New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-19
4 STRANGE SHTPWRECK.

Prom Aafurc
The wreck of the Danish mail steamer PhPnir
" hch took place OF The west coaAt of Iceland on
January ~, was attended by rather unusual Cir-
cumstances deserving OF note The vessel about
40 tons burien sailed with cargo ami tic mails
from Copenhagen Tor Lcith the FarOe Islands and
Iceland, about tho middle oi January.
Nothing particular occurred until alter leaving no
Farocs, when >he ran into severe gall, Which
rapidly increased 10 perfect hurricane. while at
the same time the temperature FELL 10 about % j.
of trust t- Is r.. such cOh Is not extraordinary
in these ATTITUDES IN winter, but fortanair.y rs
seldom associated with very hlgn winds. Under Tbs
circumstances IN which the fh0uiN vas placed
every that she shipped iroze, amt w.
deck soon became covered with foot twVoi Odd
A. time passed on the continued action of lho sea
ra..l a De si,ct iceberg on TIE iOTN ara part ol to
vr.s,r while th, showers ~ spray carried along By
the steadily increasing gale covered the mai ari',
and rigging with an ever thrkeulng coating ol ic.
Two OF three day passed without the icas1 apau,
ment Ot the storui ANA tueu inc iai-ot"il ga
steamer went over Cn her bcam-crds. lht euw
Succeeded III cutting away the nasts. ANA shr on,e
n. however. wa, clear the gall showing 100 igpsof
llraku, HAT tncreilrf Was only temporary. 40
routiuUci 90 form on tic Sr,S /, paIt, ulrJ uDott
the for,crstie. whrr" piled hEu above the Oul-
NdIk-, and oVtrhtng.ng the SIDES d threatened ~
alrIng boz tTlu, g" RAISE tae li0peAcr oai ol th'
.sdcr these circumstance, on the morning If jar
nary 80. Captain kIhi decided To rGn lur .t'anrr
ashore H4tIr daylight las.ed. Al some distance
from the ut SD, ..I.cA on . sIuLca rprk. aii me
To lliF hfals, tNlA .ANfrfuci VIII ITO
fr.aic,, dl.ucuity a. reaching the shore, saving
rlthins nlt thar bNs., thr English mail anAa
bundle oi blankets. winch. whoa carried ashore, Vas
found to h, u- l.s~- pi'l into solid lump tI.f
situation ia deep -uo~ the i,solatc coast ol lu-
laud aIoIt loo ni., ~ tns northwest ol J.. natih,
wa.Ntrt critical, aud p1r.y col Two on ti"' oi ''
str.rl,. sailor Gue.i tIr command pi ". JIHl"'l,
IN, ir-t oni,cr proceeded % search of a,oisiaueD
N ,ga, mot. however uuui about ) 90 thr morning
oi tr 3utn. alter SAL, rank great ardenr'. lh1i Li
sound OF 4 pony kicAng 90 SID guiNei
t.,m 10 % house. Tho rrncir Immediately
urncd out amt eventually the scattered
crew. tWtuty-two Or tWsuil three ~ uuub.r
wrr. picked up .olnc ~ the clover little lrclInis
dogs proving Themselves most valuable nuN liuir,
Ia liz tear,h. Many of the men, however w,rr al
bat frozen to death la the SNOW. Prom thus iiho
all possible attention wns gwen 10 them hut "l,
having both lex. and arms trO.t-bittrn, died dr-
other altorWard had both lego amputated bcio" no
KNEES and tur steward lost time fingers OF clch
hand Handy one escaped more or less injnry from
the effects OF the extreme cold Ia which thcy hal
l,an 80 long exposed The officers and men Oi no
wrecked vessel ale OF opinion that had Captain ki
moi drcded on the 18TH 10 run tIe fhunlG ashore M
daylight nOt - soul would have bcen save a. the
gale did not moderate for several days after and
The steamer, buried as it WAS under an cn0rIn0B
mass OF ice, must have fOundeTed IN the night.
In Iceland this storm will be long remembered By
the destruction II caused and It SAID that sucha
terrible winter has not been known Tor years sheep
have persisted In large NUMBERS, and ponies have
been killed to save hay. Then as the ice.andes
DEPEND on the outer world for hour. etc. thu oos Oi
the fh9nIX with It's cargo WASH terrible misioftun'