The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-10-11
EAGLE
WRECKED; TOTAL
LOSS IS REPORT
Trading Boat Piled Up at
North Cape, Siberia-Be-
lated Report Received.
Nome Nugget.)

The trading schooner Eagle. owned
and operated by Charles Nuessler,
Lewis Hansen and Elmer Olsen, was
wrecked August Is at II p. m, with
in IA miles from Cape North, on the
Siberian coast with total loss OF
cargo and vessel.
The Eagle left Nome June 81,
1922, bound for the Yolyma River
and carried aboard valuable cargo
of trading supplies.
Proceeding along the coast the
Eagle travelled within IA miles of
Cape North where she encountered
heavy ice fields of ground and float
August Is and caught the boat in
open water which soon closed, catch
ing the Eagle like nut between
the teeth of cracker and crushed
her to pieces. The accident oc-
Cured five miles off shore and in
a few minutes the deck was awash.
As soon as the ice caught the vessel
the crew hurriedly gathered together
a few personal belongings and
launched their small power dory.
Fortunately they had aboard enough
fuel to carry the boat to East Cape
if that had been necessary.
Anchored to the ground ice in the
immediate vicinity were the Chu-
kotsk, Blue Sea, Alaska and Silver
Wave, other trading vessels.
The survivors from the Eagle
walked over the ice to the Chukotsk.
a distance of about 100 yards and
they with their dory were landed on
the beach August Is. IA miles from
Cane North.
From East Cape the wrecked mar
iners proceeded in their dory as far
as Cape Vankeren and there found
the Duxbury and went aboard on
August 10. at the invitation of r. S.
Pollister. one Of the owners of the
boat, coming to Nome and arriving
August 20 in the morning. With all
their experiences these intrepid trad
ers suffered no hardships that they
will admit and all seem well pleased
that they escaped so fortunately.
Financially the blow is a hard one.
but the boys come up smiling. deem
ing that the powers that sway the
destinies of man know best and that
to lament is not only foolish but
childish as we'll
When they sleft the Chukotsk the
captain supplied them with suffi-
cient provisions to enable them to
live comfortably until they reached
safety. AS they encountered the
Duxbury they were amply provided
with the necessities of life. As soon
as the Duxbury sighted the dory they
rendered all possible assistance. ex-
pressing the true Northern spirit.
the spirit that lays aside self and
lends assistance to fellows in dan
ger,
The loss of the vessel and cargo
will aggregate 100000, only the cargo
was insured by the Hudsons Bay
Company of Vancouver, who QUILTED
the boat
Mr.. Nuessler stated that he sighted
the Teddy Bear on August "a about
10 miles east from Cape Serge and
as the Teddy Bear was inside the
main ice her position was dangerous,
indeed.
While on the Duxbury the Silver
Wave was met bat the Eagle party
was asleep and did not see the peo-
Pile who came aboard to pay their
compliments to the crew.
The wrecked men are now in Nome
and their future plans are uncertain.
II is possible that Mr.. Nuessler may
go outside on the next sailing Of the
Victoria.
And so is finished another chapter
in the book of Northern tragedies.