The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-10
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s9AM. sFRANusoo, N Noyember k-The
ship Moses TAylor, arrived frpm sHonp-
iuig aHd A15STaitS, reports having beard.
cd the watsr.logged brig 6helehopp,
rom Ban FFAhCisco, bound for 0allao.
and found all tha crew dead. except the
captain. who ,swas saved, though only
bic disaster to the Arctic whaling feet,
caught in the ice; thirty-three vessels
we're cruehed or abandoned. The cap
tainS Of the whalers Arctic. Gayhead,
Minerva, Eliza Swift, Reindeer, Engenia
ana jPachs, who had arrived at Honolulu,
furnished the following details OF the
loss Of the whaling feet:
THE vessels commenced arriving" !"
Says Captain Thaddeus, ''on the 1st of
May. On the 1st of June the ioe opened
and let the feet up within sight of Cape
Navarino. The feet working Northward
found some whales crossing the Sea of
Anadyer, and in Behring's Sea more,
and plenty, but experienced much trou-
bic from the ice; and when the feet
arrived at Cape Behring and Flower
Bay, the whales had passed through into
the Arctic Ocean, whittier the fleet fol-
lowed, meeting with fair success, until
about the first Of September, when ice
hoes and bergs to q great extent COM
menced drifting down, and by the 10th
number or vessels had been sunk, and
the bulk of the remainder were hemmed
In by the drifting ice or driven ashore.
Ii i"On September I'd the brig Comet
sunk. On. the 7th the Roman was drit.
: cd bodily ont to sea by two foes, and
crushed like an egg shell, the crew mar
rowly escaping. "a, The Florida and Victo-
r,Y Horn EroNosoo0
On. the 18Th, the, captains of the f. ct
hemmed in between Point Belcher and
: Wainwright Inlet, held meeting and
resolved to abandon their vessels, in or
der to save the lives of the crew, which
Was done. and 1900 safely took refuge
on board the remainder of the fleet,
which had been fortunate enough to
escape outside before the ice closed in. I"
The vessels abandoned are the Conoor-
dia. Gsyhead, George John Wells, Mas
sachusetts.. J. G.. Thompson, Contest,
Morgen. Champion, Henry Tabor, E.
swift. Crocker. Navy, Reindeer, Fanny,
{. George Rowland, Pacha, Eugenia, Ka-
bola and T. Dickinson. It is supposed
that the whole number lost will reacll
thirty7three. The vessels known to be
safe. with the oil secured. are the follow
ing The Arctic, Progress, Chance,
Daniel Webster, Pagoda, Europa and
Medos. All the abandoned vessels, it is
believed, will be total loss, there being
little chanca of recovering even the car
goes In the spring.
The news has created the utmost ex-
citement at Honolulu and in this city.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. to the
list of whalers abandoned in the Arctic
Ocean the following: The Florida, Ju-
han, Awashowsky, Minerva, VIM. Patch,
MARY. Roman and Comet. The ice drove
down from the North west, forcing tho
fleet on mud banks. The ice grounded
IN fourteen feet of water. A large num-
Der OF the captains arrived here on the
Moses Taylor. Nearly 600 OF the wreck
ed sailors are Kanakas,- and will remain
at Honolulu. As many more are left
there; many moro of them unprovided
for.
The bark Comet will bring as many as
she can carry. and the American Consul
was negotiating for bark to carry
another losd to San Francisco. The Off
GERS think that q naval vessel should ba
sent to bring away the remainder. The
whole l, 200 were brought from the Arctic
Sea on six whalers, in addition to their
crews and csrgoes. The total loss by
the destruction Of the feet is about
$1,000. 600. The catch destroyed foots
up to 13, ,065 barrels OF whale oil, 965 of
sperm. and 100. .0G0 pounds of bone.