The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-29
TWO SEALERS ARRIVE
They Bring News From the
Far North and Many Skins.
STEAMER COLLISION ON YUKON.
The weare and Arctic Come Together
Gun Explosion on the Morriil-
Latest From the Mines.

port yesterday morning. ofAHs-bS
passengers and intelligence from widely
senarafed points OF the North and West
Beyen Yukon gold hunters came pack OF
the Morrill, from UnalasAa. and tney gave
an account Of the sinking OF the steamer
Arctic by the r. y. Weare, in the fukoh
river. 30 miles from its mouth. An e 3,-
ploslon Of the signal gun OF the aorEIis
one OF the CREW.
The Clipper OF the Fleet
The schooner NJ N. Morrill,. Capt r.
fsautiglIan. sailed from this port January
"a and made n record for fast and easy
sailing. beating all but four Of Meet OF
Hftv on the run from Seattle 10 1oHo-
hama. The Morrill, is the packet Wnich
by her new departures In rigging caoseu
30 much comment upon the water 'front.'
last winter. before starting out on .ili9 e
her maiden trip. She proved very sea
worthy, and her log book fully proves her
rIasrn as q clipper, some Of the other seal
ers being, three times her size
she remained al Victoria for hunters
until January %. and, being little hgnt'
she put into the Hawaiian Islands TOT pat
last. In forty-nine days the NORTH mace
Tolfoha raa and she ran 1910 miles In
week. AT that point she was delayed a
short time for boats. and, sailing Tor the
scaling grounds March 30 she secured
az skins and shipped them az Hahodate
May 10.
some Phantom SealcrS.
Cant Canfilion Is a very generous, kind
hearted man, and al Hakoaaie' "heH a
young English newspaper reporter aecOst-
cd him for the news. wsth his usual desire
70 accommodate he helped the young man
cut Amazingly. He gave him the name ana
catch OF every boat In the feet and during
fhe interview the names Of SIX phantom
sealers additional With great seriousness
the captain told the young man that re
had spoken Belle of the Bay. DiphtheFla'
Flying Send Napoleon Bonaparte. Bloom
er and Ripley Ropes. each having q caich
OF from 500 10 500 skins. and thai the Fly
Ing seud had lost her keel This was AL
duly published in Hakodate paper said
the captain.
At Copper island the seals were found
70 be scarce, and the boat proceeded 10
Lfnalaska for spears with which the sue
eess at first was poor In Bering sea the
men took 900 skins. and ninety~seven OF
that number were the prey to the high
man" McTargart. HE Is quite siwash
himself" remarked a shipmate. The catch
IN all was about 1000.
The MorrIil's Gun Expiodes.
On September 10 the Morrill, had a gun
explosion which fractured the leg of Mat
Benson and demoralized the vessel. sail.
spara and decks. The boats were out and
the gun was fired % attract their atten-
ton. The Morrill, was out two days from
Ifnalaska and the captain, after repairing
a. much az possible at once set sail for
that port. and after a series of storms and
eaifns reached there September II. The
four doctors from the revenue cutters Cor
win. Rush. Grant and Perry gave The SUI
ferlng man every possible assistance and at
last accounts had hopes Of saving his leg.
Or. Iyan. Capt. Tozlev and the officers OF
the Grant wished TO be remembered 20
their friends In Seattle. and viii be here
soon.
Returning Yukon Miners.
A number OF Yukon miners came down
on the steamer Arctic To 81. Michaels. and
from there twenty-eight OF them came 10
Ifnalaska on the Bear Seven OF them
came in on the Morrill,. and the following
arc the names: II. X. Scott. G W. Bah
hitt, F. II. I.efebvre. o. Olsen, i. Bonner.
G. Carlton. OF Port Angeles. and Louis
Weber OF Missouri or Arkansas.
Among those who remained at Una
laska and have come over 10 Sitka and
Juneau on the Bertha. whence they viii
take the first steamer south. were: Henry
Dictz Mike Balata, Oscar Anderson OF
san Francisco. John Knutsen OF Seattle.
James Heney. Andrew Smmonson, Al
bert Erickson Of Seattle. Edward Erie OF
New York. and John Blake.
Most Of the returning miners had sufTic-
tent gold dust and cash 10 PAN their way,
the passage costing them SIS each on the
Morrill,. This they consider very reason
able. and one or two who had no means.
worked the passage +. Bonner had some
sold dust and stated that be would have
~ weighed when he reached Seattle and
would give the captain his share This ne
forgot to do. and he has not been seen
since.
T. X Scott Is a hardy young prospector
and was formerly coal-passcr on the
rmatila lie has always saved his wages
and yesterday FOR the first time he learn
- that 81 100 OF the money which he had
earned at passing coal had gone up ia the
Merchants National hank failure.
He crossed the Chikat pass two years
ago with a slcdioad Of ooo pounds. which
he took into tho country by the doubling
hack method. ~ the lakes he built boa.
and did not reach the camp at Forty
mile until lato Ia June 81 last year, He
spent the summer IN fndian cheek above
rortv-raile and later went 10 Bircn creek
81 the vicinity OF Circle city. When he
arrived there bat two cabins marked the
Enot. and NJ Witnessed the growth 20 aoo
ne OIL reasonably we'll. likes the country
ard is soiug back IN the spring.
TWO steamers collide.
Scott came 3own the Yukon 7oo miles in
9 small boat and tsese boarded the Arctic
About August ~, AZ - D. "a. the 7. b.
" care was NlENtE1. NEtEfFF steamer
Dtev q whistle" s8sd he. and as two men
often meet on sidewalk. ami both 'urn
the same way. the mo steamers tried to
PASS on tire ssme side. TIE Arctic g. aE
starhaart and tho Weare - port. Both
tired ia siarkcu speed. cu; the Wrare ran
inte thn ArCticr cuttjnE into tlr pert bow
quarter. ana smashing Through tn ths
boiler rAs river U8s tuso mi'es wide ana
there was mn oNcusa fsr the collision. L.
wag 30 Is m NUt not 8aFh.
The steam pipes og the Arc!ic were sew
cred ard tho steam escaped quickly hBt
enough was lett &c ge, her rrar shore
There she sank Ia tEA matches. and the
miners and captain builf a beaver dam ~
moss and 8.rt ssaiust 'he side 20 keen the
water out. We constructed four China
humps. sud in T,~ce ar8 half hours had
the water cut The hol8 VAS p,anked ana
covered with tsrred canvas. AFTER the
thlrd dav ;he boat ha3 been raiss,3. ana IN
tats condition PASSED ca dowa TO st
Michatls.
Neither boat is licensed. art none % tha
crew The engineer had license. watch
ran ous last juno. and he now r,irs on a
spsciai hfeh-prcssure license yar fs4 TORS
''rAe crew IS made as o. siWashes. ara
white shey aFe a gooi~Uaiurr3 honest.
hard working class. they Eet pcoclv PAID
and the food given them j. next - starva-
tfon TIE breakfast consists 80 brit one
'1apYack zach. The cook takes IA arrtgul
Ehs plates ard gees - tae bunk % each
ssWash SETS the plate on TIE blanket. and
gives the v.efim n kick - wake him an
The 'slar}arA' contains 80 baking powder
and nc co9ee is gsyen cat Tae dinner cor
sis,s of but enc piece ~ dried salmon
uothlng else. oRce n a leng whllo beans
O. rice ere sven for > trcat.
One Miner Rolrs Another.