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Comment by Andrea Rouleau on November 24, 2009 at 1:15am

Yes, this is the Peter Iredale in Warrenton, Oregon. I located additional information on it.
It's quite amazing!

The 3 a.m. hour of October 25, 1906 was dark, windy and cold. The 275 foot long Liverpool sailing ship was struggling toward the mouth of the Columbia River on its way to Portland, Oregon. Unfortunately, the Iredale's 25 crew members and 2 stowaways were not to arrive at their final destination. Heavy mists obscured the beacons of the lighthouses and the Columbia River light ship. The fated ship ran aground and broke off its top spars. Heavy rain squalls and a fresh westerly gale pushed it ashore where it lies to this day, now a playground of Oregon beachcombers and children. Luckily, it is not a gloomy ship of ghosts and terror–everyone was rescued by a lifesaving crew from Hammond, and later congenially housed by the men at nearby Ft. Stevens. The maritime inquiry absolved the captain (master) and his mates of any wrong action in the loss of the ship.

Comment by Brenda Lance on July 16, 2009 at 8:45am

Was this wreckage of some kind? A boat perhaps?