Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-11-18
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e sersne evening. in the middle Sf An,
yast. ITS. Captain Warren; theI master Of
.sshe Greenland. whalaahip. foppdsA Ai,nsf fh By
Gained among Al Al 4. number ypf iiGe4bsrgsy'iAl
about seventyTsey@ degrees Of north latia
tude. On one vide. and within 4 I fHilee, If, If
big vessel. these wsrs Of immspse height
I, and cloeely wedged tegether, and q shccesl
ion ofI IF Isnow-cOvs,edI peaks appeared BehiAd
each other as fas as the eye could feac'aI
showing that the ocean was completely
blocked up ii that quarter, and that It had
probably been 50 for a long, period q time.
Captain Warren did not feel altogether nb4
isifed With his situation; but there being
no wind, he could not move either one way
'or'sAs other; INA Z s therefore kept b strict
watch, knowing that he would be safe as'
long as the icebIrgs continued IN their res
pective places: About midnight, The wind.
rose to a galeI, accompanied byia thick
shower Of snow while q succession Of tre-
ihendous thundering. grinding and crashing
noises, gave fearful evidence that the ice
was in motion. The vessel received violent
shocks every moment, for the haziness Of
!. the atmosphers prevented those on board
, from discovering In what direction the open
water lay, or If there was any, At all On. ei-
thst side of them. The! night MAS spent in
tacting as often; as any .caass Of. danger
&. happened to present itself, and in the morn
ing the storm abated. and Captain, Warren
found, to his great joys that Ihis, ship had
not sustained any serious ipjury. i He re-
marked, with surprise, that the aeclanslated
.icebergs, which had Of. the. previous even
ing formed an !impregnable ba4ier, had
been separated and disarranged BY, ,thelwind,
and that in, one Place A canal pf open SEQ,
wound ITS course, among then, as far es tn the
eye could discern, It was two piles beypndthe
entrance to this canal that 4 ship made its
appearance about noon. The sain shone bright
" at tile time, and q gentle breeze blew from
the north. 1t first, some intervening ice.
berg pfevented Captain Warren from dis:
tinctly seeing anything but her masts; but
he was struck with the strange manner in
which her sails were disposed, and with the
dismhntled aspect OF her yards and rigging.
She continued to go before the wind for .
few furlongs, and then grounding tpdn tho
low icebergs, remained motionlass. Il -'tVi
H. Captain Warren's curiosity was SO much!
excited thnt he immediately lcapei into his
boat with several 'seainen, and rowed to-
wards hu. On approaching. he Jhs served
that hull was lniserably weatheT.be eaten,
and not q soul appeared On the deck. which
was covered with snow to q considerable
depth, iHs hailed her crew several times.
but no ansver was returned Previous to
stepping .dq, board. an open porthose near
the main chains caught his EYE, land, IN
; Iedk ng, into it. he paraeiyed.a man recli!nr
!. ing back in d chair with writing ma aterials
on table before hiW, but the, fesRpllsn ess Of
the lishe made, everything y@yliiphistinct.
The Hlrty went. upon deek, and. having ne
moved the AatchlyXay, yhirh. they found
elosed, they dssceqaed to the cabin. They
first came to the apartment, which Captain
Warren viewed through tbs the pqqrtthole' "A
tremor seized him as he entered it., It's I'D.
mate retained his former position! and
seemed to BE- 'insensibls to strangers He
was found TO, be a 4 corpse: ana a green.
damp, -, mould had covered his checks and
forehead, and veils9 his open eyeebaTls He
had pen pen in his haSa, and. a fogbook lay On,
the table before him, the last senten nce. q.
Whose unfinished page ran thus: I Noy
Ia, l7Ge.i We have .nost been enclosed %
the iee seventeen days. The fire went cui
yesterday, and our master has been trying
Since since to rekindle it. without success, His
wife died this morning. There ID NO relief
.-----" Captain WaErm and his seamen hut.
ried from the sppt Without ,ptt9ing word.
On entering the principal cabin. thr frat
object that attracted their attention %hs the
dead body Of female: reclining oS ! bSd.
in an attitude Of deep .intsresa hAd Attan-
ton, Her copptenance retained ths flesh
ness of life, and contraction OF the limbs
showed that the form was inanimate Seat.
ed on the floor was the corpse Of an Appar.'
entity yonne man. holding. q steel in one
hand, and flint ip ,the other. - i 70 the ast
of striking fra upon some tinder which lay
beside him. In the lfofepart Of the vesssal
several sailors were lying dead IN their
Nesxhs, and the body Of q boy WAS eFduchsd
at the. bottom Of, the. gangvayI stairs.
Neither provisions nor fuel could be dis.
covered anywhere; ss but Captain Warren was
ptey,ented, by the superstitious preiudices Of
his seanen, from examining the. Nessel -
minptsly .. he Washed to have done dlpn H.e,
therefore. carried away the logbook men.
toned, and returned to his own ship. and
Immediately steefed 70 the soatAwardI
deeply impressed with the awful eEampls
which he had Just Witnessed of the danger
,>of, navigating the Polar sasa In high north
ern lat4pdes, Or returning to England, he
made various inquiries respecting vessels
that hAidi 1d1Sisaappsared ID 'aiS dhHfhaO34 yay.
and, by oomparinstae tesults II tAh4 with
the information which was aftbrdsdi BY the
written dqeumsnte ,ietl in his pos.e.sor hs a.
certained the name and history Of thesim.
prison prii;stonlted ship. Sid " her unfottuAate ms,,
''tsf: hhd Z foundh skat shS IA sAsaA frozen
! II s1iitsehyean pfstious.ta the tine o. II,
disaqyar4g AeE among , tAe, i9e'sTlR4vs1Ms
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hsshad, six thopsapa yesrs ia bring on il.
"moss excellent ,vay1' What hes IL de-
vised, apart from the Bible. to heal tn.
sores IL thss 'broken.' toandsd, bleeding
hearth What has Rome in her ages pf mar
tai glory. q Greece III hsrkgss Of pAass
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