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Shipwreck or Broken Home?

Shipwreck or Broken Home?

A barge carrying a two-story home became stuck near where the Mokelumne River and San Joaquin Rivers intersect in the Sacramento River Delta.   The small vessel towing the barge had lost control of the steering allowing the barge to run aground.    The barge and house listing to one side some 200 feet from shore.   The Coast Guard has issued an alert since there are no lights on the structure to alert boaters of its location at night.     The barge was being towed from Sacramento to Helen, California.    Some damage to the home is expected as it rests partially submerged.

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Tug Lost off Ocean Beach

Tug Lost off Ocean Beach

The 43-foot tug boat Richardson’s Bay was lost off the shores of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California.  The tug had left for Pacifica to retrieve a lost skiff when vessel began to capsize.   The crew was able to make a distress call to the Coast Guard before the 2 crewmen abandoned the tug.  One man was able to grab a life ring while the other was able to reach an inflatable boat.   The man in the life ring was later rescued by the Coast Guard.   He was being treated for hypothermia and shock at a nearby hospital.   The other man is still missing.  The inflatable raft was discovered washed ashore, but no signs of the missing man.   The Coast Guard called off the search the next day.

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