The Nome daily nugget., 1916-08-28

IS tn experienced navigator, and oiil- ciated in the capacity of first mate of the vessel during the disastrous trip.
 At 1:35 d. m. on Tuesday, August x. We took our departure from St Paul island where We had stopped to leave Mrs. nanna the wife of one of the naturahsts, and also 10 see the fur seal rookerles. From Mr. Fassett we had learned that d man named Little was reported wrecked on St. Matthew island some two hundred and fifteen miles to the north so We intended to report, little expecting to be ship wrecked there ourselves some forty eight hours later From the moment of leaving St. Paul until We struck Pinnacle rock, about seven miles south southwest of St. Matthew, we sailed through dense fogs against moderate to fresh northerly winds. Consequent ly we were unable at any time to de- termine our position by observations
 I the sun or stars and were com peled to rely entirely upon dead reck onng.
 At ten o'clock Wednesday night, August 1 went off watch and turned the vessel over to the second mate, in- structing him to keep the ship on hef course (north north wesD until her log should read SO and then to put her about on the port tack and steer northeast by north, which, according to our dead reckoning, should have placed us fifteen miles south of St. Matthews at d. m, Thursday morning, and at which time it would hr daylight.
 Before turning in, further instruct ed the second mate to call me at one d. m, though my watch did not com mence until 2:3O At one clock we expected to do some sounding, though from the uniform depth and character of bottom in this part of Boring sea, soundings are of no value until d ves scl IS within a few hundred yards of the beach. had turned in all stand ing and awoke at twelve fifty of my
 wn accord and went into 'he galley to At 12:57 d. m. l65 meridian time, heard the lookout forward sing out
 hard starboard" and the bell in the engine room ring full speed astern. Almost simultaneously the ship struck rock, slid over it--and fetched up hard on al other. All hands were im- mediately called on deck and ordt "ed to take in the canvas. A strict regard for the t,ath compels mo to st:,te, that hono of the twenty-one persons on Ioard showed the slightest f,o, or confusion. All this time it was so lark and tie fog was so dense ih,, | ,5c coula see nothing excect m o. casional glimpse of breakers almost under our bow. We could also feel rather than see the loom of a sheer wall of rock only q few yards from our bowsprit.
 As soon as our canvas was in and, as there was no immediate danger, we set to work bringing up provisions, tents, guns, ammunition and personal belongings, preparatory to abandon
 ing ship after daylight. Just before daylight the water stopped our main and electric light engines but, shortly after three, we could see well enough to lower our dory launch and four whaleboats and commence loading them one at a time on the lee side, paying the others out astern. While we were loading the boats, Capt. Lane took one of the whaleboats and a boats crew and circumnayigated the rock to determine where we were. It proved to be, as we had already sur missed. Pinnacle rock, an island two miles long and two hundred yards wide, rising sheer from the water to height of nine hundred feet and afford ing no landing for boats, even in calm weather, but alive with murres, crow bills and sea parrots.
 By nine o'clock our boats were all loaded and we abandoned the ship and headed north for St. Matthews, about seven miles distant, with our launch towing the four whaleboats At ten thirty, we found ourselves within