Smyrna times., 1890-12-24
rvcrlMs OF WAVE AND wHALE.ss
The AwfuI Fate OF Ten Men in the Storm
OlrhOtsk Sea.

The AwfuI Fate oi Ten Men in the stormy
OlShOtsk Sea.
The two most modest entries made on
Change recently we're the arrivals oi Uhe
Whaling vessels Charles ". Morg' n ii,l
the steamer Norwhal. Beyond tue
routine fact of their catches no reports
were given by the officers. Yet the
Morgan lost six Of her crew in the
Okhotsk Sea, and the NOrwhal lost four
of her sailors, who were swept TO eter-
nifty by iatal tidal wave.
The Norwhal left here at the beginning
OF the season. Her cruise was without
incident until she arrived in the vicinity
OF Cape Lishurne, point noted for tn"
furious gales which sweep inshorA. I"e
Norwhal arrived eff the Cape as blind
h.g hurri ane was blowing, accompanied
by seas winch rose over the vessel an
d .lu"Pd its deck with tons of water.
Toward midnight the gale blew ter
rife hurricane. There were on the deck
watch at the time John Campbell. NJ m
uel Martin. n tarsOn. Frank Pezoro,
and two other sailors. Without warn
:ng n huge sea gathered and doomed up
through the tarkr esS ike b ack pallto
the terrified sa lOrs. The next instant,
with a mighty oar, it d shed over the
deck of the Norwhal. carrying SIX men
H..
their danger. BY singular but iortu'
nate circums -ance tho huge wave re-
coled from the shore and threw two OF
the swamped men or Their vessel. They
had received no injuries beyond few
conclusions and passing nervous pros
tratiOn. But their tOur comrades, WaOSe
names have been mentioned, were Eever
seen again. A considerable portion OF
the vessel lu.warks was swept away
and other serious damage was sus-
TIMED.
Another fatality fully as thrilling as
that of the NOrwhal. which caused the
deaths Of six men instead OF four, visited
the whaler Charles w. Morgan. She spent
considerable portion of her time in tn
OkbOtsk S "a. On Sept. l a whale was
cspied stones throw away from the
vessel. The Morgan was about 100 miles
IF land. A heavy gale was llshing the
sea into fury, and sometime elapsed be-
fore the whalers determined to give bat
tie to the ''bOwhead" from a small boat
it was lowered, with the following out
| fit: Second Mate Martin. BOltsteereI
! Griflths. James Cook, b. T. Hargrave
| u. Stevenson, and John Peters. Two
other bouts were subsequently lowered
hut the second mate was the first tt
reach the whale and admin ster har
poon to him. Stung by the pain, the
! monster took beeline from the vessel
arriving several hundred fathoms Of lint
and tho 'cOnd mates bOlt with i'm.
! His desperate rush was checked by
Lomb Lance which was fired into hin
from the hOlt Scarcely had the sho
ben fred than the whale turneI ant
dashed toward the small boat. On
wish Of his tai smashed the frail Graf
and threw the SIX doomed men into tn
gale-blown "a. The whale was last seer
scudding away, carrying the line AM
the rpmnants Of the boat with him
Ca t. Lvtton of the Morgan sailet
straight fol the spot where the desperat
battle occurr d. but II a trace could b
found Of tho faolrss men who had fruit
.csslv battlnd o"l,fr in the ocean. Thei
eud was as my=te ions as it was impre7
sive an awful, aud with a gloom
memoir and shOrtene crew the sailor
the Morgan ct I cir dead cOmrade
and ST aprPd north