The same side-wheel steamer that in 1859 brought the news to Oregon thatithad been admittedasa state, the Brother Jonathan, ran into a rock six years later and sank off the coast of Crescent City.
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The same side-wheel steamer that in 1859 brought the news to Oregon thatithad been admittedasa state, the Brother Jonathan, ran into a rock six years later and sank off the coast of Crescent City.