| Peter Iredale (bark) | October 25, 1906 Bark, four masts. Don Marshall, Ship disasters, Cape Falcon to Cape Disappointment. Oregon Shipwrecks. Portland:Binfords and Mort, 1984, p. 130-133. |
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| Peter Iredale (bark) | British bark, 2,075 tons, stranded on Clatsop Beach, October 25, 1906, with no loss of life. James A. Gibbs, Jr. Pacific Graveyard. A narrative of the ships lost where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1950, p. 153-190 |
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| Peter Iredale (bark) | Stranded on Clatsop Beach October 25, 1906. Gibbs, Pacific Graveyard, p. 177. Stranded October 25, 2906. 1947 photo of the remains of the vessel. Jim Gibbs, Pacific Square-riggers., p. 139. :The Peter Iredale, the most photographed wreck, The Marine Digest. February 11, 1984, p. 31. Wreck of the Peter Iredale, copy of the official findings, The Quarterdeck Review. (Spring, 1984), p. 4. Gordon and Rowena Alcorn, The Werck of the Peter Iredale, The Sea Chest. (December, 1985), p. 70-73. Preter Iredale on Clatsop beach, Oregon Coast. (November-December 1991), p. 23. |
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| Peter Iredale (bark) | On October 25 the British four-masted iron bark Peter Iredale, Capt. H. Lawrence, 29 days from Salina Cruz, Mexico, for Portland, went ashore in heavy weather on Clatsop Spit about a mile and a half south of the Columbia River entrance. The captain and crew were rescued by the Point Adams lifesaving crew. The wreck later swung around broadside to the beach and after about two months she broke in two amidships, the underwriters selling her to the Pacific Iron Works of Astoria for $500. After thoroughly dismantling the hulk, which was easily reached at low tide, they sold her to R. E. Hendricks, who appears to have almost immediately sold his interest to J. A. Hoshor. Despite the efforts of the wreckers, the forward section of the hull, with bowsprit intact, has remained a picturesque landmark on the beach, a lure for tourists and the target of probably tens of thousands of cameras. xxxx, p. 126. |
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| Peter Iredale (bark) | As recently as the summer of 1960 the ancient remains of Peter Iredale were a subject of public controversy. Clifford Hendricks an Oregon City newspaper reporter, claimed at that time that wreck had been purchased by his father, R. E. Hendricks, from Pacific Iron Works in 1908, and that he intended to complete the w of demolition begun by his father more than a half century earlier. A great outcry arose from local chambers of commerce and other civic groups, while governmental agencies threatened Hendricks with arr if he tried to remove the wreck, the charges being delinquent rental the 54 years the Iredale's remains lay on county property, delinquent personal property taxes of 54 years, and a charge of abandoning a vehicle on a public highway, the beach being declared a public highway by Oregon State law. At last reports the ancient bones of the old British bark are still on the beach at Clatsop Spit, although the bow broke away during the winter of 1961-62, and has been preserved Columbia River Maritime M |
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