The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-14

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 THE KNOWN MISSING
 Among those known to have taken passage on the Flyer on the morn. ing of Friday. October 4th, are the following:
 George A. Coleman, manager of the N. c. Co.,,
 Mrs. Hawley Sterling. wife of En- gineer Sterling of the Alaskan En- gineering commission at Nenana.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Craig and little son. of the Tolovana. MT. Craig was associated with Tom Nc Kinnon in mining on Hidden Treas ure. creek.
 Helen Moulton.
 ed by the Carlisle Packing company at Andreafsky.
 UNKNOWN MISSING.
 It is stated by persons who were at the Nenana waterfront at the time of the launch's departure that in addition to those whose names were learned that there were three others who were not known. Two of them, men, are stated to have been recent arrivals from the Chandlar country. The other was colored woman, a, first supposed to be Flossie Lisle, A message to Nenana to ascertain if she had taken passage was answered that at the present time she was still at the railroad town.
 An effort was made yesterday to ascertain if some identification could not be made as to one of the un- known men and the roll of bedding which was picked up by the Reliance and brought to Fairbanks, was un. done. Nothing of an identifying na- ture was discovered except laundry mark on the pillow slip. It was either "47" or "L q" The bundle contained a comforter with blue center and gray edging, fur cap, two pairs of socks, shaving out. fit and pair of canvas gloves.
 HADLEY's STORY.
 Returning searchers bring the story of Norman Hadley, the only person who saw the launch after it met with the accident which caused 1t to sink and the loss of it's pas. sengers. In substance 1t is as fol- lows:
 His attention was first attracted by seeing an empty oil case floating down stream closely followed by some other object. Soon after the launch came in view. entirely sub. merged and standing upright in the water with the stern down. It dis. appeared beneath the water and re. appeared again. Securing a polling boat he made after the wreck. Once more it sank and came up. After several unsuccessful attempts he sue ceeded in making fast to the bow of the boat and attempted to stay it's drifting. The launch evidently pass. ed into a deep hole for 1t started to sink rapidly and it was only by cut ting his rope that he was not taken down with it. After sinking 1t ap- peared to view once more. then went from his sight That was the last seen of the ill-fated craft. Soon after sinking several pieces of board came to the surface and floated away.
 FEW ARTICLES RECOVERED.
 The only articles to be recovered SO far are the hand bag of Mrs. Sterling, which was later identified by MT. Sterling who is now engaged in the search, a roll of blankets. a camp stool used by the launch own CT and the memorandum book of MT. Coleman. The book was found by MT. Sterling on a bar short dis. tance from the place where the launch is supposed to have met with her accident. It was lying about a foot on the bar and about two inches above the water level, evidently wash ed there by a small wave. The pages were scarcely soaked, the writ. ing still being legible.
 MANY LAUNCHES ENGAGED.
 At the present time there are six launches engaged in the work of try ing to locate the sunken launch. The "Siwash," the De Young launch, and those owned by Jesse Rust, Joe Johnson. Fred Douse, two from the commission at Nenana and the Northern Light. also from Nenana. About thirty men are engaged. More men can be used and 1t is requested that all who can should devote their time in assisting those now at the scene. They should come either in launches or small boats. Those own. ing launches will be furnished gaso' line by the N. c. company and ample food will be provided for those who run short. It is the plan to patrol the banks of the river with a close observance on its surface and should the launch come to the surface 1t ) could be readily seen and the alarm } given.
 isLeunArHIC CAiIONa At the request of John Kelly the local signal corps have installed tele' graphic communication at the scene of the search and Fairbanks with First Class Private Stenbuck in charge. This was done to save un. |, necessary travelling to Cinema for sending word for supplies and for other purposes. Word will be sent on the first discovery.
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