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L. MARTIN ALASKAN EARTHQUAKES OF 1899 



Hubbard and Nunatak glaciers. No one knew of their being here, and 

 for all they knew Yakutat might have been destroyed. One of their 

 boats was smashed and the other washed away, as were all their sluices, 

 and there was no driftwood or any timber large enough to make a raft. 



Figure 5. — Faults, Uplifts, and Depressions of YaJcutat Bay 



As mapped by Tarr and Martin in 1905 and 1909. It is probable that this faulting 

 took place chiefly during the great earthqualie on September 10, 1899 



They had no food except 6 pounds of wet corn meal, 3 or 4 pounds of 

 flour, a small piece of bacon, and a few canned goods. 



Next day, however, their twelve-foot boat was found lodged among the 

 alders, a damaged native canoe was picked up afloat in the fiord, the 



