The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-16

: terrible ihrashing and grinding Of the
Ire TsaW more than one iceberg sweep
by In the dusk Of the evening on It's way
nd Baflns Bay, from there, perhaps, 10
sail on its course down the Atlantic right
against the Gall stream for the ocean
Ike the air, has It's currents and counter
currents; Where the surface current
flows in one direction there isone beneath
flowing lin opposite. K Consequently the
larger part oil the mountain oil ice reaches
through into the lower current, which
controls II and sends II crashing and
tS%eeplng onward as II II were y steamer,
bFeaSting the winds and wave. q r.
"Weli,~ continued the narrator, u went
to sleep that night In my ice.house, wrap
ped up in my fUrs and IS warm as II be-
Tween two feather beds, As ! didn't have
any clock In my mansion I couldn't tell
what time 1t was, but guessed the night
was about half gone, when was awaken
by the tipping aud rocking Of the ice. i
knew what that meant, and was out on
the roof as quick as lightning. rF.
S"There was brigt moon shining, and
the waves were all around me, while
| WIN Just maAS OuS w 90 SHS 4SH6 ~
Of shore, piled with ice ana drlttea snow,
fading out IN the darkness. my mouse
and a lot Of ice about as large as . sIeam'
ship had been broken loose and was
sweeping out TO sea.
1.-THE wind was blowing q gale, and the
waves rocked the mass 90 that l knew /
was in Q bad flx; for in tho first place l
| had no WaV In getting back TO the main
land. swimming was GUY o. Ine qugsuT,n
where would nave tutneo INTO an lclCis
Ihe minute IeaeneG m ~ J. couiu
tight my way through Tue cnllnngNAvee'
Besides that ! hadn't any iood-not q
single mouthiql. SHIPS y0a KNOW, are
very scarce 10 that part Of the Worlo, ana
l might driiL Ior weeks HLhooE nelng
seen ny nVlpg person; Ano lneh kneW'
100, that inc aetlon o. me Mlnu anu Oeat-
ing waves must soon Cause my hoCae 70
go 70 pieces, @ alE @,
"All this you will think was enough to
keep 0 mans mind pretty p9sy, and
thought | understood the situation pretty
well; but was called upon 10 encounter
not only these dangers but others sui
greater. ...-..-.. ....
When l awoke and crept out o. my
house must have been good mile from
land. with thelWind blowing ike tor.
nado from the soatn' "ntcn "aSJnst tne
direction 70 carry, me norm into bGin9s
Bay, and perhaps 70 tneNorth foie itSeli,
II my raft could only mold together that
long: 1910. SO
My only hope OF getting BACK 70 where
had started was IN the P0ssl6lllty mat
the wind might change and land me there
or upon some point from which l could
make my way back overland TO Fort
Churchill.
But there wasn't likely 70 Dc any
change inside OF tWentylouE hours' and
long before that Tune, as lelt, my iate
would be decided, so l gave, up that de-
fusion at once, and now let me tell you to
what trial l was subjected.
Il continued drifting 10 thls manner
until daylight, WhenI 70 my surprise,
discovered that was Within hall mile
Of shore and steadily nearing it This
was explained not by the change In the
wind, but by the fact that some distance
ahead point OF land ran outinto the bay,
90 as 10 throw itself across my path as 1t |
were. This cape was covered and piled
up with great cakes OF ice that l supposed
It 70 be an iceberg, or rather field OF ice,
but the unbroken connection with the
shore and the fact that It was anchored
proved the contrary.
swell, II my boat should strand against
this my troubles would soon be over, as l
wouldn't mind the task Of working my
way back again.
"You can imagine, perhaps, how felt,
as stood on the raft Of Ice watching and |
wondering whether should reach the
land or not, for 1t looked as likely TO miss
as to strike; and, TO shorten this part OF
my story, while l stood there with long
ing eyes I saw the wind and current car.
ry me within fifty feet OF the headland and
then hoated on by 1t into the expanse Of
Hudson's Bay, opening before me like
the very picture Of desolation.
at was that near, l would have
jumped overheard and swan the rest Of
tho way" said l.
II have no doubt OF that said Pierre;
"but didn't, and BY the middle OF the
day ] was 20 far out IN the icy sea that
could not Distinguish inc lana rom inc
fields Office that appeared here and there
over the waste Of waters. ,-,...z,,
"The wind wasAul blowing sIeAally,
put not 50 strong as cafing me nIgaE
Dut lhe rocKlng o. inc icePle, winch was
now my only hope, showed me that 1t
must go 70 pieces before long.
About two miles ONO the leit l could
see an ieeDeEg allang slopg petWeen me
and the shore. II rose several hundred
teet In ar, and where u seemed 70 rest
upon the water would nave covered
dozen acres: The sum- striking the snow
and Ice, made 1t look wonderfully beauti.
lul rom where ! stoodi put Mni!e l was