A Dynamite-Laden Schooner Vanishes on Its Way to Seattle
The three-masted schooner Mary Dodge left San Francisco in late January with merchandise and a consignment of giant powder for a Seattle firm. She has not been heard from since.
No tidings have yet been heard of the schooner Mary Dodge, which left San Francisco on January 28 for this port with a cargo of merchandise, including a lot of giant powder for Schwabacher Bros. Co., of this city.
The Mary Dodge is a three-masted schooner, 130 feet long, 32 feet wide and 9 feet deep, with a net tonnage of 230. She was built in 1881 at Eureka, Cal., and is owned in San Francisco. She is a trim craft and said to be an excellent sea boat.
“No tidings have yet been heard of the schooner Mary Dodge, which left San Francisco on January 28 for this port with a cargo of merchandise, including a lot of giant powder for Schwabacher Bros. Co., of this city.”
The Mary Dodge vanished in an era when ships had no radio and a missed arrival could mean anything from a storm to a wreck. Today Seattle's port is one of the busiest in North America, but the sea still poses risks—especially when vessels carry hazardous cargo.
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