Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-29
AGENT RELATES ACCOUNT SINK|NC
 s. 5. ALEUTIA|V
J. H. FLICKINGER ADDRESSES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
 TUESDAY LUNCHEON

A vivid account of the sinking of the S. s. Aleutian in Uyak Bay and the escapement of 1855 of the 156 persons aboard the ill-fated liner when it struck a hidden rock off Amook Island Sunday morning, was given by J. H. Flickinger, Seward agent for the A. s. s. Co.,, address ing the Seward Chamber of Com merce at the weekly luncheon of the organization yesterday.
 ] Sincere in his praise for the most efficient manner in which Captain tNord and his officers and crew re- moved everyone from the vessel which plunged to the bottom of the sea in less than 10 minutes after crashing, MT. Flickinger, after pay ing tribute also to the employees of the Alaska Packers Association at the LarSons Bay canery who assist ed materially in the rescue work and rendered every possible aid in restoring the spirits and comfort of the ShipWrecked members, turned to Captain R. R. Lukens, master of the U. s. Coast and GeOdetic Survey vessel. also present at the meeting, and with moist eyes and a broken voice thanked the Captain, in the name of the Alaska Steamship Co.,, and the doomed vessels. survivors, for having speedily responded to their distress call, and rescuing the entire party from the waters beaches and open life boats, and landing them all safely in Seward.
 CRATIC ACCOUNT
 Accompanied by my wife" said MT. Flickinger T took the Aleutian out of Seward, Friday night, after midnight intending to make the round trip to the Westward canner- ies and return to Seward Sunday nite or early Monday. The Aleutian was carrying freight and cannery crews for various ports in the dis trict, including Uyak, Uganik, Lar sons Bay and Zacker Bay, also about 10 tons of freight for the schooner Esther, which was to oe met in Uyak Bay, at the far end ot Amook Island
 Everything had been going we'll I had been up several times Satur- day night, as the ship made stops at the canneries, and at 4:30 a. m Sunday morning I dressed fully After the ship departed from zack- CT Bay I decided to lie down for a little more sleep, only removing part of my clothing. Just about 30 minutes after leaving zacker Bay the crash came, and the ship immediately took a list to port.
 TAKE TO BOATS
 My wife and I were in bed lat once Because of the great list lit was impossible to finish dressing in the Stateroom and we grabbed what clothes we could and made ,our way out on deck We could feel Ithe vessel sinking, andI became concerned only with the safety of my wife and myself. A partially clad steward passed us, rousing everyone who wasn't already up. Captain Nord was giving sharp or ders to the sailors and directing the lowering of the life boats.
 We made for a boat that was all ready being lowered, about 30 feet away from us, on the starboard side but by the time we reached the rail the boat was within 10 feet of the Isea and the occupants pushing with all their strength keeping the life boat from the ship. It didn't seem necessary to lower very many of the Aleutian's life boats, but the one below us looked crowded all ready. As the stern began to rise
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