The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-15
OVER THIN YUKON ICE.
ssMasheas 500 Miles, From Selwyn to
CaFihoe CTosaing~One-AFme EA-
1oaton Trail vtetia Performs
Like Feat-Anglian Has nig Cold.

Steamship Fzraison. Capt. JohR Roberts,
seven days from Skagway ard Win seq
sngy-dye passengers. tso Of whom age
from Dawson as late as October Il, arrived
last niSflt al II O'Clock David FOX, j.,
and +. J. ParkhGrst are the Dawson rnea-
They came or . perIlcus voyage from tue
great gold camp. II iavolvsd Q walk or
miles over thin and rotten Yukon ies fron
Selwyn. TO which point they were passea-
gers on the river steamer Anglican. waiGh
left Dawson October II. Ia q vain enosaVSr
TO reach White Heese.
From Selwyn they departed on the daa-
gerous voyage October = and reached
Cariboo Crossing November Twenty
Eve Hilss this side Of Selwyn they met
Humboldt Gates. the weu-kaown hioa-
diker, who informed them that he had lost
two scovs, each containing more or less
provisions and supplies. In Thirty ME-.
Fifteen other ecows are reported sunk Or
crushed In the ice. Besides forty passed.
gers, thirty Of wAom are employees OF lac
operating company. Fox and Parkhurst re-
port that the Anglican also carried Sls9.eoo
worth OF native gold, the property OF the
Bank Of British North America. and l.-O
pounds OF mail While she was held hard
and fast tn the grip OF the ice wnen ,ney
left word Was received al Bennett ey teis-
phone that the Anglican had sxtrtcated her
self. reaching Big Salmon.
Thirteen others CT her passengers ara
known TO have left the vessel. reaching ~
far as Lake LeDargs over the ice FOX
and Parkhurst 1ourneyed from "hi.e
Horse as far as Cariboo over the grace
Of the White Pass q Yukon Railroad They
met a Dawson-b oslad mail in charge Of
the Canadian Development Company
The boilers of the river steamer Joseph
cossett. which ieft Dawson a few days ba-
fore the Anglican, gave out at Steamboat
Slough. 100 miles up the river, and there
the vessel went into winter quarters. Sub
seauently her cargo was transferred TO the
Anglican,
OF their voyage up the Yukon Mr.. Fox
said:
Leaving the steamer. we took nothing
save a Light supply OF food and enough
blankets 10 keep US warm. Capt. Murray.
of the Canadian Development Company.
and Harry Brown. mate OF the Cessett,
cid brave work for as In setting Us across
the river from Sslwyn in o Peterboro ca
noe. AS the ice was running, 1t was par
ticulariy hazardous for a canoe.
Three miles below Selkirk we found
1. necessary TO walk and creep for two
miles around a narrow rim or ice four to
twelve inches wide al the base OF Cliff
and overhangtng the nladly rushing wal
ers of the mighty river. A slight slim would
have meant a pre,ipisous plunge 10 death.
Over this perilous piece OF our journey
Howard. a armed man. and al Ed
rnoneon trail victim. followed US, and he
got safely through. The fee gradually
grew thinner from Seiwyn to Five FIN
gers"
Fox and Parkhurst say thirty passengers
from the wrecked steamer Stratton 2 fag-
giea IN 10 the mounted police at Selvyn
while the Angiian was tied up at that
point. From there It was learend that the
ice In which the Stratton was packed gave
way on the stream side. and that from
above forced her 10 the bottom McBeth.
pilot Of the vessel, managed TO get ashore
carrying life line, by the aid Of which tho
passengers were later able 10 reach the
bank in. safety. Many OF them escaped
only with their clothes. losing all else in
the way OF personal effects. Rose Bump
ktn a variety actress claims TO have lost
diamonds valued az $is,o1l.
r. A. Cunningham, OF Victoria was on
TIE Anglican, q very sick man from ty-
phekd fever. when Fox and Parkhurst left
the vessel.
The Faralaon hsi sixty tons Of concen-
trates. aud lot OF canned salmon for her
return cargo.