Survivors from wreck of schooner JOSEPH RUSS boarding steamer DORA, off Chirikof Island, April 1912

• Main Author: Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1912
• Subjects: Dora (Ship); Rescues > Alaska; Pacific Ocean; Steamboats > Alaska > Chirikof Island; Shipwreck victims > Alaska > Chirikof Island; Lifeboats > Alaska > Chirikof Island; Survival after airplane accidents; shipwrecks; etc. > Alaska > Chirikof Island; Pacific; Newell; Alaska; midnight sun
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/161

Caption on image: Survivors from wreck of schooner, Joseph Russ, being picked up by SS Dora off coast of Alaska PH Coll 247.290 The codfishing schooner JOSEPH RUSS struck the rocks off Chirikof Island on April 21 and was totally demolished, First Mate J. Jorgensen being drowned. Capt. Charles Foss a...