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SKM TOTAL WRECK IW«nt Ashore this Morning on C Vancouver island.CAPTAIN AND COOK DROWNED IStit ind Seven of the Crew Retched Shore in Safety After SufferingMany Hard ships and Pri*ration*VICTORIA, Oct. 23.—The barkentin* Skagit, bound to Furt Gamble from I San Francisco, went ashore tbi* morning' during * «erer* gale on Vancouver I»I- be and »t ClttHMt, within a few railei f0) from where the ViMi disaster oc. currpd last Tear. The captain tnd cook j * were drowned, but the mate and balance * of the crew, acren in number, reached v^' shore sfter suffering many hard*htp* ! and sfter being severely injures]. ‘*flThe Skagit encountered heavy fog* j ^in the strait* and was driven toward I ^Vancouver Island by a heavy southwest gale. The re-*el wag in the breakers before the ervw realised their danger. | an* When the crew reached shore. LinemanDavid Logan telegraphed the news to this city, out through a mistake intn*ralcanItrwttmkslon the telegram was read to jthe effect that a krjre steamer naa ashore. The result of this message, al-though followed by news of the wreckand that it was a barken tin* instead of a steamer, created consternationhere.I!nunKSOD1ing.or I
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Astoria Morning Astorian
Astoria, Oregon, US
Fri, Oct 26, 1906
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