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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. DECEMBER 2. 1909 Mason, Pennington & Co., .-ar-Tz: Headquarters for HOLIDAY GOODS! A Large Assortment of DOLLS to select from Rubber Dolls, Celluloid Dolls, Kid Body Dolls, Bisque Dolls, ranging in price from 10c. to $6.00. Driving Reins. DOLL HEADS. Candles and Holders. Work Boxes. Doll Buggies, 75c. to $2.25. Water Sets, $1.95 to $3.35. Drums, 35c. to $1.35. Vases, 10c. to $2.15. Tool Chests, $1.25 to $2.50. Cups and Saucers. Tea Sets. WAGONS. Good strong, $1.75 to $2.50. Chocolate Sets. Salad Sets. A.B.C. Blocks. Shaving Sets. Building Blocks. Dump Wagons. LADIES’ FURS, Silk Scarfs, Shawls, etc. Men’s Silk Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Ties, etc. tract the jt »<>ok gu.nl ■took ■ale., nr rat« a after Ganal - The only Baking Powder Inquest upon Mrs. Holdredge. Coroner Dr. Hawk held an inquest on Saturday upon the remains of xze: Mrs. Catherine Holdredge and the only witness was George Nelson, who was an eye witness to drowning. He testified the he near her after the boat upset, was floating when he saw her the blood was running down side of her face. She was making an effort to save herself and waa Absolutely shouting for assistance, when he ure lost sight of her. Drowning was the direct cause of her death. The verdict of the jury was : “We find that the deceased. Mrs. Catherine Holdredge, of Roseburg, Oregon, and aged 33 years, came to Impressions of Kansas. her death on the 26th day of Novem saving crew came out and took off ber. 1909, by accidental drowning the women and children. Their while being rescued from the terrible experience and the loss of TO THE EDITOR OF TILLAMOOI steamer Argo, which was on a voy life attending their attempt to reach HEADLIGHT. age from Astoria to Tillamook, Ore shore you already know better than i I can tell you. The steamer kept gon.” I thought some of my Oregon settling gradually and, realizing it Metal Doll Heads, Bisque Doll Heads, Funeral of Mrs. Holdredge. would be but a short time before friends and neighbors might bt from 18c. to $1.50. I The remains of Mrs. Holdredge she would go down, I ordered the interested in hearing from sunny Kansas. This state surely denene were brought to the city, and it was boats cleared about 5o clock. Nine that name, as such beautiful bright men went with me and as I sup intended to bury the unfortunate posed the balance went with the warm weather in November I have woman on Monday, but owing to mate, as when I left the steamer no never seen before. But there are drawbacks. On Sunday, Novem- the heavy rain and wind storm it one was on board. “ It was dark at the time and ber 7tl>, I arrived in Kansas City. was put off until the next day. The after circling about the steamer Mjr friend and I started to my religious service was held in the M. three times, to see if any one had sister-in-law’s home on an electric E. church on Tuesday, which wai been overlooked, and, seeing no car. One of the worst thunder attended by a large number of per one, I headed for the beach. We storms I ever experienced wee The lightning struck the sons. Rev. J. F. Dunlop, the pas were unable ¡to land, so I turned raging. back to the steamer again, after tower of a building as we were tor, conducted the service and the being away a little over an hour, goin^f by and the tiles from the roof burial was in the Oddfellows’ ceme but she had disappeared, evidently tell in showers. The report wu deafening-. One car was disabled tery. Messrs. Woolfe, King and having gone to the bottom. £--- .. a few moments we eat (Un.. and .1 for the« Millard, who were on the Argo on Favorable Winds Help. the lightning striking close in WATCHES, guaranteed to keep good her fatal trip, acted as pall bearers. “Neither the mate's boat nor any several directions. I saw the fire I department going where the light time for one year, $1.00. other craft was in sight, so we start I had struck. The rain fell in ARGO SURVIVORS ed up the coast, hoping to meet I ning torrents, and such a turmoil 1 never heard. However, next morn- LAND SAFE, SOUND. some vessel or to make the light ! ing all was clear and cold. On the ship. It was a long trip, but we i ltith a cyclone passed along near were going with the wind, which Capt. Snyder, of Sunken ! here, but did little damage, except y, and without suf- to barns, etc. Again it thundered Craft, 1 Says Broken Wheel I * iel,,ed U9 J < I fpri ncr anv fering any furthei further accident we made and lightened. 1 am glad I live in JEWELRY : Vest Chains, Fobs, Neck Chains, Bracelets, Brooches, Rings. Good old Tillamook I the lightship at 4:30 o’clock Satur- Oregon. Caused Disaster. county suits me fine. One day I ! day morning. waa in Ottawa and from a clear A stdria , Ore., Nov. 30. — “ It I have seen some pleasant sights sky the wind almost blew me off seems good to be ashore again, but in “ my life, but nothing that ever land never looked better to me then looked better than did the light my feet. With these exceptions the struggle, follows: THE ARGO WRECKED lit, and thia we held up so it could through weather has been fine ever After we left the ship the life did the lightship at the mouth of i ship as we drew along side of her. the be seen by any one who might be since I left Portland, November 2. the Columbia River when we OFF THE BAR. saving crew asked us all to take off reached her last Saturday morn ' Mate Nelson, who was in command 1 looking for us. There is no fruit here at all this We kept our boat afloat until the life preservers we had put on at ing,” said Captain Snyder, of the ¡during the absence of Captain Ras- : year, a late freeze killed all the inussen, took us on board and he I (Continued from second page.) wrecked steamer Argo, who with about twelve o'clock p. m.. when we the ship, as they were poor ones, apples, I have not seen a decent anil his six passengers, I« A. Holdredge. W, saw a light crossing out over the and to put on the cork ones they nine other men, survivors from the i ■"« "I8 crew crtT did ulu everything ’ pos- ’""J' apple — not t one — since leaving ill-fated craft, was brought to sible to make our stai a pleasant C. King, Howard Woolfe, George bar. ___ o__ I paid 5 cents for a - • .................... - - Por this we feel extremely: Oregon. had in the boat, which they all did, Astoria today by the lighthouse Hunter, and two Swede, names Teatful and desire to express our | measely apple, which would not be This ffave uh hope« as we were except Mrs. Holdredge, who was so tender Manzanita, Captain Byrne F' ”!' appreciation. This morn- ; allowed to be offered for sale in unknown, were gotten into the sure it was u boat of some descrip- deathly sick, she told them that she went outside early this morning to ! J1 eartfelt ' In Purblo, Oregon. Ill luimu, Colorado, vu.v.uuv, the — other l>ont. The strong northerly tion coming to our aid. Although could not and that the one she had bring the men ashore. The men | ing the Mazanita came out and I Kansas laws allow no public drink brought us ashore. This evening wind and ocean current took us our arms were sore and hands blis waa good enough. The boat waa accompanying Captain Snyder aud 1 I will go to Portland to make my ing cups, either in the cars, or in 1 the schoqls, or anywhere. Ev«y- quickly away from the ship, It tered. We did not notice it any bailed out the best they could, and those who made the perilous trip report to the owners.” with him in a small boat from the Purser Simpson, w ho was, so far ! one carries his own cup. A good having been anchored iu about ?» more. The light we held up and they pulled for shore. After look-1 scene of the wreck, a distance of as known, the last to see Tony Rig- law I think. I visited the home fathoms of water. they noticed it and came straight ing up and down for the best place | about 30 miles, to the lightship, oletti, the missing passenger, says where we lived twenty-two year* were; It waa uow about 8.3(1 p.in. to us. To our joy it proved to be for a landing, decided to make the | J. H. Snyder, chief-engineer; he believes the man jumped over I ago, and did not know it when my friend stopped. Where there waa We saw the Captain’s boat to the the gasoline ship Oshkosh. attempt about half mile north of j Thomas Russell, assistant-engi- board and was drowned. not a tree when we lived there, are north of 11» and tried to keep in “ Regoletti complained of being neer; W. A. Simpson, . , purser; ____ , C. Aa soon aa they were near enough the twin rocks. Just before they < I now great maples eighteen inches sight of it, and finally getting within sick, ” said Mr. Simpson, “ and at Graves, steward; Carl Frederickson, to hear us, we let out a yell o' made a dive into the first breaker j in diameter or more. But our old fireman: Magnus Peterson, oiler; the time of the accident was in his lialeing distance the Captain called delight that could have l>een heard the captain told them all to hold I John Waldhouse and A. Meckel- birth. When the captain ordered friends who remain here are just out that there waa a man left on a long distance. The getting aboard fast. They hid their drag out, but . berg, sailors, and C. Higley, of all hands to the boats Stewart the same, only gray haired and board, and for us to go and take proved to be difficult and danger as the breakers struck them the Tillamook, a passenger. Graves and I went after Regoietti older. Just as good and kind aa Many are dead. So many him off. The mate called back that ous in the extreme, especially by and brought him to the rail of the ever. boat was lifted endwise , and the fine shade trees have been grown, All Found Well. we had ten in our boat and could the passengers who were not used fastening of the drag was torn 1 All bear evidence of the strenuous vessel, telling him to get into the the country is greatly changed.^_ mate’s boat. This I supposed he not take on any more. We saw the John Beard, a neighbor of our», loose and the boat waa hurled into trip in the small boat and of the did, but after we left the craft we to the sea. captain's boat go towards the ship, worry and strain attending the At about one o'clock we were all the air and turned completely over, ' wreck, but all are in excellent circled around her three times to sold his fine big black walnut trees. Virgin timber, at $15 a thousand we supjHised for the purpose of landed aboard safely. throwing everybody into the water. health. They are profuse in their see if any one was left, and no one stumpage. The company got 388 could be seen. If Rigoletti was not taking him off, after which they I asked some of the crew of the From that on for an hour praise of the crew of the lightship in the mate’s boat, he must in his logs, for which Mr. Beard only immediately pulled towards shore. Oshkosh ifjthelife boat had reached breaker after breaker struck for the treatment and courtesies excitement jumped overboard and realized abont $300. My sister-irr We followed them for a distance shore safely, and they told me they them, sometimes they were far extended to them. In addition to been drowned.” - law was burning black walnut the deaths already reported as a until we were satisfied they were had an awful tim>*. I asked in what under water aud While Captain Snvder would not blocks a foot through in her heat again rising result of the wreck, the men con ing stove. I wish we had some a intending to try to land through •vay. He said there wusone women, to the surface. After the first firm the reported death of Martin discuss the matter, ’ there is an in fine prairie hay in Oregon, the surf. We then swung around one child and one man drowned. great breaker struck them and the i Anderson, a fireman, who was timation that there was some fric this which there is no sale here for at washed overboard, soon after the tion among the officers of the Argo four or five dollars a ton. and ugreed between ourselves to He could not tell the names of the water leveled down they could see Argo Argo etruck pit struck the the 8 spit. They also after the accident occurred and a try 11 ml stay as near the mouth of parties drowned, so I asked him to I go from here to Oklahoma City each other floating around. All tell of the death of Tony Regoletti. rumor is afloat, evidently eminating the bay as |s>esible. We watched describe the women saved and he tried to get to the boat and right it an Italian passenger, who is be- from some of the crew, that Mate and from thence to Los Angele», Texas and Arizona before the ship and at alMiut 9:15 saw it described her us a women with and get in, but before they had Jieved J*®ve<I to have jumped overboard, Johnson was disrated by the master through sink beneath the water, and aa we round features and gray hnir. Then .. At • p — v v >.____ a v w ,huB ^ue increasing the death list, het, in in- and that the story will be an inter- I 1 get back home. If I find any items of interest may write you time another mighty breaker struck eluding one member of the life- esting one when it comes out. were to the north of her and The rumor however could not be I again. I knew it was my wife that was them and they were whirled in: saving crew, to five. pulling as hard aa we could J ennie A. R fehbr . saved and Mrs. Holdredge who was every direction, only to come to the : Captain Snyder said today that confirmed. Johnson is now at his | home in Portland. Lyndon, Kansas, Nov. 49- 1909- against the wind and tide, drowned, and the child that was surface for a few minutes before the wreck waa caused by the break ing of the port wheel,'which ren the floating wreckage from the drowned was Nellie Hunter, the another breaker whirled them away dered the vessel unmanageable, ship came nil around us. oldest, and one of the life saving again. Before each breaker came and had that not occurred all would Mr. Holdredge and Mr. Hunter Continuing, he crew. Henry Wickman, Mr. Hold- Mrs. King, would fill her have been well. being so terribly sick, could do but redge and Mr. Hunter had been lungs full of air, close her mouth ;said: little towards helping keep the boat Port Wheel Breaks. deathly sick ever since they left and hold her breath for five minu | “I see by the papers that several near the mouth of the bay. We Astoria and seemed complete tes. it seemed before she would stories have been told about the were stirs it would be impossible to wrecks, and now just aa a ray of come to the surface. Then she wreck that are utterly false. How get ashore through the serie, and Jo light and hope had come to hear of would strike out and paddle for the ever. I do not care to deny them pull out to sea we thought our the loss of a wife and child waa shore, which seemed, so far away. 1 now, but will when the proper time 1 comes and before the proper chances of being picked up by 11 heart rending. We had the beet of The captain of the life saving crew authorities. ship would be much less than to care and was given the beat the took her by the hand with hie '• We left Asioria alxiut 6 o'clock stay near where we were with the whip had. although there was noth broken arm and guided her to the on Friday morning, with a big load ho|>ea that the life saving boat ing cooked on hand (all hands boat and they rested there, with of freight and several passengers, crossing out over the bar a little would be back after us. but as tune having been along the beach aiding three others, by hanging onto the over an hour later. The conditions went on and it grew dark we gave at the rescue there). We were given boat. At one time one of the girls were favorable outside, and we up hopes of that, ami knew some some hardtack and coffee, and was pulled up on to the bottom of made the run; down the coast in thing must have happened them those who could ent. enjoyed it aa the boat by one of the men. but the good order, starting in across the Tillamook bar about 2:30 o'clock on their return. But we knew the a Thanksgiving dinner. first breaker took them all away. ■ that afternoon. gasoline ship Oshkosh had gone The captain told us as there just Just aa she was almost ready to| '• The seas were running high, into the bay that morning, and waa now was a total eclipse of the moon give up the struggle the last and everything looking all right, sure she would be out at least aa until suddenly, Wien we were about he would not be able to go back in breaker struck them and they were half way across the shoal, the port ■toon na daylight came to hunt for over the bar. but would cruise thrown out into wading water. Two wheel carried away. You know the us. We made an effort to get to around in an endeavor to find the of the men caught her and led her Argo waa a twin-screw vessel and the whistling buoy, thinking that if captain's host, which he did until to other men that had waded in to I with the lose of the port wheel she we could reach it. we could make I swung around like a top, striking fist tn it, and that would give us a I about 9 o'clock, going as far north meet them. She waa met by an- hard on the north spit and breaking as Tillamook head, then giving up other with a bottle of brandy and a steam pipe. Then we were help rest, but we could not make any : less and the steamer drifted on to headway against the wind and ti<1e. I I hopes of finding them, returned made to take several swallows, then the south spit There she pounded snd came into the bay. renchiug put into Dr. Hawk'a buggy, which gnd contented ourselves aa we were. several times forward and must Tillamook City aeon after 11 was to take the first one that came have stove a hole in her hull, as Howard Woolfe sat beside me and o'clock. ashore. Anc. quickly driven to the she soon began to fill. we changed off at the oar. But, life saving station. Two men me» Fierce. little conversation was indulged in. 1 Mr«. King's Experience in lifted her out and carried her into ‘ We set some sell and shortly Most of them. I suppose, was, like the Life Boat and in the Surf. afterwards the craft slid off into the home of Mr. Eastman, where myself, thinking. The story of the wrecking of the she was quickly put into dry cloth- j deep water. In the meantime a gale We had a lantern in the boat and lifeboat, aa told by Mrs. W. C. was coming on. and the seas were after using up most of the matches King, who seemed to have had ing in a warn bed with hot irone all rontiniwliy* "gVowmg"Urger' _ ‘ - '■ Aa around her. but for two hours she; quickly aa possible 1 after seeing we had. succeeded in getting it wonderful presence of mind all shivered until r—-“-w———*—-s ... iniiit 2m.n1 the tx» Garibaldi life- nearly exhausted. 1 1 o«r predicament Our Line is Complete Useful Presents for All. At Reasonable Prices Will* the H by th I The others came ashore shortly ' after, except Henry Wickman, one I of the crew, Nellie Hunter and Mrs. Holdredge, who were drowned. The body of Mrs. Holdredge found later washed up on beach, but that of the other have not as yet been found; Too much credit cannot be given those who did so noble work at the : rescue, especially the captain with 1 a broken arm, whose only thought was for others. P
