The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-07-25
LOST IN A CREVLSSI.
While Attempting to Photograph
Mirage % q Glacier.
strange ssOStes EFOm ALASKA OG the
RaselSG an omaha Newspaper
correapaaAsns.

Tacoma Globe: The passengers Of the
ship George W. Elder, which arrived
yesterday from Alaska, bring the report
that Special Correspondent Bruce. Of the
Omaha Bee has been lost il one Of the
awful chasms in the glacier coming down
Mount FAirwesther. A party left the
steamer TO hunt for the lost man iu hope
that he might still be alive.
The story is that one Dick Willoushby,
who has lived at Juneau for q dozen
years Or more and is well acquainted with
the country and It's traditions, had, while
up on the glacier on Mount Fairveathsr,
about twenty miles from the base, seen a
wonderful mirage Of some foreign city.
That the mirage appeared at certain
stated intervals, and Prof. wiiloughby
had seen Il upon several occasions,
and had taken a Photograph thereof.
That Bruce had come to juneau as cor
respondent Of the Omaha Bee and had
met Prof. willoughby, who had divuIged
To him the secret Of the mirage. and they
had made arrangements to climb up the
glacier to the point where the mirage
could be seen, when they would separate
abont ten or dozen miles and each take
Photographs Of the weird city above the
clouds, thus by getting system Of co-0rdi-
mates started the exact location Of the city
could be demonstrated. They accordingly
provided themselves with photographic
cameras, proviions and supplies, such as
are usually carried on similar expeditions.
They reached the position all right and
and each went his way toward his obser-
vation ground. That was the last ever
heard or seen Of Bruce. Willoughby,
with two Indians, returned 10 the Elder,
after waiting two days for Bruce to return
70 the meeting ground. Willoughby had
succeeded in taking very 6ne view Of
the mirage, which stood out ialrer and
more marked than ever before.
The report Of the loss Of Bruce caused .
sensation on board the steamer, and Il
was proposed TO organize large party Of
Indians to 80 out and make q search, but
Willoughby was Of the opinion that Bruce,
II he had fallen into creyasse, would
live several days II not killed by the fall,
and be was Of the opinion that, with his
three Indians, he could do all that was
necessary or expedient TO be done, and
started out again up the mountain.
The negative Of the photograph OF the
mirage was given 70 local photographer
at Juneau, who made up copies Of the
floating city, several Of which were brought
down on the Elder.
Some Of the passengers on the Elder
are inclined to be skeptlcal about the
whole matter. and suggest that Il is q
scheme to sell photographs Of the alleged
mirage, which they say are photographs
Of some city in Europe, or perhaps Of
Montreal or Halifax with some SliSht al.
taTations, and that Bruce Is seQuestered
in some secluded spot while capital iS
made Of bis supposed awful fate. Others
in the party suggest that be went % near
the mirage that be found the place where
II actually touched the mountain side,
and becoming fascinated with the celestial
city walked % into It, streets to return
no more. Certain II is that a full account
Of the loss Of Bruce has been telegraphed
10 the Omaha, Chicago and San Francisco
papers and will appear in those papers
this morning.