The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-24
CHARLES SINCLAIR'S MARVELLOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH IN A
 BLIZZARD
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 When George Adams arrived in Idit- arod at about 1:20 D. m. Thursday with the Seward mail he brought word that Charles Sinclair. well-known old-tim- CT lately employed on Otter creek, had disappeared in the blizzard of Tuesday night last, his sled and dogs having been found on the trail There was no trace of the missing man, and party had started out from Schirmier's roadhouse to search for the body It was not thought there was one chance in a thousand of Sinclair having sur vived the storm.
 When, therefore, Earl Byers and J. W. McCord arrived iR the city yester- day afternoon and announced that Sin clair was safe and sound at Fritz Vol ters' roadhouse there was general re- ioicing and much astonishment was eX- pressed that the man should have come safely out of the ordeal.
 Sinclair, bound for Seward on his way Outside, left Otter last Tuesday morning He remained but a short time in Iditarod, proceeding to Schir- mefar's roadhouse. a distance of about sixteen miles There he had dinner, and at about l o'clock in the afternoon announced his intention of proceeding 10 Fritz Wolters' roadhouse. the next stopping place on the trail. some twen- weight or thirty miles distant J. F. Riley. who was at Schirmeier's on his way from Tolstoi 10 Iditarod, advised him against making the journey that day. warning him against the fast ap- proach Of darkness. and reminding him that his dogs, which were not yet hardened to the trail. would be tall in" before he could reach Fritz's Sin clair scoTed at the warning, and short lv afterward started out. That was the last seen of him un,n Thursday morning, when he stumbled almost eX- hausted into Fritzs roadhouse after having wandered around in the storm and bitter weather for two nights and a day He had been on the move from early on Tuesday morning until Thurs day morning. most of which time he was hopelessly lost How he managed 10 survive is marvellous, and is accoun- red for only by reason of the fact that, being inurad to travel on the trail, he had kept his head and continued nov ing despite almost complete exhaust ion, knowing full well that to relax for even a moment might mean death.
 sinclair's Story.
 According to the story he told at Fritz's the storm struck him about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and soon he was enveloped in complete darkness. The dogs refused to face the bitter wind, and he unlocked them from the sled and started to Fritz's, believing it was but a short distance The dogs refused to follow, and soon he left them and started on foot. Realizing that he could not find the way to the roadhousa. he started to retrace his steps to these led, but became lost, and he wandered around untid daylight. All the following day and night he kept on. and although the storm subsided. the weather remained extremely cold. When he finally reached Fritz's on Thursday morning, he was so utterly exhausted that he collapsed His wants were attended to, and he will be able 10 resume his journey Tn a few days.
 Adams. who was accompanied by Siegfrid Wig and Al Caldwell, report cd the finding of the sieG and dogs at Scnirmeier's whither he brought the missing mans team. A search party was organized, consisting of Earl By CTS, J. ". McCord and Emil Jensen which started out early Thursday nor ming Arriving at the point where Sin clairs sled was found. they proceeded to make camp, with the intention o making a thorough search of the vic inity. While they were thus engag ed Fritz Wolters arrived with the gooC news that Sinclair had arrived at hi: house. The dogs and sled were turn ] ed over to the roadhouse man and ht returned with them and the searcf ] narfY started hack fnr Iditarnd