People's voice., 1900-07-05
FROM DUTCH HARBOR.
J. M. Thralls, h. R. Wightman and A
Murphy Write Accounts OF Their Trim.

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Murphy Write Accounts Of Their Trip.
The wives and families OF the Cane
Nome Crowd were made happy yes
terday by receiving letters from them
al Dutch Harbor. News OF the ar
rival OF steamers from Nome City was
printed In the telegraph last week,
and the families of The absent We'll
llngtonians were anxiOusly awaiting
the arrival Of letters. They were
somewhat apprehensiye over reports
which were sent out last week OF the
loss OF two vessels enroute to Nome,
aud OF the appearance OF smallpox on
board other vessels. Happily, the
letters received in Wellington yester-
day report the Wellington party all
we'll and their boat safe in Dutch
Har6or, with good prospects Of reach
Ing Nome at an early date. Three
OF the letters received yesterday fol-
low:
Mrs. A. Murphy received the follow
Ing letter from her husband:
Dutch HarbOr, Alaska, June l3-
| am still here. The ship went over to
Unalaska 10 coal up and she got on
The rocks there and was fast for about
At hours. do not know how much
she Is damaged, There are all kinds
ofrepOrts. The officers say she will
sail for Nome az 4 o'clock In the morn.
Ing. have been 10 bed for the last
TWO or three days with 8 very bad
cold and fever. The ship doctor was
to see me three times. | am up this
afternoon, and l think I will be all
right. 1t will take about six or seven
days to make the trip to Nome from
this place. They say they can not
land for the Ice is not out OF Behrinp
sea yet, but all the other ships left
several days ago, so we will be the last
to get there. One Of the Wellington
gang left the ship here after she got
on the rocks and paid his fare up on
another boat. His name Is Rose, a
lawyer from Blackwell. Idon't think
here Is any danger from the damage
our boat received on the rock. She
seems to float all right. l will be
very glad when We get there. From
here up is the toughest OF the trip as
Bebring sea is rough most always.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Thralls received the fol-
lowing letter from her husband,
mailed at Dutch Harbor:
Tuesday night, May 29, at s O'Clock,
passengers were to 60 aboard the Gen.
tennlal for Nome at o'clock. The
passengers commenced gathering at
the wharf with all mannerOf baggage.
until by pm. the whole list of $50
passengers were standing outside OF
locked doors awaiting orders to 20
aboard. The order did not come
until 10 o'clock, when the passengers
one by one commenced going I'D the
gang plank, when they were met by
two doctors and three or four ship
officers, who Scrutinized everv face for
sick people and especially for smallpox
patients. All our party passed with
out being stopped except Wightman,
who had to step aside and explain the
cause Of the red marks on his face.
The loading of passengers continued
until after midnight, then the balance
VI freight, feed and baggage was put
m board. We got awav from Seattle
m the morning Of the Both, ten days
after the advertised date for sailing.
1t was a splendid trip up through the
sound, about ITO miles. When we
came to the Open ocean it was rough
yet from the storm that had PIE
vailed along the coast a few DAYS
before we started. Most Of US were
sea sick. | held out until about s
o.m., when | went to the rail. Next
morning, the 3lst, only two or three
NJ our party came down to breakfaLt
We are now all on full feed, except
Brown. Gus Hamel was giving us all
consolation and advice how TO do to
avert, and get over, sea sickness. for
four or five dav 5when one afternoon
1t came on him so sudden that he bad
only time to find Of bls boots to vomit
In. Since then he has not been eat.
ing three meat orders as before.
There are $50 passengers, 10 Of them
females, the most OF the latter Just
women, so horses, fYe fat cattle, 800
tons OF freight and several tons OF
baggage. Besides we are towing two
lighters. These came near causing a
mutiny OF the passengers. They Or
eanized and were going to cut them
loose on account Of losing time by tow.
Ing them. The officers Of the boat
explained that they were not taking
them 10 for pay, but were to have the
use OF them in unloading our "stuff"
from the boat. By vote it was de-
cided not to cut them loose. They
were started In tow by another boat
but were dropped at the head Of the
sound and picked up by OR boat. We
have lost considerable time with
them. The sea is not rough; in fact,
so far, ii has been nice, from a sea-
mans standpoint. We haven't seen
much sunshine for four or five DAYS.
The passengers have on their heavy
winter clothing, sweaters and over
coats. The boat is so crowded that
we can't exercises much. We spend
our time listening to church exercises,
music-vocal and instrumental-play-
ing cards aud mOping around. There
are some good stiff games for money.
Everything is wide open on board.
The saloon sells all kinds of drinks
and cigars at 25 cents each. The pea
nut ''butcher" who is a preacher, sells
his goods at double Seattle prices
When we pass Dutch HarbOr be will
make another advance, l suppose, to
Nome prices. Our boat is good, safe.
steady running craft. The hoard is
fair. We are making $50 to 1S7 miles
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