The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-10-23

working through aud over ice.
and st $ P, N. made land two miles west
OF Point Sargent, but continued working
along shoie. At noon on the 9th we
sighted the Three Brothers and Rain bow
81 Point Barrow and reached them before
night. We found the ice all solid be-
yond, and the only chance Of escape was
to drag the boats over land TO the open
sea, distance, rs afterwards proved, Of
$50 miles. We made sleds and attempt.
ed the journey, but on reaching Cape
Smith We found the bark Florence there.
Afier a consultation il was decided Wat
any effort TO proceed would be madness,
and preparations were commenced
for wintering as best We could a, that
point. The boats were prepared
for whaling as that was the only re.
source for our food and work was com.
menced on the house. On the night Of
September lS the ice, began 10 break up
before the strong east wind. The next
day the florence was able TO get under
way and all hands and baggage was put
on board. We ran down the coast and
found the Clara Belle iozen fast in
the ice. Her captain said he would
stay by her till the l7th, when, il there
was no prospect OF getting out be would
leave in the boats Tor clear water. The
Florence was To wait for him We
made Seahorse Island that night, and
the next night We made Wainwrshls
Inlet. Here we waited for the crew Of
the Clara Belle and 10 get water. At
noon OF the 18th, the Three Brothers ard
the Rainbow, which had escaped from
Point Barrow, joined us, the form,r
bringing the crew of the Clara Belle,
which remained fast, with no hopes oi
getting out. Part ot the people from
the Florence were then put on board the
Three Brothers, and a rendezvous
was appointed at - Lawrence
bay, where they would ,,op for water.
Both arrived there on tha 23rd and left
the same day for San Francisco. The
Three Brothers left for Honolulu The
following is a list Of the absndoped YES.
sells: Bsrks Onward aud Clara Belle.
San Francisco; ships St George and
Marengo, and barks Cornelius Holland,
Jas. Allen and Java, OF New Bedford;
Josephine, OF Boston; bark Acers
Barnes, Of New London, and tho
Hawaiian bsrks Desmond and Arctic.
The ships had on board altogether 1000
barrels Of oil, besides large amount OF
whalebone and ivory. 1t ia the undi-
videe opinion OF every master that there
is no hope OF the rescue OF the ships or
those who remained on board. They are
all undon btedly lost, or carried away Ia
the northeast IN the immense Ice pack
which closed them for miles around.
SAN FRASCIsCo, October - The
masters of the abandoned Arctic fleet eN-
press uncertainty rs 10 the number and
names OF the men who staid by the ships
or returned TO them after beginning the
homeward trip, butso far as ean be ssccr-
tanned, il seems probable that fifty or
sixty were left behind, many OF whom
were ksbsks
New BEDFORD. MASS, October o.
An experienced ship owner gives the iol.
lowing list OF the estimated values of tho
vessels lost, not including the oil and
boae that have been taken: Acars
Ps ne, j. II. Bar lett " Sons, agents.
$50 900; Camilla, swift * Allen, $50, coo;
Cornelius, Howlsnd, Swift x Perry,
$4,000; Jas. Allen, Gideon Allen & Son,
$1,000; Java Second, Joshua &. Hitch.
S26 900; Josephine, Swift 4
Perry, $4,000; Marengo, j. II.
Bartlett X Sons, $4,000, Mount Wal
laston; Swift * Allen, S32 600; On ward;
Matthew Rowland, $4,000, ST. George
George and Matthew Howlsnd, $4,000,
The Clara Belle is said TO be worth S2i,.
900, Arctic s32 000, Desmond S24,OOo.
Both agents and insurance companies
decline at present to give II statement Of
the insurance, but il Is we'll known that
all the Now Bedford vessels are well in
sured.