Ruptured good friday, 5 24 p. M. It was centered in prince Williams Sound and resulted in a massive tsunami. Anchorage with a population of 100,000 parties was in the center that ripped down 4th avenue, the main shopping street. On one side, buildings slipped into the fishers, on the other side, not even some plate glass wood in shops. This Department Store was crowded with weekend shoppers storm struck. With statistics being called days later, not many more than 100 lost their lives, however a loss in property is staggering, making it at least 500 million. Home in the area are tumbled and broken among the fishers. It is as if some giant hand swept call houses off of doll houses off of foundations. It was 35 times as strong as the San Francisco storm of 1986, and until now as the greatest shock in history. Guards had a hard time keeping people away from going home, meaning a pipe of rubble. First it was hit by the earthquake, following three title waves. Economic dependent on the fishi
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More than 71 years ago, on January 26, 1950, US Air Force Douglas C-54D Skymaster Serial 42-72469 went missing on a flight between Anchorage/Elmendorf, Alaska and Great Falls, Montana. Two hours into the flight while crossing the Yukon-British Columbia border, the last contact with the plane was in a radio position report received at 1:14 p.m. This report stated that the aircraft had passed over Snag, Yukon Territory, and five minutes later was expected to be over Aisihik
This would be the last message after which nothing more was heard from the military transport. The four-engine aircraft, carrying 41 military personnel and three civilians, including an expectant woman and her infant son, had simply disappeared without a trace.