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Petersburg Weekly Report in Petersburg, Alaska

10 Dec 1920

Page 6

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Petersburg Weekly Report

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Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1920

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6

Sailor Survives 11 Day Beach Ordeal After Shipwreck

Captain Albert Michaelson of the gasboat Anna drifted ashore after his boat sank. He endured 11 days on a bleak beach with minimal food including a duck and mussels. Rescue came when Captain Judson of the gas boat Grander found him near Point Retreat after a search begun December 1.

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Albert Michaelson Anna Michaelson Hoonah N. L. Burton Earl Hunter Judson Grander Point Retreat
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MINE INSPECTOR MUSHES THROUGH ALASKA INTERIOR

Territorial Mines Inspector B D Stewart returned to Juneau after a 500 mile trek through Alaska Interior. He reported quiet prospecting in several districts aided by the Alaska Road Commission opening up previously inaccessible areas and improving supply routes. A recent earthquake disrupted sea cables and caused passenger seasickness. Reports also note bids for coal bunkers at Seward and a pulp mill planned at Ressers Bay. A race riot occurred at Ketchikan when a Filipino insulted a native girl, leading to a stabbing.

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Alaska Hiss B. D. Stewart Territorial Inspector of Mines Juneau Stewart Alask Road Commission SeWard Plac Resserer's Bay Rairoad Ketchikan
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E En Toy Mir Alameda Séward Valdez Latouche Cordova Lee Rox Petersburg Sons of Norway Hall Loyal Order of Moose Queralis Coats Hogue & Tveten Hart Schaffner Marx
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