Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1901-11-28 | Page 2 | Ship Stranded and Passengers out of Food

SHIP STRANDED AND PASSENGERS OUT OF FOOD Seattle Wash Vash Nov 27 Advices from the north bring news that th t tint the thelong long king overdue schooner Ralph J Long from Nome les stranded stra at with passengers Th TM The vessel ve is out of food the passengers have spent all aU their money monc to obtain the absolute ne Re necessities of life and they now appeal for help to the war department L Frank Brown a well known law Jaw lawyer yer of this city presented pre a resolution re res lu tion to the Seattle chamber of com corn commerce merce today tesley giving the facts in ht the case ease and urging the necessity of OC im immediate immediate mediate aid for the unfortunate pas pan passengers Benge rs and crew The members lf the r were ere unanimously In for of upon the matter At once and nd a 8 request will wilt be made to the authorities authorities ties at Washington asking them to send a revenue cutter or some acme govern government government ment meat vessel to bring down the starving ing lag people The Long lies lea at without stores and the passengers and crew are arc practically pr penniless The vessel reached the port on Oct 5 out of ot food and water Since that time the condi conditions conditions lions have grown from bad to worse The storekeepers at that point refuse to advance enough provisions to allow allo I the schooner to reach Puget sound I and nd the passengers are arc af to yen en uie out In a