The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-05
HEAVY Winds IN alaska.
WRECK AND RUIN THERE.
All Along the Wertern Coast-No Lives
Reported Lost-Large Number of Boats
Were Destroyed-Finapci Loss VIII
Amount to Thousands of Dollars.

ST. Michaels, July 3l.-The most severe
windstorm seen here in many years swept.
over this bay. Boats anchored in the
stream were torn from their fastenings
and either swept ashore or sent flying
seward the direction of the wind being
southeast.
Fortunately no lives were lost, as the
majority of the vessels wrecked were
small steamers, built in 1897, for the Koy-
ukuk rush and which since early spring
have been idle at anchor in the bay. Their
owners in many instances have either
gone to Cape Nome or Calvin bay, giving
up all hope OF selling or leasing their yes.
sells.
The damage will amount to many
thousands of dollars.
Beginning about q o'clock in the morn
ing the velocity of the wind increased I'M
til it approached hurricane at noon.
Ocean craft and large river steamers tug
ged at their ponderous anchors, firmly
rooted in the mud, but try as he would
the Storm King was uneaqual to the task
and turned his attention to the smaller
fry with great success, as the beach foi
several miles will testify.
The point of land on which the Alaska
Commercial Company's plant is built got
the full benefit of the wind and consider
able damage would have occurred hac
not the greatest care been taken, and al
it was, the company lost its lately ae
qured tug boat, the Anna Eva Fay, pur
chased last winter at Unalaska.
The stern wheel City of Paris, lately
purchased by the Alaska Exploration
Company, snapped her anchor chain an'
drifted rapidly to sea with two watchmel
aboard. AS soon as possible the st. Pau
got under way and went to the rescue
overtaking the Paris about 10 miles out
Owing to the high wind and choppy SCI
it was difficult to get line to the Parl
but this was finally accomplished and tn
stern wheeler pulled back to port.
The tug Anna Eva Fay dragged he
anchor opposite the Alaskan Commerce.
Companys wharf and drifted on the rock
a few feet astern of the river steame
Louis, which was firmly tied to the whar
All efforts to get the Fay off were in val
and she pounded to pieces in few hour
The river steamer Dorothy, owned b
James DIETRICH, dragged her anchor an
went ashore, but there are hopes that ST
can be saved. Along the beach sewers
other small steamers and numerous slool
and Yukon river boats are total wrecks.
Among the wrecked craft is the steam'
William Mckinley. The river steam
Anna Wanda is smashed to bits. The Ma
West and the Weseig are also on II
rocks. One of the new barges belongir
to the Alaska Exploration Company WI
blown to sea with valuable cargo.
Captain Brant and mate, of the fou
masted schooner Carrier Dove, while tr
ing to row to the wharf, were wash'
ashore, but were pulled out, narrowly
Gaping drowning.
News of the storm at Cape Nome is an
iously awaited. The barrenness OF &
beach upon which the city of Nome
built and the high surf that continual
rolls in will make the storm unusual
fatal to shipping. With such "a wind
prevailed here, none of the dozen vesst
anchored off the city could have escape