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FiveKnownpead-itiLighthbUs^.Trq^ed^tirihi■nitciiticReportedly Iqtue’ to ' ^hit here about the time-jofTTiiesday morning’s 19-foot Jide, some concern was felt locally v’that f the tide might rise high enoughfto do some damage in town, but; it did not reach Southeastern Alaska as predicted.$c•b(UIfcelt;waitiSEATTLE, . April 6 (AP)—The commander of' 'lAidsKaV'jse^ .-;fron- :! tier advised: the • Thifteeptir Naval District that \only five men were-lost when Scotch Cap light on Unimak' Island was:demolished on Monday by; a tidal wave. Light tremors were- continuing yesterday in the area of the; island but without tidal -disturbances.The Navy said- previous announcements said Scotch Cap light normally is -staffed by 10 men but a recent personnel change had. been made leaving five men at the light. Earlier dispatches failed, to report whether replacements had been made before' the disaster. Names of the dead and missing have not yet been reported.A dispatch said a 50-foot ti^dal wave hit Sanak Island on April 1, apparently the same which struck Scotch Cap. At Ikatan village on Unimak several houses were swept to sea but no lives were lost.A dispatch -from Seattle on April 2 reported a tidal wave 40 feet high traveling about 35 miles an hour in Bristol Bay. The wave was reported approaching Southeastern Alaska.Forty-five quakes, including five major ones, all centering on the southeastern side of the Aleutians were reported ah'' the morning of April ?2 -When' University of Washington seismographers examined their record of the bast 24 hours. Professor ‘ Coomibs said the tidal wave reported heading for Southeastern Alaska might be in the nature of a badkwash of the previous day’s major wave.ria:isPdirlt;tind!alRafiaiIi
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Petersburg Press
Petersburg, Alaska, US
Fri, Apr 05, 1946
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