Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-21
AFFAIRS ABROAD.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE EEcoRD-uNIoN.l
FrightfuI Experience of Vessels Among
the Icebergs.

Frightful Experience of Vessels Among
the Iceberss.
HALIFAX, May 20th.-The steamer ORA
coma already reported arrived disabled,
presented Il curious appearance as she
locked Her stern, from the l6-feet
Tor ten feet or more up, is
fiattened back about three feet on the port
and five feet on the starboard, while above
this the stern is split perpendicuiarly as
though struck by an immense battering-
ram Captain Rangstcr reports We left
Charente May 8th, and passed out of the
river May 9Th. We had fine weather to the
Banks apd passed the first iceberg on Sat
urday morning, the 10Th inst, at : o clock.
The wind was then sOutherly and the
weather misty. About l p. N. the wind
shifted to the north and the weather cleared
up. The night was dark ard cloudy.
There was 10 fog, and the steamer was go
ing AT full speed. Al 10 p. Il the second
iceberg was passed the wind being south
west At II p. NJ. we, saw what appeared
to be 4 tog bank on our StarbOard bow.
Being appr, b nsiYc OF danger, orders were
givcn to put the helm hard a-starboard, the
engine at the same time being stopped.
Then we could see that the supposed
fog bank was Zee. ~ it was impossible to
avoid the ice by the use Of the helm, the
engines were backed at full speed; but they
had not been moving in this direction over
a minute, ana the crew had scarcely had
time to leave the torecastie, before the ship
came in violent collision with the iceberg,
making a terrible crash. The iceberg had
come in full view when the engines were
running at full speed The crew thought
~
were hurriedlv made to aban-
don her, while the glittcring tower of
ice ,rtakingiv disengaged itself and
slowly driftei oil. The Captain
made an examination Of the bow,
and discovered that the dam
age was all before the collision bullihead
1t was also found that the ship was making
no water Being steel ship, the plates had
not broken, but were simply doubled in,
forming sort OF breakWatcr for the bulk
head. No further accident occurred, but
thick weather was experienced until the
steamer arrival in port. Alter diScharg-
ing her Halifax freight the Dracona Will
proceed to Montreal without waiting for
repairs.
QUEBEC. Nav 20th-The crew of the
Norwegian ship Aloen, lost in u collision
with an iceberg, arrived to-day. They re-
port that the ship having become firmly
TANNED into the iceberg. the boats were
cot out. Twelve men got into the first boat,
which was speedily carried out OF the YES
SCI Ttdch- ~ 9IN more OF lht crew re-
NAMED dh"'het boaI was GOT OUT but she
AT once SW1iilpea ana ht!ea. Matters had
oeSuh 10 iopN serious ior 'hoa' Oh inc YES
SCI. When t!e hIsJ nuai managed 20 get
Wllhln haIHuS distance ana ne was
thrown 70 her, aud She was hauled ai"EE-
SIDE. Inc remainder OF the crew succeeded
III boarding i'ei except one, Jonah Rome, q
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" INNIPEs, May -pth.-DSpatches to the
Hudson Bay Company to-day announce
that several at thelr most important posts
In North Saskatchewan have been destroyed
and piundeTed by the Indians. All the
goods were carried away or burned, and
the officers ana people We're turned adrit
10 StarVe- The post at Green Lake. 200
mics h9fth OF Edmonton, toward AtAa-
pasc'i' was also treated III the manner de-
ScFl9ed. inc loss 81 Inc company Will be
great. Is the goods, worth hundreds of
thousands dollars, in transit to northern
posts were III VFeeh Lake post.
LORD MELGUND5' Return TO OTTAWA.
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