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Efihu Thompson Leaves Tacoma With Six Hundred Tons.TOWS TWO BIG ICE-BOXESProcession in Bay Quarter of Long—New Yukon (Barge. 1TACOMA, May 31. — With frozen ( meat* and livestock for delivery In! the far North, the steamer Elihn Thomson, towing the refrigeratet barge Dashing Wave and the new Tills on river barge Trinder, left Tacoma. The vessels are owned by the PacificCold Storage company and are destined to Nome, St. Michael and Fairbanks.The cargo of the Thomson consists of 000 tons of frozen meats and 100 tons of general supplies; the Dashing Wave nas 235 tons of frozen meats, 500 sheep. 200 hogs and 150 cattle. Tlie Trinder carries building material. The cargo of the Thomson will be transferred to the Trinder after they reach the Yukon river.The train bringing the cattle arrived in Tacoma shortly after midnight. and at 9:30 o'clock the next morning it was alt aboard the Dashing Wave. The Thomaon and her tows made a procession of a little less than a quarter of a mile in length as they left the port.
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Fairbanks Daily News
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Mon, Jun 22, 1908
Page 4
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