The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-30
LOST IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN
LATER PdRTICULARs OF THE VIVA
LINO FLEET DISASTER
Thirteen Vessels Crushed bv Pack Ice Eight
cen Miles from Land. and about sixty Of
their Crews Believed to have Perished.

From the San frdacfsco Chroafce.
One hundred and ninety of the survivors
Of the Arctic whaling feet were brought into
this port yesterday by the bark Florence. About
200 men were taken to the Sandwich Islands by
tue Three Brothers. and about sixty men re.
IN ained with the doomed vessels, which were
abandoned by tue officers and most OF the men
on the 9th Of September. The vessels lost were
the sbip Josephine, 3s3 tons. Capt. g. r. Long.
ford agents sailed from Hunolllu April IL.
1870 Snip Cornelius Rowland, SGi tons, Capt.
~ agents. 's sailed SYI from Honolulu March Is.
Bark Clara Bell, lp3 tons. Capt. +. W.. Will
liams, about y men, Il. 8. Rowland Of San
April 49, Bark Camilla, sss tons Capt X. A.
LGdl9w ,,s and Is men, WI, s allen agents
as tons. .Capt: W. II. Keliy, Al nen, J. n.
LARK James Allen, 90 tons, Cps John
len Son, New Bsafot,i. Ship st. George,
BOZ tons. Capt. J. II. Knowles, 40 men; George
San francisco, agent. Bark Onward, $50 tons,
,apt; 4; Is. LaDnem: George and Matthew
land, agent. san Francisco sailed from Homo
lul March q. Bark Acors Barns, 800 tons. Cant.
:. Hickmott end about 3j men; l. IL. Bartlett Il
sons, New liedfufd, owners sailed from Homo
lulu April 10. Bark Desmond. owned in san
Francisco but flying the Hawaiian Island flag,
about $50 tons. Capt. Greene, and about 30 men.
The agent. r. H. smith, recently went to Homo.
lulu to meet the vessel. Blrk Java, 300 tons,
Capt. Colson; George and Matthew Rowland,
New Bedford. owners; Il. S. Howlsna, agent
suled from san Francisco April 5. Bark Arctic
Of Honolulu. about 100 tons, Capt whitney aud
~ men The Northern Lgh' was last seen by the
neet on the 9TH Of September 4 ch Of the ves-
sells was insured for ABOUT $500. the risks being
principally with the Atlantic Company OF New
York. Four of the vessels were owned In this
city. sud tue remainder IN the East. The total
amount Of oil 10 the lost ships was 12,J05 barrels.
OF bone, 0J5O pounds; aud OF Ivory, H,5OO
pounds.
The bark Arctic was crushed bv the ice on
july I OH sea Horse Islands, about eighteen
miles from land. he crew escaped over the Ice,
hauling one whaleboat and dingey. The whale-
boat was abandoned after hauling her two miles
over the Ice. After thirty hours hard travel
they reached the land aud one man travelled
south. aud coming to inland water butt A r,ft
ana ferried across. where he fell in with some
OF the natives. whom he hired to carry him off
20 the bark Onward by giving them his rife.
len more OF the crew arrived shortly aiterward,
and were received on board the Onward. Capt.
Tapham sending his boat for the remainder,
who were al we'd and taken on board the On
ward, and then distributed among the other
ships. On or about July 21 seven or eight ships
reached Point Barrow here the Ice had not
artod. la few days the number Of ships had
Increased to fourteen.
On the afternoon of the 10Th of August tho
wind drove tue ice on shore, and the vessels
were Obliged to weigh anchor aud run under
the south side of Point Barrow, where they
found lee for few hours but on the morning
OF the 2Otn they we're obliged to weigh anchor
aud run south US far as Cape Snytho. The Rain
bow aud Three lirothers remained at Point Bar
row. On the 2ith OF August, after many vain
attempts to gain open water, The fleet, with the
exception OF The two vessels at Point Barrow,
WAS caught Ia tue pack, aud urifted TO tho
nOrthward. Several Intellectual attempts were
made To get boats ashore. Three men OF the st.
Georges crew perts ed In one OF these at
tempts, ana on tue 2otn the position seemed to
be hopeless.
On the 2pth the masters met, and, as the pack
was still itiug to the northeast, and as each
ship mad only three months provisions, ms ufi-
cient for the long winter, even in a place of
safety. II was decided to abandon the ships on
SEPT. 5. Preparations for this step were m adj
aud on sept. ., al eing ready on board the Cor
mol nd Al
James Allen, Onward. ana Acors Barns, the
signal was made ana the crews started for the
shore. they carried their packs ahead for half
a mile or 50. and then returned and nauled the
ohals AS lar as possol 4 hts was repeated
through Ut the day ana as the ice was thin IN
many II ces the men broke through aud suffer-
ed much from wet and cold. Four miles were
made IN tins WY during the a. ST d y, and the
night was spent on an iceberg under the boats.
OF which each crew had two. During the night
u heavb northeast snow storm came on. and at
day bre lk the dreary march was resumed and
sever men, proferrug almost certain death to
the hardships' before them, deserted and re-
them. Several of the crews refused to leave the
sni.is at all, an were left on board. Open water
was reached that afternoon, and the boats ere
Iaiucneu, nut the night vas spent ON AN Iceberg
aground IN twelve f.tnoms. The men suffered
terribly. beng Obliged to sleep on the bare ice
ana IN tue morning thick fog set in, when
ln,ue tue prospect sun more dismal. After a
hafd Iurney through the broken drift Zoe the
snore was reached al 8 l.. N, Two miles west OF
ioint langent, wnere the camp was made and
d Is were built \ tolerable nights rest Is
obtained hero, and IN tue morning the party
started aloug the shore to Point Barrow, whicn
they reached on the gu, finding tue k linuow
anu tue three Brothers waiting. 1ne crews Of
the Java aud AcOrs rus were the last 10 arrive
mere on tde lltn. lhs party kent on to Cape
smNthe, where the bark Florence lIy inside tue
ground Ice.
lie, Ond this point the Ice was packed I'm close
o. the shofe. preventing Tue passage OF even a
boat. consult ton was held aboard The
Florence, ana all further Travelling voted use
less. 1t was decided to pass he winter at Point
B,rrOw, and preparations were Immediately Ue-
gun Inc pro'lsi9ns we're AZ put mo casks In
tue tloren'e, aud Capt. Williams offered to
cry ali hanus To a place Of safety II ne could
get out. IL was imposslole to get the bark to
Point Borrow. and the ships crews were Obliged
To use their boats again, taking three DAYS
ratlOns and some sails Ia make tents Of. 1hey
| arrived there Oh tue l2tn. and began building A
winter house. The boats were fitted up for
| whaling with the best men picked out for
| crews. to provide food Tor the com, any. Ms
thelr whole reiiinco for sustenance would de-
| pend upon their catching whales, for the Latves
hau no 1000 10 spare, ana were even begging
from the = ilurs. On the morning of the l4tn,
the wind having been fresh from the ca t. To
FLORENCE sigma ed open water in si.ht, and tue
snoTe party put Oh to her In their boats. A
pass 'ge was cut through the ground ice. aud the
bark was w4Iped through to tue open sea.
Two captains aud Two mates had gone on
an expedition down the coast, and did not
arrive IN time to DO taken u1. The Florence
ran down To where the Clara Bell was lying
frozen in and communicated with Capt. Thomas
Williams, who said he should stay Uy his yes A
until the l,tu, and n there was no prospect OF
getting out Uy tnat time, he should take VIII A.
provisions he could In his boats and make Tor
clear wafer 10 the south, where the Florence
agreed To wait for him. rhe Florence kept on
and anchored close In shore about SIX miles
sIuih OF Wainwright Inlet on tue morning Of
the ldtn. On tue lS.h, at about l.. NJ, the
Ihree Brotners WIS sighted ten miles OF + lor =.
sue had escaped from the ground leo at Point
Barrow The uay before, anu hdu picked up tue
crew OF the CARA Bell on tier way down The
RAINBOW had escaped at the tme time, but IA al
been released nom taking any Of tue wrecked
crews, III ConsiuerutlOn OF paving the 1 M ee
Bro hers 100 barrels OF oil ana 200 pounds Of
wn"lebone should she take LOU barrels Of oil
THIS season. Inc FiOrSnce had $50 men on
boaru, more than could get between
decks, and some OF them we're trans
ferred to the Tnree brothers. on the I'D both
ships anchored In st. Lawrence BAY, anu fer
getting supply OF water, divided provisions
aud men. On tue Ath the Florence set sail for
port and the Three Brothers for Houolulu. 1t
Is tue undivided opinion of the masters that the
ships are total loss, there Ia not tue remOtest
cnance OF their ever coming out Of the Ice. lhe
tate OF the men who went back cannot be posi-
lively tOld, nut II they do not reach the land
and live among the natives a lingering death Is
certain, however distant lt may be- a. not "A
YES ige Of any Of the ships that were alb tndon ed
In 1871. which were c~frled away by the ice, was
ever seen aiterwatd.
Girls who sold their Hair TO Get Home.
from me Rsdfing Eagle
Two bellies of this CITY lately came home
lA.aN.