Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States.

Crippled Liner At Ketchikan Crippled Liner AT KETCHIKAN-- Ketchikan, Alaska, Saturday, May 16. (AP)-- Weary and unshaven, Capt. A. W. Nickerson docked the crippled steamship North Sea shortly after 2.am. here today-- 47 hours after the craft grounded near Dixon Entrance in soupy fog. In contrast wit...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1936
Subjects:
Alaska
Ships
Ship building
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th Century
Dixon Entrance
Nickerson
Pacific
Ketchikan
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/101660
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Summary:Crippled Liner At Ketchikan Crippled Liner AT KETCHIKAN-- Ketchikan, Alaska, Saturday, May 16. (AP)-- Weary and unshaven, Capt. A. W. Nickerson docked the crippled steamship North Sea shortly after 2.am. here today-- 47 hours after the craft grounded near Dixon Entrance in soupy fog. In contrast with the tired captain were twenty-nine laughing and singing passengers of the 143 who originally sailed North from Seattle. The remainder, bound for northern points, had been transferred to the steamship Victoria or landed at destinations by the Coast Guard cutter Alert. Capt. A. W. Nickerson of the North Sea has not given a detailed report c of the damage.

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