5 CENTS PER POUND
D. E. CROWLEY
. WEATHER REPORT.
August 26, 1916.
Temperature Mux.. 52; min. 2X,
Barometer 30.138 inches.
Weather I'a illy cloudy.
Wind Calm.
! August 27. 1916.
Temperature Max., 54; min. 30.
I Barometer—80.080 inches.
Weather -Partly cloudy.
Wind—Calm.
chickens. 50c per pound eggs Tie per
dozen Ueorge Prosser phone III..■ k 5.
Sl.'BSt rtlBE F( d; THE Nl OQET.
CUTTER M’CULLOCH LANDS
SHIPWRECKED MARINERS
The I'nited States const guard cut
ter McCulloch, hearing the survivors
of the palatial power schooner Great
Heai, Guilt last n inter hy Capt. Louis
Lane, the noted Arctic trader and ex
plorer, arrived in the roadstead yester
day afternoon shortly after one o'clock
fiom St. Matthew island, at which
p lint the Lane vessel was wrecked on i
the night of Thursday, August 10.
The cutter was met far out in the j
•la lstead by Capt. Thos. A. Itoss of I
; ic local coast guard station, in he
launch Defiance and also by the tug
Gtncvieve of the Alaska Lighterage
'. ompi ny bearing Mrs. I ami, wife of
1 “a shipwrecked commander of the
Great I ear and the i-ane children, lo
gclher with a number of friends of j
the f daily. Arriving at anchor, the
trim white cutter was boarded by the
Nome party, and a happy reunion of
t lie Lille family took place while there
were numerous handshakings and con
gratulations on all sides.
The Great Bear party consisted of
twenty-one persons, Capt. Louis Lane,
Mr. John Borden, capitalists and
sportsman of Chicago. Mr. N. H. Bo
kum, also a Chicagoan, Mr. Mott, sec
ond mate of the wrecked vessel, T. M.
Clowes of Seattle, Mr. Murphy, chief
engineer and the crew of fifteen men.
All were in the best of health and
spirits and declared that their exper
ience was attended by none of the
hardships usually associated with
ship wrecks. Mr. Borden remarked
that there were no particular thrills
about it as the crashing of the Great
Bear on the sharp outlying points of
Pinnacle rook hud happened so quick
ly and under such conditions that the
wreck anil attendant experiences were
anything Iml shivery. According lo
the story of the survivors, the Great
'Bear departed from t'nalaska al 1:35
a. m. on the morning of August *i, St.
Paul islands were reached the follow
ing day and a passenger aboard the
vessel landed. The vessel departed
again on Tuesday, August S. While
at I'nuluska. a story reached Capt.
Lane to fin effect that a man at Port
Muller had picked up a Moating bot
tle containing a note stating tiiat two
men were ship wrecked on St. Mat
thew and he resolved to stop at ihc
island in route to Nome to investi
gate. All went well until tile night of
August In. The sea was comparative
ly calm: a heavy swell was on and a
dense fog hung ovei the water shroud
ing everything from view. As the
weather had been cloudy anil stormy
since leaving St. Paul, the vessel was
proceeding hy dead reckoning. The
navigators were aware that they were
near the island tint believed they were
still fifteen miles or so away. Sud
denly at 13:57 a. in., without a hint
of warning, the Great Bear crashed
Upon the Jagged teeth of Pinnacle
rock. The ship hung fast and, as
(hero was no immediate danger, the
party remained aboard until the fol
lowing morning, meanwhile unloading
a large portion of their supplies into
the five boats, and later proceeded to
St. Matthew island where camp was
made in tents taken from the wrecked
schooner. During the following days
he larger portion of the stores and
supplies were taken lo the island and
tho party lived in comparative com
fort for the fifteen days of their stay.
In the meantime friends of the miss
ion party in Nome became anxious
and Mrs. Lane, who was in Nome with
her children awaiting the coining of
i' husband, finally applied lo Capt.
Thomas Boss, of the local coast guard
station adn enlisted Ids services in
communicating with the commander of
the Bering sea coast guard fleet, Capt.
Broadbent, al t'nalaska. Following
an interchange of messages between
Capt. Boss and himself, Capt. Broad
bent dispatched the cutter McCulloch
to locate the long overdue vessel. The
c-utler arrived at St. Matthews August
35 and the party were taken aboard,
together with a large portion of the
supplies landed from the wrecked
schooner. The following account of
the wreck and the attendant circum
stances was kindly furnished the Nug
get by Mr. Hold'll, who hy the way,
,s an experienced navigator, and olfi
etated In the capacity of Hist mate
of the vessel during Hie disastrous
Hip.
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At 1:35 a. in. on Tuesday, August.
3, we took our departure from St. 1'aul
island when ue had stopped to leave
Mrs. Hanna, the wife of one of the
naturalists, and also to see the fur
seal rookeries. From Air. Fassetl we
had learned that a man named Lottie
was reported wrecked on St. .Matthew
island, some two hundred and fifteen
miles to the north, so we intended to
visit St. Matthew to investigate Ihe
report, little expecting to he ship
wrecked there ourselves some forty
eight hours later. From the moment
of leaving St. l'aul until we struck
Pinnacle rock, about seven mites south
southwest of SI. Matthew, we sailed
through dense fogs against moderate
lo fresh northerly winds. Consequent
ly we were unable at any time lo de
termine our position hy observations
f the sun or stars and were com
pelled to roly entirely upon dead reck
oning.
At ten o'clock Wednesday night,
August y I went off watch and turned
tin vessel over lo the second mate, in
structing him to keep the ship on hef
course (north north west) until her
log should read sit, and then to put
her about on Ihe port tack and steer
northeast by north, which, according
lo om dead reckoning, should have
placed us fifteen miles south of
st. Matthews at 3 a. in., Thursday
morning, and at which time it would
is- daylight.
Ilefore turning in, I further instruct
ed the second mate to call inc at one
a. m., though ray watch did not com
mence until 2:30. At one o clock wo
expected to do some sounding, though
from the uniform depth and character
of bottom in this part of lie ring sea,
soundings are of no value until a ves
sel is within a few huntfred yards of
tiie beach. I had turned in all stand
ing and awoke at twelve fifty of iny
wn accord and went into 'he galley to
g a mug up before gieng oe deck.
At 12:57 a. in. 165 meridian time, 1
heard the lookout forward sing out
haul a starboard" and the hell in the
engine room ring full speed astern.
Almost simultaneously the ship struck
a rock, slid over it—and fetched up
hard on ai oilier. All hands wi re im
mediately called on deck and ord* ,-i <1
to take in the canvas. A strict regard
for the Path compels me to MMe,
t.nil done of the twenty-one persons
en hoard saowed the slightest fi..t or
confusion. All this time it wan so
lurk and the fog was so dense • lin t
ve coulo fee nothing excec*. in oc
casional glimpse of breakers almost
under our bow. Wo could also feel
rather lhan see Ihe loom of a sheer
wall of rock only a few yards from
our bowsprit.
As soon as our canvas was in and,
as there was no immediate danger, we
set to work bringing up provisions,
tents, guns, ammunition and personal
belongings, preparatory to abandon
ing ship tifter daylight. Just before
daylight the water stopped our main
and electric light engines hut, shortly
after three, we could see well enough
to lower our dory launch and four
whaleboats and commence loading
them one at a time on the lee side,
paying the others out astern. While
we were loading the boats, Capt. Lame
look one of Ihe whaleboats and a
boat's crew and circumnavigated the
rock to determine where we were. It
proved to be, as we had already sur
mised, Pinnacle rock, an island, two
miles long and two hundred yards
wide, rising sheer from the water to a
height of nine hundred feet and afford
ing no landing for boats, even in calm
weather, lull alive with murres, crow
bills and sea parrots.
Il.v nine o'clock our boats were all
loaded and we abandoned the ship and
headed norlh for St. Matthews, about
seven miles distant, with our launch
towing the four whaleboats. At ten
thirty, we found ourselves within a
few hundred yards of St. Matthew
and aliutit noon found a beach with
fieah water and driftwood, where we
landed and pitched om tents, of Which
we had four. Kvcry day for the next
three days we made trips to the Great
Hear, bringing off provisions of all
kinds, two stoves and four tons of
coal, by which time1 we were supplied
with c\ci> thing imaginable in the way
,t food and clothing for a year's stay.
\V« even rescued our phonograph and
records. Never was a shipwrecked
pmtv betlei equipped and we w.ere
just beginning to congratulate our
selves on om good luck when one
night a southeast gale blew down all
our tents and made us thoroughly
miserable again. However, we sur
vived tli.it and, after placing signal
flags on nil I lie prominent points on
the island, amused ourselves in fish
ing for trout, which were in great
abundance, and shooting snipe and
plover. Aside from snipe anil a few
blue and white foxes there is no game
on the island and altogether it is a
most desolate spot. During our fif
teen days there we had only eight
or ten hours of sunlight.
on the riortting of Friday, August
23, about 11 a. in. Captain lame and
I were sitting on the beach talking
over the advisibility of starting for
Nome in a small boat, and bad Just
decided oil making the attempt the
following week, when we saw a cutter
round Cape Upright and anchor in the
bight olT one of our signal Hags and
send a boat ashore. We immediately
sent two of our men to meet the land
ing party from the cutter. In a short
time the coast guard cutter McCul
loch anchored off our camp and we
went aboard to see Capt. Heed, when
we learned that Mrs. Lane, at Nome,
had heroine alarmed over our non
appearance and had enlisted the ser
vices of Capt. Thos. Hoss of the Nome
coast guard in wiring to Captain
Mroaclbent. the commander of the Be
ring sea Heel who had immediately
dispatched the McCulloch to search
for us, ('apt. Heed was most solici
tous and offered to do everything in
his power for our assistance. He took
all our boats and provisions on hoard
and, about 1 o’clock on the morning
of the twenty sixth, got underway for
Nome. I cannot speak too highly of
the courtesy of Captain Heed and his
officers in their treatment of our party
who are now all safely landed in Nome
in good health.
No blame should be attached to
Capt. Lane for the shipwreck as T
had been navigating officer of the ship
since our departure from Seattle. We
can only account for our shipwreck
by an easterly set of some 20 to 25
miles. JOHN BORDRN.
NEWS NOTES
Mrs. Dr. Fromm and Mrs. Irving
Heed departed for a stay at Hot
Springs yesterday on a dogmobile.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McGuire re
turned from a short camping trip on
Nome liver this morning.
The steamship Juneau, of the Al
aska Steamship line, arrived in port
for St. Michael shortly before noon
; esterday. The big freighter brings
i bout one hundred tons of coal for the
local market.
The steamship Northwestern will ar
rive here from St. Michael tomorrow
morning about six and will depart a
few hours later for the outside by way
of the inside passage, touching at the
majority of important points on the
southeastern coast. The lighters are
scheduled to leave the dock at 9 a. m.
Hans Larsen, the Kougarok freight
er, .arrived In town from Taylor creek
Saturday evening, having made the
run straight through. Included among
hn freight curried wee a good sized
iox of fish hctil down by the party of
Ishcmion at the Shite crock fish
■a top.
A large number of sportsmen made
the trip to the hills In search of trout
and grayling but so far as known the
catches were all rather light. It is
reported that u dozen trout were land -
id b> one party, but this is said to be
the largest catch by. far that was
made.
The Council mull will leave tomor
row morning on the Flyer.
The fine day yesterday attracted a
large number of picnic parties to the
hills and the autos were kept busy
during the morning hours conveying
the picnickers to their various destinu- i
tions.
The coast guard cutter McCulloch
is loading supplies preparatory to re- ,
turning to her station in southern Be- j
ring waters. The cutter will probably
get away tonight.
—
After finishing the unloading of the
coal destined for Nome, the Juneau
will proceed to York and Teller to
discharge coal and crude oil before de
parting for the outside.
The steamer Latouche arrived at St.
Michael several days ago and is dis
charging at that point. The steamer
probably carried no mail as the same
would very likely have been sent over
on the Juneau yesterday.
The registered mail for the steamer
Northwestern will close at the post
office at five o’clock this evening. The
ordinary mail will lie kept open until
seven thirty in the morning.
The Flyer came up from Solomon
this morning with several passengers,
including W. Kenney, Chits. Sing,
Minor McLain and one or two others.
The vessel will remain in port until
tomorrow morning at ten.
Brie Peterson and Chris. Thompson
departed for Dime creek yesterday
noon on a small native schooner which
arrived from the Koyuk recently. The
boys are taking down a prospecting
outfit and will search for the pay
streak in that section.
Une of the Dime creek parties ar
riving on the Itam yesterday brought
over something like sixty five pounds
of gold dust from the interior camp in
addition to two sacks of mail. The
Itam will probably return within a day
or so.
Walter Johnson and two mining en
gineers, piloted by Gus Lynell of the
New Era Company, made a trip of in
spection to the New Era quart! mine
on the Glacier-Anvil divde yester
day with a view to the possibilities
of future operation.
Tonight Maclyn Arbuckle will stat
in "Its No Laughing Matter," a five
part Paramount feature. Arbuckle is
well known through the world as a
comedian of great ability. The story
centers around it country village and
its simple life. It is played by an.all
star cast and is called a farm fantasy.
Information has been received that
the Corwin coal mine people tire milk
ing preparations to mine in the Lis
burne fields and will probably operate
the mine on an extensive scale next
summer. It is learned on good author
ity that they have also made efforts to
lorn if a vessel is available here, indi
cating an intention to tiring some coal
to NoniP before the close of navigation.
Ole Andreson, master and owner of
the power schooner Gladiator, former
ly one of thos hips of Stefansson party
as was also Andreson himself, has
sold hiH vessel to Capt. Sweeny, the
late commander of the Alaska, which
brought back the Andreson branch of
ihe Steffansson expedition recently.
Capt. Sweeny intends to outfit the
Giadiator and return to the Arctic to
tiade.
The power schooner Ram arrived
from the Koyuk yesterday morning
bringing Mrs. Lars Gunderson, the
Dime creek postmistress, Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Hanson, Pete Olsrm, George
Leonari| and two or three others whose
names were not learned. The arrivals
report that Jens Madsen Is expecting
to come to Nome as soon as he Is
finished with the sluicing of his win
ter dumps. It is also reported that
the recent bench strikes give excel
lent promise of ultimately developing
Into a rich paystreak.
The Nome Chamber of Commerce
will hold a big smoker at the Igloo
at nine this evening and have Invited
a large number of guests, including
Mr. E. t* Carpenter, the war depart
ment engineer now engaged In the
survey of the Hnake river harbor. An
excellent good time is promised and
nil momhers of the ehnmher are ex
pected to be on hand.
The Nome Common Council will
meet tins evening nnd will probably
make final disposition of the much
discussed and much delayed pumping
plant matter As the councilmanie
gyrations ovei litis momentous sub
ject is attracting wide Interest
it is r robable thut a large audi
nee will lie on hand to see the city
tads finally gel their working clothes
on. Vppnrently only Hie absence of
lie ol Ha couneilmen will again delay
action hut as all express themselves
as intending to go ahead yvilli the
plain, this is not likely- to happen.
Snake river harbor improvement and
the necessity for same pictures show
ing wrecks of schooners anil barges at
mouth of river Pictorial edition of
Nugget published in October.
r ORTHWFolERN LU 1BFRMEN
*, AKF iinND IN P. f. DISPUTE
Pacific News Service.
I’OUTI.ANIL A hr. 2fi. 'I’ll*' Noi lli
wt'h11 i n I .nnil'i i mi ll's Association has
butted into the dispute between tIn
railroads uni their employes to the
' extent of wiring Itx* railroad presi
dents in Washington advising them
not to arbitrate the issues in dispute
if freight istes are increased.
Classified Ads.
All Classified Ad* iVtuet be Paid for
in Advance.
WANTED.
Wanted—Beer bottles, quarts, bought
, at 18 cents per doen at Nome brew
ery.
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