A deadly maritime concert of timidity and incompetence

Published: July 1, 2020, 2 p.m.

The wreck of the steamship Czarina: A cascade of bad decisions by nearly everyone involved resulted in the worst possible outcome: 23 mariners slowly dying in the surf as friends and family members watched from the beach. (Coos Bay Spit, Coos County; 1910) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1302d-czarina-shipwreck-tragic-concert-of-incompetence.html)