Daily Republican., 1882-04-15

The Adventures Of Q Kew Lendoa
whaling Crew On Q Desert Island.

whaling Crew o. Desert Island
From the Boston Herald.
John E,mond, second officer Of til
bark Trinity OF New London, Conn. 81
rived here yesterday. He tells stor,
OF adventures that vie With those o
Robinson Crusoe. The bark Trinity
1858 tons. Captain John Williams
left New London on June l, 1880, bount
for the whaling gro luds Of the South
ern seas. She had on board crew Of
sixteen hands, and, aftev a passage Of
70 days arrived at the Cape 10 Verde
Islands. Here she shipped ninutseu
Portuguese negroes to assist in the whil-
ling, and departed the same day for
the o. uising grounds.
The Trinity" says Esmond, on Sep.
=, arrived at the uninhabitei island OF
DssolatiOn, in the South sea-, On Sep.
% we sailed frcm Desolation Islsud
towards Heard's Island, aud arrived
there October q" 1t Is the custom OF
whalers to call at Heard Island to kill
sea elephants, which abound there, and
from the blubber o which valuable oil
IL extracted. Heard's Island Is iu the
South Indian ocean. $50 miles south
aho to lat 53o an; II ion 7aO ~.
10 MI. long and frnm rnrsa m tan
miles wide With a volc,nic vroun If
in ths center ah,1ut Il oOo
feet high. 1t is cover d nearly all over
with snow and ice, the slanciers reach.
able point of t',is Il, so,ato island fh.
Trinity landed two hi mon and two
uerross with rrovisinns .nonyh for
three month n and le,t 1hsm ,hsre tn
kin sea elenhan,s and Law in a s,nck If
oil. The bark then nroc.eded r,nrI
toward the southeast and of ,hs ;slanh
here II was PROMISED 10 land another
party with the same obiect Tn, aea
however, rose tou hiuh and M hoa,s
,oulu be landed She law At anchor
here till October 18th. waiting for a
chance to reach the shore INT the
weather got WORSE MI. at midnioht IN
his dav. n heavy storm bur,t man bsr
rhe Trinity Law about three unart,r NJ
. mile from the shore. having two an
;hors out, with a ridge of reef, on tn.
,outh west. and a Lea " gale blowing
rom the northeast. She was gradual.
being driver. on the reefs. when. at
H.. October 18th. the po,i,ion was
10 perilous that Captain Williams call, Il
. council in the cabin to know whar
should be done to save their lives.
"rhe verdict soon was" says the
u.copd pata ,.,n sl;n rho cah,.s .nl Vs."
no ship on shore. The captain though
his was our ONLY chance and A. 9lL u
Il. we slipped them both and mad.
all. We were then a hard Grew to
o TX at, with a wide waste of waters
III the ct Arboa I'd bow. ice bound cliffs
nd breakers OH the not how and n
vide beach ast.rn. The shin wau n,r
afe on any tack. and death stared ma
n the face. At 10 40 she grounded
be ut fifty yards from the be czech. the
ca going clean over her. We conlL
ot lower the boasts, SO two or three of
he crew jumped overheard ard swan
shore, aud haui,d some of the q her,
D land on ropes, Soon after the shin
wung round sideways TO the surf.
,hich gave rs a good chance TO lower
boat. In this the remainder of tho
rev got on shore, all safe AMI sound
kept seven negroes who vera frost,
i'll en-. We hauled ashore also ahont
wo months provisions, which wer.
acked In casks, About 9 O'Clock At
light all hat d, put up A tilt we liz n |
re, dried our clothes a. d Inv down ~ |
q :"
From this day, OCT. II. 1891, mill III.
,scue on Jan. is, 1882, the unfurtunare
,amen lived on tins uninhahitsd 10
md, without auy comm,In,c,tinn with
10 outer world. Esmoul les rib.s The
rst realization of their lovelines, Tins.
Then our troubles appeared in their
.oper shade Wesaw thai tbera w,.
,tling buL to Robinson Crnsos II fnr
Ielye mouths at Least, for we Lna~
at no shin would come bsfors Than
e knew more three nnnths attsry.rl
an we knew then. for than wa h.aau
see that we q" mid hav. w live with
i a,v natnraif nu" Non, ,riJninh,
the first nip,'. Of their ~ inurn an shn
wn to the shore VII ,wo y, neo ""nA
W the shin pi,ea neather -nli oni
tn a violent inrrh she ynt cl.ar nv ,h
ach and a,atad awas ,.k,mn va 10y w.,
r 81. months, ~ q ;s;ors MI, WV" ,
; FLASHING hi w IN t.s .a,nnn "h
W had notbiuo bn, ,b. raunnn. WY
, island and the f,w mr,vis;''na 90 ', ~ a
d saved to depend on There 1ra vu'
nd of wild cahhage IN ths ;,s 10y T."
,ntC ard his tnIs,h or WV. VIZ i .h a ~
The saa alenh ,nts al lo ",on w.. iesh c
ths;r Yns,anan,a az" T rIho'uS, .oim
,drnn.ds On tha I,,anI IT,, "o,' W. &
,re wps fortn,a,s,v ninn.n ,''esi' ou.
,er Tho n.r,n ~, fea'y VI iieSn {
ich had h.sn nr .u - ioui n sliah'ies l
ne whalina cre eo' ,mas: JUL W G
nes and seds Tia nan,.i =" M Moou II