| Summary: | PH Coll 285.18 S.S. Bertha was a wooden steamer operated under various owners all along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Operated by the Alaska Commercial Co. from San Francisco to Alaska (Nome) during summer and San Francisco to Panama during the winter. She wrecked in the Fitzhugh Sound while going from Seattle to Valdez in 1902, but was repaired and returned to service. She was purchased by the Alaska Coast Co. in 1906, and in 1912 Alaska Coast Co. merged with Alaska Pacific Steamship Co. to become Pacific Alaska Navigation Co. by H.F. Alexander. She was sold in 1913 and used for northern Freight service by the W.F. Swan Navigation Co., and then used as a loating hotel for miners at Cook Inlet, Alaska in 1914. She was destroyed by fire at Uyak Bay, Kodiak Island, in 1915 when water entered the forward hold and ignited a cargo of lime. To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction Please cite the Order Number
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