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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Bill Brown, Harbor Engineer, corrects a previous report by stating the river remains navigable after a storm, allowing boats to lighter supplies for the SS Victoria without needing to return them to Seattle.
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SAYS BILL BROWN
In storm story of Monday issue of the Nugget we stated we had been reliably informed the river was filled with sand and the boats and lighter up river would not be able to lighter the SS Victoria.
Bill Brown, Harbor Engineer, stated today that he took the tug Carpenter out of the river yesterday and found sufficient depth of water throughout the navigable portion of the river to lighter the "last boat" supplies, so that we need not worry that the supplies will be carried back to Seattle.
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sufficient depth of water throughout the navigable portion of the river to lighter the "last boat" supplies, so that we need not worry that the supplies will be carried back to seattle
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Bill Brown, Harbor Engineer, stated today that he took the tug Carpenter out of the river yesterday and found sufficient depth of water throughout the navigable portion of the river to lighter the "last boat" supplies, correcting the previous report that the river was filled with sand and impassable for boats and lighters up river to service the SS Victoria.