Connecticut western news., 1873-06-13
ON AN ICE FLOE.

The Full Story and Terrible su1Ferings of
 the POlaris Crew who were Six months
 on nm Ice Floe.
 The story told by the rescued crew of the Polaris, of their six months exist ence on an Ice foe is thrilling in the ex- treine. Buddington, who was in com mand of the vessel after Captain Halls death, abandoned the expedition alto gether, and started for home on August 12. On the 18th of October the ship had drifted from latitude 80 deg. min. to " deg. 35 min., where she encoun- tered heavy gale from southeast and was jammed by heavy pressure of ice and bergs. The ice lifted her out of the water, so that she only drew six feet, and lay on her beam ends every low tide. At the six feet water mark she broke her stern and started wood ends. On the night of the 10th, fearing she would be crushed, and the vessel being reported leaking very badly, an order was given to shift provisions from ship to ice. They continued landing for two or three hours, when the pres sure ceased. Tyson then went on board and asked the sailing master if the ves- sel was making any more water than usual he reported that she was not. Tyson went to the pumps and ascer- tained that she was not making any more water than she had been all sum- mer. He then went on the ice again. The rescued party were on the ice along side the vessel where the provisions were deposited the remainder of the ships company were on board. The ice commenced to crack, and, in few min utes more, broke up into pieces. The vessel broke from her fastenings, and was soon lost to sight in the storm and | darkness.
 On the broken ice were most of the provisions that had been taken from the ship, of which they succeeded in secur. ing fourteen cans of pemican, clever and a half bags of bread, ten dozen ons and two-pound cans of meat and soup fourteen hams, one small bag of choco late, weighing twenty pounds, some musk-ox skins, few blankets, a mum Der of rifles and abundant ammunition
 What must have been the feelings o the nineteen persons on the ice, five O. whom were feeble women and helpless children, as they saw the vessel, whicf to them was the only means of salvation drift slowly away? Around them wal the breaking and floating ice, whicl every moment threatened to engulf al in the cold clutches of Death. Righ in their sight the vessel moved away They could not reach her. She coulG pot or did not attempt to put back fo them. Thoughts of home and friends who in all probability might never b. seen again, crowded upon the imagina tion, and it required all the efforts O the strong, brave men to quiet tn, ] weeping women and children.
 Heron says:1-" made rush for tn, the vessel and sung out for line, bu they would not give me one. Cheste and Buddington were standing on tn gangway and could have thrown me one I was with four others on the piece o ice that had provisions on it. It cracke' off and went adrift. We got back t the main foe in scow boat, whicl sunk under one of the men, but we al got safely back"
 Tyson says :-"I could have go aboard the vessel that night and bee there now, but would not leave tn women and children. My duty was ol the ice. thought he would get bac to us the next day, which he could hay done. The breaking away was cause, by the foe, to which the ship was fasten ed, drifting in between the land an' some icebergs that were iammed. Tn jam broke up the foe and the vesse broke away. It was about nine or te' o'clock In the night; temperature abou