Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-03-06
Y WHOLE NO. ,752.
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its passage from Manila, which = lett
on August 11th, had o variety Of acci1
dents on the passage which ended WITH
nm incident almost unparalleled in the
history Of ocean navigation, aparticu-
larly. in these latitudes.1 Starting from
q port where the heat was excessive at
the time, the vessel was carried by its
muster (who Is now owner}: Captain
Crost, safely through lsASerM cstfong
monsoons yinstha cchina seas OF the
Cape Of Good Hope the ysssel was
struck by an enormous sea, which, ac-
cording to the first mate, WHO 4old q
Mercury reporter The : story, damaged
sails, bulwarks, decks, and stove I'M sew.
eral OF the boats. All hands labpred
hard at the pnmpsy for seyerel days,
On January. 9th, when about forty
miles south Of Sandy Hook, and whsn
almost within sighe Of port, sI@hiohssil
had takensso long to reaeh,ea haarJ
northwest gale set in, and then hap
pened the, singular circumstance re-
ferred to. The vessel was. moving
along sluggishly at the rate of some
four miles an hour, there being "a cross
sea and duh heavy wind, which allowed
only the mainsail and royals to be set.
AT o'clock On the morning Of january
10th, heavy frozen vapor taIn Fl set in, ana
this, it is said by the informant OF the
writer, lasted for something over twslvs
hours. Justat this tiInea sesarc frast
came on. which rendered cithe ordinary
working of the vessel very dificult, as
the men were almost freezing at theft
posts. The heavy frozen vapof had
completely surrounded the vessel, ,saild
one felt as il breathing eice.i When,the
frost set in, in addition, this, .yapor mp
parently contracted, and almost before
it could be observed, had actually
turned into a .iiass'of ice,g which COM
plete!y surrounded thesvessel eas might
an. iceberg The change was SO sudden
that there w,re absolutely no msans,of
guarding against it. The ice reached
to hight Of ssdme1 twenty feet above
the deck, and prevented anything Beihg
seen at twenty yards distance; FItwas
an Opaque mass, and had ,settled down
on everything Efforts were made at
first to sail out Of this. but it was very
soon found that the vessel was com
pletely ice-bound, and could not he
made to mo We except drift with the ice
She would not obey the rudder in the
least degree. Everything on board was
q mass of ice, and ropes, decks, sheets,
wheel and everything were thickly COW
ered. During the time that the men
were endeavoring to get rid ofithe ice
several of them were badly frost bitten
about the hands,. face and feet. The
efforts were kept up, but with no effect.
The cold was SO intense that the men
were incapable of work. and the breeze
blew deathly cold blast. which would
have made mounting into the tae rig
ging death itself. Had gale come up
in tho meantime, the vessels, situated
as it was, must have ineyitably been at
the mercy Of the waves. This state ot
things lasted for the whole day and
during the night OF tile 10tk to the
1th. The master became seriously
alarmed lest some mishap should occur.
Even when the vapor had passed away,
the ice left behind was bar to ell fur
ther progress. Only the tops Of the
masts were free of it. On the 11th the
weather moderated somewhat, and the
men were set to work once, ,more, and
succeeded, after infinite trouble, in get
ting rid of the ice which had enyeE
opod everything The sails and ropes
wefo made clear, Tho vessel set sab,
and once more proceeded ON her way,
after this remarkable experience. arriy
ing in port two days, after, The mate
of the Flying Spai-say that in all his
experience he has, neyernmet with any
thing SO singular as this, and oil on
board were more or less afraid, at the
novelty of the thing as much as any
thing else --Ne,a YORK Sunday Mercury
Jan. I'm. ~ i4a,a p9 esnaig
V There is no man in the country
more talked about in the newspapers