The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-08
HOODS PILLS euro Constipation. Csc.

ascertained that a whaler had touched there
to Honolulu. Mr. Hamiii engaged Under
the kindly Governor to run small craft on
fn o Win ana
he would. fly on Z, whalerr, that put IN for
shipped on the bark Merlin o. New Bedford,
graft over go years eld: remained year With
as mate mat 81 s~
New Bedford; made an Arctic voyage: LEFT IN
After an Arctic cruise returned home the fol-
lowing year via Panama. after an ABSENCE of
twelve years. On the passage from San Fran
cisco to the 1sthmus on steamer Golden Gate.
IL IVY NJ; iiamili saiied from Sew Bedford
gethYe,r with thirty-io9r other whaling chips
wright Inlet. sixty miles from Point barrow.
on the northern shore OF British America A
heavy sas let il the nnk ice
escape seemed very small. There was a mar
row outlet. not as yet closed by the ice. but it
CAPTAINS Of the different ships would not leave
conference that he might as well leave the
t bones OF his vessel on the rocks as to have her
he got under Way IN ' the dense mist and but
for the marrow. unknown outlet Several
times the Midas struck on hidden shoals.
over. and Capt; Hamli at length had the salts.
faction OF finding himself in comparatively
whaiers: and In few days tho advance OF the
crews Of the thiEty-three ships LIFT behind ar;
were crushed by the incoming pack ice. giving
rise to the great disaster to the Arctic whaling
sst Gap by sef @ e S.
senmen on board his vessel The remainder
were distributed on. the other four whalers.
and blue Water was reached. Tie shipwrecked
people were taken to Honolulu. and the
ship and returned to the whaling ground
p aa% tire snD hS%s IN nv M Ba and
ford for his fayorite Arctic fishing ground.
B-."re leaving the Atlantic Ocean the ship was
her mnsts. rut into fayal and repaired. and
proceeded to the sandwich Oh. lslands. thence to
oil In September. 1876 the, Josephine. in
comnany with thirteen other blpbber boilers.
int is tire s G and i STs J me: noi
east. At length Capt. Hamill found himself on
Point Barrow. the scene OF the former disaster
OF ice prose nj ell itself on all sides. The yes
sells dritted slowly to the southeast. which was
OF the much souGht-for and discussed north
vest passa i Of TIE older Arctic explorers;
shore Hrf; OF Of Briiish america from BsHriua,s
Straits, while It skirts the coast Of Siberia. II
the Arctic Is entered on the Herald Island side;
The ll-iated leanuetts with De Long entered
the ice near Herald Island. ana was thus swept
toward Nova Iembla.
resolved to abandon the fleet. and the crews
took their departure. each ships company
says 1t was the hardest thing he ever did in his
life. There was the handsome ship sitting
sy s Up m fS hpe h
to leave her, with her valuable cargo of oil.
which he had labored go hard to obtain But
regrets were unavalIng. for the minous crack
ing Of the pack ice warned him the hour OF de-
parture. had arrived. and SO the good shin
became OF her and her oonsort is INK nown.
Whether she still Goats in her Icy inyestiture
r waste Of the OF ff IN nr
whether her ribs were crushed ~ tn. moving
iloes. and her ,imhers found II resting place on
some rocky hendlnnd. is a mystery Of stygian
RcachinG Point Barrow with great difficulty.
found two whalers reset By ice. After iomov-
ing their oil and heavy stores: the crews OF the
Lot Vessels Sc worked the two ships out and one
which Capt. HSmiii found shelter cached san
irancisep In safety; Quiet. rest on shore is
Hamill, and he ut once shipped on the bark
W. 4. farnnworth an American Vessel sailing
iulu as her Cartair. Here, ana! hGr c4p,"n, a |
Joint owner. Joined. and the ships howsprit
iss,ss s"Fnsf in Ham m"r nc hLs'' as s si
%sps Elizabeth. after '' MISSING B"hrinss
Of wind, the shin struck some heavy Ice and. !
knocking u hole In her bow. san; in twenty |
minutes lee had been seen all day. and an |
effort was made 10 beat up to wndwarl in the |
teeth Of tho gall to clear the tlncs. nut one OF |
the latter caught tha ship. and the people had !
Jus: time to take to tho hoats when the vessel |
Tell over on her beam ends ana sank to the |
bottom OF the fiGid ocean; Capt. Hamll says
the night was the ,darkest he ever remembers
The sea was rough. and there was great dar- |
ger from loose fee, hut tho men pulled all |
night in the direction of n whaer they |
had sighted the pnevious day and iust
Eeiors daylight thsE hearts we're GLAD.
dened hy seeing the SIGHT OF the tires under
her try-kettlr The shin proved To 10 the |
Thomas Pope Cnpt Adams. who did cvnry-
Of his guests
Hospitality Is a. predominating trait Of the
Arctic mariners. for no one knows when his
turn may come TO demand it. such are the
dangers OF the whalefishary In those ATTITUDES
Cart. iamil returned home overland. ana
suited on The Northern Light as llrIt mate Yns.
making n prosperous two-yeRrs' Arctic vow
age In $50 no sailed from New Bedford on
no hatk STEAMBOAT AS first mate maj" a., , nhre
tie cruise: left her Mt 'Fri-co; iooE NllWWh"r
fvcr among the Arctic ice on IL" nrI Nan
derer. also left her nj 'Frisc""n Now - 'o7f'