The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-30
CAST AWAY ON THE ICE.
DISTRESSING STORY OF THE CAsTAwAY NEW
FOUNDLAND Observation-Disclosures OF THEIR
PERILS AND SUFFERINGS.

DISTRESSING STORY OF THE CAsTAwAY NEW
FoUNDLAND Observation-Disclosures OF THEIR
PERILs AND sUFFER1NGs.
BALTIMORE, Md March 90, 1875.
The names OF the ten men brought to this port
yesterday by the steamship Nurnberg, Cap.
tain Jaeger, who we're taken from the schooner
George S. Foge Off the BanAs or Newfoundland,
are Andrew and Thomas Mooney (orothers), VIII
liam Ruben, Patrick and Michael Tobin (brothers),
John Fuer, James Grace aged fourteen,
whose brother, Joseph Grace, perished/,
James Peddle. Thomas Barre Whose brother,
Michael Barre, perished), and Benjamin
SancrOw. They are all Irish or OF Irish
descent, untutored, and their party com.
prlsed nearly the entire able.bodled male popua-
ton OF the little town OF st. Mary's. morning
paper publishes an Interesting statement OF the
suferings Of the rescued by Andrew Mooney. He
says the ice had been firm all winter, and some of
the villagers had gone out upon it frequently TO
hunt seaDrds. 1t mad show ed no signs OF moving
before that fatal day. Reports mad been received
from the headlands that vessel was seen drifting
about, and on the I'd OF Marcn the brig was dis.
covered two and halt miles from the shore. last
IN the Ice. The party OF thirty-lour, all men but
James Grace, was quickly gathered, and they
started out on the Ice to her and spent the day on
board. Toward evening they started homeward,
but had not proceeded lar when tue terrible lact
was presented TO them that the ice had parted be-
tween them and the shore and the opening was
increasing every moment. piece OF Ice twenty
lecL square HOdIeu UrInk vi the Ice III inc
open water, upon winch nine OF them got, hoping
That It would float toward the shore, and they
could thus save themselves. When it had noated
three hundred yards from the Ice upon which
their comrades stood IL grounded, and
the unfortunates renamed upon 1t Tor three days
and nights, curing which tiule six OF them died,
The other three beng these picked up by the
schooner George 5. fogg on the 9th OF March.
All tie 1000 they had In all that time was q small
white fish, which was frozen IN the This they
divided between them. OF the three men two are
on the Nurnbei g-viZ, John Fuer, in the SHIPS
hospital, badly frozen. ana James PeddiC.
The eighteen men remaining after the nine
loated on on the smaller Ice field made their way
back to the abandoned brig, which was tightly
damned in the Ice, and was carried with 1t. All
expected to die III her, and some OF them
had lost their senses before reaching her IL
second time. The fsnermen who admit they
are unIettered, could not read her name, but
knew sue was not English. The crew had left on
the ice Tor Hollow Road village near ST. Mary's,
the LIST OF March. The brig moved with The Ice for
week, IN slgnt OF land, ana the fishermen were
on ner ten days. TO question as to how the
news would be received in ST. Mary's Mooney re-
piled There Is now mourning IN every house.
hold, for taey do not know any Of US are saved"
He said he had SIX children and that some Of
those VINO had dlcd had families equally as large
The ten rescued fishermen were taken IN charge
by the British Consul this morning. Tney Will be
put on board The British steamer Caspian which
sails for Halifax Thursday morning next.