Boiler Bay named for spectacular fiery 1910 shipwreck

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

Lit up from stem to stern like a torch, the wooden steam schooner J.Marhoffer slammed into the rocks after its crew pointed it landward and abandoned ship; its rusty boiler is still visible at low tide. (Boiler Bay, Lincoln County; 1910) (For text and pictures, see http://www.offbeatoregon.com/H1004b_BoilerBay.html)