Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-07-01 | Page 1 | Alaskan Vessels Wrecked

ALASKAN VESSELS WRECKED Two are Lost but Passengers and Crew are Saved Portland Or June 30 Word was ought from Cape Nome by the steamer steam-er Elder that the steamers Nome City from this port and tho Valencia Val-encia from Seattle rescued on June 12th the passengers and crews of the bark Hunter and the schooner Eclipse both of which were wrecked on Romanzof Point There were fortyseven people in all tWo women and a small child being among them The steam launch of the bark Hunter Hun-ter with the captain and four men put out from the polat hcjo the wrecked bark lay and both the Nome City and the Valencia returned to their assistance The Hunter launch In her crulso for help had run across the wreck of the schooner Eclipse and secured quite a lot of provisions Vhen the I Nome City reached the Hunter It i ifufi rv i > urv of the uifmMmatc Eclipse had got there about an hour befoic Ielor < > starting out 1ov as slatajifu the captain ami ills crow had succeeded in saving nearly all the bar gage and teiitaaJidnearly all lhcpro visions z i1i