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No. i;u.SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKACtWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
Gas Boat Superb Capsizes in
Icy Waters of Lynn Canal at
Early Hour Saturday Morn
ing and Only Eight Passen
gers Reach Shore in Safety.
Only One Body is Recovered
July Fourth, the sreat natioual
Ich every patriotic Amer
reveres ;iiul observes with en
.iusi;is:,i ami fervor, regardless of
:!uv he is ou his native shore
i r an inhabitant of some foreign '
I. :. ks passed and been engrossed
me I'ages of i:me so far as J
'he year If 14 is concerned. lu
■ y. however, its passing was
>; marked by the demonstrations
ji»>. i.»od fellowship aud patriot-1
u that usually accompanies its
advent, but on the coutrury was
irked by the sorrow and sympathy
• general public, and drenched
!i the tears of those who had
afflicted through a loss of
e u ho were near and dear. ]
At oa the morning of the1
the news commenced to cir- |
late that a terrible disaster had
1 Hi a crowd of young men who
id started in a small launch the
before for Juneau to spend
Fourth; that th> boat had cap
zed and all of its 20 occupants,
ie exception of eight, had
As tu«> day advanced it only i
ui- oniirmatlon of the dire
tidings and soon the survivors
. Led town, and th06e who were
ible to, told their stories, which
:i hope that any of those
u missing might have escap
e shore aud been saved,
it 11 o'clock the body of
1 tsi had been found and
• t.> the morgue it was de
• 1 1'. the committee in charge
< re the celebration off, not
belauding the fact that a large
ml.or oi visitors from neighboring
"« s !'::d already arrived and many
<'n> were expected.
l-.Ter it w;is deci-ied to go on
i t!:.• baseball games aud allow
•r at: letic events to go. by
'.t:il. and this program was j
curried out with the exception of an
informal dance at night in honor
of the visitors.
The story of the disaster, which
is one of the worst that ever hap
pened iu this vicinity, is told be
low:
At 4 o'clock on the morning: of
July 4th, while returning from a I
trip down the cau:il, the gasoline I
launch "Superb," in charge of i'sl
owner, I'apt. George Black, with ,
passengers on board, turned turtle
while rounding a point about three
miles south of Skagwav, and of the
eutire l'-arty on board only S
were saved, the remainder being
washed from the bottom of the
overturned boat, where they were
cliuging, by the heavy swells occa
sioned by the stiff breeze that was
blowing, and carried to their doom
iu the icy waters of the canal.
The boat left the dock hero at
9 o'clock on Friday night, with the
following people on board, bound
for Juucau to attend the Fourth of
July celebration there.
Georcre Black
Geo. Matthews
Jud Matthews
Cassij Kossuth*
Arthur Boone
Orchard
Tom Running
Stanley Dillon
Henry Bernhofer
Otis Oukea
B. Vance
Clark
John i'ustaco Bell
Sum Radovitch
Oscar Carlson
Bob Sauuders
Lynch
Petersen
Sam P.odas
One Montenegrin, whose name i
unknown.
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r PHONE 41 SK.AGWAY
J nil Matthew's Story
The following information was
given by Jud Matthews to a rep
resentative of the Daily Alaskan
this morning:
A pretty stiff breeze had been
blowing all day and the water kept
getting more rough until Seduction
point, about 12 miles below Haines,
was reached, when U was decided
to turn back home, which was ac
cordingly done.
When they got to Haines about
1 o'clock on the morning of the
•Uh, a stop was made with the in
tention of laying over there until
the wind went down and then con
tinuing on to Juneau, but they were
told that there was no hopes of
that taking place, so after spend
ing about aii' hour there the boat
was again headed for Skagway.
Before leaving Haines, however,
a change had been effected in the
list of passengers oa board, Geo.
Matthews, Otis Oakes, Clark and
B. Vance getting off and
four others, Monte Price, Thos.
Maturein, John Logan, and a colored
woman named Myrtle Burlington
taking their places.
Between Haines and Skagway
nil went well until at 4:30 o'clock a
point had beeu reached about three
and a half miles south of hero and
half mile south or Sturgiil's
wood camp, on the east shore of
the canal. The launch was pretty
well in shore, with only a moder
ately strong breeze biowing, when
il suddenly lurched, throwing all
the people on board to one side,
i heir combined weight causing the
l>oat to turn bottom side up almost
in the twinkling of an eye.
All managed to get out of the
cabin of the overturned boat ex
cept Orchard and Arthur Boone, the
latter of whom was asleep. Orchard
immediately broke oat one of the
windows, cutting his right hand bad
ly in doing so, and when th© boat
tolled tack he managed to crawl
through and get a hand hold along
with the others who were clinging
to the sides. Young Boone got out
someway, no one seeming to know
how. and also managed to support
himself by holding to the boat.
All those on board, except
Bell ami Logan, succeeded in
keeping themselves afloat with the
assistance of the boat. Bell swam
to a trunk that was floating in
the water a short distance away
and clasping it in his arms tried
to make shore. When almost there,
however, he rolled over on his
back, with the trunk uppermost,
and that was the last seen of him.
From that time ou the casualties
were but a repetition of each other.
Whenever the boat rolled, which
it was constantly doing, some of
the benumbed fingers relaxed their
hold and their owuers slipped quiet
ly into the water and were seen no
more. Their going could be told
by the survivors by the roil of the
boat when they let go.
Continuing, Jud said:
"When the boat turned over there
was a great deal of excitement,
everyone yelling and apparently not
knowing what to do, but in a short
time two or three took the lead
aud after that things went better.
Henry Bernhofer was holding on
lo the boat, but when it rolled ho
and Arthur Boone were forced to
let go. They were two or three
feet away and 1 called to Henry to
catch hold of my foot and hold on.
but he seemed to be dazed and paid
no attention, and after struggling
for a short tinio, went down.
"Boone heeded my call, seized my
foot and shortly aft or I was enabled
to drag him up onto the boat.
"Stanley Dillon managed to stay
with the boat quite a while but
finally let go, although 1 did not
see him when he did so.
1 "Logau thought that he could
swim ashore, and after I had help
ed him to put on a life preserver he
started out. and had almost reached
it when, for some reason, lie turn
ed back toward the boat. 1 yelled
for him to go on as he was as near
to the shore as he was to the boat,
but he uid not seem to understand.
When I again looked for him lie
was gone.
"At this time all my attention
was taken up with trying to save
Orchard, who appeared to have give
up all hope. Ho was hanging on
and tli3 seas were washing over
his face. 1 managed to get hold
of him and pull hi-u up so that
his body was across one of my arms
between my body auJ *Iio boat. 1(
was soon after this iliat we were
taken off.
"Shortly after the boat went over
Tom Running and Peterson started
out for shore and managed to rei' h
it at almost the sam.j place, about
a half nulo this side of Sturgill's
wood camp. Running was the iir-u
to land and he at once started a Ion -
the shore line over the cliffs for
Skagway. There is a trail hut In
failed to find it, so it look I'ini
much longer than it would have
otherwise done to reach the dock,
where he could get help and come
to our relief.
"Tho boat in the meantime was
drifting out into the bay. We wop'
in plain sight of Skagway and ke,il
calling for help, but no one heard,
and it was not until near eight
oe'lock that relief reached us.
"One of the fellows from Settle
hung Q'.\ until the relief boat was
well out toward us. and alt hough I
told him It was coming he appareat
lj could hold out no longer and let
go.
Orchard's Si«n-y
Orchard, who was taken to tho
White Pass hospital as soon as lit
was brought to town, where ho
now is, tells the following story:
"When tho accident happened I
was in the cabin sleeping, as were
also Boone and Kossuth. When 1
awakened the launch was on its
side and everyone was rushing to
the door to get out.
"Not being able to reach the
door I broke out one of the win
dows with tuy fist, cutting niy hand
Quite badly in doing so. I stuck
out my head to get some air and
wheu the boat rolled over, bottom
side up, I crawled out through the
window, and was dragged under the
stern of tho boat.
"The first time I noticed Bem
hofer was about 20 minutes after
ward, vhen tho boat rolled to its
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LOSES LIFE IK
Juneau, July G—James Stewart,
liostler at the Perseverance mine,
came ever to Juneau to visit with
liis brother who holds a similar
position with the Juneau mine here,
met with an accident which, cost
the man his life. While asleep in
the stable, the building caught fire,
and before he could make his es
cape he was overcome by the smoke
and fell to the- floor where he was
burned to death. The fire occurred
at 2 o'clock Saturday morning.
J. 11, Sparkmau, treasurer of the
IMacer Creek Gold Mining company,
operating on Ruby creek, Atlin dis
"rirt, arrived in Skag v.iy on Friday's
train, md left this morning on the
City of Seattle for his home in
•;p!U"k'i:'in was a guest lit thu i'ullen
!>Otel, and whvii seen by a represent
ative of tliu Daily Alaskan, in ,
speaking of I ho sison's outlook
(Con in' a on pare 2.)
I'KtiSIMKM' <\ I-. PilkKSON
ItiOTlKXS 1'io.M <)i l»II>S
On the Mariposa, which got into
port on Saturday, was President
O. L. Dickeson of tho W. 1'. Y. R
who, since leaving here last fall,
has i»ut through one of the most
important traiiportuHon deals that
has ever taken place In the north
and one that gives promise of beincr
Of inestimable benefit to the town
of Skagwuy in particular and to
the interior country in general.
.Mr. Dickeson was accompanied on
his return by Mrs. Dickeson and
Mr. John Blanchard, his private
secretn ry.
Mr. Uianchard 1ms been quite ill
since h:s arrival, but is receiving
every attention at tho home of Mr.
and Mrs. Dickeson,
LOUD IN PRAISE
OF OUR FARMS
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FARMER TOMLIXSOX .MAKES IX
V ESTIG ATIOX OP AGRICUL
TURAL SITU ATIOX AND EX
PRESSES GREAT SURPRISE AT
RESULTS.
A. H. Tomliusou, Provincial Horti
culturist, of British Columbia, ar
rived in Skagway oa the Princess
Sophia, on June 24, and has just re
turned after making tbe trip
into Atlin, where ho made
some investigations into the
agricultural possibilities in that dis
trict. In speaking of the trip and
his work in. that vicinity, Mr. Tom
iinson stated to a representative of
this paper as follows:—
"We find that In most cases they
cau raise almost everything that ia
necessary for homo consumption by
way of hardy vegetables, hardy
brush fruits, and most hay and.Md
der products. My investigat.UMis dis
close the fact that thergo-has bcurt^
very little work done *along these,' '
lines, but it is our intention, - to
carry out in the near futuj^ some
experimental work. «•" Undoubtedly,
following tbe recommendations
which shall be made to the depart
ment, somo work along practical
lines wiii be carried out during the
season of 1915.
"From here I shall go to Sitka,
where 1 shall look over the United
states governmental farm situated
there, from which 1 may be able to
gain some knowledge of the pro
gress that has been made there, and
will then return to Prince Rupert,
where my headquarters are located.
"I might state that we have land
in tlio Skeena district, especially
Hie Queen Charlotte island group,
that is very similar to the land
being used for the U. S. government
experimental station at Sitka, and
we have already installed an agri
cultural station there."
lit speaking of the Skagway gar
dens, Mr. Tomlinson was loud in
his praise, and stated in part as
follows :—
"Skagway certainly has some
beautifully kept gardens, con
taining 6ome of the most beautiful
dahlias, stock, delphiniums, cam
pamula, pansies, gypsophyllia, which
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