The record-union., 1898-08-10
With Sirty-Nine Passengers and a Large
Amount of Gold.
Amount Of Dust and Drafts
Brought Down Estimated Any
Way From Three Hundred
Thousand to Two Million Dol
lars-Skaguay in Flames When
the Steamer Sailed.

VANCOUVER (B. c., Aug. g. - The
steamer Farallone arrived here to-day
from Skaguay, Alaska, with sixty-nine
passengers from Dawson and large
amount of gold dust and drafts esti-
mated all the way from 100000 to
S2,OO0,OO0. Purser Coghlan said he had
about 100000 worth of dust in his
safe.
But that was not nearly all the
dust on board" he said, for one man,
j. c. Chabbt of Seattle, had two men
carrying sacks of dust that weighed
1I5 or 200 pounds that would not go
inside the safe, at least he would not
trust it there. / think there was a
million and a half on board, counting
by drafts and gold. w. r. Duffin is
another of the rich men, with $4,000
in gold and many drafts"
Captain Roberts estimate was rath-
er higher than that of the purser. Said
he: Il think there was two or two
and a quarter millions on board. w.
w. Gibbs of Nanaimo, who went in
three years ago, had the largest
amount. One night men were playing
poker coming down on the boat, and
i saw Gibbs drafts, some for $4,000
and one or two for 100000 each. He
should have S2J0,000 in drafts at least,
besides a few thousand in gold dust :"
One of the passengers, John Lyons
of Santa Rosalia, Cal, a grizzled miner
of the COS in California. says the
Klondke does not compare with Cali
fornia in the early days. Like every
one else who stays there year or
more, 1 brought little gold. There is
probably 100000 or 100000 on the
steamer. There are too many people
in there, in fact, and the country is
overcrowded Probably 10000 men are
idle in the Klondike this year. / don't
think there will be a famine this year.
for grub is nearly as cheap as here. :"
A party consisting of David Borwn
r. D. Brown and T. d. McKellar of
Whatcom were among the passengers.
Reuben Brown, who had been in Alaska
three years owned a bench claim on
Bonanza Creek, opposite No. 4. on
his bench claim he cleared Soo0O, and
after paying wages, royalty, etc, had
$4,000 or $4,000 remaining, which he
brought out David Brown, who had
been in there one year, had a $1,000
lay on FL Dorado with Mcclellan. They
believed there was between SoOo.oOO
and SS00,000 in gold on board the Far
alone.
SKAGUAY IN FLAMES.
san : FRANCISCO, Aug. "a special
from Vancouver to the Chronicle
SAYS: The steamer Tarallone arrived in
Vancouver to-day. On Thursday night
she left Skaguay, and at that time
Captain Roberts says Skaguay was
threatened with destruction by fire
Fifteen or twenty houses were In
flames as the steamer cast off her ropes
and the last report he received was
that the inadequate fire brigade was
attempting to keep the flames from
the dynamite sheds, where the railway
company had it's powder stored. This
seemed to him impossible, as the hre
was rapidly spreading. The people
were panc-stricken, and the forests
surrounding the town were all ablaze.
It was an awe-inspiring sight, ana
looked from the water as II nothing
could save the town from destruction
The houses caught fire from the bush
fires surrounding Skaguay, and as a
high wind prevailed ii drove the fiames
TO the center of the town. Passengers
on board expressed the opinion that
Skaguay had been swept out or ex-
istence by the fire but the purser stated
that he believed the fire could be got
ten under control as it started near
the water front, and the demoiishing