1914 — Sep 18, Steamer Francis H. Leggett founders in storm off Coast of OR — ~65

— 80 Oakland Tribune, CA. “Shipwreck One of Worst Since Janeiro’s…” 8-30-1929, D3.
— 65 Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. 1972, p. 210.
–>65 Grover. The Unforgiving Coast: Maritime Disasters of the Pacific Northwest. 2002, 102.
— 65 U.S. Bureau of Navigation. Merchant Vessels of the United States…1915, p. 422.
— 65 U.S. Steamboat-Inspection Service. Annual Report 1915, p. 15.
— 60 Marshall, Don. Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland, OR: Binford & Mort Pubs., 1984, p. 128.

Narrative Information

Two survivors. (U.S. Bureau of Navigation. Merchant Vessels of the United States…1915, 422.)

US SIS: “On September 18, 1914, the passenger steamer Francis H. Leggett foundered during a particularly severe storm off the coast of Oregon, resulting in 34 passengers and 31 of the crew, a total of 65 persons, losing their lives.” (US Steamboat-Inspection Ser. Annual Report 1915, 15.)

Sources

Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. Boston: Mariners Press Inc., 1972.

Grover, David H. The Unforgiving Coast: Maritime Disasters of the Pacific Northwest. Corvallis: Oregon State University, 2002.

Marshall, Don. Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland, OR: Binford & Mort Pubs., 1984

Oakland Tribune, CA. “Shipwreck One of Worst Since Janeiro’s Loss, 1901.” 8-30-1929, D3. At: http://www.newspaperarchive.com/FullPagePdfViewer.aspx?img=105413307

United States Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Forty-Seventh Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States…For the Year Ended June 30, 1915. Wash.: GPO, 1915. Digitized by Google; accessed at: http://www.archive.org/stream/merchantvessels00unkngoog#page/n5/mode/1up

United States Steamboat-Inspection Service. Annual Report of the Supervising Inspector General, Steamboat-Inspection Service to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1915. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1915, 53 pages. Digitized by Google. Accessed at: http://books.google.com/books?id=zrPNAAAAMAAJ