The New York herald., 1871-11-06
An ARCTIC DISASTER.
The Whaling Fleet in the Arctic Ocean
Jammed by Ice Floes.
THIRTY-THREE VESSELS LOST
Twelve Hundred Persons Huddled
Into Six Whalers.
LOSS A MILLION AND A HALF.

SAN FAANCIsc0. Nov. s, 1871.
The steamship M0scs Taylor. arrived from Homo
tulu and Australia, reports having boarded tho
water-logged brig Shelchor, from san Francisco to
Callao and found all dead except the captain. who
was saved, though hardly breathing. She also
reports terrible disaster 70 the Arctic whaling 1eet
cAUGHr IS THE TCg.
Ihiryy-three vessels were crushed or abandoned.
The captains OF the whacrs Arcllc Gay Head,
Minerva E.,Sa swift, l.euldcei, Eugcnia and Pacia
who had arrived NJ Honolulu. furnished the follow
ing details oi the IosA Il t,ie Whaling neet:-
Thc vessels COMMENCED arriving, says Captain
Thad,us. On tac lst ol May. The lat OF June the
fee oIened ana lc tue i,cct up within sight OF Cape
Navarn0, the nrct working norhwards. Found
some waaics crossing The Sea OF Anadyer and In
Dehral. ,.a more and plenty. but experienced much
troahc i,em the ice; and when the fleet arrived at
Cape Dearing aud Flower Bay the whales had
passed through
INTO THE ARCTIC OCEAN,
whittier the neet followed meeting with fair success
until about the 1st Of September. when Ice noes and
Dergs 10 great extent commenced drifting down.
and by the 10th number OF vessels had been sunk
and the bulk Of the remainder hemmed In by the
drifting Ice or driven ashore.
ON September the brig Comet SUNK On the 7th
the Roman was d,ifted bodily out to sea Dy TWO
locs and crushed like on egg shell. The crew mar
rowly escaped. The Florida and Victoria, OF San
Francisco were also crushed.
September is, the captains of the tleet hemmed in
between Point Belcher and Wainwright Inlet held
q meeting. and resolved to abandon the vessels in
order TO
SAVE THE LIVES OF THE CREWS,
which was done, and 1900 sailors took refuge ON
board the remainder Of the 1eet which had been
fortunate enough to escape outside before che Ice
closed In the vessels. The vessels abandoned are
the Concordia, Gay Head, George. John Wells, Mas
sachusetts. J. D. Thompson, Contest, G. Morgan,
Champion, Henry Tabor, E. Swift, o. Crocker,
Navy, Reindeer. Fanny. George H0wland. Pacia,
Eugenia, Kaboola aud I. Dickinson II Is supposed
that
THE WHOLE NUMBER LOST
will reach thiriy-three. The vessels know to be
safe, with the Oil secured, are as folows:-Arctic
with 48o barrels; Progress $50 barrels Chance 220
barrels sperm; Daniel Webster, $50 barrels; Lagoda
T25 barrels Europa, $50 barrels Medos $50 barrels
whale lao sperm. All the abandoned vessels. 1t Is
believed. will be total loss, there being little
chance OF recovering even the cargoes In the
spring.
The captain Of the Florida arrived here by the
steamer Moses Taylor. The news created the great
est excitement at Honolulu and here
List or the Omcers and sailors saved
Twelve Hundred Men Carried In Six
Whalers-Loss n Million and q Hall
Dollurs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. &. 1871.
The following are additions to the list OF wnaler
abandoned In the arctic:-Florida, Julian, Awas
honks. Minerva, William Rotch, Mary Roman ant
Comet. The ice drove down from the northwest
forcing the fleet on the mudbsnks, the fee ground
ing In fourteen feet or water
THE FOLLOWING CAPTAINS
arrived here by the Moses TayIor:-Leander owen
wife and child OF the CoDtest T. q. Packard, Of the
II. Taber; d. Dexter and wife, OF the Emily
Morgan; Charles Allen, Of the J. d. Thompson: Il.
Newbury, OF the Hawaiian ship Paca; w. Erial
Norton, OF the Awashonks; Jared Jarnegan, OF the
Roman; NJ. ". Bliven, OF the Elizabeth Swift; w. H.
Kels, or the Gay Head; West Mitchell Of the Massa.
chusetts; George Bouldry, OF the Navy; Hezekiah
Allen, OF the Minerva; Aaron Deene, OF the John
Wells; 7. W. Williams, wife and A. Amily, OF the
Monticello; D. r. Frazer of the Florida; Lewis WILL
liams ana wife, OF the Fanny; A. osborne, Of the
George; Henry Pierce, OF the Champion; Reddeld,
OF the Victoria; Smith, Of the Carlotta.
THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS
also arrived:-Cnarles r. Smithers, Lot luce,
Albert G. Glass, John Julia, John W. Fisher,
w. A. Smith, Charles Hubbard, william p.
Ryan, Thomas Driscoll, Frank Pierce, Fran.
CHS G. Eldndge, II. G. Dexter. e. II. Ludlow.
D. 8. Adams, John Rogers e. Lapham, John
Norton, william Davis James 8. Carter, r. B.
stratton, q. c. Murray, Samuel Mitchell. i. G.
Mcndall George Paine, Rufus Haskins, 4. w.
Manchester, N. U. Ransom, James Carter, Il. T.
Colson, W. P. Davenport, John R. Stevens.
Edward Frazer, George Duffey, George Smith, R. p
Ginard, Seth Ingalls,. Joseph Tinker and about
twenty five others whose families reside in san Fran
cisco. also arrived.
Nearly six hundred Of the wrecked sailors were
Kanakas aud viii remain at Honolulu, leaving q.
many moro there. many Of them unprovided for
The park Comet will bring as many q
she can carry, and the American Consu
was neSc.siating for Q bark to carry anothe
load TO San Francisco. The oiicers think nava
vessel should be sent to pring away the remainder
Tue whole twelve hundred were brought from tai
Arctic sea on six whaiers, In addition to theil
crews ana cargoes Of OIL The loss by the destruction
OF the fleet Is about q million ana q nalf 0
thousand and sixfy-hve barrels Of whale Oil. nine
hundred and sixty-tve OF sperm and one hundred
Thousand pounds OF bone. The last person dying
on brig Schclekof was Ashley Crane, 10 passenger,
son OF Judge Crane, or Alameda county, California,
who expired one day before the Moses Taylor
boarded her. She had been drifting, waterl0gged,
100 days. during which time the SURVIVORS had been
on the deck. unable to ges food from below.
IMMIGRATION.
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