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Supplies Were Badly Needed
All of the,; mail
and ^4,000 worth " of
uninsured freight,: as
well as all of the
personal belongings
of,the.ship *s person
.nel, was destroyed
whan the - C1arinda,
Aleutian mailship,
. exploded and burned
recently. .r
The estimate of
loss was reported by
Capt.' Je-s-se-Te tr ich,
who returned to An
chorage with his se
ven crew’ members last
week.
. Captain Petrieh
•said the fire which
destroyed the mail
s-hip was caused by
the explosion of the
shiprs hot-water oil.
burning furnace* in
the engine room.
Although the ves
•sel was set ablaze
almost instantly,
none of the crew was
seriously hurt. One
man, a cook, suffered
light burns about the
head .and hands.
Arrest Vinberg of
this city was uninju
red in, the accident.
Captain Petrieh
said he plans to go
Outside £wid attempt
"to ' purchase another
ship at once,' in or
~der to continue mail
Vs er vice to the west
ward. The Clarinda
burned on her maiden
voyage. The trip was
the first of a sched
uled monthly'service
that last was in ef
fect in 1942.
The supplies' the
Clarinda carhied were
badlyf' needed by the
settlements to the
west. Atka, in par
ti c utar, i s reported
to be'1 in s erious
w an t
/in Anchorage news- ,
paper account of_.con
ditions th^re. repprt;,
ed fcttat ‘ there, is"’ rib.fy ■
a clrild in tbi, pill
age whA) '"ownd ’ 'i: pair
of stockings. Women
have only two dresses
at most. The men are
somewhat better off
for "they have been
outfitted with- army
clothing.
The natives of At
ka were among those
transported from the
Chain to the mainland
Cgok's Carpenter & Repair Shop
BUILDING MATERIALS CABINET WORK
F RIENDS, SURPRISE
WS-S; ELLSWORTH
ON BIRTHDAY
- A- surpri.se birth
day par ty, at, thes,home
'of- Mi-ss Beatrice Han
cock last „ Saturday
-night honored ..Miss
Hazel Ellsworth.
Guests, spent the
.evening playing games
; ano enjoying the mu
sic of Edwin Bahrs
an d Merv in Br un.
The friends of
,-Miss Ellsworth who
helped her celebrate
her birthday includ
ed :
Peggy Daigan, Earl
Herr, Ellen Nils on,
Florence and Mervin
Brun, Edwin Bahrs,
.and the hostess, Miss
Hancock.
-> -... •, . •,.- ... i .......—
during the war years,
‘■}h estimated 100
Aleuts now inhabit
the village,
nnoERsen^son
TRnnsPORTfliion
compony .
SERVING
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