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77 stories matching flatteri
- The Tragedy of the Bark 'Kamehameha'
A lone survivor of a shipwreck off Cape Flattery arrives in Steilacoom, providing harrowing details of a vessel lost with fifteen passengers aboard.
- Two Steamers Saluted Off Cape Flattery—Then Vanished Into the Storm
A schooner captain’s account places the missing Keweenaw and Montserrat together off Washington’s coast on a night of monstrous seas, just before both were lost.
- Three Times Overboard
Two fishermen survive a harrowing ordeal in the high seas off Cape Flattery.
- A Ship's Name-Board Washes Ashore 115 Miles From Where the Ivanhoe Went Down
A lighthouse keeper's wife finds the port quarter name-board of a lost coal freighter buried in the sand at Willapa Bay — and a Navy inspector uses the currents to argue the ship foundered far south of Cape Flattery.
- Cape Flattery Telegraph Line Fails
The expensive underwater cable connecting the mainland to Tatoosh Island has snapped, and the government may abandon it rather than foot the repair bill.
- Makah Sealers Face Forfeiture
Federal authorities move to seize two schooners owned by Makah sealers for violating international sealing regulations off Cape Flattery.
- A Whale Hunt off Cape Flattery
Captain Gavin of the steamer Thornton reports a vivid, bloody encounter between Indigenous hunters and a whale.
- The Captain Returns from the Dead
Sensational rumors of a shipwreck off Cape Flattery vanish as the captain of the schooner Ella sails safely into Tacoma.
- Lost at the Cape
A young Norwegian boatbuilder and schooner owner vanishes in the heavy seas off Cape Flattery.
- The Wreck of the Revere
A dense fog causes the American bark Revere to run aground near Cape Flattery, resulting in a total loss of the ship but a successful rescue by local Indigenous communities.
- Nineteen Sailors Survive a Wreck Off Cape Flattery
The ship Commodore struck near Neah Bay in 1877, but its entire crew made it ashore, found shelter with a local family, and was ferried back to Port Townsend.
- Tragedy at Sea
A squall off Cape Flattery claims the life of a captain's wife and child.
- The Shipwreck of the Persevere
A vessel founders near Cape Flattery, leading to a precarious encounter with local tribes and a recovery effort by Indian Agent H.A. Webster.
- The Sinking of the Alaska
A coal-laden ship goes down off Cape Flattery, leaving a captain and crew to fend for themselves in the open sea.
- Nineteen Men and a Copper Keel: The Bering Sea Vanishes Off Cape Flattery
A newly built Tacoma sealing schooner is found bottom-up off the Washington coast, with five white and fourteen Native crew aboard. The owners still hope the report is wrong.
- A Stanchion, a Log Raft, and Two Ships That Never Came Home
Wreckage found off Cape Flattery leads Port Townsend mariners to suspect a double collier disaster hidden in a tangle of drifting timber.
- The Umatilla Disaster: A Harrowing Sea Rescue
After striking rocks off Cape Flattery in a blinding snowstorm, the crew of the steamship Umatilla survived a perilous escape, aided by local Indigenous people.
- A Great Pacific Sealing Race
Two schooners racing from Cape Flattery to the Bonin Islands set what might be the longest, closest race on record for the sealing fleet.
- Twenty Days of Terror on the Beebe
A storm-battered schooner arrives at Yesler's Wharf after a harrowing near-wreck off Cape Flattery.
- U.S. Cutter Seizes Poaching Schooners off Cape Flattery
Defying a violent storm, the U.S. revenue cutter 'Grant' hunts down two schooners accused of illegal seal hunting in forbidden waters.
- A Timber From the Lost Collier: Wreckage of the Montserrat Comes Ashore at Cape Flattery
Six feet of painted stanchion, dragged from the sea off Tatoosh Island, convinces veteran mariners that the missing coal ship Montserrat has finally given up a piece of herself.
- The Wreck of the Bark Archer
After a violent storm capsized their ship off the coast of Cape Flattery, the crew faced fire and rising seas in a desperate struggle for survival.
- A Seven-Foot Sea Serpent Washes Up Near Cape Flattery
Capt. Stratton of Neah Bay brings a finned, many-toothed monster to Port Townsend, and the local editor reaches for the Laocoön to describe it.
- An Early Exploration of the Quillehuyt River
James G. Swan documents his journey into the remote Quillehuyt River country, naming landmarks and describing the indigenous villages encountered.
- The Ghost of a Shipwrecked Log
A bottle washed ashore at Cape Flattery brings a message from a ship doomed by fire, while a local business turns the tragedy into a strange marketing stunt.