1886 — ~Sep 20 Amer. ship Sierra Nevada, Seattle for San Fran., founders off Cape Flattery WA-13

–13 Gibbs, James A. Shipwrecks off Juan de Fuca. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1968, 230.
–13 Morning Oregonian, Portland. “Last Half Century…disasters to sailing vessels.” 7-23-1907, p. 5.

Narrative Information

Gibbs: “Sierra Nevada. American bark, 664 tons, sailed from Seattle, September 19, 1886, for San Francisco with a full cargo of coal. In Command of Captain F. H. de la Roche, with a crew of 12, she rounded Tatoosh Island [WA island just west of Cape Flattery] September 20, and was never seen or heard of again. She was believed to be a victim of a severe northerly gale sweeping the area. The 23-year-old ship was grossly overloaded with 1,209 ton of coal and probably went down so fast there was no chance for the crew to escape.” (Gibbs, James A. Shipwrecks off Juan de Fuca. Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1968, 230.)

Newspaper

Morning Oregonian, July 23, 1907: “Sierra Nevada, American ship, from Seattle for San Francisco, foundered off Cape Flattery, September, 1886; 13 lives lost.” (Morning Oregonian, Portland. “Last Half Century. Many disasters to sailing vessels…” 7-23-1907, p. 5.)

Sources

Morning Oregonian, Portland. “Last Half Century. Many disasters to sailing vessels…” 7-23-1907, p. 5. Accessed 6-27-2022 at from University of Oregon Libraries. “Historic Oregon Newspapers,” at: https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1907-07-23/ed-1/seq-5/ocr/