The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-08
THE II. ]. BRYANT In.
Makes the Trip From Six Mile
in Twenty-four Days
IS sur SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.
stack Ga she lee AZ Tzrzagzfn Arms
Her keel Wa. Twisted. Causing
ger TO sInk-Easfay Repaired

with ne- rnzEss7 .n-esaFi srt sszysz1
ST. ard ssr IN and ssa@loa1 10 flying. ire
seaoouer " + Bryan. 1rexn from SIX
Me creek. Cook zzlsf. sailed into pov-
yesterday rzorrfax a. Steamboat sgd ard
ssszy@6 70 aAn4 a. Teslsr soek- bar me
sip WAS 50 cr0E3et that Cart Whitney.
Hzsa ha1 grown maE1 elegant bear. ha1
- xezr ths Schooner ever ard bad for
sen wahzrhers' dock where De It'd ID TIE
ssaoonex looks bat ssfs3e tkae worse for bar
In rserwa0rs At T1r-aEzfn arm. from out
xaYi &ppeswz-ceS, but = = thought that
npr keeI Is lady swssgeG and torn and wllf
Red considerable repairing SIZE took q 4
little Ea1er on the down TIP. 5gE nor 50
much thsst 4 could not bs easily han1lei
with the pumps. None bgs the crew cana
soEn. ali he rzsssngers and eleven rsop.a
from Goa BAY having been landed sn safe
y at sEx-sGfIs. TIE wezther on the tr1p
crit gated against fast time. as head winds
were often encountered and several Gains
wsre experienced. Nothing w&s seen or
heard Of the I-.neeln. IN fact not a san was
sighted until within short clst43ce Of
FIzsiery.
The Bryant sailed for Cook inlet on the
afternoon 81 April 2 with forty passen-
gers. She made Kodak On April T. after
al unsyentfaI voyage. during which sew
eyzl o. the land lubosrs were quite sea
sex she lad al kodak Sax days and then
set sal for EoaI bay. Arriving here she
dropped anchor and waited ten days for
tie Ice 70 break up in the inlet. num-
Der OF passengers landed az this camp
daily. John Fitzpatrick killing a tine moose.
which vas served 20 the paszenge b the
steward and greatly enjoyed. more be-
cause II was fresh than anything else.
Members Of tire Bryzat's crew reitera.e
the statements made BY others who have
been AZ Coal bay that there was great
deal OF suffering among the people camp
sc on the spit from the exposure ard cold.
Al the end % ten days the ice n the inlet
broke up sufficiently % allow the sch0oa-
erg 10 enter ard the Bryant set sail, aTriy-
fng Al Turnagain arm on May Il
A this point the tides run very strong.
ard when they eb5 leave a bed Of ice In
making the f.ip up Al ebn tide the Bryant,
whoxe keel IS deep and sharp. broke
through the ice ard vas left ngh and
dry. When the tide flooded II turned the
boat partially around. and twisted and
broke tie keel for a distance OF about f.
teen feet. Some OF The passengers got
badly frightened when the water rushed
in. and took 10 the small boats and made
for Red creek. where they landed Those
that were left. together with the crew
pitched IN ard worked with a viii and by
baii.ng and pumping managed TO make
Ssx-Nile. whore the passengers and their
belongings were landed. ~ low tide re-
pairs were made 10 the bull and keel. and
the trip for Seattle began. AT the time
the schooner left, Six-Niie and vicinity
Was coverea-with snow and ice. and but
few attempts we're made 70 prospect. In
fact. II was thought impossible 70 make
any Roadway for several weeks. The
schooners Prescott and Stella Erland.
which we're al Six-Mlle when the Bryant
left. expected TO set sal in short time
for this port.
The Bryant will be placed on the dry
dock and carefully examined and repaired,
when IL Is possible her owners will send
her on another trip 10 the inlet