The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-17
WREcKED wHALnRs-
90" 'AoAtstutle OF People that III. s,oo,
corvin Picked Up.

| -. pan FRANCISCO, October 12.-The United
J. J.a'es sloop 'Corwin," which arrived to-
taS. th! .,og o0rngs news from the Arctic feet te
one 1o1n day Of August. She renorts th.
wnaiers mabel" and "Georpe" and
susan were blown ashore in the Gale ~,
WING VINO on August 10th in Wainwright r
ev, Th., lonet'tude 1902 and latitude II,
- nee %! 0i Gne crew Of the Susan were lost
vi III William Lee Cooper, August Wilhelm
=. "u James Evans. seamen. The mabel
rs rs owned by William Lewis, of Marblehead
Mass, and the "Susan" by Aiken Swift
vi cne same place. These are the only
vessels lost since the report had been
Drought down by the Thomas pope" nor
hao the neet caught any whales since the
report OF that vessel. During the gale the
Cnr"in' attempted to send a boat to the
abraham Barker"
but 1T CApsIzED
on the way. Tho officer of the devk on the
C"rwin. seeing The accident, sent another
boat In command Of Lieutenant Kennedy
VINO, after hard struggle. succeeded in saw.
ing the boats crew. The following day the
'Corwin" tOwed the bark ''Ohio" to the
side OF the George" and Susan" when all
the oil and bone was ira nsferred. The sail
ors OF the two wrecked vessels, 178 in NUN.
Der, were taken aboard the 'COrwin' ard
brought to- this city. The majority OF them
Will start home overland in a few days. The
survivors Of the crew OF the wrecked whaling
bark Napoleon" New Bedford, were also
taken aboard the "Corwin." The crew
consisted OF thirty-six officers and seamen.
After it was ascertained that the vessel
was in d sinking condition, four boats were
manned with nine men in each, there being
scarcel time to get them lowered from the
davits and not to procure provisions. The
boats remained together one day and night,
but during the fierce gale and
WHILE ENvELoPED IN FOG,
on the second day they separated. On tn
picked up one OF the boats with eight per-
sons alive and one dead. In the afternoon
another boat was picked up with six of
the occupants alive. sThe two other boats
were not seen again and it il supposed that
they were lost. The suffering from cold and
hunger was intense. Twenty-Five of the
crew perished, among them the first and
third mates. One of those rescued, Joa-
quin Klaus, from whom the above facts
were elected, had his feet badly frozen and
the captain of the whaling bark had ampu-
tated his toes prior to his rescue: On July
first the "Corwin" arrived at Kotzesbue
sound. whence two expedition parties set
out, one under the command of Lieutenant
Cantwell, to proceed up Kowak river, and
the other under Assistant Engineer McLen-
negan, to proceed up the unexplored Moitak
river. The "Corwin" then continued north
ward and coaled at Cape Sabine. On
August 18th she turned her course south
ward and arrived at Hotam inlet August
9th, where she found both exploring par
ties, who had returned after having sue
cessfulIy
EXECUTED THEIR TASKS.
McLennegan, who explored Moitak river,
reports having met Lieutenant Stoney and
party at the upper head Of Hotham Inlet,
and Stoney was just about to start for
the interior. The '.'Corwin" brought mail
from Stoney's arty. The vessel left the
Arctic August 28th, and arrived at St.
Nicholas September 4th. Found there
Lieutenant H. F. Allen, Sergeant Robert
son and F. w. Fickel OF the United States
Signal Corps, comprising a par sent out
last year by General Miles to explore Cop
per river and region between it and Yukon
river. Here he also found two Eaglish
tourists. j. w. Garland and F R. Beatty,
villa had made II reD,arkable trip from tie
Great Slave lake across Mackenzie river to
Yukon, down the latter to St.
Michaels. Both parties were taken aboard
and brought here on September Sth. The
.'Corwin" anchored off Halls Island, where
d 600 pound Polar bear was shot and
killed. 1t will be sent to the Smithsonian In
stitute On Octoner lst the 'essel finally
left Ounalaska for this port. During the
trip the health of all has been excellent.
There has been no accident.