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Title |
City of Seattle aground at Charcoal Point, 8/16/1912 |
Image # |
2012.2.11.13 |
Object Name |
Negative, Sheet Film |
Date |
1912 August 16 |
Photographer |
Hillard, Frederick |
Location |
Ketchikan, Alaska |
Description |
City of Seattle aground at Charcoal Point, 8/16/1912 |
Provenance |
Ketchikan Miner 8/16/1912 "CITY OF SEATTLE GOES ASHORE In a thick and impenetrable fog, the steamer City of Seattle piled up on Charcoal Point at two o'clock this morning, and was left high and dry by the receding tide. It appears from what those awake on the boat at the time say that as the vessel entered the north end of Tongass narrows, the night was clear and all was well. The light on Channel island was plainly seen and the vessel was put on her regular course. After proceeding less than two miles however a thick blanket of fog came up the narrows, shutting out the sight of everything. The boat was slowed down, and slowly she made her way along. Evidently those in command thought she was further along than she really was and she was turned in toward where they supposed the town lay. It was too soon by fully a quarter of a mile for the turn, and the pile up on the beach followed. The vessel struck on the extreme high tide, which was several inches higher than any other for several weeks, and unless she can be gotten off this afternoon or tomorrow morning, she will probably remain where she is for some time. All day today she has been the Mecca to which almost everybody in town has gone, most of them armed with a camera of some kind. She has a cargo of 11,000 cases of canned salmon, 8000 from Barron's cannery at Funter bay, and 3000 from Myers & Co's. An effort was made this morning to get the salmon off the vessel, and in the neighborhood of 3000 cases were unloaded, which is hardly enough probably to float her off. One thing in her favor is the fact that she was almost stopped at the time she struck so she did not run in far on the beach. Captain Thomas Johnson is in command of the Seattle. Among those coming to Ketchikan on the steamer were L. E. Buell, the traveling salesman, and Mrs. H. L. Faulkner, who was coming to join her husband Marshal Faulker at this point. They were both landed in the ships boat. Later - At 2:40 this afternoon the Northland pulled the Seattle out of her bed in the sand and she came in under her own steam." |
Search Terms |
Ketchikan City of Seattle Accident Disaster Water Transportation Transportation, Water Steamship Charcoal Point |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums, KM 2012.2.11.13 |