The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-12
The ALICE WRECKED.
Driven on the Rocks on Alaska's
Wild Coast.
4 MAIL AGENTS ADVENTURE.
MS boat Cspsixed I'm q Storm ana He
Had to Tramp to sarets-Ssw
Mining Discoveries

The steamer City OF Topaka. which ar
r1ved yesterday from Alaska. brought
aoxn quite b0dget Of news, the principal
sem icing tlEa wreck of the schooner
Aiiee on Anehar point, In Cocks inlet, on
ny 10. In telling the story. Capt. ]. D.
Bland said:
!" lille lying At Anchor point, ia Cocks
INSET, IN heavy swell one Of our anchor
chains karted. A terrific wind was blow
lns and We dFifted toward the beach,
osragging the other anchor. There is very
little beach, being mostly rocks. The
neayy sea drove the schooner on these
rocks. she struck keel hrst and then
Droadside, which smashed her up entireiv.
9 managed to get in a boat and make
the rocEs, when the boat smashed. The
schooner Ethel was a short distance off.
ana Capt. Axel Olsen came down In q
esn Al boat and rescued rs from the rocks,
making the boaf fast 70 the schooner Ethel
with . line The schooner was wrecked in
from three TO six ices of water We saved
ley clothes, and no lives were lost. The
EInel took US TO SyldoYia and froFs there
we scnooaer Hope took US to Kodiak.
Ihe estimated loss is about 81 .609- She
was q fourteen-ton craft and Was owned
by Capt. George w. Tory"
M. L. Talstusen, an employe OF the
Pacific Canning Company at Eyak, had q
narrow escape from drowning on July "A,
while taking the mad from Eyak TO
Nutschuk. The Alaska Herald gives the
following account of it:
"The man started with a fair wind at 4
O'Clock IN the afternoon and sailed until
night, when ne anchored at q small bay
till dayoreak. Next morning he weighed
anchor and started with light breeze
ahead. The wind fresheDed up and he
was compelled TO take d double reef and
make for shore, taking refuge under q
high and rocky clid. The sea ran high
ana the vino came In stfong Duffs, Sud-
denly violent squall struck and capsized
the boat. The mail. etc, went into the
water. He managed 10 reach the boat
and scrambled on top. Big seas washed
over him. but he held on 10 the keel
while the boat driftad toward the
preeipitous rocks, where, as he says, no
human being could live. At last the boat
drifted between two tail rocks, where the
water was somewhat smoother. He saved
his grub box. in which was $10O in cash.
and flashing il on his back ard cutting the
boom from the sail he started to swim
ashore. After being washed ont to sea
three times by the fierce breakers he
reached the SHORE by a miracle. He could
not walk on the beach, the cliffs projecting
into the sea for miles, so was obliged to
scale a cliff 500 feet high, nearly losing bis
life by slipping on the loose rocks. lie
finally reached the top With half his
clothes torn from him and bleeding from
head TO foot be walked to Nutsehuk, q
distance Of seven miles from where tie
catastrophe took place. with bare feet,
wet, hungry and cold. and more dead than
alive. The maik besides all his clothes,
guns and provisions, were lost"
A new mining discovery has been made
on Annette island, an Indian reservation.
near the British boundary, and there have
been fifteen quartz claims staked out. A
large number of miners have gone there
from Juneau and vicinity and located
sites. On this island the Metlahkahtla In
dians are situated, in charge of Rev. Mr.
Duncan. a missionary. and there seems to
be considerable doubt whether mining
claims can be located on Indian reserya-
tions. The Indians are well civilized,
have O sawmill and a salmon cannery in
operation, and, backed by Mr.. Duncan,
are objectfng to their rights being en-
croanhed upon. Some of the miners ap-
prehend trouble before the excitement
subsidies.
A new fifty-stamp mill Is being erected
on the rich Apollo mine at Unga This
mine is owned by the Alaska Commercial
Company The ore is fabulously rich and
runs from $40 to 81 900 q ton. At present
there are about $50 men employed In the
building of the mill.
The canneries at William sound have
done pretty we'll this season. The Pacific
Canning Company. Superintendent Story,
has put up % 900 cases Of red salmon and
has closed down for this season. The
Steam Whaling Company, Superintendent
Humphrey. has so far put up 5000 cases
OF red salmon and is now waiting for the
silver salmon run, which commences
August 1, and will continue TO run until
October. The canneries are situated ut the
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