The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-11-02

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land, st. Georger, Marengo, Desmond,
James Allen, Acers Barns and Onward,
the signal for departure was given. The
boat had been put in the bets possible
condition. The baggage consisted of
about twenty five days rations of bread
and meat, change &c clothing and blan-
ket for each man. Everything else but
guns and ammunition was left on board.
The main hope was to find water enough
inside the ground ice to navigate the
boats southwark, and SO reach the two
ships which were supposed to be outside
the peak. We left at 3 P. NJ. We would
first carry the baggage nearly mile OF
so ahead, then turn and drag the boats
along the ice, very rough in places, and
many holes which would not bear the
weight of a man. Many Of the men fell
through, and suffered much from cold.
The first night we camped on the ice
about four miles from the ships. The
next morning we resumed the march IN
a binding snow storm.
From the northeast the prospect was
most discouraging. Several men desert
ed and returned toward the ships, where
numbers of the crew remained, who re-
fused to face the hardships and journey
toward land. Of their fate we know
nothing.
September 6, reached strip OF open
water, launched the boats and pulled
towards land all that day, and the next
kept working through the over-lce, and
at P. NJ. made the land two miles west
of Point Sargent. Continued working
along the shore. At noon on the 9th
sighted the Three Brothers and Rain
| bow at Point Barrow, and reached them
before night. Found the ice all solid
beyond, and the only chance OF escape
was to drag the boats over land to the
open sea, distance, as afterward prov
ed, of $50 miles. Made sleds and at
tempted the journey, but, on reaching
| Cape Smith, found the bark Florence
there. After consultation, it was decld-
ed that any effort to proceed would be
madness, and preparations were COM
menced for wintering, as best we could,
at Point Barrow. The boats were pre-
pared for whaling, as that was the only
resource for our food, and work COM
menced on our house. On the night OF
September Is, the ice began to break up
before strong east wind. Next day
the Florence was able to get under way.
All hands and baggage were put on
board. She ran down the coast and
found the Clara Bell frozen fast in the
ice. Her captain said he would stay by
her till the 18th, when, if there was no
prospect of getting out, he would leave
in boats for clear water. The Florence
was to wait for him. Made Sea Horse
Island that night. The next night made
| Wainwright's inlet. Waited there for
the crew of the Clara Bell, and to get
water. On the afternoon of the 18th
the Three Brothers and Rainbow, which
had escaped from Point Barrow, joined
us, the former bringing the crew of the
| Clara Bell which remained fast III the
ice with no hopes Of getting out. Part
of the people on the Florence were then
put on the Three Brothers, and rem
devious appointed at St. Lawrence Bay.
where they would stop for winter. Both
arrived there on the 23d, and left the
next day, one for San Francisco, the
Three Brothers fer Honolulu.
The following is list of the abandon
ed vessels: Banks Onward and Clara
Bel, San Francisco ships st. George
and Marengo, and barks Cornelius How
land, James Allan, and Java, of New
Bedford ship Camilla and barkentine
Josephine, of Boston; bark Acers Barns,
New London and the Hawaiian barks
Desmond and Arctic.
The vessels had on board altogether
600 barrels of oil, besides a large
amount of whalebone and ivory. It is
the undivided opinion of every master
that no hope can be obtained of the
rescue of the ships or those who remain
ed on board of them. All are undoubt-
eddy lost, carried away to the northeast
in The immense ice-pacll, which closed
them in for miles around.
Signed-W. Fl. Kelly, Master of the
Marengo B. E. Homan, Master of the
G. Rowland f. S. Hickworth, of the
Acers Barns j. Keenan,, Of the James
Allan James Fl. Knowles, of the st.
George E. A. Ludlow, Of the Camilla;
L. ". Williams, of the Clara Bell Geo.
T. Larry, of the Josephine, and Ezra B.
Lapham, of the Onward.
SAN Francisco, October 22.-Masters
of the abandoned Arctic fleet express
uncertainty as to the number and names
of men who staid by the ships or return
ed to them after beginning the home
ward trip, but so far as can be ascer-
tanned it seems probable that fifty OF
sixty were left behind, many of whom
were kanucks.
New BEDFORD, October 22.-Loss on
New Bedford whalers in the Arctic is
nearly $500, 900, mostly insured in Bos-
ton and New York offices, Boyeston,
New England, Washington and Manu-
facturers' of Boston, and Orient of New
York.
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