Show SIX MEN RESCUED Seattle Se Wash March 12 A spa special cial lo to the from Seward Alaska Alasko says sas Worn and exhausted by h almost hr In Incredible credible hardships and bearing b the Indelible marks of weeks of battling I with the Icy hey gales they the encountered tl four of oC the dauntless crew of or six men who on January 7 left the wreck of he the in Cook Inlet and In n Cl small rowboat undertook the thc despot desper desperate ate task of towing rowing to procure practice relief reller for their companions were brought Into Inlo Seward S Id Just before midnight on the revenue r cutter Tahoma which for Cor almost three weeks W has hus been bc n search searchIng searching searching Ing for COl them The Tho Tahoma also alBo brings word vord that hat I limo tho two to remaining members of oC the time boat crew ere arc are alive and safe The four men mn on the Tahoma are Gus Swanson second mate of the wrecked Charles Peterson seaman Otto OUo Nelson Cuman Albert Bailey Daile passenger en route to Kodiak The remaining members are arc Charles Bourne a Ii resident of Afognak I oak nak who is now at Bay Cepl Wedding master of the thc launch Sea Wolf remained at nt Kodiak lo to take lake charge of oC his craft Officers of or the Tahoma report ter tel terrific ride gales during durin almost the entire time the tug was out omit on the search The cutter left le Seattle February under orders from the time navy na department depart department ment to make a search Bearch of oC the Islands scattered through Cook Inlet in the hope that he the men had made camp on some sonic sheltered shore On March 7 as the tug was leaving Karluk straits the th schooner Mattle from Ual was spoken en and from this schooner it was W F learned that thal the boat party part had been at nt leaving there here two Uvo days previous in a dory I headed for COI Afognak The Tahoma put on oa full speed and reaching Afognak found Cound the men on March 7 The Th vessel eER I then proceeded to Kodiak where Pilot Brown Drown was dropped Wedding also aho left the Ta lomo there lucre to join john his launch time tho th Sea Wolf From time the men brought to Seward a stor story of hardship hard and suffering to together o Bother gether with whit dogged courage almost beyond be beyond yond rond belief Is gathered The little party part of If six left the wreck at 11 11 on tho morning of Jan ran January Jannary nary uary 7 with whit a light limit hut fresh wind blowing north fly liy I northwest This Thin In lu Increased creased during the night to a i gale that compelled comp lIed tho th mon men to beach the flue boat boal for Ursus Cove 00 where they I camped until morning mornin At l daylight dalIght with a light northeast I wind and aud In a heavy heo snowstorm they ther left Ursus Cove Coe only to have the wind suddenly veer eer u to the north northwest northwest northwest west and fast roach reach the proportions of oC a n heavy hea gale galeAI I AI At every Interval that could bi ho h I snatched from the toll tail at the cars the iho men meD were compelled to keep hall ball balling hallIng ing hag out time the boat hoat With ah the heavy hea sen sea that was mining i tit tho little craft was fast becoming a II mass of Jee and Jn sink ainU sinking ing IlIg under the thc weight p cl hl All six tx men were w r drenched through h and through h with thc lie spray which In turn froze to Ice until they the resembled animated Icebergs I At sundown the boat reached a lit Ill little lie tle shelter ore oil Cape Cain Douglas Doulas but hut at atthe atthe i the same samo lime imo Ilm ran Into n II mass of heavy hOa pack lee Ire which hie h soon lunch tho the I boat In a sinking condition They Thoy managed to 10 reach dry dr land a of at rape Douglas but not until tho the boat had bad sunk slink under them with nearly all the provisions It The water was shallow and after wading wailing to lo their thur arm tilts pits In Inthe Inthe the Icy Ie water they contrived to reach I the lie shore Ice By this time hole It k I had grown rOWn dark and anda a n howling gale alc was blowing Swan Swant L t 10 son on according ne to the he I others lost all courage and threw himself down on the leo ire crying that he lie was freezing Nelson elgon was sno snow no blind and only able ablo to lo grope roJe his hl wn way about Wed Weddin ding din was so cramped with rheumatism as to 10 be hardly har ly capable of mo loo motion Lion tion At daylight the party managed ed to toi i reach each the tho cliff above aboC the tho beach find and there a makeshift tent lint was rigged ed up lip and amid n a 1 fire firo kindled All were terribly I frostbitten The wind again Increased I Ito to a blizzard and huddled together to I lying lint Hat on n the time frozen froen ground they the passed the thc next hours When Whon the wind moderated sonic name I what they the set off down the beach an 1 only two miles from where they had hall spent Iho night found the camp of Michael Pahlo rt trapper with a aI schooner I I hauled out on on the beach No o amount of or persuasion l would in Indue indue due Pahlo to lo attempt crossing the Two hundred dollars was of offered croon him hull but Jut this he lie refused declaring ing lu g the tho attempt meant m mt certain death ao no ho well knew the fury furr of oC those wa waters waters waters In lu n storm sturm Fablo Fabio however how c deprived himself of oC provisions to share with time the men up lo to the tho time lime he ho loft left them The party of or six sic I lx remained at the trappers i camp stormbound until February 7 I when they tho started out once more Bailey led the way to along the leach beach with Swanson Peterson Peter on II Bourne and Wedding who were un an unable anable able to lo walk wall following follow lug In a native nalle I Shortly after leaving leading the tho camp Nel Nol Nelson Nolson son again became and In ill some way WU became separated from front Ills huts companions ns h thoy retraced rot raced their steps to search sear h for Cor him It win wan not until time Die next neat ne t morning that thoy lh found him h Reining the th port party found feud an In oli o skiff which they th the y dug IluS out om of oC the snow and In this they made their way 0 to Bay living the entire time since leaving the trap trapper tr iJ per pora a Gawp on whale oil and anI dried fish I Lour Cour our At Bay Un thoy I h r tanned managed to lo kill killa killo a o s sent nl and thin furnished the first of or fresh meat treat that lint had hadi i passed their lips since sinco leaving thin the 1 lore lIell they thoy the decided to lo make makei i i an attempt to tJ crow erns till the straits strait and rind In Ina j a boat they started Bourne nurn however howO r refused to take 1 lw tho the risk and was loft left with time tho natives They The mado made the start smart Feb 2 at tit Ii 1 i o The Tho I I weather r was wn calm c Im nail and the sea Bea smooth and Anti a n gale rale sprang prang up and thor they II I i just jn t managed to 10 make land at nt Cape their boat bot being wrecked Near Noar whore where they the made camp nn on old native nat ie was found round and after more immure hardships and sufferings s they I made their way 9 in III n this to l nuel vil vilI 11 I lase la c There Then the dies remained storm i bound hound until March Marchu 5 6 when in n a dory dor with two natives they made mado Afognak where the found them The Thu he Tahoma with the four Cour men leaves for Seattle Sunday |