Multnomah County OR Archives News.....At Sea In An Open Boat April 27, 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com August 21, 2010, 2:02 pm Morning Oregonian April 27, 1893 Marshfield,Or., April 26- Oscar Thacker and Otto Sparks, two young men of this place, who had prepared a boat to go outside fishing this summer,went out over the bar last Saturday, and when last seen were trying to make the fishing grounds, but were driven to the north by a fierce gale. No word has been received from them as yet, and fears for their safety are entertained. They are in an open boat 26 feet long and schooner rigged, but they know nothing about handling a boat and it is feared they will never be heard form . File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/newspapers/atseaina372gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb