Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-11-20
sAvED FROM THE JAWS or DEATH.
Twenty-Five sailors Escape q Horrible
Fate I'm the rctac Sea.

From the New York Herald
telegram from st. Johns, N F.. November
Is, says: The fortunate iuterposition OF the
Newfoundland whaling steamship Eagle pre-
vented a repetition OF the horrors of starvation
and death so mournfully associated with the
Greedy Arctic expedition. The Eagle arrived
here yesterday and brought twenty-five Peter
head whalemen, who abandoned their vessel on
the eastern side of Davis straits. The follow
ing account is CLEANED from the officers and
crew of the lost whaler
THE WRECK OF THE CATHERINE
On the 18th Of March the whaling ship Cath
crime, Capt. Bepzie, well equipped and manned
with crew OF twenty-five men, sailed from
Peterhead, Scotland, for Cumberland gulf and
DAVIS straits 10 prosecute whaling and sealing.
On the voyage westward as tar as the neighbor-
mood OF the fishing ground storms and turbulent
seas characterized the voyage The ship rolled
ana strained ana labored heavily. Early in
May the Catherine rounded Cape Farewell and
was headed for Davis straits
Inc weather was most unpropitious for the
prosecution Oh Tie voyage and no work was
accomplished down Ia September on the 3oth
OF this month the Catherine leaked SO badly
tnat IL became necessary 10 beach the ship and
accordingly she was stranded on the eastern
side OF Davis straits. She had not been besched
Ions before she Tell over on her starboard side
Unuer the impact OF a heavy sea her bottom
ana side were pierced and crushed by the ROCKS
OF the reef and before evening she was a COM
plete wreck.
Meantime, the boats were disengaced from
the wreck. Some provisions and clothing
charts and other nautical instruments were
saved ana placed in the boats and "A departure
taken for the northward. the most probable
route TO cross the home We rd-bound track OF
any late Scotch or Newfoundland whalers.
Two hundred miles of rough water were traV-
ersed by the whalers with sails ana oars. Ten
Gays and nights were occupied in comprising
THIS distance.
LANDING AMONG sAvAGEs.
The crew suffered terribly from continuous
EXPOSURE. Their clOf lipr w.
they had no fire. Their limbs were crampea
from being imprisoned in the small space avail
able IN a little boat, and Very dismal prospect
iooined before them. At length about sunset
black Head Island was reached, and the whalers
landed ana hauled up their boats on this island.
mere tney found a station house established
ana owned by Williams q sons OF London 1t
was very sparsely provisioned and was con-
trolled 10y a Russian named Frederick Sheer
mann mann, assisted 10y German gunner and an
ltallan COOK. here the PeterLead whaiers
were treated with a barbarous inhospiiality
fortunately rare among civilized men. The
shlpwreeked sailors We're denied shelter under
the station house roof. Their clothes dripping
with sea spray We're left outside to freeze and
the fisher wallis were constrained to seek refuge
Who had pitched their camps tor the season on
Black Island.
KINDLY EsoUIMAux.
These warm hearted people divided with the
Peterhead whaiers the meagre sleeping space of
their wigwams and the warmth OF their camp
AiN's N.Y. eSoA SNSonS tEsif sttt anu WAL
rus blubber. -Four days were passed under
these conditions. AT length. after much sus-
pense and gloomy forebodings about noon on
the 10th welcome sail was sighted. Signals
were immediately hoiSted and the vessel
proved 10 be the steamship Eagle, OF ST. Johns,
NJ
She bore down on the island, and I'm a short
time had transferred the whalers from the
shore to The ship. There were a. the time OF
the rescue rot more than eight or nine weeks
provisions To meet the the demands of the per-
manent residents, the EsQuimatlN and the ne "
contingency oil whalers. The Eagle the
last ship in the Arctic, and without her proyi-
Dental lnterpoSitlon there must have been a
terrible loss OF human life. Landed yesterday
from the Eagie, the shipwrecked whalers were
comfortably lodged by the shipping master at
ST Johns.