Edith Lome (bark)

British bark, 805 tons, stranded on the middle sands of the Coluinbia bar, November 17, 1881. The vessel was bound for Queenstown, N.S.W., from Portland with a cargo of wheat. She was crossing the bar in company with the ship Napier when she brought up on the shoal. The stranding occurred with a pilot aboard. The vessel was in command of Captain William Watt. As she yawed on the sands, the bark's stern post cracked and the rudder was unshipped. Shortly the vessel began to break up. The Fort Canby surfboat crew, led by Captain Albert Harris maneuvered to the scene and rescued the ship's company. The vessel, which ultimately became a total loss, was valued at $58,000, and her cargo at $44,000. She was drawing eighteen feet of water when she struck the sands. James Gibbs, Pacific Graveyard. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1950, p. 153-190.

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