The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-14
THE HUMBOLDT ARRIVES.
Fourteen Passengers and Fifteen
Thousand Dollars Gold

Seattle. Wash. Sept. l3.-The
steamer Humboldt arrived this morn
ing from St. Michaels. She brings
Il passengers and about $4,000 in gold.
The Humboldt also brings the news
that the side wheel steamer Eliza An
derson srom Seattle. which was re
ported hest, is safe at Dutch harbor.
The Humboldt was II days from St.
Nfiohaels- The steamer Eliza Ander-
son is anchored in Dutch llarbor. where
she arrived ON the 4th inst. and where
she is row detained by revenue Of
ficera Her passengers have by this
time entered the Berirg sea on a
schooner chartered for that purpose.
Two of the passengers On the Ander-
sen were 50 frightened that they gave
up Their search for gold and returned
south On the steamer Humboldt Mayor
Wood of Seattle. who chartered tine
Humboldt, it still at st. Miciaels, but
letters received from him indicate that
all is well With him ana that the stories
OF di5sension and strife on the part of
the members of his expedition are
untrue.
The Humboldt brings back advices
which relterata the stories Of the untold
wealth of the ISlondike and Yukon. and
verify the previous TuInoFs OF the short
age of the food supply IN the interior.
There viii be prlvation, sickness,
starvation. scurvv and death on the
Yukon this winter is what the return
ing gold hunters all say. Only seven Of
the passengers ON the Humboldt have
money.
1t is impossible to induce them to say
how much money they have, but the
purser of the Humboldt gives the fol-
lowing figures: G. A. Wanger, $500; z
Urquhard'l, 5000; ]. D. Rogers, $1,000;
D. F. Atkins. $500; Captain j. White
sides, 81 200.
J. n. Secretan. Who came back on the
Humboldt and vino has but very little
cash. says he came out to avoid star
walton at Dawson Said ne: 'fThuS far
upwards Of 1900 MEN have pushed their
way over the passes from ShaguaY and
Dyea and have arrived at Dawson City
The great influx of miners over the
passes has frightened the olrL=tilners in
money ara coming out to winter in the
states and thus avoid What they believe
With be- q winter OF hardship suffering
and perhaps murder end thieyery. We
LETT Dawson On July &c, on the steamer
?. 3. Weare, at midnight on the 9th.
The steamer ran on bar below Circle
CITY. After waiting II days they were
transferred TO the steamer Healey and
arrived at St MiQnaels on Aug. %.
Next day we took the Excelsior to San
Francisco On the morning of Aug Is
the Excelsior went aground in ten feet
Of water in the Boring sea, 20 miles
from land. The passengers moved 70
tons of coal from her hold to a lighter
and at midnight she foa,ted. having
broken two blades of her propeller She
arrived at UnalasRa on Sept. !. On the
End they tried to beach her, and ON the
3rd succeeded. On the 9TH they took
of her propeller and on the 9Th put on
a raw c1r. She sailed via Unger for
Dutch harbor on Sept. s. where We took
the HUM oldt for Seattle. On the way
from Dawson I have paid three fares.
First to the North American Trading
& Transportation company for pas
sage to Seattle, then S120 to the Excel
sior, and again SIS to the Humboldt"
w g. Price. of Danville. Ill. who
went up on the Eliza. Anderson and
who left that vessel at Dutch Harbor,
returned on the Humboldt He SAID:
haps The third day out from Dirion s
the wind blew terriically. 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
broke there was no controlling the
boat. Every minute it seems that she
would go over. The passengers were
thrown out of their hunks, the crew
was insufficient to man the pumps. and
so the passengers took them in charge,
was put IN command and divided the
passengers up into squads of four men
each. Each squad worked two hours
also did the sounding to see how
much water there was in the hold. we
kept this up for Is hours and during
that time the Anderson drifted back
100 miles The second day Of our
trouble the other boats of the feet
we're in sight. Then the Merwin. which
was being cowed by the Holyolle along
With the Bryant and PoIitofsky, broke
loose and the captain OF the Holyolle
turned about With the other two boats
in tow and picked up the Merwin. The
NeXs place we reached was st. Paul on
the Kodiak island. We should have
taken on coal enough there to get &c
Dutch Harbor. but re could not get it
After leaving St Paul the sea was
heavy and we were forced 10 cruise
along shore We arrived within Let
miles Of Dutch Harbor when coal gave
out We were rigging a small boat to
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