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A Watery Grave - Drownings in the Yukon & Alaska
by Murray Lundberg
Chronological Listing
Introduction
Alphabetical Listing (with biographical notes)
- 1891
- June 6 - ANDERSON, T.O., ROBINSON, Lt. L.L., MOORE, W.C., HAASLER, J., NELSON, A. and SMITH, H. (Icy Bay, Alaska)
- 1897
- October 8 - HAMILTON, Silas Colfax (Summit Lake, White Pass)
- October 9 - McMANUS, Joe; VAVELLOF, Peter (Lake Bennett)
- November - ANTHONY, Frank (White Horse Rapids)
- November - FREEMAN, Mr. (Yukon River)
- 1898
- April 1 - BLACK, James F. (Stikine River)
- May - ANGOOD, William (Lake Bennett)
- May 7 - unknown (Stikine River below Glenora)
- May 10 -
BARNES, Thomas A., RICHARD, Luc (Lake Bennett)
- May 15 - SHAW, L.G. (Windy Arm, Yukon)
- May 28 - McKINNON, Mr.; MATHESON, Mr. (Stikine River)
- May 28 - VEITCH, R.T. (Lake Bennett)
- Spring - GRAHAM, Duncan (near Wrangell)
- June - CLANCY, R.H. (Miles Canyon)
- June - unknown (Thirty Mile section of Yukon River)
- June - LESLIE, N.G. (Lake Bennett)
- June - MELHAM, George (Yukon River at Big Salmon)
- June 5 - BOYD, W., HERMAN, G. (White Horse Rapids)
- June 6 - COPE, Mr. (Shallow Lake, Yukon)
- June 14 - BROOKS, James (White Horse Rapids)
- June 16 - FIELD, G.R. (White Horse Rapids)
- June 20 - O'BRIEN, E.T. (Stikine River at Telegraph Creek)
- June 24 - LYONS, W.G.; MONTEGAZZA, G. (Lake Laberge, Yukon)
- June 29 - unknown (Lake Lebarge, Yukon)
- July - KELLEY, Charles (?, Yukon)
- July - unknown (Klaheena River, Dalton Trail)
- July - unknown (Toochai River, BC)
- July 2 - unknown (White Horse Rapids)
- July 9 - MULHERN, George (Yukon River below Big Salmon)
- July 15 - unknown (Lake Laberge)
- July 18 - AMOS, Ernest (Salmon River, Yukon)
- August 24 - GRENIER, Joseph (Atlintoo River, BC)
- August 29 - BROWN, J. (Stikine River)
- August 31 - MITCHELL, R. (Stikine River)
- September - MARTIN, Ike (Dalton Trail)
- late September - LEE, John (Yukon River)
- 1899
- May 17 - HARMON, Mr. A. (Otter Lake)
- May - R. SAUNDERS (Lake Bennett)
- May 28 - HILIGER, Mr.; SCHOCK, Mr. (Lake Bennett)
- May - R. SAUNDERS (Lake Bennett)
- June - GREEN, L.; HEFFERMAN, W.; KINLEY, Mr.; MAHLON, H. (Five Fingers Rapids)
- July 29 - DUNN, Peter (Five Fingers Rapids)
- August 2 - TACHE, Louis (Five Fingers Rapids)
- August 7 - THOMAS, Elias (Stewart River)
- November 12 - BATTY (BEATTY?), Fred; SMITH, Joseph (White Horse Rapids)
- 1900
- June - PUSCH, Anton (White Horse Rapids - not confirmed)
- July 21 - MONASTES, Walter; STEWART, Mrs.; STEWART, Ada (Thirty Mile section of Yukon River))
- September 21 - SCHLAG, Frank (Whitehorse)
- 1901
- July 2 - MERRYMAN, Orin D. (Yukon River above Eagle)
- July 8 - McLAREN, Elton B. (slough at Dawson)
- August 31 - DONARD, T. (Lake Laberge, Yukon)
- early October - ROBERTSON, Tracy; STEVENS, Captain George (Nome)
- October 19 - WILLIAMS, Ernest (Whitehorse)
- December 26 - CAMPBELL, Norman M.; HEATHCOTE, Spencer G. (near mouth of Stikine River)
- 1902
- May 6 - LEBLANC, Frank (Klondike River)
- June 18 - CONNORS, May (Yukon River at Dawson)
- August - SIMONS, Isaac (Fortymile River)
- November 30 - ABBEY, Joseph; McINTYRE, Jack (Golden Gate, Taku Lake)
- 1903
- May - McCURRAN, John (Five Fingers Rapids)
- May 5 - COPPING, William B. (Yukon River near Kirkman Creek, Yukon)
- May 15 - BAILEY, Mr.; FRANK, John; HEGLAND, John (Klondike River)
- May 16 - HARKIN, Bud; WALLACE, Lila (Whitehorse Rapids)
- July 2 - MURCHISON, Alex (Bonanza Creek, Yukon)
- July 29 - SAM, Stick (Slim's River, Yukon)
- September 14 - ALOCK, Marke (Yukon River near Dawson)
- 1904
- April 22 - PUTNAM (Bonanza Creek)
- 1905
- May - ANDERSON, Herman Van Feumer (ditch in Dawson City)
- 1906
- May 11 - SNYDER, Jacob (Yukon River near Moosehide)
- June 14 - HADDOCK, Alexander G., Corporal, RNWMP (Yukon River near Ogilvie)
- 1907
- March 15 - CUDLIP, Sergeant, NWMP (Fortymile)
- May 5 - ROCK, Martin J. (Klondike River)
- July 1 - MADDALEUA, J. A. (Indian River)
- August 24 - HENZEL, Joseph (Yukon River)
- 1908
- June 15 - IVANCEVIC, Miholojo (Klondike River)
- June 20 - LaROSE, Alphonse "Al" and LaROSE, Eugene "Gene" (Whitehorse Rapids)
- July 9 - STANLEY, Jesse (Yukon River at Dawson)
- 1911
- August 3 - McCAUST, H. (Yukon River)
- September 5 - ANGELOS, Louis (slough in Dawson City)
- September 5 - HALLAND, Charles (Yukon River at Dawson)
- 1913
- July - ROTKAVICK, John (Stewart River)
- 1914
- January 7 - LUINBERG, John (White River)
- 1915
- June 3 - SNUGG, David (Yukon River)
- 1918
- July 11 - WITHYCOMB, Sam (Stewart River)
- August 16 - FOWLOW, Thomas (Yukon River)
- 1924
- May 22 - BRIMSTON, Georgie (Klondike River)
- 1926
- May 31 - AASLUND, John (Granville)
- 1933
- August 25 - DRURY, Thomas (Yukon River at Selkirk).
- 1936
- June 14 - BRYAN, Edward Joseph John (Dawson ferry crossing)
- August 2 - LAWLISS, Sgt. Oliver; LAWLISS, Mrs.; LAWLISS, Dean; STONE, Mrs. H. P.; McWAIN, Sgt. Paul (Haines)
- September 7 - HARTNETT, John Patrick (Yukon River at Carmacks)
- 1937
- September 2 - BARRY, R. W. (Nelson Island)
- 1945
- May 31 - McCANNEY, Patrick (Yukon River at Whitehorse)
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