Douglas Island news., 1900-01-24
Libellants.
NOTICE FOR
PUBLICATION
Respondent.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, lss DISTRICT OF ALASKA.


 etc,
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, iSS
 DISTRICT OF ALASKA.
 WHEREAS a libel has been filed in the Dis trict Court of the United States for the Dis trict of Alaska on the 18th day of January, l9UO, by the Pacific Coast Company, cor poratiOn, and the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, a corporation, and Augustus Charles Jansen, Master of the Steamship Cottage City" and the two corporations of said steamship, HbellantS, against the Steamship City of Seattle" her engines, tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo, alleg- ing in substance" that the said steamship Cot tage City Is an American vessel, engaged in the business of carrying freight and possen. gers between the port of Seattle, state of Washington, and Skagway, and Sitka, Alas ka, and way ports, with Augustus Charles Jansen as her Master; and that the steam ship City of Seattle is all American vessel engaged in the same business between the ports of Seattle, State of Washington, and Skagway, Alaska, that on the lAth day or January l9JO, and while the said steamship Cottage City was on one of her regular YOy- ages between Seattle, Washington, and Skagway, Alaska, with the said Augustus Charles Jansen as her Master, and while said steamship was in port at Douglas, Alaska, one of the way ports hereinbetore mention ed, and early in the morning of Sald day, the said steamship Cottage City, and her Master, Augustus Charles Jansen, were summoned by the request of the agent and officers of the said steamship City of Seattle to immedi- ately proceed to the rescue of the sad steamship. and passengers and cargo on the same all of which were in imminent danger and peril of being lost and destroyed in the waters of the North Pacific Ocean bordering upon the District of Alaska. That at said time a severe storm was prevailing of both snow and wind in and upon the waters atOrc- said, and between Douglas City and SkoG- way, Alaska, the waters ln which the sad City of Seattle was in distress; and the said Augustus Charles Jansen as soon as possible, after being notified as aforesaid, with the said steamship Cottage City, and her crew, steamed out of the port ot Douglas City Tn the face of a gale of wind and thick blnd- ing snow storm, and proceeded in and upon the waters aforesaid Northerly, although mourning great danger to his steamship and crew by reason of the storm aforesaid, and when iu distance of about fifty miles North erly from Douglas City, Alaska, and some time in the forenoon of said day, discovered the said steamship City, of Seattle in great aforesaid; and the said Steamship City of Seattle immediately gave the signal of dis tresS, whereupon the said steamship Cottage City, and the Master thereof hauled up Tor the said steamship City of Seattle and dis covered that she had lost two of her three anchors, which had been out, the same had ] broken loose from the cables, and she was swinging on her bow cable, and anchor in a very turbulent sea, gale of wind and blind i ing snow storm with her stern within twenty or thirty feet from dangerous rocks Oti said Point Bridget, Alaska; and that immediate . ly a life boat was attempted to be lowered from the said steamship Cottage City, and 1 the said steamship City of Seattle, attempted ] to be boarded With a line for the purpose, II ! possible, to rescue her, her passengers, crew and cargo; that the storm was raging to ! such degree as aforesaid so that the said ! small boat so attempted to be lowered was | crushed, disabled aud destroyed, and it was found impossible in this manner to extend a line to the said steamship City of Seattle :; and after several efforts being made on ac- count of the storm aforesaid and the near ness to the rocks, the said steamship Cottage l City was by her Master and crew aforesaid hauled up along side said steamship City Ot ! Seattle and a line extended to said steam ship; and in making said efforts and extend ing said line the said steamship Cottage City and her crew incurred great danger crushed said small boat, and broke i'll the StarbOard side of said steamship Cottage City: and that said steamship City of Seattle was found to have lost her wheel or propel- Ter, and anchors as aforesaid, and was left to the mercy of a gale of wind, binding snow storm, and turbulent seas, swinging upon her bow anchor as aforesaid near dangerous rocks, and the weather being extremely cold and in short time said steamship would have broken her cable, and been dashed to pieces and totally destroyed upon said rocks and in said waters together with the lives Ot her passengers, and the loss of her cargo.
 That the said steamship Cottage City was the only VeSSelin or near said waters that could have been procured i'll time to have done and performed said work; that the said Augustus Charles Jansen thereupOu and lm' mediately took the said steamship City oi Seattle in tow, and made for the port of Ju, neau, Alaska, that being the nearest anC most accessible port, where he arrived Wltt the said steamship, her passengers, crew anC cargo, on the same day; and had not the said Jansen acted promptly in the premises together with his crew and worked very hard in the manner aforesaid the said steam ship City of Seattle, her passengers, etc. would have been lost, and destroyed by the reasons aforesaid; and by reason of the fact! and matters aforesaid and other work done the said libellantS are entitled to reason able share Sf the said steamship City of Seat tie, and her cargo, for salvage thereof ant said libel praying process against salt steamship, her engines, and etc, and reason able and proper salvage, and that said steam ship, her tackle, apparel engines, furniture and cargo may be condemned and sold to pa. l such salvage with costs, charges and eX . NOW THEREFORE, in pursuance of tht Q monition under the seal of said Court to mt
 directed and delivered do hereby give pub } lie notice to all persons claiming the sait , steamship, her tackle, engines, apparel, ant furniture and cargo, or in any manne
 interested therein, that they be and appea
 before the said District Court to be held a l the city of Sitka in the District of Alaska ol 9 the 27th day of February, 1900, at ten oclocl in the forenoon of that day (provided tn same shall be day of Jurisdiction, other wise on the next day of Jurisdiction there l after) then and there to interpose thei , claim, and to make their allegations in tha behalf.
 l Dated January 2Srd, 1900.
 JAMES NJ. SHOUT,
 0 U. $. Marshal.
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