Evening star., 1913-03-02

sea- and the residents of the town had
become so sabdued by the terror of the
elements that all were anxious to
scramble aboard. When the Manning
loaded itself with every individual In this
community ii partook indeed OF the ap-
pearance of an excursion steamer carry
ing picnic party. Every avaiiabls incn
of space was occupied.
1.-The wives and daughters of the Amer
lean residents had been quartered In the
cabins below and We're doing yeoman
service as nurses In assisting the doctors
In their treatment of those who were Ill
The native men were working busily In
cleaning up the ship, and the mess crew
was turning out such supplies of biscuits
and corn beef as would rival any work.
ingman's eating house in the factory
district during the meal hour.
Capt Brown, an old and skillful pilot
of the waters. steered the ship through
the channel as she got under way. Look
ing back toward this ash-covered and de-
serted village of the northland, there was
but one figure to be seen. that of United
States Marshal Armstrong, who, while
he sent his wife aboard maintained that
his post of duty was with the stricken
town. and refused to leave ii.
Arriving at the outer harbor. where
the ship might clear into the open sea
at a moments notice, we made anchor
and sent a boat ashore on Woody Island.
where had stood the wireless station o:
the government. and where missionaries
had established an orphanage for parent
less children of this far northern race
Here were found l03 inhabitants almost
famished for want of food and water.
and they were brought aboard to add
to the already numerous population OF the
ship This raised the number of our pas.
sengers to 4S6. exclusive of the crew.
.'The people from Woody Island We aft
erward returned to their homes. but the
men and women of Kodiak we planted in
q new village providing shelter and food
for them until they could adjust them
selves to their new surroundings and ind
a way of providing themselves with food.
Their potato crops were gone, the salmon
streams had been filled with ashes, and
the running of the fish consequently sus-
pended. The food for their live stock had
been so covered up that all the cattle
and horses We're threatened with starva-
lion II was indeed a hard season that
faced those people, but government SUP
plies were shipped to them and helped
lowed.
"As soon as 1t became apparent that
the disturbance was not to be resumed
we manned all the small craft we ha
available. and Immediately began to scour
the nearby island and the coast OF the
mainland for any isolated groups of
fishermen who might have been brough
into suffering because Of the ash fall. So
sparsely settled is this country, however,
that but two three camps were found.
and it is believed that there were no olh-
ers the existence of which was unknown.
1.-The expedition to the mainland re-
ported fall of ashes some five feet deep
on the level, with drifts twenty or thirty
feet in depth. / estimate that the asa
fall at Kodiak. seventy-1ve miles from
the volcano. was twenty-five inches deep.
1t would seem that the old man OF the
SHOWS had not emptied his ash can for
some time before this occasion or his go"
ing on a mighty rampage