THE DOUGLAS MINER
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Douglas. Wedne'day, Dec. 2, 1896.
LOCAL NEWS.
Yesterday was p vy day at the 1 read
well works.
The aerial wonder, Leoni, is appear
ing at the Louvre in Jinn an this week.
Allen Hunter will probably erect sev
eral cottages in Douglas the coming
spring.
Frank E. Howard, of Juneau, attended
the masque ball at Oilman hall Ihurs
day night.
Don't forget that Star brewery beer is j
just as good under the lie v management
as under the old.
Archie McClellan’s smiling face is
again seen at his old stand behind the
bar at the Yukon hotel.
Mrs. Ed Webster, of Juneau, was visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Frank bach, on
Wednesday last.
Snider, the bicycle wonder, is among
the attractions at the Juneau Opera
House this week.
For the first time in ten years the 240
stamps at the Treadwell mill were ali |
lnmg up Saturday last.
Miss Mamie King, who has been con- !
fined to the house with an attack of the
mumps, is entirely recover d
Robt. Duncan, superintendant of the
A. T. G. M Co., left on the . opeka Fri
day night on a business trip to San
Francisco.
The committee appointed to inspect
stove pipes rep at that they found a
large numb r of flues that were sadly in
need of repair.
Deer are repoited as being very plen
tiful at ca; e Fanshaw, it being a com
mou sight to see a half dozen of them
gamboling on the beach.
The new Duncan residence is about
completed and it is probable that tin
family will occupy it before Mr Duncan
e :r s fro n his trip below.
Fred Card, who is well known as >•
first-class hotel and restaurant man, has
again opened up his old stand at the
Seattle Kite ten, and he will be pie sed
to serve a square meal to any of the
Douglas people who may be in Juneau.
Indians Save the Grew
The Four Masted Schooner Puri
tan Goes on the Rocks at
Bonilla Point.
A special from Victoria dated Nov. 16
says:
After infinite suffering and narrow es
cape from death in an angry sea, Capt.
Charles Atwood, with the officers and
crew of the big schoont r Puritan reached
here to-day by row boat from Carmanah
lighthouse. During the fierce storm of
Thursday night the vessel drove on the
rocks off Bonilla point.
In the bare hope of saving their lives,
ror all hope of saving the schooner
was gone, captain and crew lashed them
selves to lire rigging, and, drenched with
rain, snow and sea, and benumbed with
cold, they clung to their phic s un il In
dians put out a life line and through die
ro c exertions rescued th in.
Once on snore the snip vrecked men
partially recovered from their exposure,
and then made their way along the coast
to the lighthouse, uhere food a; d shel
ter, provided by the Canadian govern
ment was furnished them.
The wreck of the Puritan lies within a
stone’s throw of where the Janet Cowan
was lost. As usual the wires were down
and the government steamer Quadra
was not available when the disaster was
first reported. The accident occurred
in the fierce storm of Thursday night,
and it was not until tarly Sunday morn
ing that word reached Victoria, the
American tugs Holyoke and Tacoma
having pis ed the wreck on Friday night
and seen the four master pi ed high out
of the water, in such a posi ion that no
hope of her salvation could be enter
tained.
Capt. Atwood had miscalculated his
position in the blinding gale, which,
with storms of hail and snow, raged all
Thursday night, and he was driven on
the fatal rocks while he believed himself
in a fair way to make the St'aits. He
was at the time on his way from San
Francisco for Puget sound to load lum
ber, and had made a smart run up from
Cal fornia.
The lost schooner was but eight years
old and owned in San Francisco. Site
was worth every cent of $50,000. She
was one of the finest four masted Schoon
ers on the coast. S e was built at Port
Madison in 188S, and had been con tin u
ally engag d in the Puget sound lumber
trade. She was commanded for several
years by Capt. Henrix, now a retired
shipmaster, living in San Francis o, and
afterwai ds by Captain Saxe, who was
su ceeded this trip bv Capt. Atwood,
late of the bark Fresno. Ca: t. John
Mattson, of the schooner Joseph Russ,
had just purchased a master’s interest
and telegraphed to the managing own
ers. C A. Hooper & Co. of San Franck
co, of his acceptance of the captaincy.
C pt. Atwoo 1 is one of the most skilled
masters on the coast, and his many
friends express universal regret at the
unfortunate occurrence, and anxiously
await his ver ion of the disaster,
Many vessels have been wrecked on
Bonilla point. The lighthouse on Car
manah point, two o three miles awa\ ,
affords little, if any, protect on to vessels
that are so unfortunate as to get jammed
in that vicinity. The shore presents a ree f
of treacherous rock agai' si which ves
sels are dashed to pieces by incoming
seas.
Capt. Clinger telegraphed to the
Puget Sound Towboat company 1 <te last
night that he was unable to see any per
sons ashore, and that it was too rough to
send a boat ashore. After filing the di
patch he liurridly left for Bon ill t point
to render assistance and en leaver to as
certain what become of the crew. Ti e
vessel had a lumber carrying capacity of
800,000 feet and carried a crew of nine
men.
LOCAL NEWS.
Don’t forget the dramatic club’s ei;‘ er
tainment on Dec. 11. The m nsat.onal
border drama. “My Pari,” is ttie treat
pr< noised.
The blisses Lizzie and Sadie Corbus,
who have been visiting their brothers,
J. P. and A.W. Corbus, of the Treadwell
company, returned to their home in San
Francisco, on the Topeka.
Died—on Thursday, Nov. 26th, 1 SgS,
the infant son of Mr. an 1 Mrs. K iruest
Beihl. aged five days. The ptrentshave
the sympathy ot the entire community
iu their sad bereavement.
Walter Morford, who was formerly en
gaged at the Yukon hotel, returned from
a visit to the Sound on the Topeka.
Walter is now employed in the Alaska
Market with Messrs. Kg m and McKay.
A ci'ir.zv Jap, a board and Marshal
Hale’s head came together last week at
the jail in Juneau with the remit that
the marshal's head was adorned with a
bandage fora few days.
Ira Lee, formerly in charge of the mill
at Sneep creek, has put in the gieater
part of the season prospecting in the vi
cinity of Pri- ce of Wales island He is
very favorably impressed with the coun
try and will return there next season.
While coming fiom Sheep creek Fri
day evening the lone F' sherman met
with a slight accident which caused a
delay of about thirty minutes. A small
block of wood in some way worked un
der the crank shaft and the excentric
rod, bending the latter almost double.
No fuither damage was done, however,
and the delay was fliort.