Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-10-16 | Page 2 | Alaska Barge Singing with 5 Men Aboard

Alaska Barge Sinking With 5 Men Aboard SEATTLE Wash Oct 16 UP The foot The foot power barge barSc Star St ne' ne is i sinking with five men aboard aboard- miles southeast of ot Cordova in inthe the Gulf of Alaska the coast guard reported Saturday A brief radio messa message e received by by- bytho tho the Cape lighthouse light light- house house- station at 11 lL pm p.m. Friday said Pumps unable to keep ahead Water ater Five men aboard Request immedi immediate ate assistance Water Vater soon will short out batteries Communications between the craft and the lighthouse ceased at 11 1106 06 pm p.m. The disabled vessel is an army type barge with open forward deck a boom and the engine room near the stern the coast guard said The Kodiak coast guard station prepared to send a plane to the location of the Star Stone The Ketchikan station tried to contact contact contact con con- tact the arm army tu tugs s Shine and Pecan which were believed to be beIn bein bein in the Yakutat area near Cordova Cordova Cor Cor- dova