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  • LEFT PAGE 158 Steamer Del Norte Wood. Built in Frisco [San Francisco] While coming down from Sitka in a heavy fog under Captain Winson struck on the rocks at Portier Pass. Became a total loss. All hands saved. --- Bark Edwin Wood. Captain Hughes. Was waterlogged in a heavy gale off Cape Flattery. Drifted ashore near Cape [struckthrough] Barclay Sound. Was sold at auction, but brought very little. Bought by Captain Warren, but was a total wreck. Captain Hughes lost his wife and 2 children. --- H.M. Ship Hecate Wooden. While surveying near Flattery ran on a freef in a fog, Got off by by good luck and had to Frisco [San Francisco] to go into the Dry Dock --- Bark Florentina Wooden. Became waterlogged outside of Cape Flattery and drifted ashore near Barclay Sound. Lumber laden and bound for Peru. Total wreck Nearly all hands lost. --- RIGHT PAGE 159 Bark Lady Lampson Wood. While running into the Esquimalt Harbor from London with a full cargo, ran onto Scrogg Rocks in Esquimalt Harbor near the Light House Had 550 tons valuable cargo. Cargo all saved and sold at auction in a damaged condition. Vessel floated off and sold at auction for $6500. Taken to Frisco [San Francisco] and repaired and now runs to Sandwich Islands. Captain Gaudin in command loaded for Hudson Bay Co. --- Bark Lunabella Wooden. Came over in 15 days from Honalula. Parted her chains in Royal Roads and went ashore. In ballast. Capt [captain] Marsden. Vessel sold to Dan Adams for $900. Broken up. --- Steamer Fideleter Small Iron propeller. While coming down from Nanaimo under Capt [captain] McCulluch was run into by the Stern Wheel seamer Alexandria Capt [captain] Coffin and sunk off Beacon Hill. Raised and sold to Capt [captain] Kohl. Repaired Ran in the Sitka trade, but now runs in the California Coasting trade. --- [clipping glued in margin] March 9 1893 The Hawaiian Bark [obscured text] left Sydney, N.S.W. on November 1st with a cargo of coal and twelve passengers for Honolulu. She was wrecked on one of the island reefs and seven of her crew, who, after drifting about for a month in an open sail boat finally arriving in Honolulu, report that the twelve passengers and the remaining members of the crew were lost.
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