The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-12-01
7IoRK APPRECIATED

psonett of the S. S. Alaskan
CAPT. ffFS Valuable Cargo. He has been
Saved .,sd with Check for $1,000 and
P1, s'.bls Watch and silverware'
'au' nost commander of an ocean
The youlgg,e on the Pacific coast is
song $ = dl1istinguished honor for son
4 itself bnt when one adds to that, an
Il Name, - e. of $1,000 in cash and $500
g1sp'g 6d watch TOR then mg Maine eo NAV ms
duty as ne of Capt. Fred J: Bennett,
he'd p = T Rt~N Annie Bennett OF Brewer,
sn Of N andar of the steamship Alaskan
he co0i', ,,,aanr,can-Hawaiian S. s. Co:
d The met met LITTER to his mother, Capt.
in Iet aafsrs modestly to his part in
Be I.ieg out the fire in the 5 hold 1 ct his
putt9g which was lying at San Diego,
ye'se'' last June. when ire broke out IN
Caiir laS' 'vaIued, according to Capt.
bel aa'sG;' rc0ding the vessel, at about
BeDleI,, '' In the edition of local
aW@tg9O. San Diego Union, which de-
pp'f tp w.. presentation OF the gifts, for
ss1e' u,[ ,heir chiefs, the stevedores
he fact, any who We're at all con
3d. y ~ - ,he saving of the valuable ship
srrtl j., 4. tells something of the story
d To- BENNETT was on a trolley car
J'F 'rovu from the dock, when he
b9J'- " l5rsi- If distress from his steam
bear ,,s and the telephone soon told
,b5 trouble was. He at once
BIN. '.-s took personal charge of the
Itil.. .-.v. from the city and by the use
IRE s,sri, Keen Judgment, for so young
Of '''' net al af flooding the hold with
ai ,raf.rg that there was a guam
val, ..ira.m carbide in the cargo, he
ny VI T M sulphur fumes through the
rl''.' SITTER several days hard fight
sqot ~ wav the valuable cargo was
j .i-"',oacel and the fire thoroughly
h',5 in the removal of the cargo
s1p-' lre s1phur choked hold, both fire
lroa stsyedores did valiant service,
nv Them succumbing to the fumes
u. n' is.9g brought out on deck to recover
r ", .sppenrd IN June and the insur-
.". ,5rasuies united with the owners
w. ~, .t-srapr IN a grand demonstration
!. has, no had done the work. The
.,,.rg. # the Alaskan at San Diego in
F%srger Afforded the opportunity and
~ steamer was fairly alive with the
.s+ 5smoeratic throng assembled on
3.o.s i7 her whole career. 1t is in
.'s5 ialattu. if ever before the high
4r,fanes Of the city, from the mayor
-s5f down through to the fire fighters,
,sstar shows and were welcomed,
Nh their ladies' and the stew edores and
han aides. by the prominent men who
;mmei the committee of reception as
Il hg company trooped across the gang
Viii the papers didn't have the exact
Erres is reported that in all, as an
mqssla1 Of their appreciation of the
s11p Of that valuable ship and cargo,
h Underwriters and the owners distri-
g.si $40 500 among those to whom they
Htfd5ot.'
m Can't. Bennett, as the executive
rre in the saving of the cargo, check
$3.50 WIS given, together with a
ka1tf4 gcia watch, appropriately in
nbyj The. inscription reads:
S, Alaskan, on fire at San Diego,
June II, 1910.
pe-rt4 te the underwriters and
owners to
Fred Eaune't, Master, for meritori-
aa erHices performed.
The sl5J- i money set apart for this
Istlr 8a a accompanying chain and
Laole .Ha.u. was $500. But when
Etl apt. Bennett the officer of the
Enfan detailed to assist him in his Sc
Ectoa came TO Shreeves' jewelry store
Saa francis the best watch there,
nerce naee came to but $125 and as
evore il good chain and Masonic charm
teal the digestion was made that
y3H The balance to purchase silver and
Ngas- for his home, he having within
year lack married and establish
taEone N me city, which keeps guard
tie lu1eU Gate. So Mrs. Bennett
FGesFa4asI for and the two selected
ta gifts which were marked with
ben initials something that will last
tHr"es wrote the happy young cap
FIio MS mother
IHsi- Eas i gold watch for the fire
h. al another for his first assistant,
Rlr5mer's Relief Fund of San Diego
q nrjefed by the sum of 50, 500, the
'rs1 vino participated had So, 100 to
ilE1TIf 1tftIi fharo tho oh s
Ssace Tul notified the ships officers
Nooptly no the night of the fire and
@vtr tis men fought for the vessels
Htt. was gwen 81, 900 to divide among
men, the entire crew of the steam
was recognized by gift, not man
jug 1s-ook+i, while the mate, chief
sfee! and urst assistant engineer, re-
ENfi S3a" zach.
Alsn Mayor Conard had finished the
ETe7aJg1 and the recipients had ac-
sge1ge1 ae generosity of the givers,
tGchestrs Athe palm decorated deck
W more music and there was a boun-
oanqlet spread to which all the
"s9I The Americana Hawaiian Steam
lo had received each special invi-
Nhuhg to his mother of the gifts
! stl he haa received and of the pros
E.%e' ceienration before him at San
~ apt. Bennett says:
mai THE watch) is something that l
always be proud of, and l am very
y pRased with the treatment that l
", ES35ulg, 1t does one good to be re-
,S y when one has done the best he
rraqlsltally- Bangor may claim to
=, 4ultf hold on Capt. Bennett, for
,, '@ gwen the first two degrees of
p.Iy in St Andrews Lodge in the
,ir ~q at the request of st. Andrews
~ ~ y lodge in San Francisco, was
Ss,i 5ls Master Mason's degree there.
[ ensgS' beng favored so richly by his
s, , from financial standpoint, he
sSgAtIy been granted two months
p,,, VI absence on full pay and it is in
7'eL ltdt thpro ara othar hnrorc ~