Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-08
Bodies of
IL Persons
Recovered
MIR. and Mrs. J. ". Skoglupd
Among Passengers Rescued
In Steamer Disaster on
California Coast. ~. .
Lifeboat Is Overturned

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bodies have been brought here out
OF list of SO passengers and Il
of the crew missing in the wreck
of the coastwise steamer Alaska,
which struck rock on Blunt's reef,
40 miles south OF here. and sank last
night
Ninety-six passengers and 70 OF
the crew were brought here late
today by the steamer Anyox, which
arrived at the scene Of the wreck
in time to pick up the survivors
from drifting life boats and among
the wreckage. The Alaska was
bound from Portland, Ore, to San
Francisco.
Capt. Harry Hobey, skipper OF
the wrecked vessel, is missing and
is believed to have gone down with
his ship.
On,ahans Saved.
Mr.. and Mrs. !. w. skoglund,
Frank Mappis and Josephine Kais-
dens of Omaha, were among the pas
sengers rescued.
The known dead are.
Passengers:
Thomas Johnston of Brooklyn.
E. Pickall of Hubbard, Ore.
A. N. Hutchinson, Portland, Ore.
S. Kumazawa, steerage passenger.
Crew and officers:
Chief Steward Heane.
Steward F. K. King.
Frank Comm.
Ralph J. Mockett.
Seamen:
Larsen, engine hand Of
| Portland, Ore. u.
| Janitor. name unknown.
Waiter, name unknown.
Bell Boy, believed named Baldwin
Of Oakland.
Capt. Harry Hobey, master OF the
| Alaska, with two passengers, were
the last on the ship when it sank.
The captain is nssssing, He was
without life preseryer.
List of Survivors.
The survivors brought to Eureaka
by the rescue ship Anyox included:
Franks Mappis, Omaha.
Josephine Karsdens, Omaha,
A. E. Welch, St. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Terlin. In
dianapolis (both injured).
Mrs. Joe Sommercamp, Weiser,
Idaho.
Ellen Bradley, Hammett, Idaho.
c. L. Viliin, Chicago.
Mrs. A. f. Welch, St. Louis.
| Lew White. Duluth.
Mrs. Mary Wright, Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Wright, Deauville,
N. ]. (Both injured.)
Mrs. Thomas Jefferson, Brooklyn.
Forty-eight Missing.
I'VE have picked up 96 passen-
gers and 20 of the crew of the
sunken steamer Alaska" Capt. S.
Snoddy of the Anyox said in reply
to wireless message from The
Associated Press.
"There are missing from the Alas
ka list SO passengers and IL OF the
crew. We don't know of any other
survivors and are doubtful ii there
were any others saved"
Eighteen of the injured passengers
are being cared for in local hos
pital and some in the hands OF the
local Red Cross society.
Purser Morgan was injured Sc
yerely, but continued the work of
seeing that passengers and crew were
cared for on the Anyox and ashore
here.
Some of the passengers took the
night train to San Francisco, but
most of them remained here, pre-
pairing to take special train ar
ranged for departure tomorrow by
the steamship company agents.
Nebraskan Saved.
One of the two passengers, George
Glenn of Nebraska, was saved.
Thomas Johnston of Brooklyn,
N. Y, was drowned and his wife res
cued, though injured.
Owen Ter!in and his wife Of In
dianapolis. were saved, slightly in-
jured. ...5
OF the II bodies recovered, four
have been identified as passengers
and eight of officers and crew.
A dense fog concealed the treacher-
Gus rocks of the Blunt's reef, which
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