The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-11
fInNIG FROM HRANGEL.
I'll Seekers Find Stickeen Route
impossible.
..eu WATER THE HiNoRANcE
ss~sm~r fskoot n wreck In
-ra.Toa Bsy-W htte Horne
s.,sAs Piay Havoc With Boat.
-x for Dawsen-Fopty Lost Up
:. usy 2ss-Nurh Freight Hat NO
s..~. Loss-Tramwnyt IN Operation

rs@ searaer Resale arrived from Lynn
- .sr,x AZ - O'Clock last evening.
...wseg aown 30 passengers. Halt OF
80 baars.a the boat az Fort wrangei.
ys.r,sng nsxs vas received from skag-
~.x DTea or Juneau. bat information
-. given out by passengers from Fort
w~.vss to the effect thas the ssickees
~,ss i abos, impossible. and that dozens
4 roaa seekers are turning back every
az.
,,.rs saser in the worst hiBdrance en-
~an,sres ty the gold s=eEers. and at the
,,usst time dozens % river boats are
- 40 aiSag the banks Of the Stickeen
uv~ TIE travel between G!snora and
,.ss Tssiin is also reported 10 be In very
"a eendl,son. and many OF the people
-. sssursed last night did not decide TO
-sr.aa thsir steps until after they had
~z,rssslta considerable distance over the
- ia. trail IL soft and marEhy. and
!. suasy instances men have sunk TO a
49, ~ nearly four feet. There ls a
- sszsryance Of law and order az all
Igsn canal ports. and no murders, rob-
ssrss or violations have been reported
rueeEtiy.
ssx4 from Lake Bennett. however. was
,sas8sss 81 skagwsy Just before the de-
ssrtHss Of the Rosalie to the effect that
10 rsexs watch STUD White Horse rapids
sss p,aytns havoc with boats bound for
faxspr Up 10 May q. when A. l.. Hall
"a he rapids on hts way TO Skagway.
ssty crafts Of various kinds had been
xs.eked In the narrow. dangerous pas
ssss. Abundant precautions for the saw
~ Of HE had been taken. however. 80
,sst al the passengers were rescued. Very
nt.a frssht was saved Hall reports the
rysr al Fifty Mile 10 be unusually low
VA serious difficulty has been encountered
= making the periious and dizzy run
ttwasn bay canyon. horsepower
tramsay i now In operation between the
Ass8 Of Bay canyon and smooth water
Assw White Horse rapids One horse and
10 sars have a hauling capacity OF IN,
10 PER day In many eases scows and
.Ar efalts are holsted into the cars above
IA canyon and lowered into the river be-
hx the danger points Some OF the boats
- trsn, ears The freight tariff on the
sanxxy is cents per pound from the
ms canyon to the foot of White Horse
,apts and y cent fer the run past the
asa
"a reports a new placer strike sn n
sas u tn shore Of Lake Marsh. about
e. nfes from the head or fNfty-Mile
Hsss Nearly all Of the ground In this
yEau las already been stakad of, al
aass he's, rock had not been reached at
= ssns Hal visited the scene 81 the ex-
Ss<ssat HAL saw coiofs in the DIRT that
sAs panned by SONS az the miners. but
Re latter deeliaeh To- tell him the nature
q TIE values. and refused 10 aSaw him
e ssa a pan During the two weeks Hall
sas AT Whit Horse rapids fW boats
sa~etl xasely through the rapids and
a&Ayen rp 20 june 5. 2oQo boats Of vafi-
ess Kinds had been registered ~ Tag'sh
Asse. ih@ Canadian police post on the
yassa Of Lake TagiSh. II l. estimated that
'As Average number Of passengers 70 each
saa' wss from eight to twelve None OF
~ steam ysMels had yet gone below
Carbon crossing They were expected 10
asvs downward about June 10, and the
sxneyx NJ three OF them say THAI they
xla attempt To run through Ray canyon
saa White Horse rapids. Men familiar
slsh TIA, dangerous piece OF navigation
p:vfiei disaster for every steamer mat en-
'sfs he canyon.
re japanese steamer Anur. which
rsasAs,i skagway on June : from Victoria,
3 rsw brlngng down the crew or the
sssf steamer Iskoot which IL now \
sGszk IN KUN Ia Ton bay II Is prohahls
IA he Amur wili also strip the wreck.
ne unfortunate little river boat VII never
ssEsa foat according 10 n statement mace
ax Htshs hv Capt O'srien. o. the ko"
ese Tbs back OF the boat is practically
s7ssse. sa1 rock protTudes Nssieiy
Esreaga the fracture. The 0TcFrs OF IN"
AaaF report that the Islander, On her re-
tssn trip south found the crew OF the
gae,os comfortably ashore. LIVING In tents
ara vftA enough provisions 20 last them,
fssssa months The iskoot ran on 4 Tee'
= kgna- Fs-Toa bay. zen miles below 'ae
nsaa Il ;he skeeua river. on Jun" j She
Sas tsteated for ina Siiakesn river
Capt. ofsrien reported that the Resale
Passed. she Meran Brc@. C'ompany's fleet
= river steamers at the southern end Of
easss Charlotte seuud. and that the one
wsea brought ~ the rear or the pro-
sess;7u seemed ~ he IN trouble 1t was
sfsssat tast she wa~ suffering from wha'
is captain sa'a might ~ "a broken
saeka
fae RIVER ste8u tc tskoot VIZ owned hy
.ss9asy " of Victoria, capt.
eBssea - .he Resale stated TO a Post
as'saise7eer reporter ias' night tina, the
s~fs where the iskoot struck the rock
a. eotnt tsa miles from where tie
sFpsa Hss her tat, The pilot az ths
49,, Capt 0'Brseu states WAS fooled
WA is termed Il blind entrance"
ssssN "s& so boz Alter the craft entered
tfeaaheg9us channel
.aes~ ~oTe aas Passengers aboard. The
| $40 t narrow g. pse with their lives
- hficn. whea stgnslri by the III
- crew Aawefe-5 = boat and wtnt t0
- asst ahev r. cspfa y also stated
,ae crew ga uSt suerr. as yhelr sup-
~ . provisions wss rlea;!fu' aod tAa'
- y there BAL }~sn any necessity fes
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS