Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14
ATLANTIC ICE RISKS.
some ~ the il~sers from iceberg. In the
IaFiy Mouths Of the Wear

become quite exercised over the frequent
reports made OF ice during ihe past ten
DAYS. The Rotterdam. Scandal and p
1"Iailh are the most recent arrivals that
nave sighted these dangers, which were
encountered during their last VOYAGES
across the ocean between ATTITUDES 45
'legs. and a. degs. and longitudes "A
degs. and 40 degs. The most definite de-
scription Of any Of the icehergs encoun.
tered was that at distance OF three
miles they appeared to be about 100 feet
high.
Next To fogs, or perhaps together with
logs, there are no more disastrous expe.
riences related than those we hear of in
connection with Ice encountered during
passage across the ocean, and Ii can.
not be wondered that in these months.
when log Is at n minimum and COM
nanders OF vessels have time to devote
their whole attention TO battling with
the elements and trying to reach port on
time IN the face of the tremendous gales
that sweep over the ocean, the report OF
ice should arouse their fears and re-
double their caution.
With the low temperature Of the sea.
son, both OF the air and the water, one
great means Of detecting the presence OF
ice is To a considerable extent denied the
navigator, and the deafening gale dead
ems sound from distance as it whistles
through the cordage and smokestack
guys, SO that the roaring Of the sea at
the base of an iceberg cannot be heard
until il Is almost too late to avoid con-
tact with 1t. The ice blink, which fire.
/ quently renders ice foes visible, even in
the darkest night, can perhaps be relied
upon To indicate their presence, although
the blink that attacks the strongest ewes
of the brightest OF lookouts when he is
/ trying To see something through driving
sleet and snow. effectually prevents his
seeing TO any great distance. The ex-
| perience OF the past few years has not
recorded ice at this season, but accounts
of former years show that il is occasion
ally To be met with and unhappily, as a
rule, disaster is included in almost every
account, so that it need scarcely be men
! toned that great circumspection is nee
essary in passing near the regions where
these dangers may reasonably be expect
recorded are quoted as of interest, show
ing the peculiar and irregular tactics
these huge masses Of ice follow, as they
charge about from place to place. some
times urged on 10y fierce gale, and then
again floating placidly along in an en-
tirely opposite direction at the mercy OF
some one of the currents or counter cur
rents to be found in the ocean, the di-
rection Of which often becoming tran
silent and contradictory owing to gales
OF wind that affect the surface of the
water very strongly as far as they ex-
tend.
In January, 1918, the brig Anne left
the harbor of Greenspond. Newfound.
land, in the morning and in the evening
OF the same day got among ice; proceed
ed thus about forty miles and at day
light next morning was completely besel.
with no opening 10 be seen in any direc.
ton from the masthead In this state
she continued about fifteen days, drift.
ing with the ice about sixty miles south.
east by east, or about four miles in ey.
cry twenty-four hours The ice had now
become very heavy, high above the sur.
face, and about twenty large bergs
were in sight. Size was altogether shut
in twenty nine days. in the last fourteen
Of which she drifted from latitude II
deg 81 min. TO latitude Al deg. 81 min
before tremendous gales of wind blow
ing the whole time from west to north
west In the course of this two hundred
and eighty mile journey more than one
hundred large islands of the solid blu,
Greenland ice" were sighted.
On the 12th of March. 1926. the bril-
Ajax, when between latitude az deg
and ~ deg, weather thick and cloudy
with squalls Of hail and snow, ran right
in between two reefs of ice, jammed to
gether apparently In a solid mass. anC
when daylight dawned thirty iceberg
$50 feet high were found surrounding
the little craft The crew got up wood
EN- Tenders and slung them over the side
to prevent being ground into toothpicki
by the surging masses of ice. Spars
bales of cotton and lengths Of cable wer,
one after the other added to save TIA,
brig from destruction.
In January, 1874, Capt Burroughs. IA
the ship Sally, met with an iceberg il
the Atlantic in latitude Is dogs, longi
tude IS degs. Later years have prove,
! the experiences enumerated above, an,
this year of exceptional weather, boil
afloat and ashore, has thus far been pro
life with reports Of ice encountered il
: the same general region that it wa
met with ia the cases cited. The theorie
lately advanced that the arctic current
which sweeps along the northeastern
shores Of this continent and the island .
Newfoundland until il loses itself unde
the heated waters of the Gulf stream
has had no existence the past few months
and that consequently the Gulf stream
has come in nearer our shores. will hard
ly stand when subjected to the searching
light of scientific inquiry. And prac
teal REPUTATION Of this theory can b
found in the changed positions OF tn
icebergs thus far sighted, which SHOW
plainly that they are being moved b,
ocean currents in the direction hereto
fore taken by this polar or Labrador cur
reut.-New York Herald
Hls Heart Out Of Place,
Physicians at Springfield, o., recentl
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