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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUB 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  only 
  the 
  water 
  tank 
  in 
  the 
  engine 
  room 
  burst. 
  This 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   largest 
  and 
  best-equipped 
  cannery 
  tenders 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  It 
  

   was 
  72 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  of 
  50 
  tons 
  gross 
  register, 
  and 
  was 
  built 
  at 
  

   Seattle 
  in 
  1911. 
  

  

  While 
  enroute 
  from 
  Cook 
  Inlet 
  to 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  the 
  steam 
  cannery 
  

   tender 
  Kayak, 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Seldovia 
  Salmon 
  Co. 
  struck 
  at 
  

   Point 
  Carrew, 
  near 
  Yakutat, 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  August 
  26, 
  and 
  became 
  a 
  

   total 
  loss. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  severe 
  gale, 
  an 
  effort 
  was 
  being 
  made 
  to 
  

   get 
  into 
  Yakutat 
  Harbor, 
  but 
  the 
  channel 
  was 
  missed 
  and 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   aster 
  followed. 
  The 
  10 
  men 
  comprising 
  the 
  crew 
  took 
  to 
  the 
  boats, 
  

   and 
  after 
  a 
  trying 
  experience 
  finally 
  got 
  ashore. 
  The 
  Kayak 
  was 
  

   built 
  at 
  Alameda 
  in 
  1901, 
  was 
  91 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  registered 
  115 
  

   tons, 
  gross. 
  

  

  The 
  power 
  cannery 
  tender 
  KaTce, 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Kake 
  Packing 
  

   Co., 
  was 
  wrecked 
  November 
  1 
  on 
  Clatsop 
  Spit, 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   Columbia 
  River. 
  The 
  vessel 
  left 
  Kake, 
  Alaska, 
  October 
  14 
  with 
  the 
  

   intention 
  of 
  proceeding 
  to 
  Astoria, 
  Oreg., 
  for 
  the 
  winter. 
  The 
  60 
  

   cases 
  of 
  half-pound 
  cohos, 
  and 
  258 
  cases 
  of 
  1-pound 
  taU 
  chums, 
  

   carried 
  as 
  ballast, 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  a 
  total 
  loss, 
  although 
  some 
  38 
  

   cases 
  were 
  picked 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  in 
  a 
  badly 
  damaged 
  condition. 
  

   The 
  wreck 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  was 
  sold 
  by 
  the 
  underwriters 
  for 
  a 
  small 
  sum. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  steamer 
  State 
  of 
  California 
  was 
  wrecked 
  in 
  Gambier 
  Bay 
  

   on 
  August 
  17 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Sanitary 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  of 
  Wrangell, 
  sus- 
  

   tained 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  650 
  cases 
  of 
  salmon, 
  all 
  pinks. 
  

  

  During 
  a 
  gale 
  on 
  May 
  15, 
  the 
  cannery 
  ships 
  Tacoma, 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  

   Packers 
  Association, 
  and 
  St. 
  Nicholas, 
  of 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River 
  Packers 
  

   Association, 
  went 
  ashore 
  on 
  the 
  flats 
  at 
  the 
  west 
  entrance 
  to 
  Nusha- 
  

   gak 
  estuary, 
  between 
  Protection 
  Point 
  and 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Igushik 
  

   River. 
  Both 
  vessels 
  were 
  floated 
  later, 
  having 
  suffered 
  no 
  serious 
  

   damage. 
  About 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  the 
  ship 
  Standard, 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  

   Alaska 
  Salmon 
  Co., 
  went 
  ashore 
  near 
  Cape 
  Constantine, 
  and 
  was 
  

   badly 
  pounded 
  before 
  working 
  off. 
  

  

  During 
  a 
  blow 
  on 
  May 
  28, 
  about 
  19,000 
  cases 
  of 
  tin 
  plate 
  were 
  lost 
  

   overboard 
  from 
  a 
  lighter 
  alongside 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Packers 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  ships 
  in 
  the 
  Naknek 
  roadstead. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  this 
  accident, 
  

   it 
  became 
  necessary 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  steamer 
  make 
  the 
  long 
  run 
  to 
  Larsens 
  

   Bay 
  and 
  return 
  to 
  replenish 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  tin. 
  

  

  Canneries 
  Operated. 
  

  

  During 
  1913 
  there 
  were 
  42 
  canneries 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  southeast 
  

   Alaska, 
  9 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1912; 
  14 
  in 
  central 
  Alaska, 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  1912, 
  

   while 
  in 
  Western 
  Alaska 
  this 
  season 
  there 
  were 
  23 
  canneries 
  in 
  opera- 
  

   tion, 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  1 
  over 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  Thus 
  the 
  totals 
  are 
  87 
  for 
  

   1912 
  and 
  79 
  for 
  1913. 
  

  

  