The San Francisco call., 1908-03-09
SURVIVORS ARE
IN DIRE DISTRESS
Seamen Who Escaped From
Wrecked Schooner Face
Starvation
Aid Is Dispatched From SAND
Point and Port Bennett for
the MiIIer's Men

Captain John Kelton. Station Master
rhes wrecked schooner John +. Miller,
according TO word received here yes
ferday, are fast being. encompassed with
starvation and the terrors of ice and
snow at Bear Harbor. Unimak island.
There January their vessel was
broken in two by a gale. The men al
last accounts We're subsisting on flour
paste and raw fish and were suffering
the tortures Of intense cold, but while
they were SO cruelty placed aid was
being sent TO them from Sand Point
and Port Bennett. News of their res
cue may be received soon. Ten lives
were lost in the wreck of the schooner,
which sailed from here in November.
Ernst o. Schraubstadter, secretary of
the Pacific States trading company. the
owners OF the John T. Miller. as well
as OF the Glen, which was wrecked
some months before at the same point,
received letters yesterday from An
drew Groswold, lighthouse keeper and
store manager at Sand Point, and A.
Martin, station master at Port Ben
nett. The meager news of the wreck
brought to this port Saturday by the
schooner Czarina was amplifed by the
letters from Groswold and Martin.
Groswold had seen Fred Anderson and
Gustav Hendrickson. the two daunt-
less fishermen who had made their way
by dory in the Arctic darkness and
cold from Bear Harbor to Sand Point
20 find succor for their shipmates.
SENDS NEWS OF DISASTER
In GroswoId's letter is also given the
first authentic news OF the fate of the
Glen, which was lost at Bear Harbor
and whose plight drew the John n.
Miller TO that point. to fare even worse
than its sister schooner.
Groswold's letter follows:
Sand Point, February II.
Sirs: Today a dory with two of the John
+. Miller fishermen came from Bear harbar
bringing the sad news that on January the
with three anchors out. and In less than an
hour broke in two. leaving eight men on the
forward part. They subsequently froze TO
death. The after part OF the vessel drifted
E little closer in toward the beach and all.
with the exception of two Of the men, were
They had tried to swim ashore With line
and were frozen IN the water.
men on board. l3 were saved. With the
exception OF couple they are all more or
crippled. The men who bring this news are
Fred Anderson and Gustav Hendrickson. They
tnform us that Captain Kelton was the last
TO leave the boat Alfred Hansen. station
master at Bear hsrbor, was on board the
Miller at the time il wrecked. BE es-
esped, but both be and Captain helton suf-
fered greatly.
The two fishermen say that if no relief gets
70 the survivors within month they viii have
non Of a few sacks Of -four, all provisions
we're lost. l am at present fitting out my
Port Bennett 70 inform Mr. Martin. who. /
hope, will take charge and send my schooner
OF % Bear harbOr with relief for those pO0-
fellows. And anything that he calls on me
tor be shall have II am able 10 give it. II
Mr. Martin does not do anything in that mat
ter 1 shall send the schooner to Bear larbar
with enough provisions and medicine 70 last
until you send a steamer up / will also send
- s' ''''- ANDREws GRoswof.D.
P. s.-The Glen is stim lying on the beach
intact
SENDS AID TO SURVIVORS
With Groswold's letter came mes
sage from Martin, the station master
at Port Bennett. saying that he had
dispatched aid TO the shipwrecked men.
This morning, according to Schraub-
stadter, the company will begin the
rapid Quitting of one of its three yes
sells now lying at Crockett to be sent
TO the rescue of the men.
Thirty-two men. sailors and cod
fishermen, sailed from this port with
the John F.. Miller Only % of these.
and Hansen. the station master, are
mentioned in the report from Sand
Eoiiit- ccnlaubStadler SAID that he
presumed the other men in the party
had been landed at a fishery or were
ashore when the John F. Miller was
broken on the sandspit in Bear Har-
Dor Schraubstadter speaks in the
highest terms Of Captain Kelton.
The men who sailed from here were:
Captain John Kelton: John Gavin. mate;
RastuS Smith, cook. 6ustare Henrickson. J.
Southern. Frank Horn. Charles J. Peterson.
Peter johnson. G. Christensen. T. FliucS Kari
Wasstronl, W Nil3anen.. Peter Pully A. Jo.
hanson. P; Gilman. Joe Osaus, Carl Chris
tensen, J. z. Day. F. Martin. W. NJ Smifh.
A PalmroSe, Keldmsr Helm. Gus Holmes
". S. SilJapder. Charles Bloom. B. Hansen
W Hall. n. Foley. Carl christensea, p
Gilman. Gust Holmstrom and Chris Slolpe.