Ship owners offer of bonus led directly to shipwreck

Published: April 10, 2024, 2 p.m.

On the bright side, though, the owner of the Desdemona did get to go down in history \u2014 or, rather, geography \u2014 after the deadly sandbar that took his ship was dubbed Desdemona Sands. (Columbia River Bar, Clatsop County; 1850s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1410c.309.desdemona-shipwreck.html)