Bov ai Baking Powder Co.. 10G Wall-sL N. Y. Assessment Notice. NOTICE IS nERERY GIVEN THAT THE Assessment Roll of School District No. 1. Clatsop county, Oregon, for the vear 1SS3 has this 15th day of October. 1883. been ap proved by the Directors of said district and a warrant issued to the clerk for the collec tion of the taxes therein called for within slxtv days from said date. Said tax Is now due and payable at the office of the undersigned in Astoria, in said district, also will be deemed delinquent un less so paid within the time above specified. Clerk School Dlst. No. 1. Clatsop Co. Oregon ' W (ROYAL KS'SS 1 ' HOTELS AND RESTAUKANTS. PARKER HOUSE, II, 1$. PAItKEK. Pror... ASTORIA, - - - OREGON. E. P. PARKEIJ, - Manaseraml Aent. Al. CROSBY. - - Day Clerk Phil. BOWERS. - - Nfeht Clerk, .la's. DUFFY hn the liar ami Billiard room. First Class in all Respects. FBF.E COACH TO THE HOUSE. IT IS A FACT -THAT JEFF'S GHGP HOUSE ox Concomly Street is the Best in Town. -THAT IE lias Always on Hnml FRESH Shoal "Water Bay ami "Fast cm Oysters. THAT "JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER. THAT lie lias been Proprietor of the "Aurora Hotel" in Knapptou seven years. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. A New Departure. At Frank Fabre's. is daily set a TABLE D'HOTE from 6 to 7 :30 P M At which A FINE FRENCH DINNER. With Half a Bottle Wine "Will be furnished for .() cents. Hoard by the 3Ionth, - S2. to S'.lli Lodgings can be procured by the day. week or month. My establishment is fitted newly throughout. 'ami everything main tained in the best stvle. F1CAXK i'AIIItE. COSMOPOLITAN Chop House and Restaurant. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. HXeatH 25 cents and upvvarrtH, G. BOUkAKD. - - Proprietor. MAI.V STttF.FT. ASTORIA A Good Cup of Coffee AND OYSTERS. MIW. POWELL WILL OPEN AN OYS ter stand on next Monday, on Main street next to me uregon iiaKery. SI i hopes careful attention will secure Iter a share of patronage at usual prices. cl-lm FOARD & STOKES, WE HAVE OPENED AGAIN In llumo'sXcw lluihluig; And are Ready to Supply the Wants of Our Customers. A FULL STOCK OF Fresh Groceries. A. V. Allen Wholesale and retnll dealer In PrOYlsfOBSg MILL FEED. Glass and Plated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with Wines, Liq'jorsjobacco. Cigars J. H. D. GRAY- Wholesale and retail dealer In. GROCERIES, FLOUR, AH D FEED Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND, AND CEMENT. General storage and Wharfage on reason able terms. l oot of Benton street. Astoria OreRon. m S. AENDT & EERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH 8HOP AND Boiler Shop 3JS All kinds or ENGINE, CANNERY, AJiD STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS, Bkktox Stkicrt, Nkau Pakker House, ASTOKIA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAMMABIMEMES Boiler Work, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Of all Descriptions made to Order at Short Notice. A. 1). Wass. President. .1. O. IIusTLKK.Secretary, I, V. Cask, Treasurer. John Fox.Supcrintendent. C. H. BADS' & CO. DEALERS IX Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms Turning, Bracket Work. S3bL02 Work A specialty, and all work guaranteed. Oak. Ash, Bay, and Walnut lumber ; Ore ron and Port Orfonl Cedar. All kinds of hoat material on hand. ('. II. BA1X & CO. I. W. CASE, IMPORTER AND Y UOLESALE AND HE TAIL DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE ''nmer Chenamus and Cass streets. ASTOKIA - - - OREGON A. SlacBetli, MERCHANT TAILOR, No. 4. First SU - - Portlsiml, Oregon. Clothing made at reasonable prices, ami satisfaction guaranteed. Astoria Oil Works. J. II. DkFOKCE. Proprietor, P. O. Box Astoria, Oregon, manufacturer nnd Dealer in FISH OIL and SKID GREASE. Lowers will find my Skid Grease to be good nnd cheai. Xj. X- Jolison, Has re-opened his CIGAR AND TOBACCO STORE, On the Roadway, near bis old location. He will keep the stoek of the choicest Cigars, and Tobaccos, and a full line of smokers' ar ticles, including the finest meerschaum pipes. He will he pleased to see his old friends at his new stand. W. E. DEMENT & CO. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON Carry in Stock, DRUCS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and FANCY ARTICLES. - Prescriptions carefully Compounded Brewery Deer Saloon. The Best Beer 5 cts a Glass. Hot Lunch every Day from 10 to 12 A. M The best of Liquors and Cigars on band. A deservedly popular piace oi social resort GEO. HILLER. GRAND OPENING ! CRYSTAL PALACE CARL ADLER'S MAGNIFICENT NEW STORE Will be thrown open for the inspection of the Astoria public This Evening! Come and see the Finest Store in thedty, CARL ADLER'S CRYSTAL PALACE! QELO F. PAI1EEB. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop Comnty.aad City ef Astoria Office : Chenamus street, Y. SI. C. A. ha Boom No. 8. NORTHERN PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY Are Now Ready For Business. e3-Offlce with Bozorth & Johns. E. A. NOTES, Agt: BOZORTH & JOHNS. Real Estate and General Insurance Agents. ASTORIA, Oregon. WE WRITE POLICIES IN THE WEST ern. St3te lirrestment, Hamburg, Bre men and North German Flfa Insurance Com panies, and represent the Travellers Life and Accident of Hartford, and the New York Life, of N. Y. We have tho only complete set of township maps in the county, and nave made arrange--ments to receUe applications, filings, and final proofs on Homesteads, Preemptions, Timber Lands, etc.. having all the official blanks therefor. Our maps can bo exam ined in the office, upon the payment of a reasonable fee. We also have for sale city property in As toria and additions, and farms and tide laud property. Ilonts, and other collections made, and loans negotiated. BOZORTH & JOHNS, OEO. I WHEELER. Notary Public. vr. x.. EOBB. WHEELER & ROBB. GENERAL Real Estate taraiice Apts. We have very desirable property in As toria and Upper Astoria for safe. Also, fine farms throughout the county. Accounts carefully adjusted and collec tions made. We represent the Koynl, Xortvleh TTaiea and Ijnaea shire Insaraace Co'm., Witli a combined capital of 836,000,000. THE Traveler Life and Accident laSHr ance Co, of Hartford, and the Man hattan JLIfe Innnrance Co.. of New York. We are acents for the Daily and Weekly Northxcest News, and the Oregon Vidette. All business entrusted to our care will re ceive prompt attention. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part oi Europe. I AM AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING well known and commodious steamship ines, STATE LINE, RED STAR. WHITE STAR, HAMB OKG-AilER ICAN, DOMINION LINE, NATIONAL, and AMERICAN LINE. Prepaid tickets to or from any European nort. For full Information as to rates ef fare, sailing uays, etc, apply to I. W. CASE. BUSINESS CARDS. Q IS. THOMSOflf, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Room No. C, over White House, ASTORIA, OREGON. J. XAT. HUDSON, Attorney at Law, ana Sotary Fablie. Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Oregon. C. W. FULTOX. G. C. TOTTON. FULTON BBOTHEB8, ATTORNEYS AT Rooms 5 and 6. Odd Fellows Building. J Q.A.BOWIBY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Chenamus treet, - - ASTORIA, OREGON Qf J. CUKTU8 , ATT'l" AT LAW. Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds for California, New York and Washington Ter ritory. Rooms 3 and 4, Odd Fellows Building, As toria, Oregon. N. B. Claims at Washington. D. 0., and collections a specialty. V. AIiL.ES. Aateria Agent Hamburg-Magdeburg and German-American FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. c. HOLDEN, NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION ANU IN SURANCE AGENT. JQR. ar. C HO ATM AX. Physician and Surgeon. Rooms 9 and 10, Odd Fellows Building. ASTORIA, OREGON. JAY TUTTIiE. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Oracs-Rooms 1, 2, and 3. Pythian Build ing. Residence Over J. E. Thomas' Drug Store. P. HICKS, PENTIST, ASTORIA, - - OREGON Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corner ofCassandSqemocqhestret . jym. J. K. LaFOSCE, DENTIST, Room 11, Odd FeUows Building, AstoriaOav Gas administered for painless extraction of teeth. ANNOUNCEMENT. M Bi9. T. S. JEWETT, (Successor to Mrs. E. 8. Warren.) Fashionable Bresamaker AND MIIXIZfEB. Dealer in Millinery and" Fancy Goods. Squemoqua street, next door to Odd Fellows Temple. 4