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A Watery Grave - Drownings in the Yukon & Alaska
by Murray Lundberg
Chronological Listing
Introduction
Alphabetical Listing (with biographical notes)
Dateline: April 4, 2002. Last update: December 22, 2025.
- 1891
- June 6 - ANDERSON, T.O.(Icy Bay, Alaska)
- ROBINSON, Lt. L.L. (Icy Bay, Alaska)
- MOORE, W.C. (Icy Bay, Alaska)
- HAASLER, J. (Icy Bay, Alaska)
- NELSON, A. (Icy Bay, Alaska)
- SMITH, H. (Icy Bay, Alaska)
- 1897
- Summer - an unknown young Norwegian man (White Horse Rapids)
- October 8 - HAMILTON, Silas Colfax (Summit Lake, White Pass)
- October 9 - McMANUS, Joe (Lake Bennett)
- 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. (Lake Bennett)
- RICHARD, Luc (Lake Bennett)
- May 15 - SHAW, L.G. (Windy Arm, Yukon)
- May 28 - McKINNON, Mr. (Stikine River)
- 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. (White Horse Rapids)
- 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. (Lake Laberge, Yukon)
- 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, Atlin)
- May - R. SAUNDERS (Lake Bennett)
- May 28 - HILIGER, Mr.; SCHOCK, Mr. (Lake Bennett)
- May - R. SAUNDERS (Lake Bennett)
- June - GREEN, L. (Five Fingers Rapids)
- HEFFERMAN, W. (Five Fingers Rapids)
- KINLEY, Mr. (Five Fingers Rapids)
- 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 (White Horse Rapids)
- SMITH, Joseph (White Horse Rapids)
- 1900
- June - PUSCH, Anton (White Horse Rapids - not confirmed)
- July 21 - MONASTES, Walter (Thirty Mile section of Yukon River)
- STEWART, Mrs. (Thirty Mile section of Yukon River)
- 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 (Nome)
- STEVENS, Captain George (Nome)
- October 19 - WILLIAMS, Ernest (Whitehorse)
- December 26 - CAMPBELL, Norman M. (near mouth of Stikine River)
- 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 28 - ABEY, Joseph (Golden Gate, Taku Lake)
- McINTYRE, Jack (Golden Gate, Taku Lake). Read a series of articles about the tragedy here.
- 1903
- May - McCURRAN, John (Five Fingers Rapids)
- May 5 - COPPING, William B. (Yukon River near Kirkman Creek, Yukon - see article)
- May 15 - BAILEY, Mr. (Klondike River)
- FRANK, John (Klondike River)
- HEGLAND, John (Klondike River)
- May 16 - HARKIN, Patrick Henry "Bud" (Whitehorse Rapids - see article)
- WALLACE, Leila (Whitehorse Rapids - see article)
- 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)
- October 25 - GRAF, Jacob (scow wreck below Forty Mile - see article)
- JOHNSON, August (as above)
- LUND, John (as above)
- McLEAN, Alexander (as above)
- SINCLAIR, Benjamin F. (as above)
- SULLIVAN, James W. (as above)
- TRELAWNEY, Ernest (as above)
- 1906
- May 11 - SNYDER, Jacob (Yukon River near Moosehide)
- June 14 - HADDOCK, Alexander G., Corporal, RNWMP (Yukon River near Ogilvie)
- September 7 - STANLEY, Dean (Forty Mile River)
- 1907
- March 15 - CUDLIP, Sergeant Albert J., NWMP (Fortymile). Buried in the RCMP Cemetery at Dawson.
- 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" (Whitehorse Rapids)
- LaROSE, Eugene "Gene" (Whitehorse Rapids)
- July 9 - STANLEY, Jesse (Yukon River at Dawson)
- 1909
- June 1 - HARVEY, William (Five Finger Rapids)
- June 1 - HANBRIDGE, Edward (Five Finger Rapids)
- 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)
- July 4 (3 miles south of Skagway:
- BERNHOFFER, Henry
- BELL, John Eustace
- BURLINGTON, Myrtle
- CARLSON, Oscar
- DILLON, Stanley
- LOGAN, John
- LYNCH
- MATUREIN, Thos.
- PETERSON
- PRICE, Monte
- RADOVICH, Sam
- SAUNDERS, Bob
- UNKNOWN Montenegrin
- 1915
- June 3 - SNUGG, David (Yukon River)
- 1918
- July 11 - WITHYCOMB, Sam (Stewart River)
- August 16 - FOWLOW, Thomas (Yukon River)
- 1921
- August 8 - DICKINSON, Frank (Yukon River near Minto)
- 1924
- May 22 - BRIMSTON, Georgie (Klondike River)
- 1926
- May 31 - AASLUND, John (Granville)
- July 29 - MUTCH, Frank Wise (Stewart River)
- 1933
- August 25 - DRURY, Thomas (Yukon River at Selkirk).
- 1936
- June 14 - BRYAN, Edward Joseph John (Dawson ferry crossing)
- August 2 (Haines):
- LAWLISS, Sgt. Oliver
- LAWLISS, Mrs.
- LAWLISS, Dean
- STONE, Mrs. H. P.
- McWAIN, Sgt. Paul
- September 7 - HARTNETT, John Patrick (Yukon River at Carmacks)
- 1937
- June 1 - ROUTHIER, Amede (Yukon River at Dawson)
- June 15 - GORDON, Thomas (Yukon River at Whitehorse)
- June 25 - LAMBERT, Charles (Yukon River 4 miles south of Little Salmon)
- September 2 - BARRY, R. W. (Nelson Island)
- 1945
- May 31 - McCANNEY, Patrick (Yukon River at Whitehorse)
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