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For the past two weeks Fhirbanksrhas had"
al.nost continual disturbances of tremors.
Some of them have been rather severe. The
seismograph at the College Geophysical
Observatory has recorded so many quakbs
that the staff has quit counting them. Be
tween October 15 and 19th there were a—
rcv.nd 150 recorded.
Prof. 3'.A.'Ragle and Fieri’e St.; Amand made
a series of flights over the earthquake
area this last week in a plane. Cracks
were found in Shaw Creek on the Richard
son Highway,to the headwaters of the Kan* .
tishna and Tolovana Rivers, in the river
r.ud as well as the ice. The center of the
distnrbunee has beer) placed at 10 miles
southeast of Nenana. Reports from Nenana
ire that cracks'four feet deep have ap
pear! at Nenana,‘and streets have been up
heaved in places.
seismograph indicated the epic center
the quake'southwest about 50 miles,
kaede and St. Amand plotted the spot on
the map and flew over. To their amusement
ncj' found a dry lake in the center of
--ich two huge hall moose were having a
terrific battle.
---e Alaska Railroad has been takang pre
.sut ions against accidents by having a
scooter run along ahead of the trains,
wouseholders have been warned to watch
pipes and dishes during quakes and keep a
close check on fires.
-i-o cuake on October 15 was felt in Palmer
many pc ople. This one was rather se
vere in Fairbanks as it knocked dishes and
bottles from shelves resulting in much
damage.
TRAGEDY ON AN ALASKAN COAST
De-tails regarding loss of the freight
boat "Auk'* on October 14, together with
all four members of the crew and the on-» o
tire year's shipment of School supplies
destined firf-Pilot Point, when the vessel
struck a bar at the mouth of King Salmon
River as it approached the Bristol Bay
village, reached the Juneau Office of the
Alaska Native Service through an airmail
letter from Mrs,- Laura Jones, AITS teacher
in the village of 150 souls.
Heavily laden and towing a dory, the '’Auk”
left Egegik about noon of the 13th and its
lights were sighted offshore from Pilot
Point at about 7:30 that evening, 'They
remained visible until about 10:30, no
alarm being felt by the observers who as
sumed that the ship was awaiting daylight
to -come up the river.
In the words of Mrs. Jones: "During the
night a northwest wind arose. 'Then morn
ing came the "Auk" was still there but
breaking up. Entering the river between
two spits of land, it had struck the
dangerous bar that reached part way be
tween them.
"Then when the tide went out there was no
longer any sign of the ship or the little
boat in tow. T7e searched the ■ beach,find
ing nothing but"a few boards and parts of
the little boat. Through the field-glass
es it appeared that the cargo was washing
ut> on the South Spit and some of the ob
jects appeared to be school'desks. Maybe
the men washed ashore there, too." (Two
bodies were discovered on the beach later)
Also feared lost v;ere tvro boxes'of per
sonal belongings of Mr. and Mrs. Jones,
in them "everything re possess" except
a few things brought with them when they
came to Alaska less than two years ago;
as well as their own grocery order for
the year.
"This is an example of the sort of has-'
ard which no-one can foresee or prevent,"
ANS‘Superintendent Don. C. Foster pointed
out, in'commenting on the Filot Point
tragedy.
"Not only were the lives of four bravo
men lost; but the priceless educational
benefits of a yearns schooling for the
20 odd boys and girls of Pilot Point
arc jeopardized uhless emergency supp-li^s
can be brought in, almost inevitably b$T
pi an*-and involving enormous additional
financial expenditure.
"Potatoes, for instance, cost $45.00 per
100’lbs. when shipped to Pilot Foint by.
air.
"Meeting such emergencies and supplying.
replacements after the shipping lands
close for the winter because of ice,
oosts a great deal of money." * •