Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-11-23
THE SHIPS IN THE ARCTIC.
What Captain Williams Says Of those
Desolate Scenes.
From the San Francisco Bulletin |

was fitted out at this port on II
voyage to the Artic Ocean, to re.
cover whale oil, bone, ETC., aban.
doned a year ago on board a fleet
of whaicrs, which were caught
among tho icebcrgs The owners
of the Florence are Samuel Merritt,
Michael Rcsse, Il. G. Crane, Capt.
Il. W. Williams and Capt. 2. S.
Wilcox. captain Williams went in
command. On reaching the vicini-
ty Of the wrecks, Captain Herndon
who was second officer OF the Flor
enco, left the bark in boats with
most of the men. They pulled 80
miles through floating ice. They
first found tho bark Mary in lati-
tudc 20 degrees and 40 seconds:
She had been cast ashore, crushed
and totally disabled by the ico.
Her owner was W. II. Munroc, of
Edgarton. She had in her hold,
when abandoned, three hundred
barrels of oil. Next was seen the
bark Minerva, lying on her beam
ends in shallow water. With the
exception of the ice IN her hold, the
chatting of her copper and the loss
of n few sails, she was in perfect
sea.going condition. She was owned
by Thomas Knowles Il Co., of New
Bedford. and insured for 100000:
She is 337 tons register. In her
hold, when abandoned, were 13O
barrels of oil. They discovered the
wreck of the bark Awashonks ly-
ing in two feet Of water; her masts
were gone. She was the property
of w. j. & r. King, Of Now Bedford
and valued at $4,000. The bark
Thomas Dickenson lay to the north,
ashore. Sho was owned By George
and Mathew Rowland, Of Now Bod
ford. Value $40, 900; not insured.
She had $50 bbls of oil when abtn-
doncd, most Of which was still in
the hold. The brig Kghola was ly-
ing ashore, crushed and Il complete
wreck. She was owno1 by Briggs,
of Honolulu; valued at $4,000 IN
sured, and had on board $50 bar
rels of oil. the bark Reindeer was
next seen, on her beam ends, and
full Of ice and water. She belonged
to Edward W. Holland, Of New
Bedford, valued at $50, GOO, insured
for largo amount, and had on
board 400 barrels of oil. The car
90 was frozen fast, SO that il was
impossible TO remove o single bar
rel. Further north woro discovered
two hullxs, tho side timbcrs pro.
jecting above the water. 1t was
impossible to ascertain what they
were. The head and stern OF the
bark Monticello were half a mile
apart. The picco of the bows and
stern were frozen fast in q cake ol
ice. She was owned by Williams,
Havlus & Co., of New London;
valued ut s45, goo, had on board
$50 barrels of whale oil, go bar
rels of sperm. Further north the
| baak Emily Morgan wac seen, cast
ashore. the tide cbbing and flowing
within her. She belonged to W. },
& r. Wing, of New Bedford, valued
at $50, 1000, and had on board l5c
barrels ofoil. The Senaca was dis
covered about twenty-five miles
north of the first one seen. Sbl
was frozen in a bed of ice, bat was
in good condition otherwise. Sh'
had on board 4J0 barrels of oil
With the exception of fragments oil
the beach, no other vestigcs Of The
abandoned fleet was found. Tit
others, not distinguished among
the wrecks, had probably beer
crushed and swept north by thu
current.
The natives had carried of th'
whalebone and stripped most o
the vessels of sails and eordage
Thousands of barrels of oil wer'
washed up on the beach. Curiosi
ty caused them to break in tn
heads of many of them, and thus t
waste the contents. Spars, timbers
planks, slaves, casks, hoops, boxe
Of soap, bread aud thousands 0
vestiges of wreck and ruin wer
scattered promiscuously on th
sands. After much labor the Nj
nerva was got afoat, reftted, an
cargo transferred to her from th
other wrecks. Tho Florence 500
after arrived on the spot, and th
officers, by exchanging guns an
ammunition, blankets, etc, with th
natives, obtained $4,000 Of II
whai.lzone. When The Taatht