The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-05-26


The New York Hrra'd prints letter
giving Lieutenant panenhcwers az
count ~ the adventures ~ The jcnnneits
until after the vessel sank. Oi The last
hours 81 the vessel he says:
!. About three p. m. Nnch'niSt Lee
reported the ice coming through The
hunkcrS. and the Captain immediately
ordered. Lower awaxl men having
been previously stationed at the honl-'
falls and some provisions put On the ice
Melville Immediately coniradicled thr
rcport. and the Captain delayed the or-
der. Thus the ship lay for two hours
and a half. the pressure Of the ice relax
inv nj times and the ship almost right
inc. Then again she would be- hove over
~ twcnt,-thrce degrees. and We felt sure
there was no longer any hope for her, for
she would MI lift. There was nothing
ii the world 10 BE- done - assist her Al TINT
time. We had 20 depend upon her
shape. have forgotten % tell you that
She. IL course. iloated much higher than
when We entered the pack. and that ls''l
IL 10 hope that she would liit easier IN
| the nip. for the pressure II the iee
4 would he below the point her sides
commenced ~ tumble home. On the
| starboard side. while she was heeling,
! the nip was felt on her timber heads,
which were the weakest parts q the
frame. hut on the port side she was
pressed below the turn Of the biige
! Her fate Wa practically decided the mo-
mcnt we found she would not liii. amt
large amount II provisions ami clothing
was then placed on the Ice IN readiness
for the catastrophe.
..When the order was given 70 ahan-
don the ship her hold was full q water;
and as she was hceling twenty-thrre de-
grees 10 siarhoard al the time that the
water was on the lower side Of the spar
deck. hope that our friend. the London
Standard. will not now think that we
deserted her and left her aslrift IN the
Arctic. n was stated in one Of the ~
sue> ii that paper. We had a large
quantity IL provisions on the lee about
4 hundred wards from the ship. but Mr..
Dunbar. who was alive ID the occasion.
advised the shifting Of these % an adla'
cent ana more favorable Hoe piece. II
took us till eleven y. M. 70 eject the re-
moval. We also had three boats name
IL. the first cutter. second cutter and ths
whalcboaf. A. soon as DIR. Amber has
I looked out for Chip he relieved me A
NV post. and went % work with No
: sled party. which l had been detaile'
} previously 70 command. The order wa
: given 10 camp and gct coffee, 20 "
I pitched our tent abreast Of the whale
Z boat. and &c: about fitting out Tor ~
retreat
4 About fonr o'clock was awakene
! by Seaman kuehne calling his reliel
: Fireman Bartlett, who was IN our tent
4 Kuchnc called 70 Bartlett that the IN
. was sinking. and the latter jumped \
the tent door and saw the spars Of y
= Jeanette after the hull was below ~
z surface. We heard the crash. bur tho
1, 4. were the only two men who saw y
: vessel disappear. II was said that y
I ice first closed upon her. then relaxing
= allowed the wreck 20 sink: the var
caught across the ice and broke on p
being held by the lifts and braces VS.
carried down depth. thirty-eight fai
oms. a. remember The next morni'
"a the Captain and others visited the ~
and found only one cabin chair and
. few pieceS Of wood all that remains
N IL our old and good friend the ia
nettc. which for many months hah 4
'cu dured the embrace Of the Arctic m'
NJ. ster. The Jeanette sank about y
TX o'clock on the morning q Mond'
NJ lime I3