[Historic Wrecks of Oregon Coast. Many Ships Have Piled up at Coos and Coquille, but Loss of Life Has Been Small. Date: Sunday, January 30, 1910 Paper: Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) Volume: XXIX Issue: 5 Section: Five Page: 2 Piece: One of Two.
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[Topography, Oregon (Coos Co.) Coos Bay Quadrangle, U.S.Geological Survey, 1896.
Source: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas Libraries]
Since Harold Currey (1902-1981), the father who raised me, grew up in Marshfield* in Coos County, Oregon, in the early part of the 20th century perhaps it's inevitable that his photograph album features postcards showing some of the famous wrecks.
[All postcards here from the Currey Family Album in my personal collection]
The oldest of the three wrecks shown here is what's left of the schooner Marconi which was lost on March 23, 1909, while being towed out to sea to begin a voyage to Valparaiso, Chile. No lives were lost.
[Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1909 Paper: San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California) Page: 18.
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[Big Steamer is Wrecked in Storm Engines Helpless through an Accident, Ship Was at Mercy
Date: Thursday, January 13, 1910 Paper: Aberdeen Daily News (Aberdeen, South Dakota) Page: One.
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The Santa Clara's fate on November 2, 1915** was also reported in newspapers around the country. The example below is from the Rockford, Illinois, Republic.
[Date: Wednesday, November 3, 1915 Paper: Republic (Rockford, Illinois) Page: 1
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*The city's name was changed to Coos Bay in 1944.
**For more about the Santa Clara including photos, look here
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Very interesting! I've stayed on the Oregon coast, but not in winter. You can see how rugged it is by all of the huge driftwood. One wonders what the heck those boats were even doing out there in a story, especially the one being towed out. Duh!
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