The latest Alaska history column by ANC_Historian: Mutiny and Ice -- the treacherous 1908 journey of the S.S. Ohio from Seattle to Nome
SS Ohio anchored outside Nome, Alaska, shortly after her 1907 collision with ice. Two of her lifeboats can be seen partly lowered. on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story.
There was no time for new construction, so shipping firms either refitted older hulls or purchased seaworthy vessels from elsewhere. The Eliza Anderson was the worst-case example of this rush, a formerly rotting and abandoned steamer that failed to complete its first voyage north. The Ohio represented a better option. In 1898, the aging yet rugged ship traveled to the West Coast and was placed on the Seattle to Nome loop.
Loudon wrote, “we ran out of our regular stock Thursday and had to draw on our cargo, so we don’t get much meat. But what we do get is the best.” By now, the passengers were restless and increasingly critical of Captain Conradi. Loudon saw his opportunities in Nome evaporating: “it means a good deal to me because I want to get a job checking freight at $1.00 per hour for a few weeks to get a start. And if they are all unloaded when we get there, I will have to rustle something else.
On July 4, the Ohio left Dutch Harbor for Nome, though the captain considered returning to Seattle. When the steamship reached the ice, it once again met the Thetis and another revenue cutter, the McCulloch. Despite their offers of assistance, Conradi again refused to follow them into the ice and on to Nome.
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