Yukon Wreck Sidelights
<>«m of first eye-witness
•nau of the Yukon accideal
•»* gisen io Seward by Mrs.
Gerald Kolwrte, of Coreoraa,
CWil., daughter m-law of Dr.
A. H ItnWrU, of Anchorage. Dr.
Raferrts, wbo left Kodiak on
Wadanday's plana to return to
hiabome in Aucborage, did not
knew «tie waa alioard tba (trick
aw •—<1, friends said.
Mra Roberta, wbo waa in the
hswt party of 4k removed from
tba Yukon, said:
"At midnight I waa awakened
by a terrific noise and jolt. A
man came to the porthole and
yeMed at me to get drraaed and
go .to deck. He put a lifebelt on
n e ami gave me an overcoat.
"Several of us sat in a cabin
joking. 'I“here was uo hysteria.
We knew we were on the rocks
tat ware sure rescue would come.
Altar a while wa were all orderad
up front because the back of the
•hip waa breaking up. Huge
wweea were coming over the gnu
turret where I aal.
"Finally we gave up ho|>e; I
fell the end hail coma and so did
olheia. Just as we were resigned
u* denih a motor launch I torn
the Onondaga came up. It waa
tba moat welcome eight of my
ble. A rope waa lowered and
women ami children elid down
Oaa woman fell in tba water but
waa reamed
“Wa were brought to Seward,
where fi women and I man we e
hoapitallied for shock.’’
"My moat dramatic moment
waa not aboard I ha boat but on
tba atrreta of Hawanl whan I ran
into the arms of my husUnd,
who had coma down on the tram
■■known to me."
** in local or in quit*
A"*ant diaaeter*. the Yukon
■**" brought a number of wire
Mnuirirw to Kodiak from people
iw the .State* necking to detei
■•or if friend* or relative* were
■Reerd Um *hip.
Walter Hipprell, local agent ef
Abeka Sir»rn, received a wire
twin) to go at once to Howard
kelp the agent there handle
Ike Yukon survivor*, A* there
wa* no plane |,c left with the
Alaaka
During re*cue operation* the
17th Naval diatrtei at Kodiak
•aid there wa* a heavy North
roeihc williwaw and aea* run..mg
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up to JO and 30 feet high.
Two of the oio« rescue v»*l*
•I to* wreck aoene were aaey
boat* (flap*1 eked from Kodiak.
Among the crew member* on
the Yukon «W Malcolm Mac
Donald, formedr a driver for lb*
Kodiak Traaett eouipaoy. He i*
the mo of Mr*. Una Hauaau who
ia Oulauie.
I era "Snoekv" Larncn, form
erly of Kodiak, engineer on tlie
Yukon, rent a wire io‘ * >di-k
I'tuiraday say mg be vii safe 10
Seward with ne injuriee
He ia the brother ef Mrs 8oo
j* Nofloe, Kodiak; Mre. Carl
Pajomao, now ia Reel tie; and
Mre. R. V I oughead.ef Srward.
I»-r Belt »aer, if ih§* K'llial
Candy e ‘tnpany ud BoUli>i
Work*, returned 10 Kodiak on
the Alaaka after spending the
holiday* in the State*, combined
with the buaineaa of acquiring
material* for a new building
planned for hie company.
Accompanying him here waa
hi* daughter, Mildred, from Ob
wego, Oregon, who will enter
•cbool here Monday aa a Junior.
I <>a Sunday evening at U* 7 Jo
I Mr via*, V r*. H. K. Spencer will
Lx pi Man tad at the Cotaiouiily
Baptist rh ta a 20-inieut*
recital Bed to rttmswinie
the cap •titles of the aew Haw
wond e'ectnc o>gan just acquir
ed by the church Everyoi e is
i vit- d to attend to hear the new
lOMtruiuent
Following the recital there will
be a play, * No bit or W**et”t
by Dorothy Clarke Wilson The
cast of 3 conah-ta of Ann Pavloff
Edgar Hurt can and Hedly John*
BOO.
CA A etnp'oyr- who arrived on
Wednesday's plane ineludad C.
N. Jorgensen, Patricia Hill Mrs
Warren and Mary &. Pletchei
Olympic
National Life
Insurance
Company
l<r|rMMU(l
in
Kodiak
BETTE III till Mi
loquiiM WeUouwwl
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Pacific Northern'* fo»t, drpenrtobte fleet
are three new OC-J twenty-one pattrnfrr
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