The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-11-07
AMoNR THE ICEgERGs.
,sfrrSH SCENES ~ IRE ARCTIC
-Ess-A CLUss Run FROM DEATH.

E-ytFTrr-# SHEN,E5 tE TIE fS-T ARCTIC
sEss-A CLUsB Run FROM DEATH.
-Ihe tOp-gallant sail was sheeted home
1ll the yaTd hOistsd, The braces were
.--U, 2 .l-t. and 50, under full toresall,
70 Clls9 TCCfcd foTetop sail, q full main
-lp sail and 2 Uli1tOp gallant SAIL Win
=guare sGV1s and a roaring gale our
sliD went bounding toward tho ice
r-r-- TEpv were only half q mile dis
taut now. and again the captain called
-,AuC-hEr hand TO the wheel l went
arc aud found Thompson at the wheel 10
uglt. Taking hold Of the spCks on the
st1-rg-rl rim. 7 said Jamie. I've
come To help YOU. All right, - he re-
1.i4d. but without taking his eyes from
The passage ahead or the stars beyond.
The captain coming aft peered into our
I8le, by the light Of the biuuacle. His
lace wore an anxious expression but he
appeared satisfied with the men at the
-Ls-. and said ''GOOd fellows Now
keep hrr right in the middle Of that
passage lIl the way through. III never
open my mouth. The ships IL your
-aILs. and ali our lives depend on you. =
Wen do our best, captain, " we replied
..- once.
At the rate Of ten knots an hour the
snip entered the space between the
DlT-s. On either hand they rose nearly
perpendicular. two huge. massive walls
.l ice towering far above the ship mast
-r the height Of 300 feet from the water
edge. The sea came rolling i'm at the
opening and striking the crags diagon-
.Ir gu both sides recuiled and met in
l- middle of the space in a ridge Of
foam. As nearly as we could we kept
The ships bow right on this ridge, watch
rE also the stars ahead bv the leach of
I- uaiulUpsaH Onward rushed the
ship. the roar Of the ocean Tesgunding
-lm fhe gHgE. For five minutes We
s.-Tej steadily. The five minutes APP
rearcd like a lifetime. The space be-
tween the hergs were getting narrower
nov only q ships length and a half.
.l- u.rgs were approaching each other
.t th. gIJha5t end. silently Ihympson
.ut Z wrought at the EvLeel-ueitheT of
us spoke Bv kind of muscular con-
al- Ea wrought .g each others hands.
Do. space was narrowing. Should the
ship .. caught between these mIll-sLOues
solid ice sine would be- crushed like an
.---eLaLI and ground to powder should
l.-t, ward or back stay get carried away
should sheet tack Or canvas yield TO
.Ie thirty men would find death
md burial between two masses OF polar
ice. y thousand memories crowded in
90 my mind at once. Our friends a.
home. mothers, sisters. brothers. sweet
hearts and wives hoped TO see us again
mt whether they viii or not depends up
L tIssC two mighty icebergs. let not
human voice is heard along the decks
Il wr rushed. |isib.y the space at the
...alr end is contracting. Little more
lau % quarter OF q mile to run. and
$500 minutes will clear us The two
-Itss have passed and the space he
--.u the berEs is less than hail y
H.p'a length, but out from between
-lr massive jaws ha5 passed the whole
.ug. I OF the Eu-mCsa.
'-hiy Sod she las done it. 90 ThOmp-
... s.s.aius. Escaped, by Jupiter
.r.s. adding merely, WHAT "a mercy
lad mo- passengers" We he'd only
au one hundred yards further when
..a two floating masses of ice came
r.ni.rr together Huge fragments.
hundreds of .cEa lu weight, disIocatsd d
.- .l- suususs.ul, spires -GI EIuacla5
.-Ey, EEL with q du!I
-.-E- u,p tEe deep. Hs were under
.. ot tlr rtE-a nearly LygaIuCd, and
.a.r saved ly Ea.l % minute OF time.
.A.l bands a.t. .. I.uaa the captain {;
-..W-Ia, the men ..-Fr behaved uObly {:
-.E- -.l. @ glass nl luu each" I took
#..u ly -uG jamaica" without any
.,u.ls- .-I -le Sc ll-llr WAS bitterly
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