Douglas Island news., 1919-10-24
FAMOUS VESSEL
 WRECKED IN ICE
Bolycdorc, We'll Known Old Whaler and Trader, Wrecked or
 Siberian Coast

Arctic cargo valued at S200.00O and ship valucl at fl75.000 wont to Che bottom of Che Arctic ocean September l6. whom Ono famous old wholcr and trader Hclvcdorc. owned by Ono mbard-swmaou Company of| scatuc. met her doom In tle tee on Che coaat Of sibcria Details of che. loss have bcn received In Seattle br tho Hbard-swcnsoa Company m a. oablcuam from Capt Carl Hanson. tho mastm who arrived with ho' ,caera crew u Nomo recently
 The cargo consisted ol whalobono um hides. ivory and general mcr- ehaudac Tho loss In careo and ship la woi covered by Insurance
 The BaYodcrc icfr Seattle latc. last apriur. commanded by Captain Hanson and manned by crow ol eighteen Seattle mon. m September aho arrived In che waters on Koly- uck.an Bay s.bor.o .o hunt wa'ru On September l2 a raic smashed Che famous vessels rudicr and drove her Pinto Che ice. Tho pounding Of heavy 1oca opened leaks September lG and aho began taking wator rapidly
 When Che water had rseu soyon feet iu her hold. Captain Hanson or- Icrod Che crow overheard. Che crow at that timo consisting of che soycn- tcon Seattle men and nearly twenty Eskmos. The master chen led hs followers toward shore oyor Che icc- fold which was hcay.ne and rrInd- ns under Che force of Che gale. Be- fore thoy had passed out Of sight Of Che aconc of tho disaster Ono Bo'yo- doro went down to watcry grave
 Reaching shore Che maatcr ud crow found a native vuagc where they lived mu tho gale subHdcd :. Then thoy proceeded to East Cape Siberia whence they set out m two native skin boats for Che u.omcdo islands at Che entrance to Che Arc- uc. One of Che boats lost her way lu fog and had to turn back The other reached Che Big DIomedo and . chartered Che Eskimo schooner Ram for a voyage back to Che Siberian ! coast Co pick up Che other membor . of Che Belycloro party Tho rescue proved successful and Che Ram then . proceeded to Nomo with Che entire. . Bolvcdero party aboard
 Tho BoIfeiere was one of nc' truly famed vessels in Arctic annals . Built iu San Fmnc.seo a steam bark In lSSo she made her ar voyage to Che Arctic in 1884, rc- turning to tho Golden Gate port hc. following yoar
 On Che frf voyaec she earned n . dividend Of f7o0.000 for hor owners. . a showing thot caused sensation . m Che shipping w0ld Hor euro. . that year consisted of uhaichono
 Continuing In Che Arctic trade year in and yoar out shc proved hcr- self one ol Che best moncy-mabcr n Che fleets of Che Pacific
 Eight yoam ago she was bought by Che Wbhard-swcuon Comrm, or Seattle. and since then Elliot. Bay had been thc base of bor Fm North operations
 lu August 1918. while rrocoedn. to Uenchc. island wth supplies lor one Of Che camns of Che stounnson party thc Bclycdcrc was caught r the fee and frozen In. sho remained a pr.rouo- In Che ico for s39 days. or eleven months arriving homo In sc- otlo iu November lsli after am absence Of twenty-ono months Tor staonnson shipments wore delivered n tho summer Of 19f4 after she had been released by Che .co.
 During ho eleven months she was I'm Che fec Che Be'vcderc acted as am Arctic hotel and refuge Including her officers and crew. sixty pcmons lived aboard from the au of 1913 unul tho summer or loif hIrty Of. Che mon being engaged con nuuy lu hutng to keep Che vessel supplied with food
 Olaf svenson of Che H'bbard- swonson Company lcu ho mpra- oncd vessel n October 1913. mush- ed with a number Of others Co Che mainland and thcnco to Fairbanks. a distance Of goo miles. and from FaIr- banks travelled to Seattle by ral and steamship I'm Che mmmor of 1914 ho headed another Hubbard swenson expedition into Che Arctic. Che company having chartered Che power schooner King G Wnee of Seattle On that expedition Mr. swnson rescued thc Wraneou lsl- and survivors Of stoianusons I- fatod KariuE expedition. one or Che daring feats of Arctic history
 1u 1917 Che Hibhmi-swonson Company converted Che BoIvodcro from a sioam bark into gasoline pow- cred barkontiuc but later changed her rie to that of a schooner
 Tho soattc waterfront regarded tho famous old Arctic vessel with o genuine anocton lt bocame say- 'nF thaf "sho always e1mc hae't