Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-14

ferings from Cold and Hunger
Other Matters of Interest.
ESPECIAL TO TEE SENTINEL.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 13.-The United
States revenue cutter Corwin arrived from
the Arctic yesterday morning. II has abou
100 shipwrecked whalers aboard. sh'
brings news from the Arctic fleet up to thu
goth OF August. She reports that Thu
whslers Mabel and George and Susan wer'
blown ashore in a gale of wind on Angus,
10 in Hainwright's inlet, Longitude l6t
and latitude II. Three OF the crew OF tht
Susan were lost, viz: William Lee cooper
August Wilhelm and James Evans, sea
men. The Msble is owned by VIM. Lewis
Of Marblebead, Mass, and the Susan BY
Aiken Swift, of the same place. These
are the only vessels lost since the repor'
brought down by the Thomas Pope, nor
had the fleet caught any whales since the
report Of that vessel. During the gale
the Corwin attempted to send o boat TO
the whaler Abraham Barker, but 1t cap
sized on the way. The officer of the deck
on the Corwin, seeing the accident, SEM
another boat in command Of Lieutenant
Kennedy, who, after a hard struggle, sue
ceeded In saving the boats crew. The
following day the Corwin towed the bark
Ohio to the side Of the George and Susan,
when oil the oil and bone were. transferred
The sailors of the two wrecked vessels, l7S
in number, were taken aboard the Corwin
and brought to this city. A majority OF
them will start home overland in q few
days. The survivors Of the crew OF the
wrecked whaling bark Napoleon. OF New
Bedford, were also taken aboard the Cor
win. The crew consisted OF SO officers and
seamen. After 1t was ascertained that the
vessel was in q sinking condition four
boats were manned with nine men in each,
there being scarcely time to get them
lowered from the davits, and not time to
procure the provisions. The boats re-
manned together one day and night. but
during q fierce gale and while enveloped in
a dense fog on the second day they sepa-
rated. 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 was picked up
with six of the occupants alive. The "
other boats we're not seen again, and 1t is
supposed they were lost. The suffering
from cold and hunger was intense.
twenty-five Of the crew persisted, among
them the first and third mates. One OF
them was rescued, Joaquin Khlus. from
whom the above facts were ELECTED. lie
had his feet badly frozen, and the captain
of the whaling bark had amputated his
toes prior TO his rescue.
On July / the Corwin arrived at Katie
bue Sound, from whence two explora-
tion parties set out, one under the
command OF Lieutenant Cantwell, to
proceed up the Kowak river, the other I'M
der Assistant Engineer McLennegan, to
proceed up the unexplored Naitak river.
The Corwin then continued northward
and coaled at Cape Sabine on August II.
then turned her course southwark and
arrived at Hotham Inlet on August n,
whore che found both exploring parties
who had returned after having successfully
executed their tasks. McLennegan, who
explored the Noitak river, reports having
upper head OF The Hotham Inlet. storey
was Just about to start for the interior.
The Corwin brought mail from Storey's
party. The vessel left the Arctic on Au-
gust %, and arrived at st. Michael's on
September 4. She found there Lieuten-
ant II. F. Allen, Sergeant Robertson and
F. W. Ticket, OF the United States Signal
Corps, comprising the party sent out last
year by General Miles to explore Copper
river and the region between it and the
Yukon. Here. alec, were found two
English tourists. ]. W. Garland and F.
R. Beatty, who had made a remarkable
trip from Great Slave Lake across Macken.
zie river to the Yukon, then down the
latter to St. Michael's. Both parties were
taken aboard and brought here. On Sep
TENDER 8 the Col win anchored off Halls
Island. where a 1,600.pound polar bear
was shot and killed. 1t will be sent to the
Smithsonian Institute. On October l the
vessel finally left Ounalaska for this port.
During the trip the health of oil has been
excellent. There has been no accident.
Nav calinoa-at Harris Il Mathews