The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
FUNERAL Of MISS BLANCHE FR|DO
FROM THE FAMILY RESIDENCE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON
BODY Will Arrive Here Early Tomorrow Morning
From Seattle. Additional Details OF
Ocean Disaster.
(Trom Mondays DailS.)

(Trom Mondays Dailv)
The funeral rites over the remains
of Blanche Fridd, whose death in the
wreck of THE State of California"
last week struck grief into the hearts
of hundreds of North Dakotans who
counted themselves her friend, will be
held Tuesday afternoon from the fam
lily residence in this city.
DR.. Paul Fridd of California, who
is accompanying the body east, will ar
rive here tomorrow morning on Nor
thern Pacific train No. s, and from
there the body will be taken directly
to the undertaking parlors until the
burial hour.
The services will be performed by
Reverend w. C. Lyon, pastor of the
Congregational church of this city, as
sisted by Rev. Chas. w. Harris of Bis
marck.
The honorary pail bearers are: the
Misses Mary Richie, Florence Nc
Donald Clara Aldahl, Anne Bailey, Et-
ia Irgens, and Lou Satterlund
The following account of the details
leading up to the disaster is taken
from the Seattle Times and explains
the cause, probably as far as will ever
be determined, of the sinking of the
great vessel:
after discharging three tons of
freight at Gambler Bay cannery, we
cleared at $3.50 and headed for the out
side. After reaching the roadstead
where the United States shows thirty
fathoms of water, we struck the reed.
The vessel did not rear or raise, and
this, in my opinion, shows that the
rock could not have been more than a
few feet above the line of the vessels
keel.
Il Immediately pulled the whistle
cord, sending out several blasts to
warn the cannery people of our dan
ger, and sang out to the deck crew
to launch the life boats. At the same
time, headed the ship for the beach,
We had just reached the rocky beach
when the vessel went down like a
stone.
Every available boat had been
launched by the crew, who responded
with perfect discipline to the orders
from the bridge Although most of
the boats were partly filled with wa
ter from the wash made by the ship
when she plunged to the bottom, the
crew managed to pick up most of the
passengers who were struggling in the
water.
"Wreckage from the vessel was
everywhere, and many passengers
were held fast under the floating de-
bris, making the rescue work hard. As
soon as I could gather my crew oh.
tanned two gas boats. One sent to
Petersburg with instructions to notify
any passing vessel of our troubles.
1.-The other, loaded with the injur-
ed and the bodies of the dead which
we had recovered from the wreck, and
headed for Juneau, ninety miles away.
This boat carrying the dead and in
cured met the steamship Jefferson, and
notified Capt. J. c. Nord Of the disas-
ter. Capt. Nord took the boats occu-
pants aboard and hurried to Gambler
Bay, where the Jefferson arrived at
$3.50 o'clock in the afternoon. The
survivors who had remained at the
cannery were taken on by the Jeffer-
son, which carried them to Juneau.
"Too much praise cannot be given
to men Of my crew for their perfect
discipline and to the people Of the can
merry who sheltered the scantily clad
survivors and gave them warm cloth
ing. The officers and crew of the
Jefferson also deserve praise for the
ready response they made to our call
for assistance. It took some time to
recover the bodies as they were held in
the wreckage. Many of the passen-
gers lost never left their staterooms."
"The Misses Minette Harland and
Blanche Fridd, reported among the
missing, were teachers in the State
Normal school at Monmouth, Ore,
Miss Harland's family lived in Indiana
and Miss Fridd's family resides in
Valley City, N. D. They have been
instructors at the Monmouth school
for two years. The two young women
had gone on vacation trip to Alaska.
An advice received from Juneau this
morning stated that one of the bodies
latest recovered had been identified
as thot Of Miss Fridd, who had book
ed for the passage on the State of Cali
fornia through the Portland office Of