Active

Nature of Casualty:

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  Transcription: ALONG THE WHARVES

  Transcription: Intelligence was received yesterday that the schooner "Active," 148 tons, had gone ashore on Lighthouse Point, and will be a total loss. No particulars have been received, but it is presumed that in attempting to leave Santa Cruz on account of the southwester, she, owing to being flying light, (having very little ballast on) was driven ashore on the Point, which is said to be one of the worst spots on the coast. The vessel was built at Umpqua, in 1872, was 92 feet long, 20 feet beam, and 7 feet depth of hold. She was owned, by J. E. Jacobson one-fourth, B. H. Madsen one-eighth, C. C. Brock one-eighth, D. Steffins one-eighth, A. Anderson one-eighth, J. Peterson one-sixteenth, H. A. Thompson one-eighth, J. Jensen one sixteenth, H. Maybel one-sixteenth; was valued at about $12,000, and insured for $3000, in the Swiss Lloyds and Commercial Insurance Companies.

  Source: Daily Alta California (San Francisco, CA), 27 October 1876, p.2, col.2.
  Courtesy of California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.

Additional Information: Wreck Event

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  Transcription: A Schooner Lost.
  
  Santa Cruz, October 26th.— The schooner Active, laden with railroad ties, went ashore off the lighthouse at one o'clock this morning. She was caught in the swell, despite every effort made by her crew, and losing both anchors, went ashore. The schooner was nearly new, worth $12,000, and partly insured. All the crew were saved.

  Source: Daily Alta California (San Francisco, CA), 28 October 1876, p.1, col.7.
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  Transcription: A telegram, received yesterday morning from the schooner "Active," which recently went ashore at Santa Cruz, states that the rudder-post and keel aft, and fore and mainsail are gone. Her hold is full of railroad ties. She lies broadside on the beach, about 200 feet from the bluff.

  Source: Daily Alta California (San Francisco, CA), 29 October 1876, p.1, col.4.
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  Transcription: BREVITIES

  Transcription: The schooner Active, that came ashore last Wednesday, was sold by the underwriters, Hoffman & Hinds. The vessel brought $257 50, and the rigging $67 50, the purchasers being the original owners.

  Source: The Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, CA), 4 November 1876, p.3, col.1.
  Courtesy of California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.