The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-02

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 ships dog and two cats being saved. The steamers back is broken aft of the fire rooms and she is badly hogged amidships. When the cap tain left the ship she was pounding badly and going to pieces.
 When She Struck
 Captain c. l.. McGregor of the Al-Ki today said that when the ship struck she was running under a dead slow bell, and that signal had just been given to reverse the engines. The ship struck amidships and has navigable water under both her bow and stern. For seven hours the ship remained upright and on an even keel, but at o'clock last night she suddenly lurched to port and started to pound, At that time it was decided to abandon her.
 Rockets Were Fired
 Rockets were fired and the fish ing steamer San Juan answered 1OllcO WSlC iduHChCu anu III tAiN face of the gale which was raging by the most heroic work on the part of the crew of the fishing boat ev cry passenger and member of the crew had been transferred to the smaller boat within one hour. Lat CT they were again transferred tt the cableship Burnside and brought to the city At the time of the arrival of the Burnside at the wreck the Curacao was within sight of the lights of the wrecked steamer and the Ketchikan was within few miles. all speeding to the aid of the passengers on the wrecked ship. All members of the wrecked crew with he exception of Captain McGregoi and Purser Inglas, were sent south this morning on the Princess Sophia while the passengers secured guar ters about the city.
 Captain Tells Story
 The story of the wreck as told by Captain McGregor follows:
 "The Al-Ki was fairly light and left Hoonah for Sitka at 11:3 a. m on Thursday As the steamer wa; rounding Point Augusta, a northwest gale was raging and the snow was blinding. We could not see thing The steamer was proceeding under slow bell and the wind drifted hel too close to shore. As l realized we were in too close l signaled tt reverse the engines, and just al that minute she struck amidships
 "The ship rested easily and ap parently there was no danger. Sh' remained upright until after sever o'clock. There was no excitemen and the passengers were calm Int crew continued their duties as usual At o'clock the regular course din ner was served to the passengers il the dining saloon. At seven o'clock when the stewards were eating, tht ship suddenly lurched sharply tt | port, resting at an angle of 30 de grees, and started to pound. At this time her back broke and she started to go to pieces.
 Send Out s. o. s. Gall IS. o. s. calls were sent out a | the time she struck and the wireless was in constant touch with either | the Juneau station or other ships At o'clock the fishing steamer Sar Juan arrived and after we had sen ID two rockets, put over her doriei and the work of transferring tht passengers and crew was started The crew of the fishing steamer worked like Trojans in the cold ant storm until the last living thing or the Al-Ki was taken off
 "At 11:20 the cableship Burnside arrived at the scene of the wrecl and the passengers were again trans | ferred from the fishing steamer t( he larger government boat and were brought to the city. Coffee ant sandwiches were served to the ship wrecked people by the crew of tho Burnside and the officers gave Ill their staterooms to the womer among the passengers of the Al-Ki Everything possible was done fol their comfort and full speed was made from the wreck to Juneau They arrived here at 5;30 this morn ing"
 Freight on Board
 The Al-Ki was loaded with 311 tons of freight which included 12C tons of coal all consigned to Sitka A shipment of groceries and sup plies valued at $2.50O was on board having been shipped by Goldstein's Emporium to the Pioneers Home al Sitka It is thought that all the freight will be a total loss.
 Immediately after the news oi the wreck was received in Juneau Max Humfrey. agent for the Seattle Steamship Company was taken on board the Burnside by the ferry boat Gent. of the Juneau Ferry & Naviga ton Company, and appealed to Cap tain Shears of that ship to proceed to the assistance of the wrecked yes sell How soon can you be ready to leave" he asked when Captain