Historic Shipwreck Profile
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| Schooner Active came ashore 4 a.m. October 26, 1876. Santa Cruz Lighthouse before it was moved. Courtesy of UC Santa Cruz, University Library, Digital Collections. |
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Casualty Location: Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Location Status: located (see Important Note)
Casualty Date: 1876 (Oct 26)
Owner: J.E. Jacobson and others
Home Port: San Francisco, California, USA
Length: 98 feet Beam: 29.5 feet
Gross Tonnage: 147.68 Cargo: 3,000 railroad ties
Builder: Georg Buchert and others
Launched: 1872 (Gardiner City, Oregon, USA)
Official Number: 105198
Description: During the wee hours of October 26, 1876, the schooner Active experienced rough weather, causing the vessel to go ashore at Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz; described as one of the worst spots on the coast. The crew made every effort to save her. No lives were lost. Constructed of pine with galvanized iron fastenings, the vessel was valued at $12,000 and insured for $3,000.
Nature of Casualty:
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.
Transcription:
ALONG THE WHARVES
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.
Additional Information: Wreck Event
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Source: Daily Alta California (San Francisco, CA), 28 October 1876, p. 1, col. 7.
Courtesy of California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.
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Source: Daily Alta California (San Francisco, CA), 29 October 1876, p. 1, col. 4.
Courtesy of California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.
Transcription:
Source: 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.
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Referenced and Additional Resources
- American Lloyd’s Register of American and Foreign Shipping 1875. New York, New York.
- Reinstedt, R.A. 1975. Shipwrecks and Sea Monsters of California’s Central Coast. Ghost Town Publications, Carmel, CA. 168pp.
- Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. Laura Hecox Collections Guide.
- United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Statistics. 1875. List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, with the Official Numbers and Signal Letters Awarded to Them. Volume 7, Parts 1873-1874. U.S. Government Printing Office. [Digitized 10 April 2008, Harvard University]. see p.5
- University of California Santa Cruz, University Library, Digital Collections, Santa Cruz County historic photograph collection. Schooner "Active" (S.F.) Came Ashore 4 a.m. Oct. 26, 1876. [Digitized 1 September 2019].
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