Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-04
PERILS OF ALASKA.
Incidents Of the Trip Made BY the
Revenue Cutter Thomas
Corwin.
The Remarkable Rescue OF Eight Drown.
ins seamen During Heavy GaIc-A
Momcntous Voyage.

OF the voyage OF the revenue cutter
Thomas Corwin, which appeared In the
Times Of October 10, the following from
the San Francisco Bulletin of the same
date will prove Of interest,
The officers of the Corwin are Cant. NJ
A. lIealy, commander; First Lieut.. David
a. Hall, executive officer, First Iieut
John w. Howison, Third Lieut.. q. ID.
Kennedy, navigator; Third Lieut.. j. c.,
Cantwoll, Chief Engineer Daniel Il, Kelly.
First Assistant Engineer A. l.. Broadbent
Second Assistant Engineer s. b. McI.ene
gan, Surgeon II. W. Ncmans, Pilot j. II,
Douglass,
The Corwiu, upon starting out this
sea on, II viii be remembered, broke her
crank-pin ut Oonlaska, aud had TO come
down TO san Francisco under sail TO be
repaired, She started back as soon as a
new crank-piu had been secured, and ar.
rived at her cruising ground IN time TO
enter upon her duties, and only one or
two days later than last year.
After leaving Lleut. Benham on otter
island, and taking on board Licnt Cant.
WELL who had been stationed there, the
Corwin proceeded TO the Arctic. AZ st.
MichaePs everything was found in its
usual state. Thence the vessel went to
Golowin bay, meeting ON the way the
schooner Bonanza, with u mining party
and supplies for the Omalik mines, under
charge OF Capt. Dickson The Indian set
Elements along the coast were visited as
the vessel steamed north, and whatever
whisky was found was destroyed But
the whisky traffic is rapidly growing less,
owing TO the close watch kept upon It,
and nearly all that is obtained comes
from the Asiatic shore.
On July the Corwin broke through
the ice aud entered kotzcbue sound,
eight days earlier than the same point was
reached last year, Here there were sent
out two exploring expeditions, one under
command Of Lieut.. Cantwell, to proceed
up the howak river, and explore the re.
| gion through which IL flows, part OF
which has never been visited by white
man. The other expedition was under
command of Assistant Engineer McLene-
| gan, ana was to proceed up the hitherto
uneNplorcd Noitak river. As soon ms
these parties had been landed the Corwin
proceeded north, aud on July 10 met the
/ bark Dawn, partly disabled by ice, having
three tinlbcrs broken, her cutwatcr and
rudderpost damaged, besides other in
10 Grantley harbor, where She was 10 he
repaired.
INC Corwin tbon tplned bacl, Jplv ~
and began TO sound alopr the siberian
coast with a view of Hndiur and examu.
inc A harbor recently repurtpd tbpre m
was fond. however. Chat thp horbor v.,,s
mpracticnble, OWING 10 Che shalloNness
of the water.
Bat from July "a to ~ examination
was made OF Melchigme bny. siberia.
with rho result that II vas fonnd IA be !,
very excellent hnrlior. with fourteen
futbons OF water and almost land.jortcd
.Julv " the bnrk Dawn. having bcpr
repaired, left Grntey hlrbor and pro.
ccedcd on her cruise. and the Corwin,
having returned from Siberia 10 sac HOY,
She was progressing. capttired three du
scrtrrs. whom she subsequently nut on
board the Dawn In the Arctic. August
she Communicated with the Indian rem.
dezvons station nd ilothnm inlet, and lef,
suppljes for the cynlorers. August o sb,
fell IN with the whaling Acct of Point
Marsh
AZ This time there was heavy ice TO tho
north. The next div there arose II strono
gale from tho northwest, during which
many of tho whnlers lost an anchor, and
some two. Some shipped their anchors
and mt 10 sen. At the beginning of the
Iblow n boat from the bark Abraham
porErr ,vns visiting tho Cnr,yin. and tho
crpw m once nttemptcd To regain their
vessel. hut the sen rose SO rapldly and
hecomn so hipb md rough Tint tho bont
WAS capsizrd whom yerv near rs snip.
Thon ihnsr was performed n leat which
those who witnessed lt claim 60 have been