Valdez daily prospector., 1912-06-28
\ WoMAN'S STORY
 OF THE pIsAsTER
Continued from page i)

hiS Io CoIlc qulCh, dS MNIIud WdS very ill. She was taken sick very suddenly and went into spasms and within five hours went to her home to pray for us all. They had three doctors but they could not save her. Returning to the awful time we were experiencing, it remained dark all that night and by 10 o'clock the next morn ing it became just little light, when the RedOndO came in. We were all nightly surprised as we could see but a few feet ahead. The Manning, which was in the harbor, blew her whistle, and the tug came in by the sound. You can imagine We were happy io see her safely home.
 Coming in they passed the Dora, which was headed fnr Sew ard. By , u'clnck in the after noon il got darker than ever and he ashes were coming down llIickrr. while it. ihIIndrrrd some thing awful. IL Was a terrible night and by morning the air was
 much worse. About 6 o'clock cvrrybody Was taken aboard the |. <. R. C.. Manning, just prior In which We held services in the church lOrthudnX Creek; I bought d holy picture for you, ~. h Ifh h,, d holy lamp and prayed for you all. l will send it to you at the first opportunity. It. is d picture of the Virgin Mary.
 "Ncslerday Otto Manly came back; the launch Valdez came in from Eagle harbOr; the In dians from katmai and other vil- lag"s were brought to Afognak, so 1 judge everybody is safe. Morris $. is engineer on the Val deZ and Oscar and Fred were out fishing, so Mrs. Sergent was all alone during that awful time.
 Minnie surprised me by keep ing calm through il all, although she IS so nervous. MT. Blinn was with us, too. The last night we all gathered in the bed room and sat there. There were l9 people in our house that night. I sat up and watched and when things got worse l didn't tell the folks, as they seemed to get more Frightened than did. By 2 o'clock the ashes were getting awful thick and one could smell sulphur fumes in the air, and sparks could be seen falling. Lat cr on I could stand it no longer, as the air was very bad, so went and woke up BlOdgrtt and Min nir. A little later all our can ncrymen came in with their eyes in awful condition and all very thirsty. There being no wafer in town we got some condensed wa ter from the Manning. got breakfast for all and about that Jim" MT. Blinn came in and told us all to prepare to go aboard he Manning. We started for the cutter, and it was terrible going with the children, as we could hardly see the lanterns in front of us. We would hardly have gotten to the vessel if the can ncryInen had not helped us. When We reached the ship the whole town was there. Poor Annie Ol- son died while on board, as she was. very ill when taken from home.
 "The Wood island people were also on board, where we remained for two days and nights, crowded like sardincs. When we returned Io shore baby boy was born to Florence Olson and three babies came to light in Afognak. I am glad there were babies born be- cause that shows God has not Forgotten us yet. I am not afraid any mOre,as I don't think another outbreak will happen soon. It is sad to think of Kodiak; the place was becoming so pretty and bus mess was growing and now It IS a desert. I don't plan Co leave as MT. Blodgett has his cannery to look after. It is in awful shape, the windows broken in and the ashes sliding in from big slides, which nearly buried the .cahnery. A slide from the hill partly demolished Mrs. Woch's house.
 "I don't know what to say