 To reach the "Quadra", Mrs. Paterson had to wade through icy, waist-deep seawater and mud, over toppled trees, through rain and hail; four hours later she finally reached Bamfield, and with the aid of another keeper's wife, they rowed a skiff out to alert the crew of the "Quadra".Minnie insisted on immediately returning on foot to the lighthouse so that the mother of five could nurse her youngest unweaned baby.The "Quadra" eventually came to aid the "Coloma", putting out a longboat just as the barque was breaking up.