Show I I I I I 1 j G EAT NOME Storm Caused Heavy Loss of Life Lite and Property 4 HUNDREDS ARE IN DIR JRED m STRESS t Depend on Charity tto to Ward Vard Off Starvation f t Seattle Wash Sept 27 The steam stearn steamship ship Tacoma Captain Dixon arrived today from Nome Name which port she left lefton lefton lefton on Sept 17 She had 25 about abo t In gold dust st most of It from the te Pioneer company mpa y op o ot t c es f c J i E Gleas G s n of O r this city eity returned r on T the Tacoma Speaking Sp of the recent I storm at Nome he said I IThe The storm continued for far two days There were sixteen vessels under the lee of af Sledge Island on the InsL for shelter but the wind abated that even evening evening evening ing and they all returned to None Nome No C har bar harbar barbor bor bar barThe The property loss caused by Thy the storm will be Only three persons were drowned off of th Nome beach but the l s of life up and aird down the coast been he vy ac according according cording to reports ren repts ts reaching Nome The Blues country is alt alf right It will prove to be one of the best pay ing sections in the north The passengers returning on the Ta Tacoma Tacoma coma co ma report that the condition of many I of the storm sufferers at Nome Name is pitiable pitiable ble In the extreme Hundreds of them had previously been reduced to Just enough provisions to live on and this II in many cases was all swept away by the torrent of sea water that covered the sand spit Hundreds ds of people it itIs itis Is said are walking the th streets with without without without I out a place to sleep and depending entirely upon the charity of friends to secure enough to eat to keep from starvation Solomon City at the mouth of ot Solo Solomon Solomon Solomon mon r was devastated by the storm All buildings were either swept away by the waves or were wrecked by the wind The town had a population I of af all of whom are destitute and homeless A message from the sea was picked up on the beach by a soldier on Sept 17 1 near the military reservation The bottle ws s tightly corked and the message mes message message sage was written writt n on a common Japan Japanese ese paper napkin and read as follows Off Of Port Safety 11 1900 Who finds this please report to authorities eight of us left Port Clarence Ciarence three days ago and are are now sinking fast with no noI j I hope I Signed JACK DELANEY G L MYERS SAM MARK Cor or 01 Mack JOHN DOLAN GEORGE THOMAS THOMASA A A M 11 DEAN The message mess was turned over to Cap tain tam Jarvis |