The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-18
Steamer Valencia Reports Prob
able Loss of Five Lives.
GREAT DAMAGE TO SHIPPING.
InnumerabIe Lighters Driven Upon
the Beach and Wrecked-ocean
steamers Compelled to Put 20
sea In order 10 Avoid being
Driven A.hore-s3oo. 900 Treasure
conssgn Of the Camp.

Steamship Valencia, Capt. j. W. Lane.
arrived from Nome yesterday afternoon
with 80 passengers. The Valencias Of
ncers and passengers report that storm
suomi the harbor OF Nome for four days,
beginning September g. Five lives az
least are thought 10 have been lost and
great damage to property, especially 10
shipping The wind was veritabie nur-
ricane for nearly thirty-six hours, COM
polling the ocean vessels In port 10 put
to sea in order TO avoid being driven onto
the beach.
During the storm hundreds OF lighters
were driven ashore. Many Of them were
broken up. notably those OF the North
American Transportation Trading Com
many. That company's lighters were all
lost and those Of the Alaska Exploration
Company. the Alaska Commercial Com
pany and the ssattle-Yukon Transporta-
ton Company were much damaged.
The Valencia brought about $4,000
worth Of Nome gold consigned principally
20 the First National and Scandinavian
American hanks, Of this city. OF this
amount probably sloo000 was In the pos
session Of individual miners.
When the Valencia sailed. September
5. there were in the harbor Of Nome steam
vessels a. follows; J. 3. Kimbail. Charles
Nelson. Alliance. seduoia. Orcgan.
Charles d. Lane. United States revenue
enter McCuioch. Discovery. Thrasher.
barge Spokane. Dora and Roanoke. The
latter arrived the day the Valencia sailed.
The oregon was 20 leave Nome septem-
Der II, on her return trip.
Improved situation.
". p. Fielding. purscr Of the Valencia,
says many people stampeded from Nome
TO the new Bluestone diggings during the
Every report Indicated that the camp
IN one OF remarkable richness.
THE situation at Nome" Fielding OBJ
served. us materially improved. They
have commenced to mine on n business
basis The tying up OF so many claims
through reccivership action will material
" lessen the output Of tho camp, whose
richness. however, cannot be doubted.
The district IL fast Riding itself Of drones
and the surplus population. There are
would ike q set out and the NEXT few
boats will probably bring them back to
Tbs health Of the camp is good. con-
siaerins sanitary conditions, There Is no
longer any. smallpox In the district and
the general situation is improved"
The Valeucias passengers included a
numher OF wcll-known Seattle people. no.
tally James ~ Hoge ir.. president Of tho
First National bank and Mrs. Claiborne.
wife of Austin Claiborne. local manager
81 the Pacific Steam Whaling Company.
which operates the Valencia
No word OF tho decision of Judge Nor
row OF the United States court Of APP
pcals. IN the matter. Of the Nome re-
to the time the Valencia sailed.
Lane viii Resume Control,
This news was anxiously awaited by
the people OF Nome ana the decision Is
known In the district hy this time Judge
Morrow's formal decree restraining RE-
ceiver Mckenzie from further operation
Of the mines In roceivershlp went north
on tho steamship Senator September &
the day the Valencia sailed for THE port.
q o. Simpson. who is interested with
G. p. Lane In the mines involved. stated
yesterday that the Senator probably
reached Nome September Is. As soon as
the parties iItIgant have been formally
served with the DEGREES ~ the California
court. Mr. simpson, says Mr. Lane, will
take possession OF the property. renuming
operations until decision of the United
States. supreme cnurt ia obtained, that Ia
II the ease should be taken 10 tho trth-
unai Of last resort by those claiming title
10 the property.
Two deaths at Nome from natural
caises are reported, Those OF Joseph r.
billings. New Yorker. whose family re-
Sides NJ SH Mcpharlan street, Flint,
Mich. and Paul kniatsch.
Passengers returned on the Valencia as
follows;
- T conhiinr, Gscrss woud W. fitzgerald
s.st y & rsse,sllos. Mn q. Vaughn. q. vaugSn,
nv~s NV y s.r-es.@h.es, ME- 'I Il s, ~ u
uar1s = ~ HnIe. ~. n u 4chranr Mrs II n
Biesnsn, A, y, cculter. q A s,aiastt-re. {, I,
lombard Mw. Austin Claiborne. Master ciaItorns
J Lsmrs. Mm " Iampe T Kier.bsrx
den n !. nart~r, Lalilaw, Georre Merchant
Heard v Marsh. T. vrllecneiusf . ,lui
lstte. DAhlnr r Fcyiing ~ MArtM n NJ
fnasd. n. v. Humacoh "a Waterman. { Sin
clair " Mann. q, 3ale ranella McNutt
Larsen, Hosseh. =. y Martin, G Ncison w
iahnyeue. g Carlson. T. Rowan " { peter~an
W'nsn. y, g Reusirstns y n saith q
sshrlfa, 0isrn 4 ] Ggnhnn. y fsntrr n
navt. winiam Reia, Miss NJ u Inne., A Gun
eetscr pss~t y Sog,iAn A rsaron. ,hgn
Lirr Al fgns FnaE See Charles Thssnpsan
tschs-t taftsv Y " Rtsaell y P.s,s~, 4
so~,h ., y West Gecfxc Rat~<teen. r n Mur
ray y, Il Andcfson. N Hartman ~ Anderson a
tia,ssentrn q. v HsSef Nesisan 4 u,nssn
W uepe q. Niekspca o. Gsiaissn. Mrs a
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