Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-03-06
A Ship Of Toe.

Inc snip Flying bpurs OF Lonuoui IN
it, passage from Msnilla, which II left
on August 18th. had . variety Of acct
dents on IL passage, which ended with
an incident almost unparalleled In tho
history Of ocean navigation, particular
ly In these latitudoa. Starting from o
port whore the heat was excessive at the
time, tho vessel was carried by its mas
Tor. who 10 Its owner. Captain Croat,
safely through several strong monsoons
In the China o or the Cape Of
Good Hope the vessel wa struck by an
enormous sea, which. according 70 the
hnt mate, who told . reporter tho story.
damaged sails, bulwHka, decks aud stove
In several OF the boats. All hands
laborsd hard at the pumps for several
days.
On January 9th. when about forty
miles southwest Of Sandy Hook, and
when almost within sight Of port, which
Il took 80 long 10 reach, q heavy north
west gale set in, and then happened the
singular circumstance referred to. Tho
vessel was moving along sluggishly at
the rate OF some four knots an hour.
there being o cross SEQ and O dull, heavy
wind, which allowed only tho main sail
and royals to be set. At l O'Clock on
the morning OF tho 10th OF January q
heavy frozen vapor set In. and this, II Is
said by the informant Of tho writer.
lasted for something over twelve hours.
Just at this time q severe frost came on.
which rendered the ordinary working Of
the vessel very difficult, o. the men were
almost freezing ut their posts. The
heavy frozen vapor had completely sur
rounded tho vessel. and ono felt AZ II
breathing ice. When the frost set 10,
In addition. this vapor apparently con-
tracted, and almost before II could DO
observed. had actually turned into .
mass Of ice, which completely surround
cd the vessel, as might an iceberg. The
change was 10 sudden that there were
no means Of guarding against 1t. The
Ice reached 70 q height Of some twenty
feet above tho deck. and prevented my
thing being seen ut twonty yards dis.
TANGO. II was an Opaque mass, aud had
settled down on everything.
EslOItH NtIo Nv u ihNho Y - Sss
OF this, but II was very soon found that
the vessel was completely Ice bound.
and could not DO made to move except
drift with the ice. She would not obey
her rudder in the least degree. Every.
thing on board was q mass OF ice, and
ropes, decks, sails, sheets, wheel, and
everything were thickly coyersd. Dur
ing the time that the men wsro ondsav-
oring TO got rid OF the ice several Of Thorn
were badly frostbitten about the hands.
face and feet. The efforts were kept up
but with no effect. The cold was no In.
tense that tho men wero incapable OF
work, and tho breeze blew q dsathly cold
blast, which would havo made mounting
into the rigging death itself. Had o
gale como up In the meantime, the YES
sol, situated a. Il was, must have newt.
ably been Of tho mercy Of tho waves.
This state Of things lasted for the
whole day and during the night OF the
10th to the l1th. The master became
seriously alarmed lest some mishnp
should occur. Even when tho yapor
had passed away, tho leo left behind was
a bar to oil further progress. Only the
tops OF the masts were FREQ OF II. On
tho llth the weather moderated some.
what, and tho men were set to work
onco more. and succeeded, after infinite
trouble, In getting rid Of the leo which
had envelopcd everything. The sails
and ropes were made clear, the vessel
set sail, and once moro proceeded on
her way. after this remarkable ex-
perienco, arriving in port two days after
wards.
Tho mato OF the Flying Star says that
In all his experience no has Q met
with anything so singular AZ this, and
all on board werc more or less afraid at
tho novelty Of tho thing as much rs
ANYTHING else.