Letters From Alaska Chronicle Survival After Earthquake
Relatives send detailed Alaska earthquake letters highlighting near misses and heroic moments. Seward resident Mary Ann Anderson recalls a frantic Good Friday as glass rattled and fires erupted, dock facilities and tanks damaged, and a tidal surge devastated the harbor. Anchorage and Seward survivors describe hospital life, Civil Defense efforts, and the struggle for water, power, and glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Alvin Anderson
Mary Ann Anderson
Seward
Anderson
Carl
Sears
Federal Building
Standard Oil Tank Farm
Mt. Marathon
Alaska Standard
Standard Oil Dock
Tank Farm
Third Avenue
Civil Defense Radio Room
Soldotna
Anchorage
Civil Defense
Fred
Father O'Neill
Pat
Congress
Methodists Aid Quake Victims
Nebraska Methodists raised over 7500 for an Alaska Earthquake Appeal as the Methodist Council authorized emergency offering. The Board of Missions cites a minimum 500000 needed for church property repairs. Alaska Methodist University faces about 135000 in repairs. several parsonages destroyed and Jessie Lee Home for Children likely condemned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska Methodists
Alaska
Methodist Council of Bishops
Council On World Service and Finance
Alaska Methodist University
Jessie Lee
Interment Held For Ellis L. McKinney in Cody Neb
Ellis LeRoy McKinney 78 died after a long illness at Memorial Hospital. Interment in Cody followed services in Sidney at First Baptist Church. He was born in 1886 in Stratford Iowa and married Edna Elwess in 1914. The Craig Mortuary conducted arrangements. Survivors include his widow two daughters three sons two sisters and two brothers.
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Cody
Neb
Ellis LeRoy McKinney
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
First Baptist Church
Abe Neufeld
Craig Mortuary
Horace Owens
Verlin Wright
Archie Herboldsheimer
Dolly Alexander
Levi Johnson
Ray Nicholson
Ailing Rig On Circuitous Journey
Ailing rig embarks on a circuitous journey as repairs and trials unfold. Telegraph want ads urge readers to seek results by trying the offers, signaling a persistent search for solutions amid ongoing challenges.
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Telegraph
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Alvin Hedges
Mrs. Hedges
James A. McCoy
Mr. McCoy
Peggy
Linda
American Cancer Society
Methodists
Ellis L. McKinney
Yemen
Austria
Vienna
Smithsonian Institution
New Museum of History and Technology
Washington
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Mel Busekist
Huntsman
Whitlock
Highway 30
Busekist
Dale Steel Oil Field Service
Stramit Model Home
Dalton
Stramit
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