The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-14

kahtla, where an Indian hand favored SIS
with + serena5e. Thls mission sgrack
aae as model town There were 50
Hnt3ans Sled Ep ara n3t a oit 81 tobacco
Or whisky ta the crowd. AT Netiakahtla
we Soe new Mater tanks. and las there
twe0ty-SoUr hGurs taking on coal anA
water. The passengers wcre beginning
to So Disguised az the constant DELAYS.
eut stjN eaG hopes ~ reaching the Eiap-
dixie.
we left there August 4 ana started
taF2c<a Dixon straits. Here We caught
oar FIRST glimpse cf glaciers and very
beautiful they }ooked. IWss AZ t3sa mns5th
ef Dixen straits we we're compelled 20
renew oar coal supply from the Poll kaf-
SKY. the passengers assisting }H making
tAe transfer Al last we cleared FOR be
ocean. Three days Of fire weather
brought us Within 60 miles ~ patcA
harhor. aud il VAS agUred that We wausd
arrive there In four days The Spirits
of the prospeVtors began t0 revive. and
the expedition was praised as the getat-
est that had vet left for the norta
In the ssorra.
"On the afternoon Of The fourth dav az
SEA, Capt, Tom Powers began 90 fear a
gale. our conVoy. with thc Merwin ana
Politkofsky was eight miles asteFe. and
Ne lay 20 untU they came Within mile.
The wind freShcned and by night WAS
blowing thirty or forty miles an hour.
The waves ran high, and the ship lahorea
heavily About 70 o'clock on. the nlsht
og August "a the rudder chain snapped
and the ship hroached 20 IN tae trough
of the SEA. with the shock passengers
were thrown frem their beds. and for a
few minutes a scene of indescrihahle con-
fusion prevailed Nothing hut her side
wheels kept thc Anderson from going
over. During that utghE the chain hroka
five times. and every time we thought
would be the last. IL seemed 30 all
that nothing could keep the steamer
8llOat. There Vas lttle sleep aboard
that night
The next morning we g0t the pumps IN
order ana signaled the Helyoke that we
would run FOR Coal hartor. between ko-
diak and Dutch harhor The Wind Was
growing stronger and the waves higher.
The pumps were manned IN watches ef
two hours each faur men to the watch.
with myself in charge. and barrels cf
OIL were thrown on tie waves.
1T was "a case of life ana death ana
ali worked willingly though bur twelve
Of a crew OF f0rty-tight We're not sea-
sick. One passenger. tee sick 70 rtsa
from his hunk. was 80 overcome with
fear that in a brief time his black hair
became streaked with white, IN old
Judge from Little Rock. Arkansas.
walked about the pump with the handle
of revolver protradigg from his pocket
and declared thai IL the werst came he
would blow out his brains
THE storm continued about forty-eight
hours and then began to ahata its fury.
We had drifted back Ie0 miles. Water
and coal We're again running low. A new
Fudder chain WAS put IN and we steamed
toward kadiak island. This was sighted
on the west end. ard II was necessary 10
Ro clear around 10 reach st. Paul or
there we Jay a day, unable 20 set over
the bar. Twenty-Five tons II very poor
coal was obtained az 81. Paul, and with
II We started for Dutch harbor. Having
signaled the Holyeke oar intention of
calling at Coal harbor. we ran back on
our course for that place. There was
no sign OF the convoy and we proceeded
up tho coast In a dense tug. Ry this
time the coal began 70 run low again
and We rigged up small life hoat "a
sail ahead 60 Dutch harbor for relief
fisherman WAS sighted and he told us Of
"A supply OF coal To be obtained from
an abandoned cannery, twenty miles dis
tant. We ran in there and took coal.
The passengers assisted in sacklng II up
ashore and loading II on the boat A
drixziing rain made the lob dlsaEreeahle.
After twelve hours work We were
ready % 40, bat the wind sprang UP ana
we lay there thlrty-aix hours fearing
was Dutch harb0r. which We reached
September :. after such an experience as
I never care 70 repeat The convey had
been there and left three days before.
They had reported seeing us last In a
heavy sea of kadiak island and q rev.
onue cutter had gone IN search Of us. u
evidently stood TOO far from land. We
were hugging the coast.
Capt. Hooper's Action.
AT Dutch harb0r the chief engineer
Of the Anderson went ashore and refused
10 80 any further. The passengers OF the
Anderson drew up a petition 10 have the
vessel inspected. Capt. Hooper. chief of
the revenue service ON the coast. refused
10 allow the Anderson 20 proceed further
the moment his foot touched the deck.
She had not complied with the law in
the number IF her life haais. Trio
passengers now pooled 20 charter fhs
aixty-ton schooner Baranoff. paying 100
The Eliza Anderaon's operators paid so
of this sum. / decided that I had all
wanted and returned with = w. Scott.
The eompanys officers here seem dis
posed 20 do the right thing