The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-13
MARINE MISHAPS.
disaster and Fatalities in the
Arctic Fleet.
THE CHINESE IN THE COURTS.
+,tisticaI-SiIIiman to Get It-New
Surveyor eneral-Resumed
It's LabOrs
Marine AIishap

SAN FRANCISCO, October I2.-The
65rlciu brings news from the Arctic
feet to the 10Th of August. She reports
hat the whalers Mabel and George and
susan we're blown ashore in a gale of
wind on August 10th, in Wainwright S
Inlet, longitude los and latitude II.
Three of the crew of the Susan were
lost. viz; William Lee Cooper, August
Wilhelm and James Evans, seamen.
The MqbeI is owned by VIM. Lewis, of
Marble Head, Mass, and the Susan by
Arker Swift, of the same place.
These are the only vessels lost since the
report brought down by Thomas Pope,
nor had the feet caught any whales
since the report of that vessel. During
the gale the C0rwin attempted to send
a boat to the Whaler abraham Barker,
nut 1t capsized on the way. The officer
on deck of the Corl0iR, seeing the acct
dent, sent another boat in command of
Lieutenant Kennedy, who, after a hard
struggle. succeeded in saving the
boats crew. The following day the
C7r,pin towed the bark Ohio to the side
If the Georgs and Susan when all the
oil and bone were transferred. The
sailors OF the two wrecked vessels, l70
in number, were taken on board the
Co7pin and brought to this city. The
majority of them viii start home over
and. in a few days. The survivors of
inc crew of the wrecked whaling bark
yqDoleon. of New Bedford, were
also taken abord the CorlOjH. The
crew consisted of thirty-six officers
and seamen. After it was ascertained
that the vessel was in sinking COld;-
rionf 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 provis-
ions. The boats renamed together one
day and night, but during fierce gale
and while iRYelOped ID log on the sec
end day. they separated. On the NOR
ming Of the fourth day, the CorWln
picked IN one of these boats persons
alive, and one dead; In the afternoon
another boat was picked up
with six of the occupants alive.
The two other boats were not seen
again and is supposed they were lost.
The suffering from cold and hunger was
intense. TWENTY-FIVE of the crew per-
shed among them the first and third
mates. One of those rescued, JOsquin
khlGS, from whom the above facts were
elected, had his feet badly frozen and
Tie captain of the whaling bark had
his toes prior to rescue.
On July 1st the COrWiR arrived at
hOtgebue Sound, whence two eXplora-
ZION parties set out-one under the
command of Lieutenant CantWell, to
proceed to KOtvak River, the Othsr,
under Assistant Engineer McLennigan,
10 proceed up the unexplOred Noitak
River. The CorJgin then continued
nOrthWard, coaled at Cape Sabine, on
August 18th, turned her course south
ward, and arrived in Hotham Inlet on
August 9th, where she found both
exploring parties who had returned,
alter having successfully execu- |
led their tasks. Nc Lennegan,
who explored NOitak Ri er, reports
having met Lieutenant Stoney AND
party at the upper head of Hotham
Inlet. Stsney was just about to start
Tor the interior. The COrlUin brought /
mai. from StoRey's parry. The vesselIef !
The Arctic, Aug Ist 28th, and arrived at
st. MlChaels September 4th. She found /
there Lieutenant II. +. Allen, Sergeant
Robertson, f. w. Ticket, of the United
states Signal Corps, comprising the
General Miles 10 explore the
Copper River and the region
between it and the Yukon River. Here
also was found two English tourists, J.
". Garland, and f. Il. Beatty, who had
made the remarkable trip from Great
Slave Lake across Mackenzie River to
the Yukon, and down the latter to st.
Nichaels. Both parties were taken
aboard and brought here. On Septem-
Der Sth the C0rUin anchored off Halls
Island, where q 800 pound Polar bear
was shot and killed. 1t will be sent to |
ne Smithsonian Institute. On October |
st, The vessel finally left Qunalaska for
ms port. During the trip the health
Q y an has been excellent, and there has |
been no accident. !