The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-02-19
VIv0R TELLS
OF WRECK
GeouelOesd,


wish n terrible gate blowing aud The
aoa running mountains high fm-
mediately plans iseru made 20 rescue
The cfna THE monster engines ~
the Northwestern slowed down aH1
TIRE hattie Mifh iiis elements was GA.
Hy crafty mayes the Tiny sioop. az
compared with the Northwestern.
Was kept 10 thm icewhrd After
heurs q tryinE the hiH bpat pulled
alanENide and lines Wsfe thrown 90
her. H. an 50 tines were fastened 20
The craft.
Mary Wiilina 10 Be Heroes.
The seven people on board the
NuNaet were frantic. but ala not for
a moment laae their minds. except
Mrs.. Lukan. who was almost De.
muntea and tbs dreammr. Louis
Jordan When che frat uau was
pulled aboard the first question ~
wAH asked waH. Hos many arc
there aboard win a gasp. before
h. f~li faintina go shr deck he cried.
Nfs men and one woman
80 sooner Waa fha statement
made ihau 4 dozen ~ the crew ~ tho
Sssthweatrrn started abpsrd the
NlEEct. only % b. restrained by the
uffssicrn ~ fha haat
suSloua f4nsa pepred over the side
" kha stramnr The sea was lash
lng about ln lsa fury. and tho tall
nerf ~ tho Nugget in 81 Wild ca
rteuing struck lhr chiaf rnsinesr IN
th side frRefugtng three Ribs and
psfrrwiss terribly bruisiue him
Has osspsrsts Struggle.
once naru ths rope ladder was in
r. iah % the NBRKet and Louis f4u-
KAN grabbed u wifh ono arm and
win the uiiJer around thr Waist ~
Ma ug0strnis wife. = large woman.
wTAEhluR nearly isa pounds. ne
risas burden. The excitement wan
terrible The members % fha crew
held ihair breath a. horrible nnticl-
patton. ntii step after step sxns con
quered and AZ last wtfh one mighty
effort. fhs two reached the sop rtfng
nnd were claNged - tha strong frauh
hands 81 the Northw rsfrgn'a crew
Win ona lock az bis eifo'r face, 80
make sure that aha was safe. ~
dropped 90 tia deck - the biz boat
IN a faint. from which nc recovered
only after hours u persistent work
Then a scream of horror waa
forced from the tips 81 every one
~ she crew a. Louis Jordan vas
Heeu % plunge overheard A half
dozen ropes eers throwrn 10 him. ana
bali dozen uasn tore their caala
gf, ready 90 spring % after him
vita au Insane curse. 10 pushed
them aNas from him and sank from
sight
AZ The last man was dragged
aboard the steamer. the hug wAa
seen again. thiN time bets tho
tive boats when - sudden they
crashed together ard the crew
tufned away from fhn afrkenEnp
slight lie was crushed into . shape.
less mass and sank. never to be- seen
aTaiu
sleep .. Abandoned.
The NuRRet WIS cut loose and she
way. when Il arrived a. Juneau. ne
eraN. wish the exception Of Henry
Wagner. aua Of the owners vas out
ashore AIRS. Lukan waa stiii ouf
~ her brad whom taken 20 the hos.
pitai- The injured engineer was also
Not 3 thiug had been saved Val
liable records heiaHginx 20 the
fAfuYa Fay company. which were
aboard the Nugget went down with
one feature which impressed the
rcssuarH II the story told by one OF
the rescued men. The night before
the rescue Louis. the unfortunate
q o. recalled TO MS sister the dream
be had and asked her to return 90
Rim q small silver bard ring that
his dead muthat bad given ntin Some
years before a. birthday gift
which Mrs Luhan had been wearing
FOR some time. 7 want To- take N
go my wat1ry grave WITH me-. was
his last statement
Why the boat left Iftuyn bay so
early has been n puzzle 60 the man.
aEera tt was not however. on ar~
count % the shortage Of food. ~
was first reported Henry Wagner
stated that the work they had been
annt up to DO was completed and
that they had decided 60 wait az
Juneau witch w only 10 miles from
l.ituya. until March whom the rest
af the company would Join them
When the Northwestern landed
this morning the most anxious man
on che dock was Louis Jordan ~
The father ~ tho dead boy. awaiting
sonie Intelligence AS Go his son and
da rrhter
Wagner reported that two days
before they were rescued they HiEht-
"a dnother small schooner with sails
fuIE set. ana the next time they
sighted her the sails were torn TO
rih henH Her name nor any definite
description could not hc learned. aud
he believes that she was lost
Tho lost Nugget was % 82sfoot
siuon of about five tons. owned hy
Henry Wagner ana Capmiu 9 A
hfyan.