New-York tribune., 1874-08-04
west gale she was caught by the ice and the iol-
lowing scene ensued.

lowing scene ensued.
"In the commencement of the nip, csmc out OF my
room which was on the starboard side OF tne SUPP n
looked over the ral, and saw that the Ice was
heavily then walked over to the port s,as ,ooG
inc over at the foe TO which were fastened saw
that the ship somewhat TO the pressure anu s" a.
Immediately came down again on the hf pteahluh ";
aud riding IL nndcr her The ice was very heavy ana
the vessel Groaned and creaked In every timber
from below among the startled crew. saying that Ine
vessel had started leak aft and that the waiea WAS
gaining on the pumps' The vessel had Deeh leahIhs
before fhs and thev were already pumping-Peter and
Hans think. with the small pump IN the starpoaru
ii then walked over toward my room on The star
board side Behind the galley saw Sllnns,nasSSTyo ST
RuddinctOD and told him what the engineer SAID ne
threw up his arms ane yelled out TO throw every thhg
on the iceP Instantly every thing was confusion no
mon seizing everything indiscrimuatey ana throwing
IL overheard These things had previously pee ps
upon the deck anticipation OF such catasropno ~
but as the vessel, by its rising and taing hoon, was
constantly breaking the ice and as no care
how or where the things were thrown goI ole
What conld away from the ship so IL should NOT De
crushed and lost; and also called OUT 10 ', ,T ~ Gn
things already endangered out OF the way out SUN
much ran under the ship. 80 .,o s,ra- -
whether il was Oh the orin tue water Bu We
away three or four hours when the Ice on e sIai w o.
Aoe of ice by ice-anchOrs and hawsers but when the
piece on the starboaTd dred OIL she riRheV lIo % ,t
before she broke loose and asked Buddngton now
much water the vessel was maHhs anu "e 'oio A'''
%I found the engineers statement false alarm
The vessel strong and no additional ieak na e ~
made but as the ice lifted her up the niue "ate, III
the hold was thrown over. and 1t made rush. ana ne
thought that new leak had been spruns' VIII VI, a.
found she was making more water, went on tne ice
AGAIN TO trv and save the provisions If possible Mhe
So engaged, the ice commenced cracking; told Bud
thing back as far possible on the ice Very shorty
after the ice exploded under our feet and broke III many
places and ne ship broke arag IN te adrKneSs' ana "e
lost SIGHT Of her in a moment"
The night was made more terrible by fall OF
snow: the wind ragged violently; 1t was fearfuily
dark; and the sleet so strong that one could not
even look toward the windward. Some OF the men
were on small pieces of ice. Capt. Tyson went for
them in the little donkey" scOw, which was I'M
mediately swamped, but the larger boats were
showed off and the other men were rescued by thelr
companiOns. Once again on the firm ice, they ud
not dare to move about much being unable to see the
size of the ice they on, on account OF the dark
ness and storm. Capt Tyson alone walked the ioe
all night, while the rest men, women, and children
sought shelter by wrapping themselves in the musk
OK skins and so lay down to rest. On the morning
of the 10th, the journal records.
"Whv does not the POlaris 10 our rescuef Ihis
is the thought that fills every heart ana has niDe
ever siuce the first dawn OF light TINS morning
scanned the horizon but could see nothing Of the vessel;
lut saw lead of water which led 10 the land The
Gale had abated; it was almost calm looked arouhd
Tic nroyslops which we had with us. Besides myself
there were eighteen persons, namely:
tFeeck MeTers rnsteoroog; John HERON steward William
Jackson cook Semu; J. W. G. Kruger te2d Ro1eril & P5l
Jmka William Laie,na11 Fred AG,hrs g. 81 L'a93I 9 Iet Ie
C4sana 1nss wife Augasua Tobias SGe-ehlFen
"Now TO feed all these. that we had but four
teen of pemmican, eleven and hat bags OF breau
one can dried apples, and fourteen hains ana II the
shin dd not come for ms, might have TO support our
selves al Winter, die OF starvation. Fortunately we
had the boats They the crack where had
hauled away the muskox skins and found the children
we had hauled both the boats on the ice to save them
t..H !. tI.~ haFp lqh
would haul the boats board bat he had only answered
by ordering everything to be pulled as far back Oh the
ice as possible
AS soon as it was light Capt Tyson ordered the
crew to rouse up and see to the boats as they were
bound to reach the shore. They remained perfectly
inert. Nothing could induce them to hurry. They
were tired, and hungry, and wet they had been
without food since three o'clock the day before and
not satisfied to eat what ut hand they must even
set about cooking At last they got started, but the
wind changed the loose ice crowded on the bows,
and they could not land. Soon after the POars was
seem :" She came around point above u.s. eight or
ten miles distant. We could see water over the ice
that had drifted down, and we could see water ln-
shore. / wondered why the POlarls did not
come and look for Thinking, perhaps
that she did not know i'll which direction
to look-thOugh the set Of the ice must have
told which way it would drift-and though the small
ice had stopped us, it not enough to stop ship,
did not know what to make OF it. But, determined
to attract her attention, If possible, / set up the
colors which | had with me aud a piece of India
rubber cloth, and then with my spy-glass watched
the vessel She was under both steam and sail, so
went to work securing everything, hoping that She
would come for us and take aboard. | could
not see anybody on deck; they, if there were not
in sight She kept along down by the land and then.
.aIo Ill, 4
the land-Littleton Island suppose it is. Our signal
was dark and would surely be seen that distance on
white iceAoe. do not know what to make of this"
All hope at last given up of being taken OFF the
foe by the Polaris. Nothing remained but to wait
for the ice to get strong enough to bear them the
shore They had no sleiges The boats could not
be hauled over the rough ice without receiving so
much injury as to be unit for service. There was
but little time to see TO work IL was light only
about six hours day. On cloudy and stormy days
il was dark all the time. Fortunately they suc-
ceeded in building snow-houses on the foe. The
condition of the fororn company on the date of
Nov 81 about 1--WE weeks after the separation from
the Polaris, is thus described:
'The last few DAYS the weather has been clear ana
cold; but have been coDAaed TO the hat with heavy
cold aud rheumatism; blt, thank God, am around
again. II has been very diiheuit for the natives
TO nunt this month, except the few times the moon
impracticablc there being aosoiutcy ~ ght but to-
day thank God, they have brought IN two seals Without
them we should nave fire, boat being already cut
up. We must without fire or warm food " there
no seal caught II will DO TO touch the other bOa
he time comeif we live to itwhen the boat
will he our ONLY means of safety.
ave are living now on as little as the human frame
eau endure without succuubing; some trcmble with
weakness when they try TO walk Mr.. Meyers suif RS
much from this cause lie well when he came On
the ice and the here has not proved him He
lives with the now; they are mostly Germans, and
so is he aud TIE affinity Of blood draws them together
SUPPOSE Since he has housed with te men, have lived
in tue hut with Joe, Hannah, and Puney Pdney, poor
child Is often hungry; indeed, all the children often
cry with hunger. We give them all that is safe use,
can do no more, however sorry may feel for them.
The seals which Joe got to-day will help u very
much. In situation he Is the best man, for with