The Detroit times., 1915-09-06
American Heroes of Peace
and the Story of a Shipwreck

When il comes TO un,ung heroes. Oh.
best place to look is right ia the -elHe.
of Uncle Sam.
There are hundreds OF men H tile war
ious branches of the public service giving
their lives and energies-not tor money
for their salaries are uniformly
than they could get on the outs.de--aa,
for the love Of doing service.
Tucked away in dry oficia, reports and
letters are Incidents of bravery and de-
votion 70 service that never reach the
public eye.
We have found one of these men.
He is A. y. Evans, and he is supe1n-
tendent of schools in the western district
Of Alaska, under the United State-
bureau of education.
Here is a passage from his annua. rec
port, in which he tells in q macteT-Ot-fact
way about his experience on a recent trip
of inspection through his school district:
With the high tide we left carter HsF and
headed out TO sea with fairly strong breeze
which increased in strength as night came on
About o'clock the morning of tae -5fa "e
thought We sighted land but the high sea and
the mud flats that extend out made * .mpo~
sible TO approach t. We decided .o head fer
Nunivak island and get behind II for shelter
The storm increased IN severity until ~ 3
o'clock the boat suffering a good deal from
the pounding Of the heavy seas, al times sh.yer
ing all over from the impact
A little after the water began 20 come into
the hold rapidly and though we began o. 1l..
with four buckets the water gained aE5
could not find the leak We tore our rs. e-
ing but stiH could no. find The leak So COM
cluded that the schooner had opened ap .ta.-
the keel and decided thar ogr only hope .at
heading her for The mainland and by hard ss5
ing keep the water down 500 Thar Tho srsf-..
would run After three hours Of taa hardest
work the water flooded The engines so thar ta.e
stopped. Realizing that a do-y could aa, .re
IN such heavy sea. wee put all I'll. gasoline.
tanks and other light material rt0 r-s
and fastened down the matches 1og.az .t a.
schooner would keep anoat until taa sea ro-la
30 down
little after midnight RISING on .-a
the schooner capsized. and we bad g. tse. -a
the dory. which was unusually letf srd ora
.
and all our provisions Except ltt. rae sa
COM. were lost Fortunstels .1 ,ap.zae 81
schooner did nor sink and realizing uat r.
would float hastily pulled In aea..4 emo.
used 10 for a hreakWaier for two INSISTS a.1
day Finally the storm Quoted down sau.a tt
and realizing thar Ve were constantly a.f
blown farther 20 sea. we concluded g. 1888
reach land Accordingly az dagHel. a-
morning Of he 27tE we lsf' tae shelter r..
wreck and, wtho4. compass headed in t.s
rection whore we supposed ar5 ta 5-A
puNing for two more days aHd zre
reached land having had 8o at.r eua -.-t.rt
20 eat bu' raw bacon
We had eyer1 thoraretly a-.r..s.
time After reaching shore ard -sts.- CIR
thirst We began go examine au abandoned
when canoe Will three natives appeared
supplied vi With some dry sa
little burnt flour tor use in laa 1i ca
natives lived about miles ara
unable go reach their village 9r ,...
wind We TOOK shelter lu On. abandoned ...
ate the dry fish and -ca .l ard t.l.st1..l
to dry out by building a ..rs l ta ..4e N.
spent very unc1mforatle .est a..
Intense pain iu our feet uai.. re-a swollen
Two DAYS were spent 90 t Village
raueing Tor skin caro. ta -a..
and in gctting some GOOD -E Ht. sven.
sumed 40 Bethel tho delay .,He
winds aud tides on arrlyr.a H't.e
BE- condition 'bat made travel Hu.
we remained there sA DAYS uaa,r f. ON. ..
Or Reed Though pr Reed ans .r.,-. ...
us Go remain longer. $50 fri 30 ass r...-
tQ hasten on. and rcach.ne fE. qorale. HI..
100 miles above Bethel thrgl day. aad
we're consumed Ia tfoseHs f5 Russian