The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-01

Seattle No. l. Whistled, times and
steamed out If tina harbor at St. Mich
6ciS round The point, bound Tor klOn-
Ctke As we were leaving all t1e
whistles in the ha-bor and the flags on
shore SalUted Us. The whistles on the
boats that interd 90 fol~sw Us being
especially heartz in their salutations.
the passengers waving their handker-
chiefs and cheering us as We sailed out,
singing appropriate songs and led by
l cornet. played 10y Mr.. Seymour Of
New York. There were three different
expeditions il tho harbor At St Mich
aels, delayed in making the ascent OF
the Yukon. but all determined to set UP
OF freeze in trying.
TIE PATHETIC SIDE.
There is something almost pathetic in
the ATTEMPTS being made to get to
Klondike. Many have expended their
all in the attempt, leaving dear ones
behind, and IL many cases dependent
on the charity Of strangers. Discus
Sions as to whether we Will get frozen
in, or reach Dawson safely this fall are
OF hourly occurrence. and one gets al
most sick of hearing them. One of the
last expeditions to reach st. MichaelS
prior TO our departure was the long de-
layed and Inflated Eliza Anderson ex-
petition. which. we understand. was
reported lost by the papers in the
states. or Gods country" as we call it
here. BY the time this REACHES you, You
Viii probably have heard all about this
expedition down To the minute details
but ! am going To detain You a short
time anyway. with a relation OF a few
OF the Incidents of the voyage of the
Eliza Anderson. as told to me by one
Of the passengers.
The Eliza Anderson sailed from Sc
attic for st. AiichaelS Aug. 10. and her
passengers that got through to St
Michaels, reached there Sept. i. You
viii better understand the difficulties
that attended the Eliza Anderson on
her "trip when ] tell you that she left
Seattle eight days before the Hum
boldt, the boat our party made the trip
on to st. Aiichaels, leaving Aug. 10 and
is, we arriving at St Michaels Aug. %.
and her passengers arriving Sept. Il,
the daN after we had launched our
boat, Seattle No. l" which we had
built IN the meantime. On Aug. %,
while we of the Humboldt were still on
the Pacific ocean. we had the worst
storm of the trip. This passenger tells
me that the Eliza Anderson met the
same storm and that the waves washed
completely over her, and that she
threatened 10 break in two at every
fresh wave. she being an old boat, built
in the % s But Notwithstanding the
imminent danger of her sinking with
the ladies on board crying and
wRINGING THEIR HANDS.
with the men writing farewell letters to
loved ones at home and enclosing the
letters, together with their few remain
ing dollars in bottles sealed air tight,
TO be trusted to the waves at the mo-
ment of her sinking, and with the pray
ers of those who were momentarily ex-
pecting to be waited into the great be-
yond resounding in the air, the captain
and first mate were getting blind
drunk.
After the storm. she was practically
helpless, and was finally found by the
Corwin, a United States revenue cut
ter and towed to Dutch Hdrbor. At
Dutch Harbor the officers said they
would condemn the Eliza Anderson IL
some OF the passengers would sign
petition for that purpose, but for some
reason they failed to do this and the
captain insisted on continuing the
Journey to St. Michaels, but the pas
sengers refused and chartered a sail
ing vessel. with which they continued
their journey to st. Michaels, arriving
there Sept. II. And now for the close
Of the career of the Eliza Anderson.
She steamed up at Dutch Harbor for
the purpose of towing the chartered
vessel ont of the harbor. during which
one of her engines exploded. and she
lies today an abandoned wreck on the
beach at Dutch Harbor
We who have made this trip and