The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-24
NEWS FROM ALASKA.
Movements of the seslers and the "a
troll Fieet-yoIcanic Activity.


troll FIeet-yolcanic Activity.
USALAsKA. Alaska, Aug. IL The United
States cruiser Concord aud the revenue
cutter Corwin. of the Bering sea patrol
fleet, have made a careful search for the
missing men of the Whaling bark James
Allen, but have not found any of them.
The only trace of the men that could be
found was q rudder belonging 10 one OF
the boats OF the bark The Concord and
Corwin cruised among the islands, and
search along the shore was made In steam
launches, parties landing when necessary.
During the search three Of the men oil the
Corwin were lost on Dakh island in a very
deep fog. Fortunately the Concord was at
the same island at the time, and Capt.
Goodrich sent a search party OF $50 men
on shore, who soon found two OF the men.
The third man found his way to the Con-
cord in three DAYS. He was just able to
walk. having had TO snbsist on musseis
The fog was so dense that the members OF
the search party could not see each other
fifteen feet apart, and we're Obliged to
shout constantly 10 prevent being lost
themselves.
During the search for the James Aliens
men, Capt Goodrich, of the Concord, dis
covered two islands and volcano among
the islands of the AIeutIan range that had
not been known 10 exist before.
The steamer Albion arrived at Unalaska
August and sailed the next day for the
Yukon.
The revenue cutter Rush arrived at Una
iaska August /. having on board Mr..
Hamlin, assistant secretary of the treas
ury. ball was given in Mr.. Hamlin's
honor. The Rush afierward visited the
Pribilofs and returned TO Unalaska August
10 She sailed the following day for Sand
Point.
The authorities at Seal islands have nm
ished killing seals for this year, having
slain 1900 of the animals. The forty
schooners comprising the sealing feet have
all cleared from Unalaska. They report
having killed from 400 to 1000 seals each
while en- route 10 Unalaska, and each
schooner expects TO kill at least 1000 seals
after August l. Ii is expected that the
fleet will kill between $1,000 and 100000
seals this year. The captains OF the
schooners say that It will not be necessary
for them TO go near the sixty-mile limit,
as, according to their experience. the seals
do not feed nearer than 100 miles from the
islands.
The American whaler Mars arrived at
UnaIaska August /. She has on board
10000 gallons of sperm oil and 5000
pounds of bone.
The British gunhoat Pheasant arrived at
Unslaska August and took charge of the
seized schooner Wanderer. The Wanderer
sailed for Victoria August 8 to report TO
the civil authorities. The Pheasant re-
mains at Unslaska,
The vessels composing the patrol feet
have warned and licensed all the sealing
sehooners, and the men-of-war are busy
patrolling the sea. watching the sealers
and seeing that they do not use firearms.
one of the feet remains at the Pribilof
islands and the other vessels are con-
stantly cruising. The United States ship
Adams ran aground at st. Paul island,
one of the Pribilo.s on August ?. but she
was hauled of by the Concord, Yorktown
and Petrol after twenty-six hours work.
The sea was smooth. and the only injury
which the Adams sustained was the loss
of her false keel. The Adams was making
the passage from the 81. George islands.
and, as there was dense fog at the time,
she lost her reckoning.
A submarine eruption in Bristol bay
recently killed \ great number OF Goldfish
and salmon. The effect of this was so ex-
tensive that the natives had been unable
to catch any fish as late as August l. All
the volcanoes in Alaska are active this
summer, which is very unusual.
The Adams arrived at Unalaska August
IL She expects TO coal and start on .
patrol cruise within three days.