W ltEt K OF THE AtUTU
AS TOLD FIV THE
VKSSEf/S CAPTAIN
The following story was riven
the Nugget after an interview with
t'aptain John Bertom cini. master
the motorship Are,Jc which was
recently wrecked by being crushed
in the Antic ice pack 1 short dis
tance from Pt. Harrow on August
10th The Arctic is owned by the
Idebes Company of San Francisco.
s-.nd has a cargo capacity of about
1200 tons, carries 2t members as
her crew. Following is the story
Ironi the time the vessel sailed
from Nome.
We left Nome June i’.ird enrouto
t > Herschel Island via Pt. Harrow,
carrying supplies to the I.iebes Co.
tlading stations in the north, we
.-truck ice shortly after leaving
Nome, followed it up and laid too
ti ti days off Pt. Hope, was about
is miles from the l\ S. Cutter
Hear at one time of Cape Krusen
strien, left Pt. Hope in a lead and
again struck heavy ice off ('apt*
Tnsborne which continued to block
our passage clear up t • within 1
miles off Pt. Harrow. Tied tip t<>
ice on July 29th and found (’apt.
Petersen's boat Xanuk. which was
algo tied up to ice. lie was in sigh*
four days before he finally was
: hie to proceed to eastward.
On the 2nd day of August the
'.aid of Orleans was sighted and
remained in sigh* for five days at
Head Man's Island, where she had
run aground, finally cot ting afloat
and proceeding to eastward, no
damage resulted «*s far as known.
The schooner Orion of Nome, on
«•: trading expedition. the party
consisting of Pete Brandt. John
Olson and (Jus Mas--‘<*. were sighted
el the same time as the Maid of
Orleans, they assisted the Maid in
getting underway, and both ves
sels being of light draft were able
t.t negotiate around the in* floes
and proceeded to eastward safely.
On the evening of August 3rd
the Lady Kindersley tied up to the
same ice flow as the Arctic, about
a quarter mile distant. On the
morning of Angus* 4th both ves
sels had to let go from the ice.
The Arctic made shelter behind
some ‘i eavy j^*oftad ice where she
withstood conlfftterkble ' pressure .
The Lady Kinders’ev was unable
t.' nyike to make any progress to
wards this shelter and became
fast in the ice with a damaged
rudder, the vessel finally drifting
pest Pt. Barrow and to the east
ward from which the Kindersley
has not as yet been able to get
On the 6th the ice opened up
and we made an effort to reach
the Kindersley. but found it im
possible to get within t miles of
her. The same • \ ming the ice
drove the Arctic hack to the same
shelter, where site was finally
wrecked. The vessel experience
three different pressures, two the
second day and on the loth day
of August at 3: 16 a.m. another
was felt and at 3: JR the final pres
sure came which caused the ves
sel to leak, the stern was raised
14 inches hikher than usual, at
four o’clock six inches of water
was in the engine room; at 4:30
tin* water put the auxiliary en
gine. dynamos and wireless out of
commission, at 6:16 seven feet of
water in engine room. At tins
time Captain Bertonccini ordered
the ship to he abandoned: took
personal effects, provisions, etc.,
also passengers and crew in boats
on ice along side of vessel. At
noon the vessel had settled so that
her decks were under water.
Soundings showed five fathoms
a- this point.
Then the trip ashore was com
menced the distance being only a
mile an a half no difficulty was
experienced in arriving safely on
land. Arrangements were made
with the motorship Boxer to take
the crew to Nome- Captain Rer
trnccini, the Chief Engineer and
Mr. Bert took passage on the Ted
dy Rear arriving in Nome Friday
morning, where they will await
nansporation to Vancouver.
MOTORSHIP HERMAN ARRIVES
FROM ICE PACK
The motorship Herman. Captain
T.ouis Lane in command, and un
der charter to Sydney Snow, on a
moving picture and wild animal
expedition, returned to Nome from
the edge of the ice pack this morn
ing. Capt. Lane reports ice and
weather conditions the worst, he
has ever experienced in the north.
He expects to sail north again In
r. few days.
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IX XOHTII RECEIVE!)
In 11mall arrivin': from Point
iJarrow Friday on ilio motor sit ip
: <»xer. verification »f the death of
;:arhs W. Scarborough, the caut
■ ra man. was received from C- K
I .arson. Captain of the Schootu r
Duxbury, ami leader of the trad
in.; expedition of v hlc.li Scarbor
ough was a member. Captain Har
•i n’a story is as follows:
Flax man Island, February 28.
I '••24 This is the first opportunity
!■: getting any mail out to notify
viiu of the sad mi
Mic of my party. Cl
l*'rough, the phot iL
anting trip and w
inc with a load of >
l.;d travelled three
er. which was slow
count -of overflows <
ember 26th. about
the mouth of the 1
o.igh spok« of go
Fiaxman Island the 1
be said could not >
•mped on N'ov
miles front
i.-vt day. which
- warned by
the sled, as
t befall him.
day before this in (he overflows,
(it the morning November 27th.
w1 ■ left our tent v rv early in the
rm rning to got the ben fit ofthe
n orbing ntoon. Scarborougli left
al out twenty minuses or half an
hour before the sled. About three
lo urs after we left camp, a wind
sprung up which tt. *ned into a
i:Cnding blizzard which made trav
with the sled slow allhough the
nd was pretty nearly In our
were going only by following the
;• ••. Kvidentlv Sea borough never
stopped. He tried \ > make Flax
r.an Island camp for we never saw
We were four ilr^ getting to the
mouth of the* river with the sled.
We then went down the Fast Fork
v hirh is better going on neount of
the ice to travel on. At the mouth
of the river we met Keesik. a na
tive boy. so we left our sled ami
went over: to his place that night.
K*esik htftl been down the coast
that day. which was the first good
day we had since the s’ornt started.
Fie told us of seeing tracks which
were those of a v.tte man who
seemed to have his le •• frozen, he
ScaThorough had missed Keesik's
< bin on Knngane*. ■> Point. altho
!.e found t lie otliM- cabin about
• ne miles below >'i ■•. where he
had gone inside and tried to start
a fire with some which he
had torn from Lis mb ton strings,
hut he failed to get a fire started,
probably because hit hands were
From the cabin his tracks were
followed right straigh; out on the
ice to an open lead where no more
traces of him could be found. Mr.
I.arson concludes It’s letter by stat
ing that had Mr. Scarborough fol
lowed the beach he would have
found a cabin in cither direction
LOTS OF MOWS
Due to lack of help and suffic
ient time we find it impossible to
print print all the good local news
us hand this issue, two very inter
esting stories are promised for
the next issue, that of Knud Ras
mussen. the Danish explorer who
arrived on the Silver Wave from
Kotzebue, and the interesting in
terview with Captain Frank Whit
lam of the Motorshlp Roxer’s trip
to Pt. Harrow and attempt to
resuce the Lady Kindersely’s crew.
Desides numerous other local items
which we are compelled to over
look this week.
OLD DUNHAM nUU.DIMi DOWN
Charles Mason has i-ompleted the
v. recking; of the old Dunham Build
ing alongside of the City Hall. Mr.
Mason bought the building some
time ago and has spent his time
for the last few weeks pulling it
down. At one time this building
housed the printing plant of the
Nome Nugget, and tearing it down
marks the passage of another old
Nome landmark.
KOTHACHBK MUYS HOUSK
Norman Rothachor of the local
Postoffice force, has bought the old
Fleming residence on Second Ave
nue, preparatory to establishing a
i home there. Mrs. Rothacher and
kiddies will arrive on the next trip
j of the Donaldson, and they expect
I U* reside permanently in Nome. It
will be remembered that Mrs. Roth
acher was reared in Nome, and is
! the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
j Lyle, well known old timers of this
CAPTAIN .lOK BERNARD
THIS OF TRIP TO
PT. BA ItHOW
Tim schooner Teddv Bear. Joe
I Bernard the veteran Arctic navi
gator in command, returned Fri
day morning from a trip to Point
Barrow. The little vessel left
Nomt July 8th enroll’* to Pt. Hope
arriving there the 1 alter part of
July where Captain Bernard met
K’.’ud Uasmusseu the Danish ex
plorer. who chartered the Teddy
Bear for a trip to Barrow to bring
hack Mr. Hanson. ;> moving picture
camera man. a member of his ex
pedition. as well ns taeir scientific
equipment, etc.
Capt. Bernard did not have much
trouble in reaching Barrow, but
did have considerable difficulty in
working his way out of the ice
floes on tiie return trip. He re
ports that the seboe r.ers Maid of
Orleans, ('apt. Klickonberg. mas
ter: and tlif schooner Xanuk, Capt.
Peterson, master, had safely navi
gated to Barter Island about 280
miles east of Barrow, mid that no
further trouble was anticipated in
reaching their destination.
Captain Bernard s‘ates that af
ter his arrival at Marrow the ice
returned closing him in from the
South with no chance to return, so
decided to go to the eastward in
search of the Badv Kindersley. hut
was unable to locate her. due to
tin fact that she had drifted some
20 miles off shore ind about 15
miles in tlie ice pack. He also
stated that the Boxer was hemmed
in by the ice twic during the
time she was attempting to rescue
the crew of the ill fated Kinders
return tn» of the Teddy
Pear from the eastward he found
the iee had opened sufficiently to
fi around the Point at narrow
and made a hurried departure, tak
ing aboard Chas. Brower and son
and Mr. Hansen, the vessel next
stopped at Wainwright were Karl
\V Itossman and Miss Edna C.
Wallace took passage for Nome,
enroute to the Staf.ea.
BISHOP ROWK RKTCRNS
FROM POINT HOPE
Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe, well
known throughout .'Cask a as a real
Sourdough, and who went North on
tin' motor-ship Box'1:1 on a trip of
inspection of the Episcopal Mis
sions of the North, went as far as
Point Hope, where Rev. and Mrs.
Thomas have charge of the Mis
sion at that place. re.urned on the
Boxer after a very pleasant and
exciting trip among the ice floes.
R-shop Rowe stales that the ice
renditions were th * worst he has
ever seen them in his years af trav
el in the North. He also repotrs
that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and ba
by will make the trip overland to
Nome from Point Hope, next Win
ter. Bishop Rowe will leave Nome
on the next trip of the Sell. Don
aldson for St. Micha.il. enroute up
the Yukon, to inspect the Missions
of the Interior. in rase the mail
boat does not leave before Sunday,
Bishop Rowe will p.each Sunday
eiening at the Fedutated Church.
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I ARRIVE FROM FT. HARROW
I (’has. D. Brower ind son, of Pt.
Barrow, were arrivals on the Ted
dy Bear Friday. They intend to
J take passage for the States this
Fall, and will speud the Winter
there. Mr. Brower has trading
| stations in the North and will re
* torn again next Spr'ug.
IMTIRNIXJ FROM NORTH
AFTER SPENDING WINTER
; Earl W. Rossm.m, the well
| Miss Edna C. Waiinco, who has
j been gathering material for a book
j to he published .later, about the
! Eskimos of the Norm, returned to
! Nome on tho Teddy Bear. Friday,
j from Wainwrighi, where they
spent part of the w’nter.
BANDITS SHOOT TWO,
SECURE TWENTY DOLLARS
Whitlock. S. D.. Sept. 4—A. IT.
Kolet and his daughter were shot
and killed, and Ed. Bowger was
shot and wounded when they In
terrupted five bandits raiding the
Citizens’ State Bank early this
morning. The robbers escaped
with twenty dollars.
STRAUSS RESIGNS
Cheyenne. Sept. 4 Admiral
Strauss resigned today as receiver
of the Teapot Oil Reserve, on the
ground that the regular detail
work of the Navy Department took
gravel hank cavks in.
THREE MEN Hl'EIED
Los Angeles, Sept. 4—Three men
were buried in a gravel pit where
a terrace was being built in Holly
wood when the terrace caved in.
Two bodies were recovered.
Services will be conducted bv
liishop 1\ T. Howe at the Feder
ated Church tomorrow (Sunday)
evening at 8:00 o’clock. All are
n.ost cordially invited to attend.
CLOSIN'*; OCT LADIES’ FUR
MSH1NGS, cut prices on all goods,
dresses from 82.00 up; hats from
S.1.00 to SI0.00.
MRS. J. W ANGER,
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Rhone Alain 1. Nome, Alaska.
Opposite M. & M. Hank lluihliug.
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DAN A. SUTHERLAND
Announces his Candidacy
for Re-Election
for Delegate to Congress from Alaska
Election Nov. 4 th, 1924
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(!m*. The following regulation is
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