, 1873-03-13

Account OF tho Vf0pGllGF2A Eh& w cE4An'
Cruise in the rce-Lor7kcd Wslscxs OF
E.1As1o NIfclliEnla.
We arc indebted to Mr.. Griffin Tiret A1ato Of
tue rropnllor 11unBtco, for tho following account
Of l1or six wooha' cruisoin tho icc-lockct watcrn
Of Lake Michigan. Mr.. Griffin loft tho hlauisoo
mud arrived at Inadington ON Monday rnorning
Inst, atopping ut Fc,twater on his way to his
homo In Milwaukee.
Tho otautstco left sfmankeo for Grand Haven, on
jan o. 1879 at n m, ind arrived safely nt her M asa a
noon cleared eor or return Trip. At o'clock thc same
afternoon ahe fast in tho iee Just outside ne
aranl Haven rerst with leo running north at tc rate
she yet elesr Of se nd asai,n stass is
or sa Steering n W. IL II e ee m VT VIII ao
wind b!UNilg hard fron1 tho northEeht. Late IN the
afternoon ao agsn Jut unlcr way. by only ran about
mile before she stF'ck tho eueo ot n' 'ce A"a ""7
5al T. Xt ayllNht .he rrepe1os vas found to ba
tsns t"eS 81 +" % es sa sF
4 ieso N he boas n iay IN tic sao roatiyc posionss ieGs
Feb :. Tho oFccou,-msse and eleven men went 70 tho
Messenger for prorisons. On attomptIng to rnturn,
ono of to mon broku shrougn, and tho pasty turned
back aa stayed OH the MESSENGER during tho night IN
the following day o ncu returned with las aa; II nm.
Lake for proglaons, ntd returned Without accident.
A. hs tmo The anEasoo "ss lying about ion miles oil
LILO nHtt%
Feb .. All hands wore engaged In cutting out
channel which proved to bn in.ilo cndeaYor, 90 tho
succeeding day found i firmly closed ny tho ice. ht
two boyn left tho boat in order to make tho proviaonn
hold ont as long rs possible.
Feb. 9. Lost siglt Of Tho Messenger. Tho wind
during all tiis tRo had been from tho south to north.
west and 80 continued until tho 14th, when It clungcd
to tic east, aud tho boat drlftc1 to Little Point Au
Teb IT, Tic Aiauleseo 1ey nlont two miles Of cryn-
tai Lake, but during tho night aho lrfted o shore,
31{fn
work pea' w." e ee ssa
es hcf Ia somo M aces ana ali @ ad "a
bo given up account Of the scarcity Of cost, ouly
eight tons hetns left. Tho bo'era we're hen blown OF
Fob. ls The wind having blown from southeast,
during thu night, at noon, no land was IN eight from
It's tns ssa 9ess and 1t "s h. sad ~ .san u ssh
Tob. oo Capt. Morgan und Mates driiEn and Rus,
si y ns spsnss
| The Captain and ono Of the hromen broke through
tho leo i'll ther nt.ompts to gain tho land and were
Dr. Molondy, With team, who drove cm to Tasrcllf
Hotel, where dinner wns at once prepared Ihey r.
esh retusnsd to % ha boat boa prov prosos s A'
Fob, a. Tho Bccond mate and aoyca men went With
sleigh after and at ill., Il olnek sno ge
views Of tho boat aud i;a surroundings H..
Feb. 20. At .. N. tno wind blow light from II.
Of clear water was in sight. AL hands were engages
In cutting leo all around tho boot. At m. tls
wind increasing, and backing around to tho east
Ing very hard, and thia continued Until midnight.
Fab. ~. No wind. Had lived In hupo that tho cas-
Wind would break tho tee, but our hope has a!l van
ishcd our chances for getting out Of tho leo are n
bettcr now than thoy woro three weeks ago.
Fob. %. Wind north, clear and cold. on Big poln
saub1o bearing Gust. 1Iave drifted from Ludangto1
since Tuesday. 11ave pumped ship, and are cngage
In cutting Ice around tho boat.
Wore forced begin cutting tho boat fcnders for fut
March >. Wind blew bard from N. N. ", will
some snow Atsp n y bew M gale M fEom d,t teS y;
Little Paint aanh'a in the laat twe1va harrs; ~.
March /. Cannot see iaud from masthoad. Th
deck pump has frozen up Engaged IN cutting leo a
and no mado land. huskcgon Bluffs about 20 mile
March 6. Wind south southwest. Drifted q lstt'
south OF Little Point saublc at noon 1t was ha"in
fast.
March 7. Wind south. leo rolling fast md driftin
north. We are Are miles north Of Little Point 6aubt
and two miles off Bhorc. naining. At 81. n arrive
| oil Lllpgton. Al natdn1ght were OF Lincoln, about
hoff milo from ahore.
March 8. Tho wiul shifted to tho west, and the l.
began to shove past u.s. aud rolled over to port.
finally brought nr one milo OF the beach near LII
and It snowcd hard. At 10 a. 1n. tho Captai,
second mute, and second engineer went ashore. At
p. tie moving leo cut away the leo around tho rut
der and We began to pump up the boilers. Tug oal
. | Ice began to noYo of ehorn. -.
March O.. At 0. n. began to e"t the Ice ahead
bout, and got up se9ln In tile boilers, but could NJ
work the engno until p M, and then, with lar{
l1arol 10. leo began moving at e. NJ, aud tlros
under tho boats bottom. / left at q. M, and cau
ashore ut Iudington, and 30 ends this business.