The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03

'Overturn Mountains in
Alaska.
New Islands ard Psc,nsu,as Form
% and Old Ones submsrgee-
Phenomenon Of Recent Days.


JUNEAU, Alaska, sept. H. VIA oe-
attic. WASH. Sept. 20.-The Alaska
Commercial Company's steamer Dora,
C.,,.,, Iohor..r sr-,v.a srom the
oAp.aAn ' -
westward last nisnt WIN news o' ."
extensive and terrible earthquake ex-
tending from Bituya Bay. 1850 miles be-
,o,, varu,., soo r,,,.s ror,hve., tnto
~"
the COOK Inlet country. IL "as inc
greatest phenomenon witnessed In
Alaska since q similar occurrence in
the .ar,v dav. NJ Tho Ru.sian traders.
xster . abort neriod NJ dsrkneas the
earth i,teraiiv .anL down into the sea
ana new islands and neninsulaa rose
up like huge leviathans showing their
hacks khove the surface. Mountains
~ore shsken down and their tops Aid
into the ocean. The whole was nc.
Commanded nv several tidal waves. one
NJ them ffteen feet high. The shocks
occurred every day for A week. from
sunday the I'd inst IN Sunday. the
10Th inst and were felt last Sunday
a. Iuneau
Three very hard sbocks we're felt
here One early in the morning and
ano,hor .hou, 3 O'clock in the after
Noon ana the third about K O'Clock in
,he aftorroon Rn,iding. were hadiy
shatan and naonja ran out into the
stroets In their fr,1ht There were
minor trambiines ali dav long. The
largo hniid,nes such as the Occidental
chmrch shook and ratified like a crazy
sh;n in a gale. No damage to property
was done here or elsewhere. The noun
to,ns arc ali In blace around Juneau.
The shocks here Continued steadily
from thirty seconds 10 two minutes. A
go,a Was b,owing at the time. The
ear,homake seemed IN he travelling
so,,th ana taxing n,entv NJ time to
shoEo nm the comnfrv as II passed
o,"n~ ~ ~
The most severe shocks were felt at
voLm,o, ond laval A. Yakutat there
% n large indian village and several
troJers, stores II is headouarters for
n,inars nrosnectiny In thaf section nj
Aiasrs and IN the Aisek river. Around
the noint of Ocean Cane. at the en-
trance IN Yakntat Raw 10 an island
nanaed KonaL Th,a island eank TWEEN
10 foot into the sea A. hiph tide only
the tons of the trees are Visible. Huge
assures onened in the earth Of the
,noin,and and steam "a said To have
n"mraS sorth Some NJ these assures
were three feet across Cantain Johan-
son savs that In two m,nutes the ocean
rose twentv feet above hish tide mark
ana a,most IA ouick,v subsided.
Tho Natives toor m the hieh ground
IN terror and fell on their knees be-
.aech,nc the great Father IN ave them
and their village This hieh water
caught in ali manner Of drift wood.
logs canoes etc. and these raced back
and forth and across the bay carried
NV strong currents which swept in ey-
erv direction. When the Dora arrived
AT Yakutat a few DAYS ago on the re-
turn trim the indians had deserted
their houses near the beach. and were
living I'm tents on the high ground.
They we're still In great alarm.
A. least thirty Yakutat indians are
now In Juneau. having deserted their
homes and Ali their nropertv in seek-
inc safety in fiight.
good story IL told nm the two swe-
dish missionaries at Yakutat Rev Mr..
Iohnson and Rev Mr. Hendrickson.
Thew wanted n ,eave hut the indians
would NOT Let them On The natives
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