Twenty-five Cents a Year,
November
1910.
Vol. XI. No. 8
Steamsr Port I an i Wr’ckei
Having so lonjj been accustomed
to the prompt and safe arrival of the
'Mr. Portland, with Capt. Moore in
command, we had come to believe
that other steamers were quite unre
liable and quite likely to be w re- ked.
but that such a catastrophe could not
happeu to t he Poi t land.
When she failed to arrive the 16th
of this month, we concluded that she
h nl gone up to IliamtiJ, and would
lie in two days later, when that time
passed anil she was not vet sighted
we were sure her sailing date had
been changed front the 51I1 to the
loth. Aftei sufficient time had elaps
ed far her to make the trip sailing
mi the later data and no signs of her
weie to he seen, we began hunting a
round for new theories to account for
the lielnj. A steamer was sighted
which proved to 1 e the flora. When
she reached the wharf and reported
the Pei' and wrecked we con'd hard
ly he ieve ou e ns, so i it probable
did such aelisaster seem.
iiariv in'the morning of the 12th
a1-out 75 miles from Slatalla she struck
an uncharted rock making a hole in
her hull On finding that she was
b" king the Capl was in hopes of
reaching Cordova, blit as she was fill
ing rapidly be decided to run her on
the beach at Katalla. I,tghters came
out .0 once and look off the passen
gers. who till that time hardly knew
of their danger. AH the m il ex
press, baggage, and all hut 30 tons of
freight was saved. Two days later
tin steamer went to pieces.
The Aleineda picked up the strand
ed passengers, and V.nought on the
mail and express to Seward where
the I)ora v.»s waiting to bring them
to Kodiak.
All the freight of course is 1 the
han<is of the underwriters, and will
he sold hy them. We are not sure
yet h it we fear thtee boxes and one
barrel of goods for the Orphanage
was on that steamer.
Thete were twenty passengers at
Kodiak waiting for the Portland to
take them to Seattle. 'I he Dora was
chartered to take them to Seward,
and m half an hour after their arriv
al there they left on the S S. Victor
ia and five days later arrived in
Seatt le.
Amongst those who left Kodiak for
Seattle were Mrs. A. C. (Joss and
Then, vlr. and Mrs. J. hlinn and son,
(apt. Chas. Ihovvn. Mr F Rier,
Charles Mathison Jr. and the officers
and crew of the S. S. Tyonic, which
is in winter quarteis heie.
The wreck of the Fort land conies
to us like the loss of a tried and
trus cd flietid.
Some days ago Johm.ie Lowell had
the misfortune t » fall and fracture
his collar-bone while playing.