Survivors Reach Port After Alaskan Vessel Wreck
A dramatic report describes survivors reaching port after the destruction of an Alaskan vessel along the bleak northern coast. Five crew members are confirmed dead in the disaster.
29 Aug 1909
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1909
Page
1
A dramatic report describes survivors reaching port after the destruction of an Alaskan vessel along the bleak northern coast. Five crew members are confirmed dead in the disaster.
131 people survive after the Ohio liner fouled rock and sank off Finlayson channel. Wireless operator George Eccles sacrificed himself aiding calls for assistance and perished. the Kingfisher ferried survivors to Swanson Bay then Vancouver.
Eyewitness accounts from the Ohio wreck detail heroic conduct aboard the captain and crew as the vessel struck rocks near Carter's Bay. Passengers, including women and children, were saved in an orderly evacuation while crews worked to rescue the drowned and injured amid darkness and heavy rain.
Pekin Aug 24 reports progress in the settlement between Japan and China over Manchurian matters. Details indicate Japan gains concessions affecting trade and jurisdiction over Koreans in the market areas, with railroad access to Mukden and an open market arrangement.
Proposal to extend the Tashi-Chine railroad to Yinkow and grant joint possession of all mines in the railroad zone. It also seeks additional mines in the Fushun and Yantai districts and other advantages.
A Quebec paper makers delegation met Premier Gouin and Minister Allard to request suspension of the 25 cent per cord pulp export tax. The group represents every pulp concern in the province and urged immediate action to curb the impact on the industry.
Athens reports a mutiny in the local garrison prompted by dissatisfaction with the ministry and army conditions. A new ministry formed with M. Mavromichalis replacing M. Tallis as premier. Quiet returns to the city though mutinous troops remain encamped outside Athens.
Reports from Melilla on August 28 describe Spanish forces in two columns with friendly Kabyle tribesmen five miles from Tasaguy near Cape de Luxeau. The Moors offered stubborn resistance but the Spaniards secured the hilltop and repelled the attack. casualties remain unknown.
Jefferson City Missouri August 28 acting Governor Campetich on rehearing requisition for the return of Mrs Stella Barclay and John W Gentry to Kansas honored the requisition They must stand trial in Kansas for kidnapping Marian Bleakley the mother over baby and a new attack a assault charge
In Springfield Ohio thirty people were injured when a Big Four eastbound train at sixty mph collided with the rear of an excursion train returning from Dayton. No fatalities reported.
Two persons are dead and about twenty injured as a Watash passenger train collides head on with a loaded freight on a Glenwood Missouri curve. Both trains were at high speed. cause of the wreck is not yet known.
A large Berlin crowd gathered as Count Zeppelin’s airship journey faced delays due to motor and propeller failures and contrary winds. The craft started from Friedrichshafen, reached Bitterfeld, then aimed for Berlin arriving around noon after a day’s postponement. Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm and the emperor followed the voyage as trains ferried spectators.
A Monterey flood from the Santo Catarina river causes extensive destruction. Eight hundred drowned and fifteen thousand left homeless as the steel plant and smelter are submerged. Cities in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon report heavy damage with the vast rescue effort under way.
A severe flood along the Santa Catarina River swelled Monterey’s streets to over a mile wide, destroying adobe buildings and drowning inhabitants. Telecommunication and power were knocked out, trains halted, and relief crews fear high loss of life estimated from 10 to 600, with wider impact reaching Saltillo and northern regions. Monterey, with about 74,000 residents, suffers extensive damage to industry and housing as the river breaches its banks.
Reports from Laredo Texas detail failed telegraph lines to Monterey and early estimates of many deaths. News agencies struggle to obtain confirmations as wires remain prostrated and readers await further disaster details from Nueva Lareda and nearby locales.
Arden Farms visit by Jacob Schiff yields cautious optimism on Harriman's health. Schiff says Harriman is better after his Europe return, but no surgery is planned at present. Physicians reportedly advise a full trial of the after care as family and Wall Street interests await further word.
The article details banker Mer Schiff and associates visiting the Harriman estate at Arden, stressing it was a personal visit not a business one. It notes Harriman rests, no operation, and overseer McClellan praising staff devotion and Harriman’s care for longtime employees.
Glenn H. Curtiss wins Gordon Bennett Cup with the fastest aerial journey ever accomplished by a man. He secures the Speed Trophy and earns honor for the American aviator.
New York August 28 80 reports say BK Harriman avoids imminent crisis though doctors note realities behind his condition. Market uncertainty lingers but rallyed late when it was reported no operation would be needed.
On August 28, San Pedro and Wilmington were merged into Los Angeles after consolidation elections, giving the city a harbor at San Pedro. The ceremony marked the formal incorporation into the larger city limits and the expansion of port facilities under the Los Angeles government.
Seattle August 28 Henry Francis Dougherty a 19 year old mail orderly on the cruiser Colorado is wanted on a charge of stealing over 2000 dollars in cash and jewelry from his aunt. He deserted last Thursday after coming ashore with the mail bag and went to a hotel instead of the post office.
The Gordon Bennett trophy goes to Glenn H. Curtiss after a 16 minute 50.9 second flight over a 20 kilometer course at Rheims. Bleriot finishes just 5.5 seconds behind, with Latham and Lefevre also competing as Cockburn fails to finish. Ambassador White and the Roosevelt family witness the American victory amid national celebration.
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