Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-10-27
News by Telegraph.
destruction of,he Are,.s wa.ii..

STORY or sHlrTRECA $3.50
SAN FRANCisCo. Oct. -
bark Florence arrived to-4sy n.
tic ocean with 100 men .n bari
part OF tho crews OF the A-
fl Get. twelve Of when She r.e- ...-.
ice with portions OF the.- U-ar-
naming survivors have Err q
on the blrquc Three BrH.-- I'm
counts given by MASTER of t--
rived here on the f.oren.a. % 4,...-. .
first disaster secured JUS -... v-.
bark Arctic was crushed B.
escaping. On the 25ri e Augustine
ires1eAed from north-uorthW. .r.
ships except the Rainbow ami lire. e..
ers who were sill auchlf,I .-
row, were surround ty
ice pack continued T. uuc--i-a .-.
26ih the first oih,er .-
Brothers with t.at- a
the wife OF captain ul.1n.-
barque Aclr. Barns O. ti- t--
The next dsy the -. D.r-
tempted 20 haul Olt- a..
ice but were caught in tae
teen Of them gIt on tl-ri -.
and the Three Brother ar
gained the ship except ur
on the ice The ncX- iiv
tried to get hack T. the e.
never reached her Eleven r-s
rescued ty captain O~cl
Brothers, and the other rF
to death On the ice. Iac r--.
row very gloomy. Tie SIMS t.
helple>>ly IN the ice ard --
northeast. August 27ih the --.-
cd to the east aul the strip,
ron We're No longer visible.
was worse than ever. the o1..
an easteriv gale. august Pun
selves Of Point Iargent. Ilr
Mareng) attempted 90 g-t .-l
returned unsuccessful. TIE u.z-
masters held council and .rc.t
VS. 10 further hope oi >lv.-
some a. which xtre a'r-l-. -.r
b. the ice. This was cn.y a--
expected The ships alto. -t,r a..
three months provisions. l.- .-.
through the winter Alter +
SION. seeing no way 0ut Yt -
they decided the Oilg N1.
the lives OF all W., g.
before escape became il
TENDER III b. was en- su.r --
starting. The ships were rs DIS
miles IRON land, abreast ID u-
Smiths Bay. Ssptemt- t-.
ready on board the c. lllv lag 3D.. 5. t.-
MareDgo. Desmond, jane 1..-.
Barnes and Onwarl, the ---- .--
ture was gwen. The boats l-l a
the best possible condition M i--
consisted Of about twenty Eve 141--
OF bread and meat, change l----
a blanket fIr each man Every,
but guns and ammunition va ID. d.
1he main hope was T. f1l 1-
enough inside ground lee o. ltv-la
boats southwark an. 80 raic. O. t
v hlch we supposed o. be 1l-- ere l.l
We ltil at 3 p. IN. We y.4t frs
the baggage halt mile VI a
then turn ami drag tie boats --
ice was very iOuSh in place OBJ
were many holes when w..
weight Of man MANY tae l-
through and suffered mutl lru
hrst nigh We camped uu tle ..a
miles IRON the ships. The r.z
We re>umu4 march IN g. tn.r-
storm from the northea-- Dire
was most discoursgins Several r
serted ard returned towlrl -a- -a.-'
! number Ct the DrHa- r
who refused to face tat af-
f the Journey tJwsiI Aa.
their tlte We know nJJ-ie-
I'll we reached strip Hi sd
aunchod the boats ami Yl..el -.a--. e
All that day and the mex wc se.tf-'-
through and over iee. and 81 p" OBJ p.
and two miles west Of PGlt i-r-ti.
working along tt
loon on the . IN Sisniei o.. l.-
.nd Rainbow az Point Bl-- t.l
hem before night. We ...
old beyond and the only c.i'a
a. TO drag the boats overland o..
e.. q distance. a. 10 aitgras
iuhdr,d and thirty mi.c- We a-
nd attempted the journey Do 30
ape Smith found the l-lS 7sn ~
! tier consultation 10 WI ie.II'I I'D. p
fort to proceed Won De- m4-1e-' =
we're cnmmcle i.r N-'
: best We could az Point Barr, A..
ierc prepared tor whAIn- a- Oh.
My resource Tor our bod, -ui Wa
iene,d on a house At uI-l'
; D the Ice began O. n-ltS b..
irUng east wind AMI tat r.4,
IOreuce was abe o. eet ui..l "Ai
and and baggage were g-- ODD
IN down the cua-. anl 'N-a4 il-
ell frozen last ma the .tf ID
lid he would stay b. Bog gu -
hen. ii he saw no pf.
nt he would leave 10 nti-
alter where the Florence va ID
i'm. We made So liHr-f do
Ight. and the uex- ri-nt mi'.
rights inlet aud waltz -..-a
ew If the Clara Bel all O.
On the afternoon OF thc i--l o..
rothers and Rainbow wlitl -i- ~.
from Point Barron jln,i '-s
inging the crew oi che O.''-
hich remained Ia. 300 t.e Ne
pes of getting out. plr-.i iac -.
{ Florence we're then pur 30
lree Brother. and a reult t''--
ST. Lawrence Bay whore ;ae1 WI a..
r water. Both arrived tl,-e ias .4s
Z next day for San tralc-- ZIG
zee Brothers Tor Hono.gll- -i-
= is a H., Of the abandoned 'a-- r.s
rks. Onward and Cltra b-.l' -, -.
co ; the SHIPS $. G,ors. inl i,s-
d the Barks Corue.g-. ii .'i-.
len. and Java. OF M b.ii''--, L
10 CamIll. ADD the h4-k '''efl'T,s
ston tie bark Aclr- blIi''in ..uiii
ndon ard the Havana aifAS r,.it.p
4 Arctic Tue vessel, bad ID 20 81
her ,00O barrels OF OIL os'''' r, /. ID.
ount 81 w5aleb,ne ani WY. ~ m,..E
divided opinion OF a'e1 ,isgi q
It 70 hope can be eh'''' to-
rescue Of the shif' ,,ss
o remained ON board them AZ .L,5ir-
ibtedly lost. carried away 70 ~. 'It c.0.i
t in an immense ice PACK WIZ
IN in for miles around .,,-ss
ne masters of the abandaned ,hi .5,s =,
certainty as to the number o. Nh t5eu D
ID by The ships or returned 70 's ID, :
beginning The homeward mp .,'5,5s
a. can be ascertained il Sem m,pys
{ fifty or sixty were lett behin-'
om are Canadians.