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Journal of Light-House Station at Cape Foulweather
1892

February
15: [continued from preceding page] from the schooner - the boat had three men. The hunter boat puller and stearer (sp). The men went to Newport to intercept them if they came that way.

16: Light East wind these 24 hours with cloud but dry weather. Sea very smooth. General duties for the day. Keeper and 1st asst went fishing today. Steamer Willamette Valley crossed the bar from San Francisco.

17: Moderate breeze to light East wind these 24 hours, first part of 24 hours cloudy but dry last part of 24 hours, clear, fine and warm. Sea very smooth. General duties for the day. 1st asst went fishing. Keeper went to Newport after supplies also to find out about the drounding (sp) of some of the crew from the Sealing schooner Oscar & Hattie. It seems a boat with 6 men in it put off from the schooner yesterday at 9 A.M. about 14 miles north West of the light (house, presumably) to land on the beach about 18 miles north of the light to hunt from the three men that did no return to the schooner the 14th and while going through the surf the boat capsized and drowned 5 men the Capt was one of them, his name is A.M. Gault. The schooner sailed past the light this morning at 9 A.M. and lowered a boat and came ashore at the light, landed a man and went to Newport to send word up to Yaquina and have a tug tow the schooner into Newport, which she did. There are still fifteen men on board the schooner yet. Had three visitors.

18: Light variable winds and calm first part of 24 hours. Last part of 24 hours light North wind with fair weather. During 24 hours Sea very smooth. Keeper making out report about the drownding (sp) of five men off the Schooner Oscar & Hattie. Steamer Willamette Valley sailed at 2 P.M. today for San Francisco. 1st Asst spading in the garden. 2nd asst went to Newport to see a sick person. Left at 9.30 A.M.

19: Light North wind and calm with light rain showers first part of 24 hours. Last part of 24 hours light N. West wind fair weather. Sea very smooth. Some of the crew of the Schooner Oscar & Hattie went up the beach to see if they could find any of the bodies that were drowned. General duties for the day. 1st asst went fishing, spading in his garden and went to Newport. Isaac L. Smith, 2nd asst returned to the station at 11.30 A.M.

20: Light N.W. to S. East and South breeze these 24 hours, first part of 24 hours damp. Last part of 24 hours light rain. Sea smooth. General duties for the day. The boat that the Capt and 4 men that were drowned from the Oscar & Hattie came ashore on the beach at the light house and was picked up by Keepers and William Megginson and 4 others and put up where it is safe from the breakers. 1st asst working in the garden.

21: Moderate to light Gale S. to S.W. first part of 24 hours. Last part of 24 hours strong breeze S.W. squalls with rain showers during 24 hours. Sea rough. General duties for the day. William Megginson carried off the sail belonging to the boat on the beach.

22: Fresh breeze S.W. to light S. to S.E. wind with rain showers first part of 24 hours. Last part of 24 hours light North wind, fair weather. Sea moderately smooth. General duties for the day. 1st asst went to Newport.

23: Light N.W. to East winds & calm with fair weather during these 24 hours. Sea smooth. General duties for the day.1st and 2nd assts working in the garden. 1st asst also went fishing. Keeper went over to Newport to the Capt of the Sealing Schooner Oscar and Hattie about the boat that came ashore at the cape. Left the station at 9. A.M. Mr. William R. Megginson threatens to put a ball through any Keeper that puts their hands on the boat.

24: Light East to S. East and South wind and calm these 24 hours with fair weather during 24 hours.

Notes and Questions

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Owlivia

February 15, 1892 - concluding comments for the day, these are re: the hunter boat searching for boat lost from the schooner Oscar & Hattie???

Owlivia

February 17, 1892 - more details on the drownings off the coast. 5 men were lost. The name of the captain of the sealing schooner was A.M. Gault. Interestingly, w/o the captain, the schooner had to be towed into port. No one else was able to sail it?

Owlivia

February 20, 1892 - the boat that the drowned men were on (lost on the 14th) washed up on the beach; the Keepers, William Megginson, and others pulled it up "safe from the breakers."

Owlivia

February 23, 1892 - Mr. William R. Megginson threatens to put a ball through any Keeper that puts their hands on the boat. On Feb. 21, Keeper reported that Mr. Megginson "carried off" the sail from the boat.

Owlivia

A link to an article about the Schooner Oscar & Hattie: http://www.historylink.org/File/8745
Our Keeper refers to it as a _seal_ schooner, but this article describes it as focusing on fish, specifically halibut. Original "birth" birth: Gloucester, Massachusetts; she sailed around the Horn in order to fish for Pacific halibut.

gkazebier

Head Keeper - Frank Plummer, First Assistant -Edward Rice, Second Assistant - Isaac L. Smith