The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-10-23
ROUGH HOUSE ON
THE HIGH SEAS
ROWLING sou'EAsrER SILVER rimBERs-sTEAmER METEOR
NOW IN row MINUS WHEEL. RUopER AND TAIL SHAFT

with a great crowd 81 SIS None
lies. naHy q whom had snug fer
nInea tucked Ia their inside pockets
OF slowed away Ia pakes 81 eolI
duat. the Pacific cupTyt line steamer
SoHae city arrived from Nome ihls
mofulue. Aboard Ma tltt.Qve ia
auid bullion. -. eqa II which vs.
aaualgucd 20 the Puget Sound Ma
t.uual hank ard ghe balance &C. thr
via Geese Mining COMPANY Of san
Trauelsoo.
Ths Nome city LETT the northern
port ou the evening Of usiebes 10.
on thn secoud DAY cut she encaun-
tered q furious southeast sale. v hich
she WsafhsFsd ia = manner that
showed her 10 be- an exceptionally
fine ssaNorthy c4aft. Eut 80 houfs
the Wind blew a hurricane. the
iieFerat. the ofncsfa sid. they had
ever experienced. csgrst rolling
eombrrR broke over the yessel.
breaking slndown and duinE ether
damage The windows on the wind
wafd side had 90 be boarded up 10
prevent tho EtaiFfoofns from being
Hooded. The passenger we're 10
pleased with the manner iu which
Captain T. = Moore and the offieers
of the vessel handled the ship that
thug presented them vlth resolutions
expressing their appreciation q their
services.
The disabled steamer Meteor. IN
tGs % the steamer Eureka. Waa met
ora the way down. Trey we've max
lag pe1f h~aaway and captain
Muor@ volunteered his assistance
After helping the Eureka % tew the
Meteor for etn hours on the way -
Dutch harhor the Nome cts east off
her lines, a. u was considered that
her services were NO iof ger neeee-
HarY. The usual heavy swell Of
HrrinF sea was rolling aud this fasda
e difficult go steer the disabled
steamer. She vas minua hsr " hee..
rudder and tail shaft but Il Was
thought that the Eureka e0uid Oct
her 60 Dutch harbar safely.
Mate Fred Hartman aud three
Heagmen from the Meteor who went
IN small boat 60 Nome with the
news Of the vessels mtshap had a
hard experience They were ba hours
in making a distance Of g miles dur
Ing binding nnowsturm. They had
Intended 60 land AZ Nome. but were
driven by the wind 70 Hastings.
here they landed. The waves were
rolling 20 feet hiEh and often threat
oned 90 swamp their boat.
when the Eureka left Nome IL
sfoWAways were found aboard. They
were penusesR like many other gold
seekers stranded Ia Alaska and had
adopted that method OF getting out
OF the rapidly freezing sold fields.
They were put of the Eureka.
when the Nome city left Nome.
the Nome liner Roanoke and the
Mort western Commercial Com
pnnyH steamer Maunueuae Nere the
only vessels IN port The former
vas scheduled 20 sail october e. The
Manauenaa had had a pleasant Voy-
age from Seattle. there being no dif-
noulty with the crew. She had ar
rived bat two days before the sail
Ing Of the Nome city. having had n
rather long passage from LadyHmith.
She was 70 leye shortly for 81
IBERIA. where she will pick w the 30
American prospectors Of the North
eastern Siberian Company at East
Cape and bring them back 10 Seat
tie. She expects to reach this port
hy January I.
monE those who came out ON the
Nome city were G. W Miller Of the
Pacific clipper line. r. 4. Lane. son
Of c. y. Lane Of the wild Goone
Mining Company; Fiskcy Rarnett.
the we'll known local variety thohter
man. ". ~ Harrison, a mining man
Of Council city. and s W Scott Of
San Francisco. r. Williamson. sec
Rotary Of the Hot AIR Mining Com
pany. was another passenger. He r.
bound TO San Francisco lie reports
that the seq son at Nome Just closed
had been a good one. as far ne min
ing IL concerned. Ills company's
mines and most 81 the other mines
Of the region closed down September