LOST CHILDREN R3SCUSD (Cont.)
Young’s store at mid
night. There they
were outfitted with
flashlights and bat
teries before they
left for the bridge,.-,
over the », creek near
j. the'Reese home to be
gin their search.
• Searchers fanned
out in a wide arc and
combed the under
brush. For several
hours they hallooed
and tramped through
the heavy undergrowth
without success al
though Mr. Anderson
discovered a glove
dropped in the trail.
Finally they fell
back toward the Reese
home, planning to be
gin a hunt along the
creek banks•
Just as the group
was about to set out
again, Mr. Anderson
said calls and sig
nals from two members
of the party, Andy
Tetrow and Albert
Sandberg, told them
that their search was
ended.
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The men converged
about the successful
searchers, and found
their* .carrying the ex
hausted, children,
•both’*fn4 a* state of
near c p 1 &P£6. • Mr.
Tetrow 'and Mr. Sand
berg salc^‘they had
•fvpund Betty and Tiny
resting in the under
brush nearly 200 feet
from the trail. The
searchers stumbled
upon them when Betty
answered a call from
one of the men as he
trudged up the trail.
The children were
wet and very hungry.
As they crossed a
footbridge over the
creek during the eve
ning, the bridge col
lapsed and plummeted
them into , the icy wa
ters of the creek.
Although wading chest
deep in water, Betty
held’ firmly to her
little brother, and
managed to push him
ashore and up the
banks of the creek to
the tundra above#
The rescue party
carried the children
to” Seldovia hospital,
reaching .there at 4
o1clock Monday morn
ing'. The pair were
suffering from expo
sure and hunger, and
for a time it was
feared they . inight
fall victims to pneu
monia. However both
Betty and Tiny were
pronounced in good
condition yesterday.
Late Monday Betty
appeared a bit bewil
dered still by her
experience. "We were
never off the trail
any time," she prp
tested to hospital ..
attendants *
Marshall Anderson
asserted that only a
few more hours of ex
posure in the wet,
cold weather Monday
would probably have
been fatal.
Mr. Anderson gave
high credit to his
assistants in the
search, saying, "It
was one of the most
thrilling experiences
I have ever had in
all my years in Ala
ska. I have never
seen a more whole
hearted response on
the part of everyone,
when I called for
help in the search."
The men who made
up Monday* s search
party were:
Gene V/adsworth,
Morris Ponchene, Pe
ter Elvsaas, Frank
Raby, L. V. Sommer
ville, Ray Richard
son, Anton anderson,
Charles Nelson, Sr.,
Charles Nelson, Jr.,
Andy Tetrow, Frank
Cabotan, Louis Mc
Meeken, Albert Sand
berg and Mr. Ander
son,
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