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C. F. Hill, T. Walters
Believed Drowned
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Hyder dock. According to
Mrs. Hill, Mr. Hill expected
to be back in time for dinner
Sunday evening, but his fail
ure to return on time caused
• her no alarm, as she surmised
| he had gone to Davis River
and was visiting Mr. Edwin
R. Wright, engineer of the
l Portland Canal Power Com
pany, a close friend.
For the same reason, little
anxiety was felt when the two
1 men failed to appear Monday,
| and it was not until Tuesday
m,orning that real apprehen
| sion was felt. This was in
i creased to alarm when the
' Ketchikan mail boat arrived
iabout noon and reported hav
ing seen nothing of the miss
ing men and Mr. Wright, who
| came up in his launch shortly
after, also said that he had
seen nothing of the two men
but believed he had heard the
motor of the Hill boat in the
vicinity of Glacier Bay Sun
day afternoon and was rather
expecting him to appear at
| Davis River.
With these reports, the pos
I sibility of a tragedy speedily
appeared and Mr. Wright left
immediately in his boat with
Chas. Skoning, followed by
George Brown and Pete Lowe
! in Brown’s boat.
The two boats proceeded
along both sides of Portland
Canal as far as Davis River
j but returned without having
found a trace of the missing
men. As a resplt of their re
| port, an intensive search was
j started Wednesday morning.
| Acting on the request of
Mayor Gibson of Stewart, the
Canadian warship H. M. C. S.
| Skeena sent out a pinnace
j with Constable Potterton on
board, and Lewis also joined
the search with his vessel. Mr.
Wright, accompanied by Emil
Davis, also set out on a furth
: er search of the shore line to
Dav'is River.
In the meantime United
States Commissioner W. C.
i Arnold of Ketchikan, a close
friend and business associate
j of Mr. Hill, had been advised
of the situation by Mrs. Hill
over the radio and was instru
mental in having the United
States Coast Guard Cutter
Alert, which was then at Hid
i den Inlet, also join in the
I search, working up the Canal
j with two launches exploring
the shore on either side.
Judge Arnold also chartered
an airplane to fly along the
Canal in a further effort to lo
| cate the missing men. The
I plane arrived here shortly' af
: ter noon Wednesday and re
ported that a glose survey of
both shores of the Canal had
! revealed no sign of them.
Meanwhile telephone reports
to Stewart from Georgia River
; had revealed the first trace of
j the tragic mishap through the
picking up there of a floating
can of Union gasoline which
j was later identified as having
; been on the ill-fated sed-sled.
This is the only object missing
from the boat equipment that
has been found up to the pres
I
ent.
The Skeena pinnace proceed
ed as far down the Canal as
Tombstone Bay, about 40 miles
below Hyder, searching both
the Alaskan and Canadian
shore but without result. On
the return trip the pinnace en
countered the Lewis boat,
which had only a few minutes
before found the Hill sea-sled,
and assisted in placing it
aboard the Lewis craft before j
returning to port. Including !
the owner, those on board the j
Lewis boat were Joe Fendley,
Pete Lowe and N. Belyin.
From the various evidences
it appears that Messrs. Hill
and Walters were thrown from
their craft while traveling at a
speed of 25 miles an hour or
better, either by a sudden
swere in direction or by strik
ing a submerged log, either of j
which caused the vessel to cap- j
size. Both men were able to |
swim, but it appears evident
that neither of them was able
to secure one of the life pre
server cushions and reach the
shore before being overcome
by the chill of the icy water
and the dragging weight of
their clothing. It is also poss
ible that they may have been
stunned in falling from the
1 boat and sank immediately.
Whatever the circumstances,
it is considered a certainty
that neither of them succeeded
in reaching land, as virtually
every rod of both shore lines
have been closely scanned by
the searchers for miles above
and below the area where the
tragic accident must have oc
curred.
Involving as it does the lives
of two of the district’s most
widely known and highly re
garded residents, the fatality
has been a profound shock to
the entire community.
NOTE OF THANKS
I wish to extend my heart
felt thanks to all the men in
the district who ?o kindly
helped in the futile search for
my beloved husband and also
to the officers and crew of the
H. M. C. S. Skeena and the of
ficers and crew of the U. S.
Coastguard Alert and to ALL:
Thanks for the sympathy you
have shown;
Thanks for each kindly
word, each silent token,
Which teaches us when seem
ing most alone
That friends are around us
though no words be spok
en.
MRS. OREN F. HILL
THE BARGAIN COUNTER
If you wish to sell some useful sec
ond hand commodity or wish to buy
something, we will list your wants in
this classified colum at the low rate
of 10 cents per line. Watch this col- ,
umn for bargains.
This week we are offering the fol
lowing real bargains:
Electric water pump
Electric cooking plate
Large Fyre-Fyter fire extinguisher.
Small cook stove
Iron heating stove.
Hand force pump
Iron laundry stov$
Full bed and spring.
3-4 bed and spring.
2 3-4 bed mattresses.
1 wood door •
10 gal. gas. pressure tank.
Large electric lamps—100-150 watt.
1 Large glass oil lamp.
2 single cotton blankets.
Fairbanks-Morse 1-2 h. p. motor and
J. K. force pump, heavy duty, slightly
used-bargain.
1 Diston Hand Saw, cutoff only $1
All in A-l condition. Enquire Herald
office. „ ,
WE NOW CAN BUY FOR LESS
AND SELL FOR LESS
With the lowering of Outside prices, we are now able
to purchase for less than before and it is our policy to
pass these savings on to you.
AS A RESULT WE ARE OFFERING MANY COM
MODITIES AT SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER FIGURES
Look over our stock and you will find numerous at
tractive bargains.
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PHONE 1 09 HUBERT THOMAS. PROP. PHONE 109
HILL’S BATH HOUSE
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LAUNDRY
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OPEN 12 A. M. TO 12 P.M. DAILY
WE ARE IN A POSITION TO SUPPLY
LUMBER
in Any Quantity or Dimensions
ROW BOATS FOR SALE
At $3.00 Per Foot
HYDER LUMBER CO.
PHONE 106
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We
Supply
Anything
General Merchandise
and
Meat Market
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PORTLAND CANAL ELECTRIC LAUNDRY, LTD.
J. P. Hawkinson, Manager.
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