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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1906
Page
7
The gasoline schooner Argus blew up in the straits Wednesday but the crew reached the coast near Port Angeles this morning. The explosion wrecked machinery and set fire to the vessel though no lives were lost. The crew stayed with the boat for hours before taking to small boats as flames spread.
Cable report from San Francisco notes Japanese scientist Naka moura states defective mortar worsened quake damage. He cites debris shows sea sand and poor cement failed to bond bricks as well as good mortar would. Additional Alaska notes include estate admin actions and local arrests.
Seattle reports a coastwide sailors strike with non-union crews sailing ships such as the Spokane City of Topeka and other vessels. Waterfront guards, police, and strikers clash while unions attempt to board ships and scab crews desert. Several mills close in Aberdeen as rumblings of further action spread.
L L Bales on the Alaska peninsula uncovers a massive petrified snail about 18 inches in diameter weighing 64 pounds. A second fossil, and a large brown bear skin, indicate remarkable trophies from Sand Point and surrounding areas. Bales also mentions four black bears and shipped fossil specimens, with notes on regional railway material orders shifting from Britain to Germany and Japan.
Rooms and beds for rent by night for week. Fourth and Adams. Building and furniture entirely new. John Dubreuil, proprietor.
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