The five- masted schooner Louis, built at North Bend in 1888, was wrecked on the Farallon Islands June 19, all hands being saved. Originally laid down as a steamer, she had proved successful under sail and was kept that way. She was a remarkably unattractive vessel, some of her masts being stepped out of alignment on each side of the keelson. In her later years she was so badly hooged that it was said her decks were washed down from amidships so that the water could "run off at both ends. Newell

The Louis, a five-master schooner of 831 tons, was built at North Bend, Ore., in 1888 by John Kruse for the Simpson Lu m b e r Co., San Francisco. They still owned her at the time of her loss, on June 19, 1907 when she was wrecked on the South Farallon in fog bound in from Grays Harbor under Captian Dyer with 900 M feet of ties. The Louis was the first of her rig to sail on salt water, as well as the first to sail around the world. She was laid down as a steamer hull, and was rigged temporarily for the voyage to San Francisco with five odd masts which happened to be lying around the mill; but she sailed so well that the engines were never put in her. It is said that two of her masts were stepped out of the center line to give a greater sail spread when running free. Lyman

Both (lifesaving) crews (Fort Point and Point Bonita) were immediately mustered for service, and upon arrival of the tug Sea Queen they were taken in tow for the Farrallon Islands, where the wreck had occurred. The schooner was found fast ashore, full of water, and in danger of going to pieces at any moment. The master refused to leave her, so the lifesavers rigged up a breeches buoy between her and the island. By evening the sea had made up so that the master was persuaded to leave; 5 were taken ashore in the breeches buoy and 5 in the ship's boat. The schooner went to pieces that night. Delgado & Huller [2]