Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1901 — G acier Threatens Dawson. [ARTICLE]

G acier Threatens Dawson.

Dawson arrivals at Seattle on the steamship Humboldt say the Klondike is in the throes of a glacial phenomenon. Two months ago a glacier made its appearance on the hillside hack of Dawson. The ice of the glacier is from twelve to fifteen feet thick in places, and besides rendering that section of Dawson uninhabitable, It threatens to render the trail leading to the cemeteries impassable during the summer. Such a result, it is predicted, can he averted only through the construction of a series of culverts and ditches, as the broiling summer sun will keep torrents of water flowing from the ice mountain.