While the 390-gross register ton, 155-foot (47 m) codfishingschooner was anchored off Bird Island in the Shumagin Islands during a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Unga, Territory of Alaska, with 12 fishermen, a 500-ton cargo consisting of a 26-foot (7.9 m) boat, general merchandise, coal, and salt, and a crew of 10 aboard, a storm with hurricane-force winds struck. Her anchor cables broke and she was stranded on rocks. There was no loss of life, but by the following morning she had been dashed to pieces, leaving behind only wood, pieces of timber, and provisions that washed ashore.[3]
The schooner ran aground in thick fog strong winds and high seas 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) south south east of the , a total loss. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[5][6]
The packet struck a rock and sank at the top of the waterfalls at Louisville, Kentucky saving her from going over the falls after losing steering control in strong current. Her 70 crew and 125 passengers were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. Her cargo was lightered, she was pumped out and pulled off on 1 March.[9][10]
The 16-gross register ton, 45-foot (13.7 m) fishingsteamer sank at a location identified in the wreck report as "Active Pass, Alaska," probably a mistaken reference to Active Pass in British Columbia, Canada. All three people aboard survived.[13]
The schooner was wrecked/foundered on tail of the horseshoe 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) east of Thimble Shoal Light. The wreck was destroyed by USRC Onondaga ( United States Revenue Marine).[15][16]
The barque was wrecked in a snowstorm on Cape Cod3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) south of the , a total loss. Five people aboard froze to death and eight were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[19][20]
The steamer ran aground in a snowstorm near the , Virginia. Refloated by wreckers on 3 March. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[26]