The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-18
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 PERSONS ARE
 BROUGHT HERE
Tallapoosa Returns with Mrs. Bacon and Joe
 Smith Last Evening

terday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock with Mrs. George Bacon and Joe Smith of Tulsequah, two members Of the party who have been strand ed at the mouth of the Taku River since February 2, awaiting trans portation to Juneau
 J. Lingard, Mrs. Lingard, and her two sons from Tulsequah, and a rescue squad of four men from Ju- neau, including R. c. Wilms, Mrs. Bacon's brother -in-law, were taken aboard the gasboat Alaskan at Taku.
 The party from Tulsequah, in cluding MT and Mrs. Bacon, MT. and Mrs Lingard and her two sons, and Joe Smith, left that point on December 3l with two dog teams. arriving at Mary Joyce's Twin Glacier Lodge on February 2, after overnight stops at the PAA radio station at Canyon Island, in charge of Radio Operator Bob West, and at the cabin of Oscar Olson. A request for transportation was sent from Canyon Island and last Friday the gasboat Northlight was sent from Juneau but failed to reach Taku because of bad weather.
 Cutter Goes Out
 Last Saturday, the U. s. Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa, accompan- jed by the gasboat Alaskan, went to the mouth of the Taku River. The Coast Guard vessel was pre- vented from close approach to the river ice which extends a mile and 8 half into fresh water but the Alaskan anchored to the edge of the ice and attempted to establish communication with the B c o n party by the use of oil flares, which was not successful.
 In the meantime, the travellers, who made their base at Twin Glaciers Lodge, six miles above the mouth of the river, made daily trips to Bullard's, about three miles nearer salt water, from which point it was thought they could see the rescue boats They did not, however, observe the two boats which arrived there Saturday, but learning from a radio broadcast of their presence, MT and Mrs. Bacon and Joe Smith set out from Mary Joyce's Lodge yesterday morning and travelled the six miles to the mouth of the river, where Mrs. Bacon and Joe Smith were taken aboard the Alaskan, and MT. Bacon returned with the dogs.
 After the Alaskan had anchored at the edge of the ice on Satur- day, the Tallapoosa returned to Ju- neau, arrived that night, and set out again for Taku yesterday morn ing at o'clock. R. G. Wilms and a party of three, including Roy Lunn, John Osborne and Ed Paul son, were passengers aboard the Tallapoosa on the trip yesterday.
 Frozen in Ice
 The Coast Guard vessel arrived at a point near the Alaskan at 9:30 yesterday morning, and a small boat was launched but it could not reach the ice because of high winds, and the Alaskans two anchors were so firmly frozen into the ice that they could not be ex- t&0 lot
 As soon as the anchors were free the Alaskan went alongside the Iallapoosa and took the Wilms party of four to the edge of the ice. The men immediately started out with a sled and skiff and met Mir and Mrs. Bacon and Joe Smith about quarter of mile from the edge of the ice. The Wilms party went onto Mary Joyce's Lodge to accompany the rest of the Tul- sequah travellers back to the Alas kan. The gasboat will return to Juneau today, weather permitting The temperature at Taku was Is degrees below zero Sunday, and two degrees above zero yesterday Mir Smith said
 All of Party Here
 The gasboat Alaskan, Capt. A. La Casa, returned from Taku with the remainder of the travellers from Tulsequah, and the Wilms party from Juneau, at o'clock last night The entire group arrived at the edge of the Taku river ice at 5:3C o'clock yesterday and the gasboat set out on the trip to Juneau at about pm. Contrary to previous reports the Alaskan was not lowed to Taku by the Tallapoosa Saturday, Capt Lagasa said, but travelled the entire distance both ways under her own power
 The Alaskan left Juneau again this afternoon for Suicide Cove where two trappers, Ernest and Louis Tor gerson, will be taken aboard, and will