Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-01-31

was not Strengthening. Neither OF
them had eaten anything since com
ling on the ice Wednesday. They
had with them three raw fish which
they had caught before the ice gave
way but they had no craving, for
food. Fhis day-they again moved
to the westward, to get as near the
west shore as possible in the hope
that the ice would ultimately drift
that way. On Friday afternoon, "a
| IHa THE THIRD DAY.b e 90 s1rod
while moving towards the north
shore across the drifting cakes of
ice, McEwing's hand sleigh, which
he was using to cross from one cake
to another went down between t%20
cakes, and he was instantly In the
waterog Smith, howesero7wass ser
curely, on a. cake and REACHED his
spear pole to his conrad and helped
him out, pretty Thoroughly wet. On
the afternoon of this day they camg
TO the conclusion that the man -Runs
del had not given any notice of
their fate, and they were inclined to
believe that he had deserted COM
rad Of his own on the ice when 1t
broke, and was so afraid hto make
known anythingi about the desets
ton. They were not greatly fright
ened at any time, believing that the
ice would form a compact mass
somewhere in the bay when a. night
of freezing would make il solid, and
favorablei wind would jsend itito
some shore. The drift was still
eastward, however, and on satur-
day, I5FG9s9 odW ,5T0 Ws/ 10 ,yli
-T3F p THE FOURTH DAY. aTa sdf
they had drifted so far ainzsthat dii
reetion that they came in sight Of
Fish Point. Except that of We'd
nesday, the nights had not, been
very cold, and Saturday night was
not ancomfeFtaBfF 3d. B6As least the
men doauhOfwsOi itremehberdthese
nights, but there was a,steady Wind
blowing over, the bay during the
time, and it could hardly have been
otherwise than chilly. They were
eonfdentias soon as theife disaster
was known at home every possible
effort woMd be made to rescue them.
1t was on this day it will be remem-
bered, that the first news news CAME to to
thescity, BY reason 0f the Sebewaing
gegdriEeFlseeibg on the Shore the
TIVE men whom {. .heiftheughtl were
adrift. This, as had 5been hereto
fore stated, was a false alarm, as to
the men seen, who were the Tromb-
ly boys and werefin ne daRgersFy 1t |
served to bring the fate of MeEw-
en- and Smith to notice, however,
and the attempt to rescue were at |
once set on foot 400 9ai .j29TsjHi
ss3ygH SUNDAY THE ri FIFTH ,La DAY, sa-R
was the worst they had expiencea |
Hhe STORM was not5Tofl long contins
uance, but it was violent and the |
warm rain cut holes in the ice about |
the castaways as large as a mans |
head. 'fhel cake upon which they
were had weakened until it was loily |
about threeninGhes ia thickness.7-
sfhe heavy gale made . dheayys sea-
which breke and, ground up, the
ice on the edges of the. great field,
and must soon Have done the same |
to the piece f5h9whfchh the men were,
had it continued Suddenly however,
the wind shifted ito the northwest,
and the ice began to join up closer
together. There was a steady wind
alter the Storm and they found
pieces breaking of the cake on which
theyi were dioatlhgi1 la .ei1gTim s
THE SIXTH DAY, MONDAY, Iasq
they started for the east shore of
the bay, having been drifted SO far
IN that direction that they thought
they could soonest reach the shore
there! 2gAfteF going about three
miles G they came across IS a sm&H
duoking boat fast in the iee,s This
they, dId not try; to move, but tray-
eIed on till twelve at night, when
they u found that the wind 'ohad /
parted the body of ice, and further
progress I'M that direction oWas
barred, They returned to o;the west
ward, and taking up the dueking
boat -endeaYofedN to break their
way throughfiR itIteItheIRest shore,
which they ReFeI drifting. 4
One of them, sROweHcr, got into the
water; and hnally1they were obliged
to .s9mA 99iy \
-.s3z4a GIVE IT UP AGAIN. auT H.
they resigned themselVes ito!
wait for, weather cold ien0ugh tol
stiffen upnthe ice, OF to- make new
iceIbetWeen. them and rtheT shore
On Sunday evening they saw IN the
Of the Saginaw lighthouse |
The smoke ofa steam vessel, and |
thought then that their friends were /
ut least apprised Of their situation +
an effort to save them. This! was
the smoke Of the tug Med Donald,
which went out some miles beyoud
the lighthouse, and returned when /
the storm came, having discovered
nothing. The castaways mad seen
smoke In several places before, but |
knew. it was a from fires on shore. I
The tug g smoke Was dpectiliar,, and /
they recognized it at once as The I
first sign they had received that
of their fate was known at
home. The hope which this sight |
inspired of course died away during
when nothing more, Off the /
kind was seem g9dj s-8lsi .s9digig I
liu BEGINNING THE SEVENTH DAYas5 i
o Monday night BrOugbe itheaCold freezi
Ing stempefatdre which the eilsTAwAys
had BtGn looking and hoping Ifots and On |
tie morning u Tuesday, ~ Which would
have been the seventh day. they found
that the old ice had not only been |
strengthened and frozen To-
gether, but that a sheet Of new ice had !
been formed stretching of the west
shore, Here was deliyerance and none \
tp soonr Thongh the night before had
been friendly in its freezing; Il had, also !