Seward daily gateway., 1924-06-07
Aid British Flyer


 It. Bissell met Col. Broome, ad- vance agent for the British fight at Unalaska and assured him that any 0f the American moorings or other facil- ities would be placed at his disposal. The Colonel reciprocated by extending a courteous invitation to use fuel or supplies being placed there for the English plane. It did not prove nee essarv to use any of the British ma terial, however. Moorings have been left at Atka and Unalaska for Col Broome.
 Capt. Beck and the efficient crew of the Elder, with the assistance ot the cargo men from the Starr trans ferred all material for use west ot Unalaska to the Elder in a very few hours. All ground plans were com- pleted at Unalaska the day the Starr arrived, the Elder proceeding on her way at midnight of the same day.
 Trip West Stormy
 The trip from Unalaska to Atka, which took three days, was stormy, the usual violent March weather pre- yailing, somewhat delaying the pro gress of the ship. MT. Donald SteV- enson, game warden of the Aleuuan Islands. was the best informed man on conditions west of Unalaska, ana accompanied the advance officer and gave suggestions of great value. The moorings were placed in the best protected part of the bay which forms the Atka harbor. Oil. gaso- line and various supplies were plac' ed on shore MT. Nye, teacher eli- ploved by the Bureau of Education permitted the storing of certain ma terials in his house. All details at Atka were completed in one day anG the Elder started for Attu.
 Attu Is DesoIate Place
 IL required seven days 10 cover the five hundred miles between Atka and Attu. A series of violent storms were encountered greatly retardlng speed. In one period of twenty four hours the vessel only covered forty miles. To add to the confusion the mo- tor broke down and was out of com mission for two hours while q broken rocker arm was replaced.
 Arriving at Attu we found the ground covered with snow, the aver age depth being four and one hall feet. while in places it had drifted to six feet. The village of Attn was ln an unusual condition. There were forty women and only one man. The rest of the men were on other islands trapping foxes for Fred Schroeder They cannot return to Attu until his boat picks them up. Schroeder was still at Unalaska on the 24th of May. He was then launching his boat. The only craft available at Attu was q more or less dilapidated row boat The Elder carried four small dorleS. The crew of six men with the assls- tance of the Captain and MT. Steven son put ashore two thousand gallons of gasoline, 200 gallons of oil, and six boxes of supplies. One box weighed 500 pounds and two of the others over six hundred pounds. The prob lem of landing these dry presented a serious difficulty, and after getting them there, more trouble was en- countered in moving the heavy boxes over the soft snow. Everything was eventually finished and the Elder pro- ceeded on her way back to Unalaska, about forty hours from the time of ar rival
 The return trip was not particularly unpleasant as westerly winds were encountered. The Elder reached un- alaska on April 11th and the Coast Guard Cutters Haida and Algonquin arrived exactly on schedule, April 15. It. Bissel transferred from the Elder to the Haida at that point. The Haida had picked up the pontoons and all larger airplane parts which the Starr could not handle, and transported