The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-25
HUNTERS BOAT
 LOST; CLING 40
 HOURS TO ROCK
Four Prominent Residents of Sitk a Are Res
 cued by Estebeth

After having clung for 40 hours to the sides Of a pinnacle rock that was swept by waves at high tide. four prominent SitSa residens, members of a hunting party, ship wrecked on an uninhabited coast, were saved by passing mailboat, and returned to their homes, bruls- cd and exhausted, but suffering no serious injuries. They were Theo- dore Kettleson, superintendent of the Alaska Pioneers Home; pr. H. J. Hodgins, dentist; Alfred Tilson, proprietor of the TilSon Transfer Company, and Capt. Hugo Fred erickson. owner and master of the gasoline power craft Theresa, which was lost at 330 o'clock last Fri day afternoon in Steamboat Chan nei, abreast of Hole in the Wall, 60 miles north of Sitka. The rescue was effected at 8 o'clock last Sun day morning by the motorship Estebe5h, which landed the sports men at Sitka at 7:3o Sunday eve ming.
 Purser Tells Of Wreck
 Robert Coughlin, purser on the Estebeth, got the details of the tragic affair from MT. Kettle son MT. Coughlin said
 "The four hunters in the Theresa left Sitka November 12. They hunted around Lisianski, Mirror Harbor, Dry Pass, Chichagof and Yakobi. From Yakobi they started to return to Sitka by way of Ford Arm and Steamboat Channel. They encountered a southwest gale. In Steamboat Channel, opposite Hole ir the Wall, one Of their sklfts was swept overheard. As they tried to recover the skiff, the Theresa, q six-ton craft, 35 feet long, 10 feet wide and 5 feet draft, equip ped with a 12 horsepower Atlas engine, swung broadside into the swell. Water poured over her igni- ton system and put her engine out of commission. Her position was about mile from the nearest breakers. Those aboard put up a sail to beat away from shore, but the sail was carried off by the winc They rigged up a blanket as an improvised sail, with like result.
 "The wind forced the craft into the breakers, but it touched no rocks. and got past them. Captain Freder,ckson put out three anchors. They were lost when heavy seas broke their ropes. The surf ran high. The boat was smashed against pinnacle rock, over which the waves break at high tide. The hunters were thrown into the sea
 Help Each Other
 By helping on another, they reached the rock and managed to cling to it's side. The tide was ebbing. They managed to salvage some rope, which they looped over the top of the rock. Then with sal vaged blankets, pockets were made and suspended from the circlet of rope. By the aid of these pockets the four men were able to stay With the rock. They also saved some firearms and food from the boat before it broke into pieces and was carried away, six hours after the wreck. The gale persisted. At high tide, they were submerged at times by occasional heavy waves From 3:30 Friday afternoon until ' o'clock Sunday morning, they observed mo- body ashore, or saw no passing boat.
 Gun Reports Heard
 Sunday morning, Capt. George Bach and First Mate Gunnar E. Gustafson of the Estebeth as she was going through Peril Ssraits, heard three reports of gun shots. The captain and the mate sighted what they thought were persons on the rock The E,stebeth answered with her whistle and pointed her prov toward shore. The sea was rough and the rock was three quarters of mile inside the outer breakers. The Estebeth went Tn as far as she could, and then lay to for about an hour awaiting for moderation of the high waves. Finally she launched a lifeboat, which rode the surf, reached the distressed hunters and brought them aboard the mailboat.
 Kettloson Worst Injured
 MT. Kettleson was the most bad- ly hurt of the four. He was cut and bruised about the head, arms and legs. Injuries of the others con- sisted of cuts on arms and legs These injuries were caused by bar nacles and sharp points on the rock.
 Once aboard the Estebeth, which
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