The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-10-07
AI,AsKA's GREAT QUAKING.
The Terrible Earth Shaking That
Lasted for Days.
Correspondence of the N. Y. sun.


Crrrrrp NCCrIIocH Sept. 17.-When the McCul- |
Ioch arrived at this point at noon today en- route
from St Michaels for Sitka, with Gov Brady |
United States District Judge Johnson, Ohlten states
Marshal Shoup Assistant District Attorney Daiy |
and Clerk Elliot on board. the town was found still
in the terrors of an earthquake panic, having had
the last shake at Il. M and tlda wave oeihg eA-
peeted at ) p NJ. As the ship came INTO the httie |
harbor numerous tents were observed on the low
hills back of the village, and II was thought mat
parb,ns another great gold find had called in
eager searshers for the precious metal, but when
III. native boats came off from shore it was ex-
planned that the people had been frightened from
their homes ana had taken to the hills Tor safety
This was the first news the McCuiloeh had received
of the earthouake which up to this writing Is still
shrouded in mist and mystery
Yakitat. which is small Indian village OF SS
natives and 25 or 30 whites aud Is the nome OF 'he
Swedish Evangelical Mission, has known ear'h-
ouakes before but only slightly, and none In hve
wears Ii is 2i5 miles northwest oil SltGa ana Is
practically at the foot Of Mt St Elias, which has
been regarded the highest peak in North America
High mountains rise AL about Iakitat Bay and the
greatest glaciers in the world are here
Two weeks ago today, on september j. the hFs'
sharp shock OF an earthquake was felt ana though
ths. PEOPLE were much alarmed, they became
auieted as the days passed and no other disturb
ance followed. on sunday morning, september
10 a fresh alarm arose early, and frequent sheeSs
followed until 3 p. m when there was tremehu-
ops lar succeeded by violent upheayals and con
tortions Of the earth. and tidal wave ten ieet
high dashed in upon the shore The waters OF the
,v VEN, yhirled and twisted about and the surf
ha, in a, II a great storm raging. Houses quivered
aud tr,r,ble,4 and xei,i away their foundations
| ono topple,i over and the bell in the Swedish
! CHAPEL rang uolsily. Natives and whites pagan
/ and Christian rushed forth Pellmeh and s'o0d III
hesvy mist on the little hills uncertain WhAt 70 uo
hut watching the threatening sea more fearful oil
I IL than Of the quaking earth. Al last quiet was
/ restored the sea and the hand resie'i and WINE
some went back to their houses most Of The people
slept on the hills tn tents, o. IN sneh o'he' Ss'''
/ as they could provide
! s,,ocLs h,y. continued day and night since, aud
while no serious damage has been done in the VII
te the u.ople are too greatly teErorSed to return
/ 10 their houses except 10 sleep. Every house IN
town ia "shorydr up with props al the corner TO
I hep It in place.
I On Y.kttat Island 4 mlie more oai IN The t~y'
sinking At one end Of thirty feet is reported ana
I the gold miuinS plant Of Nj stephen GSy was en-
urcly destroyci NJ Gay was utilizing a sui"''
AXE on the island in sluios boxes on the shote'
( wortiur the tuhy sand deposit there when We
I shock drove al tbs water from the lake ana 'He
. sslg Ea-lgszt away AL &4is eaAtNN ~NNN-
However the uao-i terrifying story comes ifo'h
,,,.r, a, mile. northwest up piseuehaGtmeut lay
prom tn, point NJ Albert FlcnneF. q sAn bles"'
Z c.l with a t..rly of eigh. miners. rviurned lasS
( THURSDAY after f.ar Gays 81 frighaai experience
,uv NJ Ylsauer. in an interview vith oar corrrs-
p5uieus
~, had art, prospecting ,incc Janr - for pAAu-
uafs and s,ti with vcry tstr success sU1 no acct
DENT. 10 st.aS OF until .s.i sunday. scpgsntcr l'
.tsst p n The sunday bafatN Wc had icis an
,.rtssaake saocs bat E4j about forgotten Il hniii
s.st sanssy uu thzi day hSiwrea 10 q n a''''
tapp N We had frlg b. shoeks 81 ulcse ~ Jess -
rr-itr aut sew sczsci Aroapd oar camp d'sS''s'
las .as matter - hen ,aiisaiy We wssV hnFl7d 20
the sFuaai a. 10 struck by lightning Al 'h1 '~'as
r3,. -. 90 sect luIznd from oar uaHafs AMI 20
{ g., .t.,vo oar t5cAtioa GA the beach. which vas
10 ss-rs ss.sve hlrh vatcF AMI loo yarss i'o'n -
ear,r aoau go Us sn tefri1c torrent, AToash
{ .lskr av-raln- tnasie By SAs earthquake In mo
ts-at us~a All seuts AMI hsats. sni al kiaaH q
/ cams belaugiuss Wesv Haixci uP "a sae Nn3aY
,tesAr sr-t szsl seauAri &c - nlct - tsA1 "A's
a, frrs hsxh wasch igose iisc AXE water snsA
go az. ts,.t asl ssau ucre toss.,i Ab.sas e.tiEiHs
4, hsoErn boat. sui swiaaainE OR sSf-sr~i I'''nt
II lssa wEsch uuiy sss raoasssis below hal
,s..i a. secg above oar camp. shock t2ueVVs
,s..s 40 rapstiy that 20 Wss inPgssia-e fnf a. :
,t.e.t an our srg AVS eVra uQf DIX ~aS throw
49, r. ehe tssef tlsrr between t1e sfvAking "as O.
"a. ssRc asst the rzss * ihc tsla4 wave sc "'''
guaesssl a.rsa rvp~ats,iis, She earth seeming ''
stop ,,s,ssuIy sod thea 80 sraY sts'4eH' u 'As'a'
49, falling - nat ~ t.lses - s 80 u we en-
:, Fssi bios Ihs level u TIE bay,
-sTbe hrAvscss rain { ever $40 IN my t's pSS@'
assliaE ssa tbours thsre sAs ti'tis ws'si' tAe -
,.sars.i sla ssica a asastiisis - cssfsn1nE HN'ss
thst uc s,sa8a nas say ulusg kEY .0e was although
a.. g. aH-H n aHr5as .Hfara
uaasarI slaesrr lying Opposite ~. - u'iies Acff'
thee. Thts sArt~f tsses sso ar SOD Gees from III
r - uilh rrou, - ss4les e sis ksd have 'sno
h,i tl., i ts,.gc szaf .4 thr saeck ssh aai 80
L tbsz--sussssrs u : ssiie lata tae la
Nose q us Rross Auw bow BE- iap5Sus't. o'i' a
,r ~, lad i.sea ,hrosa Haet GA tae iAsd b u
, usA! uAxx we rau taAsusi ovcs tbs giAssef daf'i
* a aaiAe thr wave following a. along tAe i''''
1sarzine- Hhnn 80 wcsc ~ las' saio iF"an H. AZ
tas esiiccss3 our scattered aepsss SC seas ps'eA
=, Il ss e,s4 ust ana s1lns u oar e.iscts. - =
Ia tsss east oat uiIh aoshins hat oar oTer>t
H oh,sa ~ hAt Eyurylhirg Was lNs' Ai'l o.
n .fs.syioa sAs srssaGs 4 bali aaile inAn1 =
.c 6,,zt lag q as clothes apd aGtsE The 7ccAs
u mp b..ts AMI sosae cora aeal and canned sia
e, yisiax ourselves - tsst coaA Sss started
-fastns camp. srssainx river "a Iooi = A'eh Q
.s faf~ sAs cssgn saEe ~as 10 iesi dcep aaa y" -
-p a gsl- ans dos q hich eoalaers weighing doz'
l. ts. rlis,i sisA crriEe ao-se q hea The qsAko .
se o. Ne iaaua a ssas frea saa!sh's cA1aP taFs
= auArtsr. d a uli.s inland r,lict up wisn b.Anke
"a sa ne !u.Afc vas sasirsly saaksd and 10 %
;, ian neaf b sc toand lhrse HassaIAia 'soi hA'i
IN sg. f,oa, sa.rr wsih shat 80 plcked up
< ,laaasri b. se, shelter and i--a fos The uHae
Al aursux ,he plight violent shocks dtssust~d u.s. :
x ,,ssqt.in sIar shove .Iai IA silh roAr ami 81
p. sfeiocs In the morning sirnAan u wa'ef =
D L. t.i-i from its ami sscPt as uus "
= ,sal. Catching aP shat We eaald NC FAn IoF
@, lives sut woHg on 30 Old indaa camp. Here
at Tuesday We iyand Mr. ssssib fsusn his camp ami
'i- rsnri with hiu 70 ,i boat. Fvp4tF - and si
D. u YsEIsAI for rolirf H. inieed, there Was a
s Y4sitAs or any other place len On cath i's b
g time ~e ucsr hally iOsaorAusSi
ID, later Mr. saith fpuni his boa, tvo miles o1i
ef the tSy sni getting Il and our in'o some Kind
~ SHAPE we thought we could Try 20 80 al togc'h
at bat the sea was teso rough out in the twenty q
mile. Of apen We had 10 eru-z spsut Tucsi
night - here We we're. The nisal was simply awi
Tn. Wipi blew ia frishtfal blasts from every "a
ter. Il sllrieke,i agfA hoSted and the earth roeA
l. aud twisted and sauirmsd as nc tried 20 hold on
, /. snd We thought our time hAd verify come WI
- moruing al iast broke, We made up our minds
u, make the trip whatever the sea might b, bcca
/. could not le wors- than the lEnd We had 10
.r. ing 20 cat but little wet cOfu meal and this
~. I not tend 20 encourage ~ 10 reulSlA 4"ist4'
- Taxing the last meal had on Medness
- Morning we started out with eight men in a In
e,no. and two In a small boat determined 10
s,y our chances We shortly ran into ice driven
from the glacier by the earthquake aud for tive
an; miles We cut our way through It. then safely eros
~ toe open aud. skirtiug knights Island, We go
at last, aud were very glad 10 hnd that Yaki9s'
.r no, Jared as badly as NC had For sixteen m
-, along the shore Of Knights Island the timber e
mile inland was swept Hat and piled As II b
,os cyclone God knows whether there are voican
~. op.nine or what has occurred to account fer
.ap frighth disturbance, for the mists have closed
;u,, mountains in about US and we have not yet b
III able TO see any OF their summiis."
~ So much for Mr.. Flenners Experience and 1t 1
,ek be said that he is man Of IN ore than average
te telliyence ana his statement is cofrob0nted by
~ other members OF his party. One OF them,
md | Funz, n bright young mining engineer OF 10
~, | Vile Ky was 50 affected mentally by his ex 7
I;J enee that he was taken aboard the MeCulloch L
IN | carried out to Seattle 10 get hun away from
N, anxiety still prevailing III the Yakitat region.
al Now tor further Confederation in a difei
~, | direction The McCulloch LEFT Ungn about
,id miles southwest of Yakitat, at O'Clock on Mon
'vs morning. bound tor Kastnik, 20 miles north
"a east but by 9 O'Clock that evening so fierce ST
atb | was raging that the ship was hove 10 before M
N inc and headed up into the wind. FOr3d hours