Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28


,aller before or since. and In fact went 70
far aud atald 30 long that an expedition
wns ssnt into afctic waters for his relief
When Kane set out 10 May. 1898. the only
positive knowledge of the lost expedition
~ arctic waters was that IN July, 1915 q
whalor had spoken the vessels In the center
Of Biiin's bay moorcd to an iceberg and
awaiting an opening into Lancaster sound,
Il being the dream Of frnnklln's lie 70
discover northwest passage, Kane had
followed frnnklln's supposed route wet.
ward from Lancaster sound with the Do
Haven expedition In isiO-t. and believed
that the lost party had penetrated 20 an
open polar sea aud persisted, OF. having
found abundant routlshment In tho Ani.
mails " sea aud land. was still intact. lie
decided 10 make for that polar sea.
The Kane expedition was fitted out--ns
others % the Franklin search series had
b-,n-by private fund. Their vessel WIS
the Advance, n brig Of ~ tons that bad
been on the De Haven trip. aud was u good
haller % we'll ~ stanch and easily man.
AGED. The commander. Kane, aud ten Of
biz comrades we're detailed from tho United
States navy. DR.. |. l. Hayes went a. sur.
gcou Of the expedition. The party mum.
berrd eighteen aud all vero volunteer,
by hold navigation. rejecting the oanons Of
former voyhgsrs and nnding methods and
channels for himself. Rahe reached Smith
FOUND In August lie was In latitude ~
on the northeastern shore OF Greenland.
After a series Of most wonderful adyen,
lures and escapes Ia trying 10 bore through
the fields aud mountains Of Ice, the dnr.
iug men at last found their vessel dry
dnokcd by the action Of the Ice Ia latitude
'Sdess. GminS, ousltude 10 degs. ~ Minis
From this position tho brig never moved,
aud the explorer. made II their home for
two years while prosecuting their searches
on foot aud In sledgcs. golngas far north M
latitude ~ dogs. "a mInS
Before being driven into their iccbound
dock the daring yosagers had q marvellous
csoape from wrcek Ia n terrible hurricane
that swept before IL vast foes Of ice. with
berg, mountains high. and tho vessel Ia
the midst In danger u being crushed be-
tween oolllding monsters or by them dashed
upon the PERCEPTIONS coasts. Tho storm
struck them on Aus. 90, while thu Advance
was picking her way through tho sound,
close 20 the Greenland shorc. whore the leo
Ind separated from the land by tidal action.
Tie best hawscrs snapped like twine when
az attempt was made to make fast TO u
small island Tor shelter from the gale. Il;
WIS blowing Ia shore aud The narrow chan.
bel was fest closing ahead, whlla the vessel
bumped and teraped along ledge Of Ice.
Tue anchors would not hold. the ono bnrs
resources was the helm, which enabled the
tkillful mariners 20 shift course and dodge
ths p0ndeFous ico rams bearing down upon
their gallant brig.
A. lNss a group Of bcrgs that had nc
quircd powerful momentum 0f their own
were sighted bearing down on the ledge
where The Advance was gliding hclplessly
and threatening 20 crush her ut % blow.
Eortnnatelyn low berg, making IL way
swiftly through the drift, came alongside
the vessel. aud by a sklllhl movement an
muhor was made last 10 II. with this
rapidly diving monster serving ~ once for
tow horse and an icrplow the Advance
dashed through the fast closng channel,
actually .cfaping the ice walls OF the brrgs
when they ware within forty feet 81 tho
jagged ledge upon which they were rusa.
Ing with a yelu,itythst would have ground
the sbip - Htcuis ~ though Il were she'll
Aftcr this miraculous deliycrAnca from an
awful death the vsyasgu carried their yes.
sol Into pool Of opan water aud anchored
between huge berg aud tho driving gale.
So great wa, tie force Of the storm that
tho berg swaisd until ~ pinnacle over.
hung the vessels deck. Finally the shore
lee WA reached aud then nlpping bggin.
The shouwari fUu OF the berg was low.
even sluplng 10 the waters edge, and up
this Inclined plane the Advance was slowly
and steadily h,isted to u dry dock. lcing
shovel up by loose masses OF Ice which the
same motion carried up after H.
The gale passed, leaving tho vessel help
les in the Ice. Kane lost no time. how.
ever, In the prosecution Of his purpose, On
the aQth OF August. with seven yolun'
tecls, he lsft the brig IN a whaloboat aud
pushed notthward through tields OF noat.