The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-10
MANY ENGAGED IN SEARCH FOR
 FLYER VICTIMS
Diligent Search Continues Unabated For Boat and Victims; No
 Further Results Reported.

and a small sized tent city for the accommodation of the searchers has sprung up there. The once quiet waterfront in the immediate vicinity of his cabin is now the mooring grounds of quite fleet of non- descript craft, ranging from boats of the size of the Northern Light to the humble birch bark canoe, who come to rest only during the dark hours when further search be- comes impracticable.
 There are about 40 men, including the telegraph operator, encamped there, and an untiring search for the bodies of the unfortunate pass engers of the Flyer, and for the hull of the wrecked boat is being kept up. The searchers are work ing under the direction of Tom Blay- lock and Walter Fisher. The waters
 
 in the neighborhood of the camp and for miles above and below it, literally swarm with craft of various descriptions and every known device for dragging the river bottom is being tried in an effort to solve the mystery of the disaster and recover the bodies of the victims
 As occasion demands it, a launch is detached from the fleet and des- patched to Fairbanks for gear and supplies and on its return, invariably brings a welcome addition to the searchers. The Northern Commercial company have given the searching parties "carte blanche" insofar as supplies, gear and equipment is con- cerned, even to a supply of cigars and tobacco for the use of the searchers, these being gladly sup piled, free of cost, by the big com pany.
 The Pioneers of Alaska, Fairbanks Igloo, will, it is thought succeed in chartering the steamer Shusana for this errand of mercy, and she will prove a very valuable and welcome addition to the searching fleet No stone will remain unturned until the mystery is solved or the freezeup compels suspension of operations.
 Fred Douse on the launch Victory. arrived in Nenana yesterday; he called at the camp at Hadley's on his way down and landed some SUD- plies and a new set of batteries and telegraph instruments for the operator stationed there On his way down to Nenana, in a quiet eddy on the first bend below Wood river, he found a life preserver of the type in common use on. river steamers and launches. There was nothing on it to indicate its owner ship, but is thought to be one of the life preservers belonging to the ill-fated Flyer.
 Fred Douse advances the theory that the Flyer may have struck hard on Smile bar, the impact throwing the passengers forward in a heap on top of the Hungry Kid' at the wheel The shaft, he thinks, was forced up, causing the rapidly re- volving propeller to tear a large hole in the stern of the boat before the engine stopped; the bow being clear of the bar, was swung around by the current and the boat was carried to deep water, where she sank by the stern. This theory is 1 borne out, he says, by the position of the hull when seen by Norman Hadley. Several theories have been and the finding of the hull and close examination of it | will alone disclose the cause of the | great disaster.
 A brief message from the oper- ator at Hadley's camp this morning l the news that ball of yarn with knitting needles, and a lady's | hat were the only things that re- warded the searchers up to the time l the message was sent. The hat has l been identified as belonging to Mrs. l Craig. It was found just below |