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''' August 12, 1897 [LAT]:''' “While J. Willey was out with his glassbottom boat yesterday, at the kelp beds, near Sugar Loaf, he noticed a large skeleton in the water. It is apparently the remains of some marine monster. The bones are large, some of them being six feet in length, and are plainly seen through the clear water. Capt. Willey has been a sea-faring man for twenty-seven years, but has never seen anything of the kind before, and nobody here seems to be able to diagnose the skeleton. It lies in about fifteen feet of water.” | ''' August 12, 1897 [LAT]:''' “While J. Willey was out with his glassbottom boat yesterday, at the kelp beds, near Sugar Loaf, he noticed a large skeleton in the water. It is apparently the remains of some marine monster. The bones are large, some of them being six feet in length, and are plainly seen through the clear water. Capt. Willey has been a sea-faring man for twenty-seven years, but has never seen anything of the kind before, and nobody here seems to be able to diagnose the skeleton. It lies in about fifteen feet of water.” | ||
'''August 16, 1904 [LAT]:''' “Game Warden W. B. Morgan recently had about as close a call from burning at sea as he ever will have, and escape from it. Saturday night Morgan, C. O. Bell, W. J. McGimpsey and others had arranged for a cruise to San Nicolas Island on the gasoline launch boat ''J. Willey'', belonging to the California Fish Company, and occasionally used in the sardine trade. While the ''Willey'' was lying at her berth alongside the California Fish Company’s wharf at about 7:30 o’clock Saturday evening, Morgan, McGimpsey and Bell were standing on the pier over her, waiting for the crew to announce that all was ready, when, without warning, a terrific explosion occurred; the hatches of the boat were blown off, a pillar of fire burst from her engine room and shot up in the air, while an agonized shout for help came from below… The man below was rescued, badly burned, and with all possible expedition the ''Willey'' was towed out into the channel away from the wharf, which she was setting on fire. She burned until 10:30 and illuminated the entire bay. Morgan’s mission to San Nicolas was to set free some hundreds of lobsters which fishermen at that place had illegally trapped and were keeping alive waiting for yesterday, which marked the opening of the season. Morgan was forced to call the trip off…” | |||
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WILLEY, Jacob ( - )
In the News~
August 12, 1897 [LAT]: “While J. Willey was out with his glassbottom boat yesterday, at the kelp beds, near Sugar Loaf, he noticed a large skeleton in the water. It is apparently the remains of some marine monster. The bones are large, some of them being six feet in length, and are plainly seen through the clear water. Capt. Willey has been a sea-faring man for twenty-seven years, but has never seen anything of the kind before, and nobody here seems to be able to diagnose the skeleton. It lies in about fifteen feet of water.”
August 16, 1904 [LAT]: “Game Warden W. B. Morgan recently had about as close a call from burning at sea as he ever will have, and escape from it. Saturday night Morgan, C. O. Bell, W. J. McGimpsey and others had arranged for a cruise to San Nicolas Island on the gasoline launch boat J. Willey, belonging to the California Fish Company, and occasionally used in the sardine trade. While the Willey was lying at her berth alongside the California Fish Company’s wharf at about 7:30 o’clock Saturday evening, Morgan, McGimpsey and Bell were standing on the pier over her, waiting for the crew to announce that all was ready, when, without warning, a terrific explosion occurred; the hatches of the boat were blown off, a pillar of fire burst from her engine room and shot up in the air, while an agonized shout for help came from below… The man below was rescued, badly burned, and with all possible expedition the Willey was towed out into the channel away from the wharf, which she was setting on fire. She burned until 10:30 and illuminated the entire bay. Morgan’s mission to San Nicolas was to set free some hundreds of lobsters which fishermen at that place had illegally trapped and were keeping alive waiting for yesterday, which marked the opening of the season. Morgan was forced to call the trip off…”
