of repair would exceed the value of the vessel. However, a later report, indicated that Dispatch was quickly running again, with "the report of the accident having been much exaggerated." On October 26, 1904, Dispatch was unloading a cargo of 2,000 cases of canned salmon at Cedar Point, Oregon. These goods were to be shipped by train to Marshfield and thereafter, likely by steamer, to Portland. A tram car was being used to aid in the unloading. The cable for the tram car became unhooked and its load of salmon cases fell into the river. Some of the goods were recovered, but it was necessary to relabel the cans. On Monday, November 29, 1909, Dispatch was operating near the town of Bandon with a large number of passengers on board, when, in turning around, the vessel was caught by the fast current of the river and carried downriver into the jetty. One of the railings on the Dispatch was broken, and the Bandon life-saving crew had to take off the passengers. Sea conditions on the Coquille River bar were very rough. One witness thought that had the Dispatch not been caught on the jetty, it would likely have been washed out to sea and swamped. On the morning of April 27, 1910, a small fire was discovered in the hold of Dispatch while the steamer was en route from Bandon to Coquille City. The fire had not progressed far, and was extinguished with the only damage being to a few life preservers. On the early morning of Saturday, November 29, 1913, Dispatch was blown ashore on the Timmons mud flats just upriver from Moore's mill. The Coquille River life-saving crew and the tug Klyhyam went to the assistance of Dispatch. They took off the passengers and the vessel was refloated at the next high tide. Thieves and pilferage Dispatch had a barber shop concession on board, which also sold tobacco. On July 21, 1904, it was reported that the previous Friday night, thieves had broken into the on-board barber shop, by breaking the latch between the shop room and the forward cabin, and taking $18 worth of cigars. The next Sunday night a quantity of tobacco was reported to have been removed from a package. Freight pilferage was also a problem. On the next to the last trip prior to July 21, 1904, so much freight was stolen off Dispatch