The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-09-01

The Canadian Pacific liner Prin- cess Charlotte southbound from skagway, Alaska, was shipwrecked on Yiehniski reef. near St. Johns harbor Zarembo Island. about 22 miles from Wrangell at 9.20 Tues day evening.
 An S. 0. S. call was sent out which was responded to by the L. s. Coast and Geodetie Survey boat Explorer, forty miles away and the eannery Aoat Kviehak tat WrangeID owned by the Alaska Packers Association.
 In spite of the heavy fog which had been responsible for the wreck the Explorer and the kyiehak bot reached the Princess Charlotte in good time.
 The Explorer took on the passen- gers, 269 in number, about six hours after the wreck occurred Il c brought them to WrangelI, arriving here at eight o'clock Wednesday morning.
 When the Charlotte went on the reef hole was punched in her frs bottom The impact caused the boil CTS to be shifted in their positions sufficiently To diseonnect the fue. oil connections which meant the stopping of the engines, thereby placing the vessel in a helpless con dition.
 However, at no time was there any serious danger of loss of life. The storm of the afternoon had sub sided and the weather was mild and free frem wind. The tide was rising, and before the rescue ships arrived the Charlotte was again afloat Haf it had been deemed necessary for the passengers to be put aboard life boats 1t would have required rowing only a short distnce to have landed them safely on a nearby island.
 After the passengers had been cafely transferred to the Explorer the Charlotte was taken in tow by the Kvichak and brought to Wran- gell. No word has been received as to where the vessel will be take to be placed in dry dock for repairs although it is supposed that she vii be taken to Victoria. The injurie. are not serious. It will be necessary to replace several plates, and the boilers will have to be shifted back into position.
 r. E. Bronson. deputy collector O. customs at this port, was advised Wednesday, morning by cable tha the owners of the Princess Charlotte had made application to the U s. government for a permit for the sal. wage boat, Salvage King, to ente, American waters to come to the aiG of the Princess Charlotte. Unde' the circumstances it is unlikely tha there will be the slightest hesitation in Washington regarding entrance Of a foreign bottom salvage boat into American waters for the pur pose set forth in the application.
 J. G. Grant, proprietor of the Wrangell Hotel was notified on th arrival of the Explorer that he was to have 269 extra guests for break fast.
 The passen gers had taken the weari- some experiences of the night in a most commendable manner. but they were all hungry and tired and sleepy. The hotel could not accomo- date all the Charlotte passengers. As son as this fact became known own CTS Of private homes throughout the town expressed their willingness to take in one or more guests and be- fore noon all of the Charlotte's pas sengers had been comfortably domi- ciled.
 Although tired and sleepy many of the passengers failed to go to bed af- ter breakfast because of their eager ness for some word as to when they would be able to resume their jour- ney Many of the passengers crowd ed into the U. s. cable office to send messages to home folk telling thai they were safe. During the first three hours after the arrival of the Explorer more than 200 cablegrams were filed at the local office. They went all over the United States. and