Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-10-22
HOME AGAIN.
With the Survivors Of Whaling Vessels on
Board.

The United States revenue cutter
Corwn arrived in San Francisco on the 10Th
inst. bringing seventeen men Of the crews of
wrecked whalers. She reports the whalers
Mabel, aud George and Susan were blown
ashore in gale OF wind on Aug. 10 in VAIN
wriehts In'et longitude 10 and latitude n.
Three Of the crew of the Susan were lost, viz,
William Lee Cooper, August Wilhelm and
James Evans, seamen. The Mabel Is owned
by VIM. Lewis Of Marblehead, Mass, and the
Susan by Aiken Swift Of the same place.
These are the only vessels lost since the report
brought down by the Thomas Pope, nor have
.he fleet caught any whales since the report Of
tsat vessel. During the gale the Corwin at
tempted TO send boat to the whaler Abraham
Barker but 1t capsized on the way. The officer
Of the deck on tie Corwin seeing the accident
sent another boat In command Of Lieut.. Ken
nedy, who after hard struggle, succeeded In
saving the boats crew. The following day
.he Corwin towed the bark Ohio to the side OF
he George and Susan when all the oil and
bone were transferred. The sailors of the two
aboard the Corwln and brought to San Fran
cisco. The major ty Of them will start home
overland in few days.
The survivors Of the crew of the wrecked
whaling bark Nap leon, Of New Bedford, were
also taken aboari the Corwin Tie crew con-
sisted OF thirty six officers aud seamen. After
I was ascertained that the vessel was In
sinking condition, four boats were manned
with nine men In each, there being scarcely
lime to get them lowe ed from the davits and
40 time to procure prov sions. The boats re-
NAMED together one day and q night, but
Turing the fierce gale and while enveloped in
log on the second day they separated. On the
morning OF The fourth day, the Corwin picked
up one of the boats with eight persons alive
and one dead. In the afternoon another boat
vas pick d up with six of the occupants alive.
The two other boa were not seen again, and
Is supposed they were lost. The suffering
from cold and burger was intense. Twenty
two OF the crew perished, among them the first
Joa luin Khlus, from wi ON the above facts
we're ELECTED had his feet badly frozen, and
he taptain of the whaling bark had amputated
his toes prior to his rescue.
On july the Corwin arrived at Kotzesbue
Sound, whe ice two exploration parties set out,
Santwell to p-o,eed up the Kowak
RIVER, the otter unGer As istant Engin-
.er McLennegan, 20 proce d up the unexplored
No. ak liver. The Corwln then continued
I'd her course so ithward. arrived at Hotham
inlet Atg, "a. VIII r"s found both exploring
parties, who had ct rnei sitter having sue
&c 'sfully executed ...ir asks
Mel, n cyan, who explored Noiak River,
ref orts hav ng met Lieut. S,oney and party at
g upper head of Hotham Irlet. Stoney was
Just about o start for the interior. The Cor
Win brought mall from Stoney's party. The
vessel left the Arctic August 70 and arrived at
T. Michaels Sept mbsr 4; found there Lieut..
7. Allen, sergt Robertson, r. w. Ticket OF
The United Signal Corps, comprising the party
cnt out last year by Gen. Miles to explore the
Upper River and the region between II and
he Yukon River Here also were found two
English 10 iris 9, j. w. Garland and II. r.
b atty, who had made remarkable trip from
treat Slave Lake across the Mackenzie River
70 Yukan, and down tie latter to st. Michaels
Both parties were taken aboard and brought to
San Francisco.
On September the Corwin anchored of
Halls Island, where 1000 pound polar bear