The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-04-29
A Terrible Tale Of Suffering.

The ten men who have been bro't
to Baltimore from the schooner Geo.
). Fog., of the coast oI New Fouod-
land, tell II sad story of sulr,riOg.--
They and those who pcrishcd w,,h
thom had cOrIpristd nearly the en-
tire ablr.bilicd male population of
the little town Of 81. Mary y. The
ice had been firm all the winter, and
sowe Of the villagers had gone out
up,n it frequently TO hunt sca.birj-.
II had shown no signs Of moriug be-
fore that fatal day. Reports had
been received for week from tho
heaIlands that avcssel was -c"n Itlit-
ing about. and on Tho 'Jo. March the
brig was discovered tNu and q half
miles from the shore, rst lu thc ice.
\ party Of thirty men Nus quickly
gathered, nud they started ou' ~ tho
/ ice tu her and spcut the day uu BOARD.
/ Towards evcnin. they started home.
watd bat they had n't proceeded
far when the terrible fat was pre-.
s,n,oi u them that tho ic' huj part
Irl between them aud tl' -hu,c. aud
! The opening was increasing every
moment. Coo-tc'nauon seize up'o
them as itoy hnstcncI forward, nui
each threw away his heavy outer
clothing ~ he ran, to b" cncnmhrrrt
rs little AZ possible When the briuk
of the lee was reached the space of
water b'twccn them aol the shore
wa. half "a milo wide.
The lee had broken one mile ont
from ito land AMI the immense lioli
upon which they stood ilpatod steal.
lis further ont to sci IL was now
quito dark. Thcpnrty were exhaust
ed and but half clad, and they pre-
parcl for the terrible cold whi'h soon
set IN. At first it rajncd until they
were all wet TO the skin Tho rain
then tnrucd TO slcot and snow, tao
wind vecrdd to the northward, anl
the cold became Intense. the urr'o
blasts Of wind cutting ihcm t. tho
bone. Then began their effort for
life, the men stamping their fce',
rnuniu. madly about, and the more
sturdy encouraging the weak and ial'
tcring.
The cold still increased, until ii had
; reached degree of intensity not
cqullIcd before in that latitude this
winter. At midnight the cold AMI
exhaustion began to tell upon tho
doomed ones IN the little party. First
one aud then another Of thcm wouli
l;o down, saying he could 90 no fur
thcr. The others wonld pick them
up and try to keep them on their feet.
but after recling Tor II short distance
like drunken men, they would tall
senSclcsS upon the Ice, and die with
out struggle Those able to keep
their feet bad enough 10 do to keep
themselves from falling into the ia.
tai lethargy, aud with sad hearts each
victim was left 10 his fate.
I When morning Nv ne d seven
corpSes were countcd at intcWal'
upon the ice, and OF the remainder
none could tell who wa 10 he tho
next victim. \ field of ice, twenty
feet square, hpated near the brink of
the Ice IN the open water, upon which
nine of them got, hoping tha' II wonli
uoat toward tile shore lee, aud they
could thus save themselves. When
1t hal Heated 800 yards from th, ico
upon which their comrades stood, it
gronnicl, aud the unt'r,nnatcs 70.
ma'nei upon 1t for three days ana
nights, darlnt which tme siNo them
died, the other three being tho,o
picked up by the scho George ;.
FosS on the 9th OF March. All tho
looi thoy hal IN That time was n
small whito ti'h, winch was tro1'n n
the Ice. This was DIVIDED b'tween
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