the HOWER HOWESTEADEE
Vol. 3 No. 45
Zomer
Alaska February 17-1947
Property of the
PORTLOCK BOAT
SMASHES UP
OFF HOMER.
Caught by a fast receding
tide, E. G. Carlson's m.s.
Gracie went dry on the Homer
waterfront after bringing
over a load of freight from
Serdovia, unable to release
his anchor and having engine.
trouble on the next mon tide,
on the beach until the morning tide. Lowever the weather turned
stormy and the boat swomped against the piled ice on the beach.
On call a tractor milled the wreck above high tides and the
engine which was new was ouickly taken out of the boat for an
overhaul. The boat will be a total loss but Mr. Carison is con
sidering buying another huill here in I omer in which to hit the
power plant of the Cracie. The Cracie was used to tow logs to the
sawmill at Portlock where Mr. Carlson was logging.
we have a man in Anchorage who wants to trade anchorage property
for a tomer domestead with good buildings.
See Benson...
a great many small boats in Seldovia harbor was damaged by the
heavy ice which moved out in the last soft shell. Some were drag
ged out to the entrance of the bar by the moving ice. I owever
their owners were able to break them loose before they were too
far out in the inlet, t
The Anderson power scow and tug got away on their trip to Seattle.
Both boats will get a overhaul before they return.
MAKE YOUR HOME IN
IN HOMER