The Roanoke

On April 10, 1913, the steamer Roanoke, bound from San Pedro to San Francisco, with 93 passengers and a cargo of freight, lost her propeller when in the neighborhood of Point Arguello. She drifted inshore from 10:05 a. m. until 11:10 a. m., when the anchor was dropped in 14% fathoms of water, at a point in the neighborhood of 1% miles south by east of Point Arguello. There was no wind, and the sea was calm, with a light swell from the west. During the time that she remained so anchored—that is, until about 5:20 p. m.—she was enveloped in a dense fog, and not more than a half mile to the eastward of the regular course of vessels plying along the coast. No rough weather was encountered during this period; the sea remaining calm and there being no wind. The anchor held without any apparent strain. The coast in that neighborhood is rocky in some places, and sandy,in_others. The steamer Santa Clara en route from San Francisco to Port Harford, about 10:45 a. m. received the following message from the Roanoke:

*115 To which he replied about 10:5b a. m.:

At 12:07 the master of the Roanoke sent to the Santa Clara the following message:

Upon receipt of the first message the Santa Clara…