Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-08
TWELVE DROWNED,
So MISSING, WHEN
VESSEL HITS ROCKS
Coastwise Steamer Alaska Sinks
Off California in 20
Minutes.
166 ARE RESCUED FROM
LIFEB0ATS AND WRECKAGE
Dense Fog Conceals Treacher-
Gus Projection on
Blunt's Reef.
MASTER OF SHIP NOT FOUND
Crippled Boat Lists, Turns ami
Goes Down to Within Four
Feet of Tips OF Masts.
166 ARE RESCUED FROM
LIFEB0ATS AND WRECKAGE
MASTER OF SHIP NOT FOUND
Crippled Boat Lists, Turns ami
Goes Down to Within Four
Feet of Tips OF Masts.
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EUREKA. CAL, Aug. 7.-Twclve
bodies have been brought here our
OF list of thrty-six passengers ana
'"ci'e OF the crew missing in tn,
wreck of the coastwisc steamer Alas
ka. which struck Il rock in Blunts
kccf. forty miles south OF here. and
sank last night.
Nincty-siN passengers and seventy
OF the crew were brought here late
TO-DAY by the steamer Anyox, which
arrived at the scene OF the wreck I'm
tiinc To pick these survivors up from
drifting lifeboats and from among
the wrcckagc.
The Alaska was bound from Port
land, Greg. To San Francisco.
Captain Harry Hobey. skinner OF
the wrecked vessel is missing and
believed TO have gone down with his
ship.
Fog COuccnIs Rocks.
y dense fog concealed the trcach-
erous rocks of the Blunts Reef. which
projects far into the ocean. when the
Alaska crashed at 9:40 o'clock last
night. Within twenty minutes the
crippled steamer listed. turned and
sank TO within four feet of the tips
OF the masts.
The passengers were placed in life
lowered into the water
Thomas Johnston. OF Brooklyn, y.
u, was drowned and his wife rescued.
though injured. Owen Terlin and
his wife. OF indianapolis, were saved.
h,
recovered four have been Identified
as passengers and eight of Officers
and crew.
List of known Dead.
Passcngers-Thoma Johnston. OF
Brooklyn: Il. Pickall. of Hubbard,
Greg; y. y. Hutchinson. Portland,
Greg $. kumazawa. steeragc pas
SenSer.
Crcw-Chiet Steward Heanc.
otiicers-Steward +. Is. Eink. Frank
Comm, Ralph j. Mockett. seaman:
Larsen, engine hand. OF Portland.
Greg; janitor. name nor known:
waiter. name unknown: bell hoy. be-
licrcd named Baldwin, OF Oakland.
Cal.
Captain Is Missing.
Captain Harry Hobey. master OF
the Alaska. with two passengers.
were the last on the ship. The cap
tain is missing. He was without a
life prcscrver. One of the two pas
sengcrs. George Glenn. of Nebraska.
was saved.
The steamer Anyox, with the known
l66 survivors, arrived here late to-
day.
According to tho stories OF the
survivors, three lifeboats were
launched. The last was but few
feet from the wreck when the Alaska.
which had listed TO starboard. sud
denly riShtcd and then plunged. bow
first.
George Glenn, who, with another
passenger and the captain, were the
last men on the ship. came to the
surface short time afterward, and
finall" found an empty ilrcboat
Others We're struggling in the water
Gets o Signal
The steamer AnyoX, towing a
barge to Vancouver. was twelve miles
distant when the first O : signals
of the Alaska flashed out
Within an hour the AnyoN arrived
at ;hc wreck and. with order that
won high praise from the survivors.
the crew Of the .\nyox speedily
picked up those who were drifting IN
life prcservers or in lifehoats.
Through the night other ships
joined in the rescue work
Twelve bodies were found. which
tCpntincul on pa o