04 Nov 1915
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1915
Page
1
A maritime disaster near Santa Clara results in eight known dead. The captain reports six crewmen missing after lifeboats were recovered, with further details emerging about the wrecking vessels and breeches buoy recovery.
A list of deceased and missing persons includes Mrs M J Dunn of Butte Montana Eugene Gillinwater and Harry Sandrade an oiler of Santa Clara. Also noted is the thirteen months old son of J C Crowles of Mill City Oregon and two unidentified women described as heavy-built and elderly with a gold ring on the left hand.
Extra dispatch from Coos Bay reports eight dead including four women and three children after the steamer Santa Clara wrecked south of Coos Bay Bar last night. Captain A Lofsted and six crew rescued by coast guard in the breeches buoy. Survivors faced darkness, rain, and isolation at Bastendorff Beach as authorities and locals rushed aid and attempted to reach Marshfield.
Dr Bartle aided survivors 18 miles away as Captain Lofstedt and six sailors were rescued from the Santa Clara. The vessel ran aground on Cape Arago after steering gear failed, leaving crewmen stranded until breeches buoy lines secured them to the wreck. The ship rests on the sandy shore with no immediate break up.
Coos Bay reports eight bodies recovered from the Santa Clara disaster and six identified. Three more crew are feared lost as searches continue near the wreckage 200 yards from the Marconi break. Loss to vessel estimated at 150000 with cargo about 50000, insured where noted.
A 1400 foot film titled The Man Who Came Back features Robert Wilson of Missouri. Under Head Counsel A R Talbot the Modern Woodmen of America promotes the sanatorium care free to members as part of the tuberculosis battle. The story follows a sick man to a Colorado Springs sanatorium at 7000 feet, his gradual recovery and return to his family, framed as a lifesaving Woodmen program.
The W. C. T. U. will meet Tuesday afternoon November 9 at Mrs. Leep's home. National Organizer Mrs. Linnie Garrett Carl will speak. All interested and members are urged to attend.
News from Hood River and surrounding areas notes fruit market prices for Spitzenterns, relief funding by the Oregon Federation of Women’s Clubs, water power permit cooperation with the United States, and county fire patrol costs. It reports railroad construction, tax lien policy, telegraph wiring, farm advisory rolls, and various regional updates from Alaska to California.
H. M. Billesby told the Jovian League at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago that up to date public utilities drive city growth and farm life gains. He warned against restrictive federal and state laws choking utility services and urged members to engage in political life to ensure workable fair laws.
The steamship Breakwater will be laid up in Marshfield Oregon indefinitely after the crew of 24 left for Portland on the Kilburn. The first officer chief engineer and purser stay aboard the vessel.
Spotlight on Oregon resources at the second annual Manufacturers and Land Products Show in Portland. The 75000 square foot expo showcases factory forest field and stream products from Oregon counties, drawing crowds day and night and attracting eastern tourists. The event runs through November 13 with low rail fare inducements, featuring bars serving alcohol free drinks made from Oregon berries and fruits.
In Coos Bay on Nov 1, A B Wilson married Miss Gussie Nelson at their new Marshfield home at 835 4th street. The ceremony was private with few relatives present. Wilson, known locally as Bee, is the eldest son of Mrs. Sarah Wilson and longtime railroad stake man. Nelson, a Myrtle Point native, had been living at Beaver Hill with her parents and is well known in the Coquille Valley. The couple will reside in the furnished house that hosted the wedding.
Governor Withycombe calls a November 18 conference with seven state commissioners and Southern Pacific officials to resolve Oregon California land grant disputes. Resolutions from Salem meeting aim to end litigation and open lands to settlement on fair terms. Members favor not adding any of 2,300,000 acres to the forest reserve and insist the railroad pay back taxes totaling about 2 million dollars.
Officials debate how to manage a land grant valued around 40 million and possibly 400000 acres fit for homes. The plan aims to satisfy railroad interests while selling portions to bolster the irreducible school fund, ending eight years of stalled development.
Portland Oregon November 2 The Epic Wick Balke Collender company petitions the United States District Court for temporary and permanent injunctions against the liquor sellers of twenty five counties to block enforcement of the Sunday closing law. The law remains on the books but prior enforcement efforts have not occurred locally.
Coos Bay Oregon November 1 The Coos Bay Times reports an appeal from the $6000 damage verdict awarded to Mrs Edna Wall in a logging accident case against Smith Powers Logging Co. The appeal would go to the U S Court of Appeals in San Francisco if Judge Wolverton does not grant a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The trial heard that Wall stood by the track as a logging train passed a chain swung out and dragged her before she fell under the wheels. two witnesses testified including one man who later died and another who did not see what threw her. The defense argued the chain could not swing out to catch a person.
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