The Nome nugget., 1902-09-13


 itAt storm Of the year 1902
 As result two men have lost their lives, and it may be that when the storm has sVbsitled efficiently to en- gAle an accounting to be made it will l,e tdnT,As thas the death lis. hes been l.ruf2t5' 'er tl Sled
 The v!r' i,ns of the svr' are rCaptain Basil Daniloir ard Mate J Slater, of tho schooner GoClf Hope.
 The ravages wrought by the surf in tBe way of destroying property have nAt been particularly severe, yet the damsge has been considerable
 The wind pecan to rise Thursday night about s o'clock, and it's fury con tihued to increase fpr more than l2 hours. Then it began .o-subside, but not before the surf bad beaten down several bulkheads along ths water frOnt, da pla.ing buildings, and in one ot. two cases completely destroying. :he,A.a
 :. Thss" NA< nSly one large ship in the
 
 was thstMrio She lay in the road tsteaa un;il about 9 o'clock yesterdav morning, when, Slo put to sea. Another steamer, the Roanoke, also reached t 6 roadstea,l in the early morning. but she also retired, probably to the friend ly shelter afforded by Sledge island. It Mas also reported that the Nome City ,vached port yesterday morning, but tke report has not been verified.
 Tn. i5 ton schooner Good Hope, the steamers fleetwin9 and Louise, of the 'iDsquito cOaStln9 lert. aS well as d number of other snla.A vessels were in the harbnr when darkness settled over he face of the waters on Thursday night. When daNligbt brol:e, the Good Hope was 6 wreck upon the beach, her gallant maate",, Captain Danilof, and her raua!.v courageous mate, John Slater were corpses.
 rhe@ Good Hope. about 5;3o Friday nfpr1ipg. dragged her 30-pouud anchor and drifted rapidly westward before 2 the, southeast gale. \ huge breaker struck her and she capszed. Captain Danilof and Mate Slater, who were the only persons on board, succeeded in getting upon the bottom Of the up- turned vessel. Lashed and bufeted by the rcmorseless surf. the frail vessel stood little show of butfeting the waves successfully. Captain Danlioif .a>hed himself to the mast, and as the little schooner neared the shore near the upper end uf the sandSpit Mate Slater, the very marrow in his bones no doubt thoroughly chilled. committed himself 70 the surf When strong hands and willing hearts rushed to his rescue, little iiie remained. He was gotten to -o the shore. eut soon after expired.
 Captain licckman and the crew of the pawson City. now undergoing repairs -on the saud.pit, went heroicaily to the rescue of the already doomed men. \ seaman named Olsen caught slater after he had either jumped from the schooner or had been washed away. although Captain Heckman had first reached him.
 Captain Hickman says one of his crew called his attention to the Good Hope a bout 6:45. She had capsiZed. Let us go and help her. said Heck man: "there are two men wrecked: let Us save them if we can." When the wreck was about 300 yards from shore Slater threw himself into the surf Ltpckman and Olsen rushed into the surf, the former very near losing his life in the waves, being fully two min ates updec water, but even then his only thought was to try and save the drowning men,.
 Sla;cr's body was carried up on the beach and an attempt was made to resuscitate him by administering re- storatives. Among those who did their hest to savs Skaters life vas Mes. C. D. Lane, who had gone. un the beach tn be. of some assjstance to the sufferers, if ste could. Slater opened his eyes but opce and snrgiEed only few seconds.
 The wreck of the Good Hope grounded soria distance frQm shore, and this morn- ing Captain panilolT's body was re- covered about three miles this side of Penny river.
 Capt. Danileff was Russian by birth md had been in this section for four yecrE., He was 8 years of age. John Sl@t<a, was Q native of Scotland about i5-years of age, and leaves two children in Astoria. Capt. Danilof is said to nave beena Knight of Pythias.
 No attempt was made 10 launch the geyefnm cent life boat from the life say ing station on Barracks, square. for it ,epms that neither the boat, the life line nor the gun used to fire it were in acondition to be used.
 Louis Lane and others volunteered to go to the rescue of the unfortunate men, but no ordinary boat could stand the fury of the waves, att that time.
 It is understood that the life saving apparatus will ;.t once be put into shape for use and u volunteer life saving crew will be organized. It should be done and prompt representations should be made to the government and paltry appropriation : secured to-. pay the sllxries of life saving crew for four or five months of the year.
 Their Fate Unknown.
 The fate of,the little schooner Fleet wing, her master and engineer is un- certain. The Fleetwing was anchored out in the roadstead, but about F o'clock she was seen drifting up the