Histories of Alaska : Dating back over 100 years, 28 unidentified persons have been buried at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
. Others are tragedies, like Robert “Bobbie” Patterson and Scheiber Elliott. In 1925, the 15-year-old best friends drowned near the mouth of Ship Creek. They were buried next to each other in a joint memorial. And others still are mysteries, eternally unsolved.Back in 1916, the Alaska settler towns, Anchorage very much included, were heavy with transients. Though the frequency of arrivals and departures in Alaska had significantly declined from the gold rush heyday, new faces remained common.
Three days later, a Navy helicopter finally sighted the remnants of the ship. Three days after that, the first crewmember was spotted, on the beach at Ulak Island. A St. Christopher medal and a watch were the only personal effects on his body. The Navy dispatched a fleet tug to recover the corpse. Two other bodies were sighted but not recovered given their location on remote cliffs. According to one source, most of the 32 sailors aboard were Spanish. All perished in the wreck.
Officer Fred Jones was the first responder on the scene. In 2015, he told the Anchorage Press, “I saw him come around to the left side of McDonald’s, walk right up to the flagpole and shinny up it like a squirrel. I’ve never seen anything like it. Naked, and right up the pole like nobody’s business. It was rather impressive.”
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