Due to rough seas and fog the vessel could not land at Port Orford, Umpqua River or the Columbia River. The ship labored heavily through the night and began to leak. Passed Tillamook Head on the night of the 25 th. Engine had become racked and out of line by working of the whip and would not turn over when ship was head to sea. Leak increased. All hand pumps, steam pumps and bilge pumps at work. Threw most of the cargo overboard to relieve ship. I knew the ship must sink during the night if we could not make a harbor. Saw a small island close inshore, about 10 miles S. E. from Cape Flattery. Ran inside of it and anchored in 7 fathoms of water with a short sand beach under our lee. This was on the 26 th. Had been at anchor half an hour when the sea began to break aboard us and the ship to drag her anchors; the engine would not turn at all. Slipped the chains and let the ship beat up on the beach broadside to. Cut away both masts and smokestack. At low tide landed all passengers safely. The sea commenced rising and in one hour the vessel started to break up. (Signed) Captain F. A. Sampson, Late Master of Steamer Southerner.