At 0200 the engineer discovered the water slowly rising in the bilge but was kept under control with deck pump and syphon until 0300 when the deck pump and syphon were set to work and at 0600 all the pumps were put to work. Up to 0200, the hour when the leak was first noticed, or nearly nine hours after leaving the Harbor bar, the vessel had traveled approximately forty five or fifty miles. At about 0800 it was evident that the inflow of water could not be controlled, the fires having become extinguished, so an approaching steamer was signaled to come to their relief, which was done and the steamer, which proved to be the coastwise steamer Phyllis, at the request of the master of the Hunter took her in tow at 1145 in an effort to get her to Neah Bay, a distance of about thirty miles. Before starting ahead however, the officers and crew of the Hunter were taken on board the Phyllis, on account of the rapid rise of water in the hold of the Hunter and danger of remaining onboard under such conditions. Before abandonment the steering wheel was made immovable by lashing it securely. Four hours after abandonment and while still under tow the Hunter disappeared from view, sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Office of Local Inspectors

Vessel sunk stern first carried away one of the tow lines the other one slip of the bitt. We were then about 1 mile off Carroll Islet 10 miles SE of Umatilla Reef Light Ship.