IS84 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
LOSSES AND DISASTERS 
The Beauclaire Packing Co. cannery at Port Beauclerc burned on 
June 3. It was reported to have been‘a total loss, with the exception 
of a few shore buildings. Other losses in southeastern Alaska were 
the power boats Buster, of the Sunny Point Packing Co., and 
Discovery, of the Fidalgo Island Packing Co., the mess house of the 
Wards Cove Packing Co., and miscellaneous fishing equipment and 
small boats belonging to a number of companigs, in all totaling 
approximately $95, 000. Sev 6 shoresmen by 
disease and 2 each by drowning and by accidents 3 yea: were 
drowned, 3 were killed in accidents, and 1 died of disease. 
In the central district the new plant of the Kadiak Fisheries Co. at 
Shearwater Bay was wrecked by a windstorm after the end of the 
fishing season. The loss was estimated at $24,000. The salmon and 


Fic. 9.—F leet of fishing boats at Ketchikan, Alaska 
clam cannery of the Strawberry Point Packing Co. at Cordova was 
burned on October 18, with a loss of approximately $21,500. Other 
losses in the district consisted of the g gas boat Uncle John, belonging 
to the Moore Packing Co., and miscellaneous small boats and fishing 
equipment of a number of companies, totaling in all approximately 
$57,900. Thirteen lives were lost—1 fisherman. and 2 shoresmen were 
drowned and 1 fisherman and 9 shoresmen died of disease. 
In the western district fishing gear valued at $9,547 was lost and 
19 lives were lost—1 fisherman and 4 shoresmen drowned, 1 fisherman 
and 9 shoresmen died of disease, and 1 fisherman and 3 shoresmen 
were killed accidentally. 
STATISTICS 
In 1926, 132 canneries were operated in Alaska, 3 more than in 
1925. The active ee in the industry was $60,535,550, a gain 
of $6,992,006, or 13 per cent, over 1925. The increase in southeast 
Alaska was $949, a Ors. 6 per cent; in central Alaska $3,787,122, or 
31.7 per cent; and in western Alaska $2,255,599, or 14 per cent. 
