The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-08
Gale Lashes ht Juneau; $. E. Alaska
Buildings Wrecked; Boafs Hammered; Slide Comes Close

southeast Alaska yesterday and last night causing hundreds of dollars of damage in the local area and bat tered boats and delayed shipping between here and Ketchikan.
 A good sized slide tore a path down Mt. Roberts at the height of the storm late Sunday, but stopped before any property damage was done
 One small boat capsized near Ket- chikan and for a time high seas stopped attempts to rescue the one man aboard. Another boat went aground north of Ketchikan, and a Fish and Wildhfe service boat, earl fer reported lost, was found waiting out the storm in sheltered waters.
 Several buildings were wrecked, and other minor damage was re- poried locally. Many windows were smashed and trees were damaged. Considerable damage was reported in the Auke Bay area.
 Radio Tower Down
 The new radio tower of the FWS at the Support was blown down by high winds last night. The tower, fastened down by six guy wires, was erected week ago.
 The weather station at the Ju- neau airport said the storm develop cd about 24 hours ago west of Queen Charlotte Island. The storm center moved into the Sound, then north east to Ketchikan and Juneau.
 The gale hit southern waters near Ketchikan late Sunday afternoon and a small boat capsized in Moss man Inlet. The fishing vessel Faith ful radioed to the Ketchikan Coast Guard station that eight foot seas baked all rescue attempts. The hiah seas fell off after the sos and the one man aboard the sinking vessel was brought safely aboard the Faithful, skippered by c. H. Ken dall of Ketchikan. The mans name was not learned.
 The Coast Guard Cutter White Holly arrived at the Inlet this morn ing and the survivor was transferred aboard to be taken into Ketchikan
 Boat Adrift
 The Sea Lark, owned by F. L Smith of Ketchikan, broke loose from its moorings in Tongass Mar rows and was reported adrift by the men stationed at the Guare Island Light Station. who said thai the 50 foot vessel was being knocked around by winds blowing at over 6t miles an hour. The ship had nc one aboard and finally went aground in Bond Bay, 15 miles north of Ket- chikan. The USCG cutter HemlocB reported this morning that the boat had been refloated and was now anchored safely in Bond Bay.
 Reported missing Sunday after noon at o'clock was the Ibis II small Fish and Wildlife boat which was sailing from the Prince of Wales Island to Ketchikan. The Polar Bear, a larger FWS craft became separated from the Ibis dur ing the height of the storm ane radioed the distress call. The Ibi' was later found waiting out tht storm in Valanar Bay on Gravina Island
 Suffers Storm Damage
 The Polar Bear suffered greater storm damage than the small yes sel as it's hatch was washed over board. the mast broken in two, ane one side of the pilot house smashed A pump house at the Standard oil yard was almost totally wrecked when ripped from new founda- ton and dumped over into the Hume which runs by the plant The pumI house was an older building Whicf had just been moved to new foun- dalton. It had not yet been anch- .ored to the foundation and tipped off when high gust struck. It was thought probable that damage te the building would run high.
 Fresh broken timber can be seer spotting the hillsides around tht city. Many home owners in Junear reported windows blown in. A num- Der of trees in the city were damag- ed. There were several reports oi phone and electric wires down.
 Slide Came Close
 Juneau police kept watch most of the night on the slide-a twisted mass of uprooted trees and dirt anc rocks-which swept ragged .patf down from the top of the mountain to within 50 yards of the house of Bob Light. It was Lights resi-. dence which was turned and moved by slide about year ago.
 A stump of one of the trees brokf away from the entangled mass of the main part Of the slide ana camt to rest on the board stairs leading tC houses in that area.
 It was the opinion of persons 1T the area closest to the slide that more good than harm had beer done. It is believed the debris vii form a bulwark against damage bJ future slides.
 60 Mile Gusts
 The U. s. Weather Bureau ct the  Juneau alrpors reported taat in-