Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-09-27

ship dri(ted away helpless until at the last she
brought up at Life Boat Cove
The prospect was gloomy enough. There
secmedi To I've little prospect NJ their mmain'-
ing in NE Pblaris. she stilp leaked fcarfully
and IN her damnged epndRiun Buddington had
no hope Of getting further south with her. II
was thehefere deteEMined TO- beach hep, but
the question was how could that he dOner
The wind being favorable an opening IN the
pach was finally discovered and the ship was
borne through under cnnvass. Everything
appsrently favored the work, but though the
ship was only few miles from shore Il took
twelve hours TO get her close in. The next
consideration was how to provide for the
shelter Of the men on shore All timbers
from between decks were torn out, pBDvsFOnsy
were deposited on the ice, the coal Was remov
ed, everything useful secured. The walls of
house were then built Of heavy plnnks, jointed
t. exclude the wind and the roof was made OF
sails. In such home the long winter was
past. Some help was received from the Es-
quNnauz who discovered the wrecked ship
and agTeed for few paliry presents b. convey
provisions over the fce frOiB the vessel They
gave still mose valuable uid by supply of
skins 10y ehvabine It which the crew were
greatly in need for much u pleiS ciotfIDg was
worn out and much was lost when The vessel
broke away on the night of the 15h- The
filthy smelling garments, th~ castsways gladly
adopted full Esquimnux costume d iuI Hous-
ers, coats. hats, and boots. Through the long
dreary winter the men keptup their spirits re-
markably well 1t showed heavily but IL serv-
cd TO protect their frail habitsiiOn and made II
more comfortable. Their arrangements were
so eonspbete that to visit the ship was me-
crssary before Jannary and, when they went
for supply of wood Fresh water was OBJ
tanned in abundance by cUleciing pieces OF
iccbeTgs and melting them Towards The end
o: winter ChrsteV suggested that some means
Should he agreed upon 10 extrcate The party
from thtfr pcrilous position. The provisions
were gradually diminishing and the lncl, oi
which only six tons had been Obtained from
the ship, was nearly exhausted. The R'larfs
was still available Tor materials and 1t was
prepared to build two boats. A survey by
Chester showed that the lining of the cabin
could he used and this was accordingly STRIP
ped off.
During the Spring months, With The ther.
momctcT twenty Three degrees below zero, a3tl
often in binding drift, the building OF the
boats went OD. The situation grew daily
more dlscouragfng, but the work WAS new
cr relaxed and the courage of The man
never failed, advancing steadily. The crew
were ready 10 depart by the first of June
and determined 10 push southward. Just at
this moment, when everything WAS in readi
scurTy. happily, however, the attack proved
slight and plentiful supply OF Walrus liver,
which they obtained from the Esqnin1aux en-
abled them to avert the disease.
When the boats were launched they leaked
| n good deal but. the men determined TO trust
them, and si~wing aboard all their remaining
provisions and ammunition they SAID farewell
To Life Boat Cove. II moi perfectly tight the
boats proved themselves excellent sailors and
rcmnrknbly easy TO row, and on the first day
the v0yagrrs reached S0nlag Bay. Atltr re-
manning theSe short time to regain their
| strength the party made for llakluyt Island
where The expedition was brought To slants-
still by tremcntunus galc which blew fol
three full days With continuous fail of snow
| all that Time. Immense Ducks Ol auks, blro
0iihe penguin species were encountered here
however, and as llIe men could easily iake NJ
lheH guns aud XIII ten oil them at shoi. ther'
was plentiful supply vi fresh provisions
which were very thankfully received. Occa
sionally their iinny crafts were badly beset ant
II was feared lhal they would come to grief
but they were among HE ice and there wa'
bthing 10 be done but TO force passage
southwark AT all Lazz'rds. After enduring
many privations and encountcTing perils ifO
which Their escape seemed almost miraculous
they succeeded al last through great eXertion
In reaching Cape Perry. few miles below
the Cape, nj Filz Clarisa an enenmpment wa
| ihauc' hN'iS hiSnN "b'h mc l"Dofs vi 'n'
day were over the boats were hauled upon thu
hJc, aud every Thing taken out, the only ho
meal OF The day Was prepared.
The apparatus employed in cooking was o
The most primitive character. Each boat car
ried quantity of rigging from the Polari
aud can oi oil With these II fire was mad
in the bottom OF an old iron bucket. Tc
was the only thing that could be made will
such an apparatus
They state that tue prlvaiions they suffered
were not serious. The life was rough, labor
Gus and monoiunous but though dangers occa
slonally presented themselves, well cslcul !tc'
10 inspire the greatest tear, no serious accideD
Uccurr, d, and ON the 2lst of June the boat
reached Cape 4oik In safety. Here they wer
again close beset with ice
On the 2ard their troubles cam TO an end
A whnlrr WAS deserted lew miles off nn'
The whole party was at once in a turmoil O
excitement, a great fear seemed To lake pos
8 sslon Or them all at once That The ship NIGH
gel away before they could make themselVe
seen, and so they put forth every effort
push through the ice Win The least pOssi0l
delay
n,inha Nv sesSen , ri"'td 10 w .ne M'cnsrr'Ig'