Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-09-15 | Page 2 | Eskimos Find Castaways

Eskimos Find Castaways. The King and Wingo, alter leming Nome beptemljcr it, went to hat Cape, Siberia, to take on hrkiinos and skin-boats. skin-boats. She then laid her course for Kogers harbor, Wrangell island, arriving arriv-ing there about liCli" o'rlo-'k on the night of September ti. Kour I!."k itnu in a nkmboat found a lead through the jce. reached t-boro and brougtit baik a number of men who had been in camp near shore. The schooner then proceeded pro-ceeded to the other Bide of the inland, where they pieked up tb remriitnng survivors, who were in another camp. The Kinx and Wingc started for Nome with the re?eued and had gmin milea when sho met tlm rexeiuui cutter Eiear, bound for Wrangell i-laiui. The Biirvior with tran?erred to the Bear. With them wa brought s black a nd : whito eat picked up by t he Karluk s crew nt Vi turia, B. 4 ., la-t, y.-ar and : kept with them throughout all their hardships. Counting thp right men ho perished on the ice while trying To rea'h linid after the Karluk was crushed, the tli"ee who ilied on Wrangell nian I. and Anderson, who committer) suicide hv shooting while insane from epo-ure, I li mem hers of the Stela iihon expedition expedi-tion have diett. Melloch and Rrenfy. who died of scurvy, nni Nainen, who nccidcuf all -shot himself, wem burieil in Wrnngeil island.