The semi-weekly miner., 1882-08-26
ARCTIC EXPLORERS
CUED.
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! CU&D.
! The Entire Leigh Smith Exn.u,
! tion Saved.
f, LONDON, August ~. The s,..,,
A., HOlN., commanded hy Sir Am''
/ Young, e. H.. which lett her" ";a -
! June last In search of the crew q, ~ 10
I. steamer E3;rss, has arrived at P.s.se
head will, the entire crcwof thai W..
eel. The Lk,lDe picked them u. j.
| Matolxhkin straits, Nova Z",nLIa q" ~
the 3rd Of August, they having L,".
their ship of Franz Js,>c! land .'a
ionrneyed In boats to the ,tr,;,.
through the ice.
Leigh Hunt, the comm. .n.!rr Of II.
Ezra expedition. gives the followin.
account Of his experience: "On JUL
18th, 1881, we steamed through ~.
mack ice, and in eight days l.,"s
lighted Franz josef land. We nm.
ceetletl towards Cape Ludlow, which
was close to the ls,..e, to the norfh.
ward. On August III We went M
Nightingale srund and thence "a
Eyrn hart,Or and erected q stOrpl,0uss
(n the 18th We started east 10 Lnk
for the ./etlMMcitc, hut were unable 10
pass Berent hook. On August .l.t
the E;ra was niplN'i between the
land tl0e and the Ice pack, Oh" mile
east Of Cape Flora, and sunk
before we were able to save ,uanv
stores. We built u hut on Cane FL.
ra nf turf and stones and covered il
with sails. We wintcrc'l there, aud
during the whole time no signs Of
scurvy appeared. Twcnty-ninc wal.
rus und fGirty-six lwarY were killed
and eaten. We left Cape Flora on
June u, 1882, in four boats. sailed
eighty miles without seeing any ice.
and reached Nova Zen'Lia ON August
se.'stn;.
When the Era was nipIad the
leak gained so rapidly that in two
hours after it had bsen discovered il
was necessary to abandon III" ship.
Hardly had the last nIa;l lett the YES.
rel when the Ice caseti and the E1w
rapidly sank. A tent was first erect.
Ell on the ice, and the hol:Sc was sui.
scslurntly built.
AL the boats Of the En-" We're
saved. Most If the men saved some
clothes and bedding. For sixteen
nights the crew slept in u tent. from
which they were ut times almost
flooded out ly the min.
T'OLAR BEARS IN THE DARK.
New YORK, August 2l.-The Her.
0lti prints an Interesting cal l'gram
from London in connection with the
loss of the E;.w. During the wiu!er
encanipnlcnt frequent visits from
hears were sources Of eXcitenn ut dur.
ing the long dark days. They would
often prOwl around the tent, and
many Il man got scared on rushing
out II, the dark. The only safe plan
WIS tO send Il dog In front Of amyl"nly
going out. as lie always gave good
warming when bear was near. tine
day about the end of October two
men were walking on the ice in front
Oi tic hut, when their dog rushed
home wuygine his tail and barking
f,,riO,,siy until some Of them followed
him. To their delight some wulru.
we're seem lying on the ice. The two
men returned to the house and every
rifle was prepared to- give til" walrus
n heavy vOlley. Several were shot,
Tut nearly all fell into the water. 4
lmmt was launched, and after an
hours exciting hunt five We're
KILLED.
GOOD FORTCNE.
In January u dog aided in saving
the lives Of the Eira crew and found
some walrus On the ice. Although,
the thermometer was seventy de-
.,r,sS below zero ut the time every
lxtly worked with IL will till the meat
and hlul'l~r were safely stored along
side the hut. This good fortune cn-
:.l'led an extra amount Of meat tO I've
c.n,ked every day. and aided cOnsiti-
eral'ly In preventing the excessive
cOl.l Of the next few weeks Ming 80
to the crew aS 1t otherwise
might have been. II was ut first
that food wCul.l he easy I"
obtain, hut in the middle Of Marcel,
there was scarcely two weeks meat
remaining. Every bear that WAS
now seen was eagerly watched.
Woe to the niaM who missed Il shot.
(;Mnl fortune howe! !er, seemed never
10 desert us.
::lscfore the eMd Of March cigh;
l":';> had been killed. and in Alri.
H.. birds came hack. Every effort
WI n'atle tO climb the cliil. The
lalui tlOe extended seven or eight
miles, :" nO walrus could l,e killed:
hears were very scarce; la,
IN June strong gale clear
ID the Ice away for twenty-i"ur
hours, and walrus were swimming in
the water in hundreds. Five were
killed in one day. For some .iavs
nothing WIS done but cooking large
coplers full Of meat and turning
L oil.
THE BOAT JOURNEY.
For the lN':t journey on jane y,
lSs:., four b<Dats started from Flora
with twenty-five men and provisions
FOr two months. Eighty miles Of
water were crossed before We en,nun-
leretl Ice. Then cur troubles began.
sometimes for days the Ltmts were
hauled up ON II Il Z. No water r"uli
he seen tO ena' H. item to prnr.al
'0utl', dragging heats over the ice Ie-
ny out "f the question on account Of
lie roughness 0f the ice. After six
weeks vt almost constant toll water
vas reached and our course was st
or Nova Zcn,bla. After yw",,in.
he water a southwest hrcvz: >prar.
~ md el,a''lp,l the lnmls IL sail
''"ut > knots an hour, but >o"m in
'rra*c'l in gale. which was as ,uuch
Is the boats could stand. \ luavy
hundcr storm came Oh, AMI lasted
"nie hours, with a heavy rain.
! lrnching every one: hu. u" one
h"ught If his wet rinti,r>. ~ We
Knew that Nova Z.lnhla n.;>l s"on
" sighted. Within twcn,y.i""r
i""rs of leaving the irc Il" ;"u:
"'at* were safely hauled rn the
,e,lcll.
THE RESClr.
1t was "n the evening Of August Al
he neSt morning after breakfast =
t.ii'N'ner was seen coming. out III the
latsrs'liycr straits. \ boat ",.Ht 10
ler. The boats crew was mos. hear.
lily welcomed hy ring:n:: rhr,,> Long
't.t"re they got alongside. The
,'''Nner proved to hc the IlI''"m
The officers -h"w,d ever!