The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-19

day morning about 9 o'clock. We
arrived AZ Skazuay bar last Monday
morning. August 2 az 6 o'elock. After de-
csdiEg 20 take the Skag DAY pass In prefer
sHes % Dyea Pass. We pitched cux tent
about half mile from the beach. u took
us tao days 70 collect or freight aad get
u W 20 cur quarters. Il took as about two
days longer &c pack cur sooGs 70 this side
u SkagUay river. There We campeG FRI
day night and began 70 pack cur goods
ACROSS the river o. Saturday mornlng. We
! worked unf4i O'Clock that nigat ard had
some things clear across this rest were
or = small Island. IL the middle cf the
river.
Sunday morning We wcrc up 60 S o'clock.
I got breakfast while fhe others packed
the groceries. After breakfast 7 washf1
the dishes ard started or 70 help the other
boys pack We had everything across ez-
cspt q few PACKAGES. started over wata
a pack or M shoulders. Dwight following
me about twenty-five feet behind As
Was on the last los leading 20 shorc I saw
everyone looking dOgn stream. ] turned
and IN tee swlft current about 100 feet
frara the f1s wslere be fell could see two
lees sticking cot 81 the water going down
stream ~ the rate cf fifteen miles per hour.
stood eth ? minute, rot knowing which
way 10 turn. / could see young Richards
and Hamilton. bgf not Fowler. The first
iaoaght thai entered ms nind was that
st was Dwight. and ! knew be had iaz-
pound pack f.sd on MS back. and i meant
algnozt certain death. I got nay pack on
shoro as soon IS possible. went back over
the same logs from which our partner lost
his life and ran down stream as fast IS
possible arrived theTe within Ave min
utcs after nc had fallen to.
Hamilton. who wgs farther down the
river than any Of our party, pulled OF
rs gum boots and plunged IN the river.
al the risk 81 his own life. he got hold
Of Fowler ard went under the water too,
but fortunately they both struck sunken
tree. or snag. aud were pulled out by a
man who was fordlng the stream on
horseback. When I arrived. about two
minutes after they were pulled out, Prof.
Ben Trenaman. ex-instFuetor OF the Seat
tie Athletic Club. and several men were
working very hard. making every effort
10 revive him. 4 few moments later two
physicians arrived and atty men worked
over the poor boy for more than two
hours; but from the first moment he never
moved a muscle
Dwight Fowler was not drowned His
death was caused by falling and striking
his head on rock, fraeturing his skull
and causing conclusion OF the brain. OF
course. being under the water for the
length Of time he was helped in the deadly
work Such was the opinion Of Prof.
Trenaman and three doctors After ne
was pronounced dead we took him to
Skaguay. one mile away. placed him IN a
tent and from that time on ] have been
continually with the body except for a
few minutes. when ! would leave him in
charge OF one OF the party.
i then went back 10 as camp. got some
clean clothes for him. while Young and
Richards made arrangements in Skaguay.
! went directly back TO Skaguay and Rich
ards and | personally washed and dressed
the body. | then got a row boat and
went over 10 Dyea. six milss. where the
steamer George w. Elder was lying The
steward very kindly gave me 20 pounds
Of Ice. a carpenter In Skaguay voiun-
tcered 20 make coffin Cor as for which
he used some Of our boat lumber Or.
Littieheld au old Northern Pacific rail-
way physician, helped Us pack the body
In Ice.
Il took the boat that Sunday night for
Juneau. We we're only ont few hours
when We became stranded and were
obliged to lay over twelve hours not ar
irving here until Tuesday morning al
O'Clock. During ali those thirty-slN long
hours ! replaced Ice 80 the coffin every few
hours