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Show OLYMPIA WILL m TOTAL L0$S VAIDICZ, Alaska. I.e. u. Cnin-pklfly Cnin-pklfly Hhenthcd In ice, with a ;reat hole torn In biT, full atnldstilps. iint with fr.-ni twenty-tive to t wenty flsht feet of water In all her compartment, tlir Alaska Stentnsliip enrnpanv'x liner lin-er Olunpia liffl llko a si i antlcd lt,-beiK lt,-beiK on the rrel of dreary I.tlifih inland. inl-and. I'rlnee W illiam ooimd, and Is i-x-pf cied to lieiom,. a total ohs with htr caro, pnrt of which had been saved from the name company ,Ni thw est -era, when slm wns ;;ijnk nt l'"aU.- bay, ru;et so.ind, ret i'iitly or Hie li! el-s el-s ns on board the Olynipln wte n dhe rtrurk. all were sued and taken to "alde and Il)eniftc, wlih the exct-p-t ltii of three members of the crew, who ate standing bv tho ship. Thrown Upon Gank. When the Olynipla left Coidoa ?at-; ?at-; urday nlr.ht. alt.T mpiylnn bfi' aft-crhold aft-crhold of commercial coal, her Mem v-'as hit;!) out of the whI't Soon a furious K,tb ht the steamship an I her l-Topvlli-r revolved In lh air, with ev-ery ev-ery wave ami her rudder was useless. The captain sow what was destined to lollow, but could tl nothing for It Wh.-Mi the staunch Hlaspow built boat Klid up on the reef tho bull not Injured ami lb" waves hammered the Olynipla auaiiiKt the rocks for nearly three hours before the steel wa-l caved In and the bold floi.d.-d. Stuck to His Pont. The wireless opfralor, Ueort;e ,. Hays, of Seal He, ae.l 21. a nailve of Minneapolis, sent d)Ur"!-s inessases until the water dcpiUoi him or his battery. After that be lay down, con-necllriK con-necllriK his reeelter over bis ears. At 11a m. Sunday he heard a rin ssaf; from Cordova which said: ' Two boats leaving Vahlez. Arrive about This news revived the r.plrils of the passencers of the ship. One of the female passengers who was on the Xorth western when If was wrecked recently, almost collapsed when fhe learned of her new misfortune, but soon repahicd her composure Cable Office Was Cloned. There Is no wireless station at Vnl-de. Vnl-de. and the message from the Olym-pla Olym-pla which the Cordova station received, re-ceived, could not be transmitted to Valdez until I he opening of the po-crnment po-crnment cable kite Sunday nioinlm;. The wreck was only thirty-five miles from Valdez. 00 |