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| Joseph A. Segbers was the manager of the North American Transportation & Trading Klondike Mill Co. in 1901.((Claire Eamer and Antonia Zedda, "The Yukon Saw Mill Company: Last of the Gold Rush Sawmills." Yukon Government, 1997: 30.)) | Joseph A. Segbers was the manager of the North American Transportation & Trading Klondike Mill Co. in 1901.((Claire Eamer and Antonia Zedda, "The Yukon Saw Mill Company: Last of the Gold Rush Sawmills." Yukon Government, 1997: 30.)) |
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| Segbers and his associates in the Northern Lumber, Machinery and Fuel company started construction of a new mill on 14 May 1903. The mill was on an island in the Klondike River, opposite the bluff above Dawson. A rough plank joined the island to the mainland on the first day of construction but washed away that night. At noon on the 15th, five men from the construction site were seen in a sinking canoe between the bluff and the island. Despite the heroic efforts of men on the shore, including R.A. Fax, three men drowned: William Baily, Haggland and John Frank. Baily was Segbers’ brother-in-law. George Mero, of McLennan & Mero contractors, and Edward Whitely survived.((“Three men drowned in Klondike River.” //Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 15 May 1903.)) Segbers and John R. Howard established the Northern Lumber Co. on Klondike Garden Island in 1903, upriver from Klondike Island and Dawson. They milled construction grade lumber for housing and mining.((Claire Eamer and Antonia Zedda, "The Yukon Saw Mill Company: Last of the Gold Rush Sawmills." Yukon Government, 1997: 30.)) In 1903, Segbers was the manager of the Klondike City Bridge Co. and the Klondike Mill.((//Ferguson Gazeteer,// 1903.)) | Segbers and his associates in the Northern Lumber, Machinery and Fuel company started construction of a new mill on 14 May 1903. The mill was on an island in the Klondike River, opposite the bluff above Dawson. A rough plank joined the island to the mainland on the first day of construction but washed away that night. At noon on the 15th, five men from the construction site were seen in a sinking canoe between the bluff and the island. Despite the heroic efforts of men on the shore, including R.A. Fax, three men drowned: William Baily, John Haggland and John Frank. Baily was Segbers’ brother-in-law. George Mero, of McLennan & Mero contractors, and Edward Whitely survived.((“Three men drowned in Klondike River.” //Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 15 May 1903.)) Segbers and John R. Howard established the Northern Lumber Co. on Klondike Garden Island in 1903, upriver from Klondike Island and Dawson. They milled construction grade lumber for housing and mining.((Claire Eamer and Antonia Zedda, "The Yukon Saw Mill Company: Last of the Gold Rush Sawmills." Yukon Government, 1997: 30.)) In 1903, Segbers was the manager of the Klondike City Bridge Co. and the Klondike Mill.((//Ferguson Gazeteer,// 1903.)) |
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| Segbers was mining in 1907/08.((//Polks Gazetteer,// 1907/09.)) In 1909/10, he was the proprietor of the Fairview Hotel in Dawson. In 1911/12, he was the owner and proprietor of the Yukonia Hotel.((Journal of the Yukon Council. Report of the Chief License Inspector, 31 March 1911. Sessional Papers No. 1. 31 March 1911: 14; //Polks Gazetteer,// 1911/12.)) The Yukonia was on Queen Street and First Avenue. The hotel advertised steam heat and had a grill room attached.(("Hotel Directory." //Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 19 August 1913.)) Rebecca B. Segbers, Joseph’s wife, ran the Yukonia Hotel with her husband. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Livermore, California. She drowned when the //Princess Sophia// sank in the Lynn Canal in the fall of 1918. Her body was sent to Livermore where she is buried.((The Maritime Museum of British Columbia, //SS Princess Sophia: Those Who Perished.// 2018: 96.)) | Segbers was mining in 1907/08.((//Polks Gazetteer,// 1907/09.)) In 1909/10, he was the proprietor of the Fairview Hotel in Dawson. In 1911/12, he was the owner and proprietor of the Yukonia Hotel.((Journal of the Yukon Council. Report of the Chief License Inspector, 31 March 1911. Sessional Papers No. 1. 31 March 1911: 14; //Polks Gazetteer,// 1911/12.)) The Yukonia was on Queen Street and First Avenue. The hotel advertised steam heat and had a grill room attached.(("Hotel Directory." //Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 19 August 1913.)) Rebecca B. Segbers, Joseph’s wife, ran the Yukonia Hotel with her husband. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Livermore, California. She drowned when the //Princess Sophia// sank in the Lynn Canal in the fall of 1918. Her body was sent to Livermore where she is buried.((The Maritime Museum of British Columbia, //SS Princess Sophia: Those Who Perished.// 2018: 96.)) |
