Show CYClONIC GALES IN AlASKA JUNEAU HAS A COAL AND MEAT FAMINE FA Unsuccessful Search For Clara ITe vada Bodies Prospects of Alaska As a Bullion Producer I I Seattle Wash Feb 26The steamer I Topeka arrived here tonight from Juncau Alaska The officers of the Topeka report that in a terrific wind storm at Juneau last Sunday the steamer Oregon was blown ashore on Juneau fats She was laying in Juneau harbor at anchor vfhen he gale struck her and after straining at her anchors for some time she tieKttn to drag and then at tremendous speed l she I was hurled on the Hats Several horses were thruwn heavily against the side of the vessel as the struck and some were killed I All day she lay in that position the passengers suffering terribly as during the game a dense snow storm raged The I thermometer registered S below zero and the fierce wind was piercing cold When the wind abated at high tide the vessel I I was floated Fortunately the Hats are soft and the Oregon suffered no injury I The steamer Hustler has returned to I Juneau from another unsuccessful search I for the bodies of those who perished in I the Clara Xevada disaster Juneau has a coa famine and there Is only sufficient fresh meat In town to last I from one boat to another The weather I has been something terrible for a week past cyclonic gales have been blowing continuously and the thermometer has I been from zero to 9 below I |