New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-26
CRASHED INTO AN ICEBEhu'
THE BARK CASHMERE HAS A NAkho"
ESCAPE FROM DESTRUCTION.
sur COMES INTO PORT WITH HER IRON STEM
LASHED on DECK-DRIvEN INTO
CAVE IN THE BERG.


CAVE IN THE BERG.
Rusty and battered clad in seaweed and OAR
naclce. and with her iron sides dented ny '"o
impact of icebergs, the British bark Cashi'.'o
sailed proudly into port yesterday morning iV'
ovor half a wear she had battled with wlh",
Goa and ice She narrowly escaped being gronno
10 bits between icy millstones, yet she eSc'p'"
all dangers and imped into Erie Basin yeS'er,"
like scared old veteran. Allow anu "o.'
she bore marks Of her experiences In Ahtarc',o
fields of ice Her 6gurehead. the prouu Ca'"
mere prince. is now under the waves near O'p
Horn: her big twcnty-four-inch steel oowSp'''
was dashed on deck and her shattered sizes WIN
patched with thin sheets Of metal.
The sturdy bark left Pisagua on January T.
laden with nitrate of soda Her conin'a.u..'
Cap,ain Thompson, had sailed tho seas for ior'S
years. and twenty times he had taken vessels
around the Horn. On the night OF February %
the captain was leaning over the rail looking a'
the sea. lie saw something which looked ike d
ratch Of foam. He looked closer, and saw thao
Il was bit of drift ice The Captain knew tha'
that little piece of ice meant icebergs ana ne'oS
or ;co not far away He ordered his men TO Keep
n sbarp lookout for icebergs On February 20
n solitary berg was seen at a distance nom '"o
bark Next day there were stu evidences ''aC
the vessel was in regions Of ice In the duSh VI
the evening Third Mate Pontet was on the ioi'
castle head with pair Of opera glasses whicn ','o
Captain had given him, and was scanning '''o
horizon The hour was 10 p. m
Mate Pontet leaped hurriedly upon the deck
and ran aft, yelling Iceberg over us ihcn
the sturdy bark crashed into an enormous p'rs'
here was a wrenchng Of plates, crash oil SpafS'
tho rattle Of falling rigging, low, "ruhchihs
noise: then an eddy of wind caught the sails OIL
the vessel. and the Cashmere driited away from
the embrace of the icy monster Again the "ihu
caucht the sails and the bark crushed into 'ie
berg q second time. The bowsprit, a tune Oh
steel twenty-four inches in diameter at the p's''
was broken in two. and the upper part was 'eie
scoped into the lower portion. lhe great 'uo"i",
mass Of steel was driven through beams ana
timbcrs into the hold. So tightly had the force
Of the collision wedged and jammed it into the
vessel that steam crane was required to eXtrca'c
il at Rio Janeiro.
Tho iron bulwarks were ripped away like paper
on the starboard side. The forward plates start'u
and the rivets flew The fgurehead. a bcJewelld
and turbancd Indisn prince, overwhelmed VIII"
iron ice and shame, sank beneath the waves 10
;s M moro An avalanche Of ice poured down
upon the vessel. Huge masses broke INTO rag
rnonts as they fell upon the deck, anu INC pi'cfs
boundl AFT like sSttlcs. The forward part oil inc
vessel looked like turtle clad in icy scales Inc
chunks of ice bigger than a Ncw-iork iccmah ever
dreamed of in his most generous mooh rolied from
,ha nile and went bounding and humping over 'he
deck 49,, ,.,..,
L. WAS one of these fragments wmch KhocAc"
Albert the Belgian seaman, from ms lee'' IT,
ceivcd him as he sat down and carrien MN aS'"i"
Albert had Just crawed out ON his per,i, 'T
,oId bis rubbcr boots in ono hand. and with nv
~. - Md his head, which had been'struck
by hit Of ice A.. o,i,o
Ro,cia,,. a. he sped over the slippery deck upon
his icy stced. Since that daS hc "'0
known by the name Of "Kopf
The widest panic prevailed on board the park
rr.o r,e, wore hurled from their berths ny th'
sbocl, and then they heard tie fall oi 'hc I''
and thc ronding Of iron and steel. IheS NJ"
,be forward part of the vessel wreck oo"h w
,be ,vatcr line They rushed 10 the pumps p"'
,bo collision bulkiead had not been P'nrlttai.'u
and there was no danger Of the VesS',i snN,mo ,'r
Peforc the terrified crew conlI DO any mn II. Pfr
~cnt IL the bark was caught by 'lic Wits ~"
,hc third time and borne far nndcr Wv pr pr
ccting edge OF the berg. lh"y i1unu iiu ho,'c
selycs in a huge cave, when aich'd MS"
them. :. ~ ov,ro,,oIv ncrilous
nIoce She had been drawn into cave cut Ih.o
The side of the mighty ice mountain. t a,in"Ss W
omv ,m moment mass Of ice weighing thousands ci
S toms might become detached and spk I- II. Gar% nnrt
The man at the wheel put the helm haIh 10 pIf, orr,
hn,tom n grated on the underlying mass OF iee am
s%c oinost grounded on an icy bar. IL was WIN
thankful hearts that the crew OF 'hc ,asl'''lri'
found themselves the way TO the open 800 s,,,
Thn cashmcrn ran into the iceberg about 800
miles from the Falkland Islands, and put into kio
Janeiro for repairs.