Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-13
CAaAWAYSN
ARCTIC SAVED
BY NHALER

is now reported total loss.
f. Schroder, who with Stabens &
friedman, San Francisco. has large
interest in the lost vessel has re-
ceived the following wire. dated No
Evember 10, from the Elyira's master,
Captain C. T. Petersen, at Circle City,
Alaska. -& = ..s.g..
aElyira and furs total loss. Crew
safe, Belvedere Ice. No whaling. No
ship reached Herschell island. Elk
Itreme season. ;Karluk last seen off
shore Flaxman island, August IA. An
derson party Collinson point. News
papers. Am coming via Fairbanks.
&C. 7. PETERSEN
On account ofsits breyity. the mes
sage from the far north may seem
cryptic to many, but. as 1t reads to the
owners al more full transcription
would convey the following informa-
Etion:
CastaMay Wires Wife. q
aThe schooner Elyira and her cargo
of furs are q total loss. The crew
were safely taken on board the Bel.
vedere. Ice is thick In these waters
this year, there being no whaling pos
slDle and no ship having penetrated to
Herschell island. The Karluk. the
flagship or the Steffannson expedition
sent North under the auspices OF the
lCanadian government, was last seen
| off the shore of Flaxman island, tAu-
gust IA. DR.. Anderson OF that expe-
Id.tion has been landed to pursue his
research work upon Collinson point
GIVE this dispatch out to the press.
III am coming back home by way OF
ik'airpanks. !"
In another telegram to his vile at
their home, rs Broderick street, San
IFrancisco, Petersen states that he
win be home about the Middle De-
Icember. This, In face ould give him
ample time for the tLip Circle City,
Alaska, where he was on Monday, &C
Icording to the date Of; the telegram.
Bis about $50 miles from Fairbanks,
lfrom which point to Valdez, an open
Iport On the Alaskan coast, there Is
GOOD travelling over one 6f the best
winter trails Of the northern empire.
Iron Valdez to Seattle by boat and
from the Puget Sound port to San
4 Francisco Is an easy trip.
Dssh 81 Dog Sled.
TO reach Fairbanks from the coast
LII Is believed that Captain Pedersen
dmust have made dash Of at least s0o
.Emiles over the Ice and snow, probably
lin dog sleds.
AS for the .BelFedere, the vessel
(which saved Captain Petersen and his
crew, that boat Is Whaler owned BY
lEdWard Stewart Of Seattle, which hap
i pened to be; IN the northern waters OF
Emueh the same errand as the Elvira
il The last word from Petersen was
lIetter received BY the San Francisco
d owners Of the Inflated craft, dated
HJnly %. On that date the skippel
|Iwrote that they were within eigh'
miles Of Point Barrow, bound in z
Il Herschell island, and that there wa
| little or no lee.
Captain Petersen, 1t may be remem
bered, was master of the Karluk ate
that vessel had been sold to Steffann
lson by Stabens & Friedman. who nav
ligated her to yiet6ria. He refused t
lcoramand her on the northern expedi
Ition because that would mean seryinl
/ as a British subject and the sacrifc,
llof his American certificate. He i
Hqnite young and q fine specimen OF tn,
lIbest type Of Scandinavian manhood
Crew Local Men.
Captain Pedersen's cfew,, most o
whom are San Francisco men, was a
! follows: Joe Manuel, first mate; Wi
, Ham Seymour, second matea w. G. Al
Ills, chief engineer; H. N. Clark, super
cargo; j. Boyle, Manuel Fernando
boat steerers; W. ]. BAN. cook an
steward; Val Nichols, seaman AN
sailmaker; Don Addison, R. ]. Austin
~. w. Mccain, ]. F. Wade, L. Pechett
and Mlrliam Sullivan, al seamen:
When the Elvira left port on he
"trip the vessel with her outfit was va
: lued at $4,000. -.
Il is not regarded as serious thin
Ifor a ship tc be frozen in in Arcti
waters, because this does not mea
Itnat she thereby becomes total los
Il that is, If only suitable moorings hav
tbeen found. In the Elvira's case th
!, owners are in the dark as to whethe
, Iher sides were crushed in by the icI
q whetner she rammed foe or beri
, whether she struck reef or what di
3 faster Of the sea overlook her.
Stabens & Friedman at the preser
time have a schooner, the Rosie H
{ (which left San Francisco on April 8
IL more than five years ago, froze
/. in upon the coast Of Baillie islam
!. Her master, Captain Walk, stayed U
there with her, though he sent h
crew outside. Using her as . base. b
ii trades and traps. sending his catch
fur outside every year by ships whlc
v1s.t him at his lonely anchorage.