The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-14
!FlED FROM KI0NDIKE
Came Back to Avoid Starvation Dur
ing the Coming Winter.
A VERY TEMpRsTUoUs VOYAGE.

Trials Of Gold Seekers Who Started
ON the Eliza Anderson, . Vessel
Known by Her Owners to Be I'm
seaworthy-Another Rich Gold Field,
Seattle. WASH. Sept. 1.-THE steamer
Humboldt arrived here yesterday.
bringing some passengers who had
started for the Klondike gold fields,
but who had given up the trip In dis
gust. ]. M. Secretan, who came back
on the Humboldt. says he came out to
avoid starvation at Dawson. He said:
THUS far upwards of 1900 men have
pushed their way over the passes
from Skaguay and Dyea and have ar
rived at Dawson City. The influx of
miners over the passes has frightened
the old timers in the interior, and all
that can are coming to winter In the
states and thus avoid what they be-
heve will be q winter of hardship, suf-
fering and probably murder and
thievery."
W. B. Price, Of Danville, Ills, who
went up on the Eliza Anderson, and
who left that vessel at Dutch Harbor,
also returned on the Humboldt. He
said:
1.-The entire trip was a series of mis-
haps. The third day out from Dixon's
entrance, bad weather came on and
the wind blew terrifically. The waves
would lift the guard up and leap in
under It, During the first night after
the storm began, the rudder chain
broke five times. OF course, after this
has ,trp1 tv,rr In n
Every minute 1t seemed she would go
over, and the passengers were thrown
out of their hunks. The crew was in
sufficient to man the pumps, SO the
passengers took them in charge. We
kept this up for 48 hours, and during
that time the Anderson drifted back IA
miles.
THE second day of our trouble the
other vessels were in sight. Then the
Merwin, which was being towed by the
Holyoke, along with the Bryant and
Polistofsky, broke loose and the cap
tain of the Holyoke turned about with
the other two boats in tow and picked
up the Merwin. We arrived within 40
gave out. We were rigging a small
boat to send out for relief when we
sighted a small fishing smack with one
man in it. He told us we could reach
an abandoned cannery about 20 miles
distant where coal had been lying for
five or six years. We had enough coal
to reach that point. All day long the
passengers worked in drizzlng rain
to take on that coal, and finally on
Sept. we reached Dutch Harbor. Cap
tain Hooper, of the revenue squadron.
boarded us at Dutch Harbor and seeing
the unseaworthy condition of the
Anderson forbade her to go further.
The passengers of the Anderson raised
$1,000 to charter the schooner Parissoff
to take the passengers from there to
St. Mtchaels."
1t was remarkable statement that
Captain Chilcott, one Of the incorpor-
ators of the company which runs the
Anderson. Ia reported to have made to
Chief Bonnifield of the Humboldt. He
said: I'VE knew that the Anderson
was unseaworthy, especially for an
ocean voyage, but we were bound to
get her there anyway. We put her in
charge Of one of the best sea captains
on this coast, Captain Powers. If any,
body could get her there he could"
Sulphur cree, a branch of Dominion
creek, which is tributary to the Indian
river, is the scene of the latest gold
excitement in the Klondike. From &C.
counts of the new district brought
down on the schooner South Coast 1t
seems that the new diggings will rival
even the famous Bonanza ard Edo
RADIO Gold was found just below the
surface running $S4 to the pan. Two
men took out $500 in day by simply
prospecting their claims A stampede
followed the reports Of the new finds,
which reached lawson City Aug. Is.
In week zoo men had crossed the
mountains between Eldorado creek and
Dominion creek. They Travelled day
and night. and In two weeks the whole
stream was staked out.