Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1898 — ALASKAN VESSEL LOST. [ARTICLE]

ALASKAN VESSEL LOST.

Steamer Corona, Bound to Skagaway, Bashes on the Rocks. The steamer Corona, which left Victoria, B. C., Jan. 10, bound to Skaguay and Dyea, has been wrecked. All her passengers and crew were saved. This news was brought by the steamer Danube. It also brought the information that the steamer Coqtiitlan, likewise in the Alasknn gold trade, had stranded and had been badly damaged if not completely wrecked. The Corona struck a rock near the mouth of Skeena river, and at once commenced to sink. Lifeboats were lowered and the passengers were conveyed to the beach of the Skeena river. The steamer Al-Ki went to the rescue, and is now on her way with the unfortunate gold seekers. The Corona, it is feared, will prove a total wreck and that the whole of her cargo will be lost. The Corona had accommodations for 225 passengers, 130 of them first-class. Seventy first-class and seventy second-class tickets were sold in Seattle.