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"News of cAmencas Last Frontier”
TOL. 5 NO. 49
KODIAK, AI.4SKA FEBRUARY 9, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
11 Missing As Yukon Wreck Is Abandoned
Surplus Property
Sale Starting
Don Wilson, deputy territorial
surplus property officer and Boh
Peake, veteran’8 counsellor, arriv
ed by navy plane this week for
the local surplus property sale.
The men are available at Fort
Greely.
Details of the sale are on
page.JO.
Stricken Ship Pictured
Air views taken by the An
chorage Times show the Yukon
as it looked Tuesday.
In tlie upper photo the fore
ward half of the steamer, all that
is left on the mountainous shore
line. can be seen with the stern
ha'f entirely gone.
Photo below shows some of the
ships assisting in the rescue. The
Yukon (in circle) is seen at the
foot of the 5323-f1 mountain
The sea, although appeannt
calm, had a swell that frequent
ly dashed over the top of the
wreck Passengers weie still cling
ing to the rails awniting rescue
when the pictures were taken
(These photos were published
in Anchorage the same day they
were taken and are shown here
through the courtesy ot the An
chorage Daily Times.)
Award Church Contract
The contract for construction
of the new Russian church, to re
place the one destroyed by fire in
July 19*3 wa^ awarded to Ralph
Shupp by the church Thursday.
As soon as weather permits
construction will get under way
on the $32,000 structure
Rev. Gregory Gleboff, church
priest, was appointed as parish
supervisor for the project.
Seattle (A>) — The Alaska
Steamship company announced
the following as missing from the
Yukon i
Ralph Fitzsimmons, Anchorage
James Donovan, Arlington,
Washington _
John R. I.intner, Rensellaer,
Indiana
Crewmen: Warren J. Hines,
Juneau; Ray Smith, KeBndale,
Washington.
Ketchikan (jP)—The number
of persons rescued frem the
wrecked Yukon stood at 486 yes
terday The missing list had been
whittled from 31 on Thursday
to 11.
Barney O’Connor of the North
west Medical Supply company,
Seattle, said the city’s supply of
penicillin was exhausted by de
mands from the Seward hospital
where penicillin was found inval
uable in tne treatment of various
exposure ailments suffered by
men, women and childien.
The Coast Guard announced
it is net releasing figuies on miss
ing until the work of checking is
completed but the steamship line
tallied its knowledge. Leslie Bak
er. spokesman for the line, said
those not aeeounted for include
6 military personnel, 2 crewmen
and 3 civilian passengers. As
there is still a possibility that the
missing may be located among
the survivors at Seward, no
names will be released until the
check is completed.
Ketchikan (JP)—Tbe Alaska
Steamship vessel Yukon ran
ground Sunday on bleak Cape
Fail field beach on the western
side of Johnstone bay about 60
miles southeast of Seward six
hours after leaving that port 'or
Seattle with 496 persons aboard.
The vessel ran hard aground
at midnight aro first report s-said
an attempt would be made to re
move it at high tide. Hammered
by pounding seas and masked m
heavily falling snow the ship be
gan breaking up and Monday the
aft portion of the vessel broke
off almost amidship. Passenger s
had been warned to move for
ward on the vessel.
A first attempt to leave the
ship was made in a lifeboat that
attempted to make the beach but
had to go back to tbe ship. Fol
lowing arrival of the Cedar and
Onondago, a first group of 4H
were removed via a motor launch
from the Onondaga The next
group of rescued numbers*! 61.
On Wednesday many sight
seeing planes from Anchorage
flew over the wrecked vessel. A
hundred survivors were then
huddled on the (reach awaiting
transfer by breeches buoy to rts
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