Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-02-26
A MASS OF SOLID ZOE.

The FIshing Schooner Lydia A. Har-
vey Picked Up At Sea in n Helpless
and Sinking Condition - Her Bow
SPIRIT the Size or a Bogshead aud
Her Foresail Five Times Its Regu.
lar Size, Being One Body OF Solid
Ice.
Boston, Feb. 25.-Had the many people
who frequent T. wharf regular on Sun
days paid visit there to day they would,
have been treated to rare sight. The
spectacle was the fishing schooner Lydia
A. Harvey of Boston, She WAS picked up
at s O'Clock Saturday night between Boston
light and Minots by the tug Kate Jones in
a water logged and helpless condition and
towed to Boston.
She is lying at the south side of T. wharf
with her mainsail and her jib partly hoist
ed ard completely encssed in Ice. Her bow
spirit IL a. large "a an ordinary sizsd hogs
head while her fore sail, which is furled, ia
Ave times Its regular size, b sing one solid
body of ice. The only anchor left and Ca
BILE is also buried under tons of ice. not
withdrawing the crew worked Yearly all
day trying to break the suchor aud cable
out. Parts of her rigging are carried away
and dragging in the water. She has the
appearance of q floating iceberg.
When the tug fell in with the Harvey
the latter was in . sinking condition and
could not have aoated more than two
hours longer. The crew had no avenue of
escape, as the six dories aboard were frozen
solid and were 80 full of ice that they could
not be extricsted. Eight of the crew were
| frost bitten during Friday and Saturday,
but only two were badly used up.
Captain Jameson of the Harvey, states
/ that she left Boston on the 9th of Fsbru-
| sry, bound for Casper bank with q crew of
| twelve men. She subsequently put Into
| Portsmouth. After leaving the latter port
| she encountered a heavy northessterly
| broke main boom and carried away fore.
sail. During this storm she put into
Gloucester for repairs. After completing
| repairs at Gloucefter she left for Jefferies
bank.
On last Thursday night while anchored
on Jeffsries q heavy northwesterly gal.
sprung up, and ct ave O'Clock the mex
morning the Harvey broke adrift. An at
tempt was made to reach Gloucester. which
was the nearest port. The gale in tn
meantime was blowing with such violsnc,
that it was difficult to keep the vessel OF
her course, heavy seas continuing all day
sweeping the vessel, and frozs as they fell
They formed solid Toe. She became d
iced up she could not be put on either tack
At Q O'Clock Saturday morning whel
ten miles from Thatcher island she spranI
alssk and the gale continued with unabas
ed fury. Not being able to tack, the yes
col drifted around hslplsssly and com
menoed to drift to the westward. Ths
day the iibboom and bobstay were carrie
away and other damages received. Two O
the crew were kept constantly at tn
pumps, while the remainder were KEEP
busy bailing with buckets. That day th
l.. weather was bitterly cold and the vspo
so thick that the vessels length could nc
, not be discsrned. Every few minutes tn
men were forced to retreat to the cabin.
The vessel, after drifting from Thstcl
er's island to below Harding's ledge, WIS
finally picked up by the Kate Jones an
towed to T. wharf, reaching there short
< | after 8 O'Clock.