The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-22


 cured. was very phenomenal af fatr when coupled with the fac. that l5 people were in a coach which fell off a :restle r feet to the ground below. and nobody was in jureG, at least to any appreciahlo extent
 George A. Parks. mineral surveyor of the general land office, gives the most graphic description of the wreck a. it occurred The first thing he realized. he says, was that the coach was turning over, aEd jumping to c feet. he commenced to follow il around That is. as the coach rolled. George walked with it and in this manner succeedyd l in keeping his 'eet until the coach hit During his little strcll up the side of the car and also across the ceiling of 1t NIT. Parks poked one of his feet through a window and cut one of hIs shoes, but otherwise was only bruised as a result Of his experience.
 MT Parks walk was the outcome of preconCeiyed idea as 10 whG, he should do in case of being m just such d wreck. Being gov crnment engineer. ne Is compelled to travel extensively and has therr- fore been In wrecks before, all ot his other experiences of like na- ture however, having taken placH in the western states, where cars rolling down mountain sides are frequent occurrences in the matte: of train wrecks,
 Just as soon as the passenger car hit the ground Mir Parks made an effort to get out His only thoushts was for his camera. which is his constant companion, and no pictures of the wreck
 Tommy QuiIk, one of the lucky discoverers of the big pay on Dome creek. didn't consider himself so lucky when he discovered that he was in a wreck But when he found out that he was still intact and hanging together in good shape, he began to realize that he might yet have time to enjoy his newly found wealth
 Fred JorgeAson. the only passen. ger on the train who was injured having had q shoulder wrencheu is oSe of the luckiest anr still one of the most unlucky men alive For if an accident happens anywhere in Jorgenson3 vicinity. he is sGro to be in it, having suffered every thing from scratches to broken reck. On the other hand he Is con sidered one of the most enterpri~- rg mining Men of the community having spen- most of his time eX tracing gold from pay gravel dis covered by himself when rot "doina tune" in hospital somewhere az a result of ore of his numerous lc Cidents.
 Mir JorgensCn's first and greatest injury occurred about six years age when he was working on TendcrfoC' creek At that time he had his neck broken in a taveiu, and his case is recorded ia medical and surgical books as one of the most eXtraOt dinary ever fnown. For two or three years he suffered, although able to walk around with his head propped up in brace, then he result was thar he came back witt one yertebrae taken out and his spine wired together in such shape that he was able to get about Nitt ease
 Then he went out to Goldstredn to operate. He sank his shaft anC struck the pay and was just gett Gl ready to open up when he brcke his leg, which laid him up for tnl remainder of the summer.
 His next lulning venture was a Hot Springs, where he started nk irg a shaft on WoodchOppGr creek | The result is that during me coniEs summer the ground in the vicinity of JorgenSonS hole on Woodch0p per will produce sometlinG lkt Sc00,000, all 1ue to the enterpriS, of Fred Jorgenson.
 Jorsenson sold out on Woodchop per for 5000 cash. the purchasers of his lease being Cleveland Howell And with the money ht received MT. Jorgenson decided tt go 10 the Tolovana and see wha he could do. Accordingly he made the purchase of some ground ant 1 starting sinking shaft on par of it having today some of what i: reported to be the richest grounf on Livengood creek.
 And, of co'rse, being as Fred i!
 in the money again, it was jus