MM: 118 STORIES OF EHALEM sea cket’there no 0 ant f air to assist. the sailor directions, sail- is l t to the/me of the sea, w ' craft to hip captains expla' ecorded fo the Nehalem sh The first of modern ships to wreck here was the German bark Mimi, which went ashore one evening in February, 1913. It was a steel built vessel and ' was on her way to the Columbia in ballast. For sev- eral days the ship had been beating up the coast in a heavy fog. The sun had not penetrated the veil for days, and it was impossible for the captain‘to secure his reckonings. He thought he had reached near the mouth of the Columbia River. Before he could dis— cover his location the sound of breakers was heard ahead, and the ship, under sail, piled up on the beach. She came in head on and stuck fast. Rockets were at once sent up, and the distressed vessel soon received what assistance could be given from Brighton, where the signals were first seen. The impossibility of easily taking the ship from her position was soon apparent, and the crew waited for low tide. When the tide had gone out the crew was able to walk ashore on the sand. Each succeeding high tide carried the stranded vessel higher and higher on the beach. During all this time the vessel stood erect without the sign of a list. Wrecking crews visited the scene and decided it was possible to drag the Mimi from the beach. Her ' steel hull stood the strain remarkably well, and she soon settled into a bed of sand which made her posi- tion safe. Great anchors were secured and placed far out in the water beyond the breakers. To these heavy lines were fastened and brought to shore. Donkey , Catalog Number: 2021.0247, OCR Text: MM: 118 STORIES OF EHALEM sea cket’there no 0 ant f air to assist. the sailor directions, sail- is l t to the/me of the sea, w ' craft to hip captains expla' ecorded fo the Nehalem sh The first of modern ships to wreck here was the German bark Mimi, which went ashore one evening in February, 1913. It was a steel built vessel and ' was on her way to the Columbia in ballast. For sev- eral days the ship had been beating up the coast in a heavy fog. The sun had not penetrated the veil for days, and it was impossible for the captain‘to secure his reckonings. He thought he had reached near the mouth of the Columbia River. Before he could dis— cover his location the sound of breakers was heard ahead, and the ship, under sail, piled up on the beach. She came in head on and stuck fast. Rockets were at once sent up, and the distressed vessel soon received what assistance could be given from Brighton, where the signals were first seen. The impossibility of easily taking the ship from her position was soon apparent, and the crew waited for low tide. When the tide had gone out the crew was able to walk ashore on the sand. Each succeeding high tide carried the stranded vessel higher and higher on the beach. During all this time the vessel stood erect without the sign of a list. Wrecking crews visited the scene and decided it was possible to drag the Mimi from the beach. Her ' steel hull stood the strain remarkably well, and she soon settled into a bed of sand which made her posi- tion safe. Great anchors were secured and placed far out in the water beyond the breakers. To these heavy lines were fastened and brought to shore. Donkey , Nehalem Valley Historical Society,Under Construction,August 2026 Shipment Scans,Mimi Shipwreck,Mimi Shipwreck,P01.tif, P01.tif