The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-24
FOUND NO TRACE.
Unsuccessful Search for
Missing Sailors.
MADE BY REVENUE CUTTERS
Along the Rugged Coast of
Alaska.
NARROW ESCAPE OF SEARCHERS
The Missing Seamen Were From
the Whaling Bark James
Allen.
NARROW ESCAPE OF sEARCHERs

OoNALASKA, Alaska. Aug. II. - The
United States cruiser Concord and the
revenue cutter Corwin of the Behring Sea
patrol fleet have made 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 rudder belonging to
one of the boats of the bark. The Con-
cord 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 of the Corwin were lost on
Adakh Island in a very dense fog. For
tunately the Concord was at the same
island at the time, and Captain 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 Concord
in three days. He was just able to walk,
having had to suDsist on mussels. The
fog was so dense that the members of the
search party could not sea each other fifteen
| feet apart. and were obliged 10 shout con-
stantly TO prevent being lost themselves.
During the search for the James Aliens
men, Captain Goodrich of the Concord
discovered two islands and a volcano
/ among the islands of the Aleutian range
that had not been known to exist before.
| The steamer Albion arrived at OOnala ska
! August l and sailed the next day for the
Yukon. The revenue cutter Richard
Rush also arrived at Oonalaska August l,
having on board Mr.. Hamlin. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. A ball was
given in Mr.. Hamlin's honor. The Rus
afterward visited the PribyiOffs and re-
turned to Oonalaska August 10. and sailed
the following day for Sand Point.
The authorities at the Seal Islands have
finished killing seals for this year. after
killing $1,000 of the animals The forty
schooners comprising the sealing feet
have all cleared from Oonalaska. They re-
porG having killed from 400 to 800 seals
each en- route 10 OOnalasKa. and each
schooner expects to kill at least 1000 seals
after August l. 1t is expected that the
fleet will kill between 5000 and 10000
seals, this year.
The captains of the schooners say that II
will not be necessary for them TO 60 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 a,
Oh aus Il OhO hoo Oh OOoAu
10000 gallons Of sperm oil aud 5000
pounds of bone.
The British gunboat Pheasant arrived
at Oonalaska on August and took charge
Of the seized schooner Wanderer. The
/ Wanderer sailed for Victoria August to
report to the civil authorities. The Pleas
ant remains in Oonalaska.
The vessels composing the patrol fee,
have warned all the sealing schooners,
! and the men-of-war are busy patroling
the sea. watching the sealers and seeing
that they do not use firearms. One of the
| fleet remains at the Prlbyloff Islands. The
other vessels are constantly cruising.
The United States steamer Adams ran
aground at st. Paul Island. one of the Pri
| byloffs. on August 2. but she was hauled
off by the Concord, Yorktown and Petre
| after twelty-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 pas
sage from st. George Island. and as there
was a dense fog at the time she lost her
| reckoning.
submarine eruption in Bristol Bay re-
| Gently killed great number of Goldfish and
salmon. The effect of this was so extensive
that the natives had been unable TO catch
any fish as late as August 1. All the vol
| canoes in Alaska are active this summer,
which is very unusual
The Adams arrived at Oonalaska August
IL. She expects to coal and start on a
patrol cruise within three days.
Orders were received "a Oonalasks,
August IL by the Lakme for the Concord
to proceed to China at once. The Con-
cord expects to sail for Yokohama about
| August 10.