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  ALASKA 
  FISHEKIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  Disasters 
  and 
  Losses 
  in 
  the 
  Salmon 
  Industry. 
  

  

  The 
  aggregate 
  of 
  losses 
  this 
  year 
  shows 
  an 
  increase 
  over 
  1913, 
  when 
  

   the 
  chief 
  losses 
  consisted 
  of 
  tliree 
  cannery 
  tenders. 
  But 
  considering 
  

   the 
  enormous 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  

   engaged, 
  and 
  taking 
  into 
  account 
  the 
  natural 
  difficulties 
  constantly 
  

   confronting 
  the 
  industry 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  the 
  losses 
  are 
  strikingly 
  small. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Bristol 
  Bay 
  region 
  five 
  fishermen 
  were 
  drowned, 
  while 
  in 
  

   central 
  Alaska 
  two 
  cannery 
  employees 
  were 
  lost 
  in 
  this 
  manner. 
  In 
  

   southeast 
  Alaska 
  three 
  fish?rmen 
  were 
  drowned. 
  

  

  The 
  cannery 
  of 
  the 
  Kuiu 
  Island 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  located 
  at 
  Beauclaire 
  

   on 
  Kuiu 
  Island, 
  was 
  destroyed 
  by 
  fire 
  on 
  October 
  21, 
  1914. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  the 
  smaller 
  buildings 
  were 
  saved, 
  but 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  approximately 
  

   $50,000 
  was 
  sustained. 
  Operations 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  were 
  at 
  an 
  end 
  

   when 
  the 
  disaster 
  occurred. 
  The 
  cannery 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  1912 
  and 
  made 
  

   its 
  first 
  pack 
  that 
  season. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  14, 
  while 
  en 
  route 
  from 
  San 
  Francisco 
  to 
  Bristol 
  Bay, 
  the 
  

   bark 
  Paramita 
  of 
  the 
  Bristol 
  Bay 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  stranded 
  at 
  Lost 
  

   Harbor 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  shore 
  of 
  Akun 
  Island, 
  Assistance 
  was 
  ren- 
  

   dered 
  by 
  revenue 
  cutters, 
  but 
  the 
  vessel 
  eventually 
  became 
  a 
  total 
  

   loss. 
  No 
  lives 
  were 
  lost. 
  The 
  loss 
  of 
  cannery 
  material, 
  including 
  

   coal, 
  empty 
  cans, 
  tin 
  plate, 
  box 
  shooks, 
  and 
  various 
  other 
  items 
  of 
  

   equipment, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  vessel, 
  amounted 
  to 
  approximately 
  

   $50,000. 
  The 
  Paramita 
  was 
  of 
  1,444 
  net 
  tons 
  and 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  

   Maine 
  in 
  1879. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  canneries 
  sustained 
  minor 
  

   losses 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  fishing 
  gear, 
  scows, 
  small 
  boats, 
  and 
  other 
  items 
  

  

  of 
  equipment. 
  

  

  Canneries 
  Operated 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  Southeast 
  Alaska 
  44 
  

  

  Central 
  Alaska 
  14 
  

  

  Western 
  Alaska 
  23 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  81 
  

  

  Companies 
  Canning 
  Salmon 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  Number 
  and 
  Location 
  of 
  Canneries 
  

   Operated, 
  and 
  Number 
  op 
  Traps 
  Owned 
  by 
  Each. 
  

  

  c 
  6 
  floating. 
  

  

  d4 
  floating. 
  

  

  e2 
  floating. 
  

  

  