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The Podcast: Gettin' Wrecked (Part 1)


Gettin’ Wrecked (Part 1)

Or…. Gettin’ Shipfaced? Anchors away?

The Wreck of the Bark Union, 1875

Summary

In this episode we explore the wreck of the bark "Union" of 1875 near Lummi Island and Bellingham Bay in the Pacific Northwest, and take a deep dive (pun intended) into deep dives, that is the history of diving and salvage operations both in general and specific to this shipwreck. This is part one of two (and probably more later) episodes about shipwrecks that occurred in the vicinity of our hamlet. For those so inclined, you could make it a drinking game - one for every bad maritime pun or new vocabulary word! Beware, you just might get shipfaced... Anchors away!


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Coast Salish Place Names of the San Juan Islands. Samish Indian Nation. 

The Deep One (1930). (YouTube Video) British Pathé, April 13, 2014.

Loads more References and Resources

Mosquito Fleet.  David B. Williams, History Link Essay 869 Feb 2, 2021: 

Did the Age of Sail End?  Part 1:  Sail Gives Way to Steam. Erin Conner, Marrch 18, 2021. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park California. 

Barque. Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation,  Aug 10, 2023.

What Makes a Ship a Barque? (YouTube Video) Navis Nanoq. January 21, 2022. 

Ships Knees.  Hardwick Post & Beam.  2022. 

Knee (construction), Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Aug 29, 2023.

Clark Island (Washington) Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Aug 1, 2023.

A History of Lummi Island. Beth Hudson. Welcome to Lummi Island. January 20, 2015. 

United States Code: Piracy and Other Offenses Upon Seas, 18 U.S.C. §§ 481-504.  Library of Congress. 

Barratry (admiralty law) Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, January 14, 2023.

Plump.  Merriam-Webster Dictionary.  

Lewis & Dryden's Marine History Of The Pacific Northwest. The Lewis And Dryden Printing Company, Portland, Oregon 1895 Page 328. 

A Volume of Memoirs And Genealogy Of Representative Citizens Of The City Of Seattle and County Of King, Washington. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York and Chicago, 1903. Pages 336 - 339 

Men of the Pacific Coast: Containing Portraits and Biographies of the Professional, Financial and Business Men of California, Oregon and Washington. 1902-1903. Pacific Art Company, San Francisco, 1903.

Diving Helmet.  Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, July 29, 2023.

A Brief History of Diving:  Free Diving, Bells and Helmets.  Alex Brylske. Dive Training. 

Steamer Idaho Wreckage.  Historical Point of Interest, Seattle, Washington. Historical Marker Database.

1917 Bark Union Salvage Attempt. Saltwater People Historical Society Blog.

Naval Shipworm (Teredo Navalis). Texas Invasive Species Institute. Texas State University. 

Washington Salvage Company Discovers Location of Famous Shipwreck Nearly 150 Years Later. King 5 News Staff, December 5, 2022. 

Newspaper Articles

Accessed via various websites, both free and subscription, as well as ye olde microfilms at either the B-ham Public Library or at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, WWU.

Wreck of a Bark and Schooner.  The New York Times May 9, 1875

The Rock Island Argus, May 10, 1875

Wreck of the Bark “Union.”  The San Francisco Examiner, May 10, 1875

British Columbia.  The “Glenora” Reported Lost.  The Santa Barbara Daily Press, May 11, 1875

The Puget Sound Dispatch, May 13, 1875

Marine Disaster.  The Weekly Pacific Tribune, May 14, 1875

From British Columbia. The Weekly Oregon Statesman, May 15, 1875

The Puget Sound Dispatch June 10, 1875

A Terrible Charge.  The San Francisco Examiner, July 3, 1875

California. The Fort Scott Daily Monitor, July 4, 1875

The Capital, Washington D.C., July 4, 1875

Trial of Capt. Lindell for Wrecking the Bark Union. The Morning Oregonian, July 10, 1875

The Wrecking of the “Union.”  The San Francisco Examiner, July 10, 1875

The Captain’s Crime. The San Francisco Chronicle, July 11, 1875

Foul Play. The Detroit Free Press, July 13, 1875

Bellingham Bay.  The Puget Sound Dispatch, July 15, 1875

San Francisco.  The Puget Sound Dispatch, July 15, 1875

Decision in the Bark “Union” Case. The Nanaimo Daily News, August 7, 1875

Wrecking of the Bark “Union.” The San Francisco Bulletin, October 2, 1875

Captain Lindell’s Trial.  The San Francisco Examiner, December 8, 1875

Captain Lindell’s Trial.  The San Francisco Bulletin, December 9, 1875

The Bark “Union” Trial. The San Francisco Bulletin, December 10, 1875

San Francisco Items. The Daily Evening Express, December 10, 1875

Acquitted of Guilt.  The Weekly Pacific Tribune (Olympia, WA) December 18, 1875

Going to the Bottom.  The Tacoma Daily Ledger August 7, 1888

The Aberdeen Herald, September 7, 1893

Diver Benjamin Works on Lake Bottom.  The Bellingham Herald, July 27, 1916

The Seattle Union Record, August 18, 1920

Seeks Sunken Ship.  The Seattle Daily Times, August 11, 1932

Frank Wright, Packer, and Diver Will Seek Coal Sunk In Straits. The Bellingham Herald, August 12, 1932

Coal Is Recovered.  The Bellingham Herald, September 5, 1932

Coal Is Recovered. The Bellingham Herald, September 22, 1932

Ocean Yields Coal. The Bellingham Herald, September 24, 1932

Rites Held Saturday for Captain Benjamin.  The Bremerton Daily News Searchlight, Monday February 1, 1943

Bronze Cannon Diver’s Mystery.  Seattle Daily Times, April 8, 1951. 

Neah Bay Gun Links State to Paul Revere. The Tacoma News Tribune, November 9, 1958

Divers Discover Wreck of Sailing Ship Sunk Off Clark Island in ‘75.  Pat Wetherell, The Bellingham Herald, September 2, 1963. 

Sea Scouts Donate Historic Anchor to Sehome.  Jack Carver, The Bellingham Herald, June 5, 1969. 

The Anchor. The Bellingham Herald June 9, 2002.


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