The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-09-11
FROM THE ice.
DR.. Cooks Stranded Arctic Explorers
At North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Rescued in Greenland By a Fish-
ing Schooner From the
Halibut Banks.
The Ship Had Sprung a Leak and
On the Return Was
Sunk.
Six Shipwrecked Fishermen Pick
ed up by Passing Vessels
and Brought to Port.
OTHERS PROBABLY LOST.

North Sidney, Sept. 5.-The Schoon
er Rigel, of Gloucester, Mass, Capt. G
w. Dixon, arrived here to-day, having
on board the crew and passengers o.
the steamer Miranda, which left N
Y.Julv Z with DIR. f. A. Cooks arctic
excursion. All the party are well
On August 8 the Miranda struck a
rock near Suckertoppf, West Green
land, and was abandoned in sinking
condition August 20 in Davis Strait,
latitude about 81 degrees and Is
minutes, longitude as degrees 40
minutes. The particulars of the ex-
petition and its disastrous termina-
ton are as follows:
After repairing the damage sus-
tanned by the iceberg collision of July
II, the Miranda left st. Johns, N. F.,
on July 20 and proceeded directly to
Greenland. Much ice and fog were
unexpectedly encountered off Cape
Farewell. AT one time the vessel
came near Being nipped in the foes,
the rising of the fog disclosing ice all
around. Considerable apprehension
was felt by the officers and visions of
the fate of the Jeanette and Proteus
expeditions arose among the passen-
gers, as the iron-built Miranda was
totally unfit to cope with the terrors
OF arctic navigation. But fortunately
a thin place in the foes was found
and the ship driven through. The
coast OF Greenland was so blockaded
with ice that no landing could be made
until August 7, when the expedition
reached Suckertoppf, in latitude 81
degrees 20 minutes. Leaving this
bort on the morning of the 9th for
Disco, the vessel had proceeded at full
peed about seven miles when she
truck with tremendous force on
hidden reef. ....'
Everything loose went flying for
yard. The steward, Joseph Farrell,
Vas struck by trunk and slightly
Injured. A party at breakfast found
themselves piled up with dishes and {
lands at the end of the cabin. Three
mes the high waves lifted the ship
nd let her down with a crash that
hook her from end to end. When
ne floated off great excitement pre-
allied, as the vessel was soon seen to n
settling. The boats were swung off )
nd everything made ready to aban-
on the steamer, 1t was found. how y
'er, that the main injury was be- n
cath the ballast tank, which filed
rapidly that the pumps could not
ntrol the influx. But the water-tight y
llk-head protected the other com Il
Irtments, and Eskimo pilots having
length come off in their kayaks the y
Gamer was gotten safely into harbor. !"
AS 1t was considered unsafe to pro-
ed further with the damaged vessel CT
G situation of so large a body of ii
cursionists on this inbospitable coast 81
as not encouraging, especially when
was found that the Danish steamer :,
hich regularly visits the settlement >,
d been stove in by. ice and would -
+ arrive this year, 1t began to look a.
if the expedition might have to
inter- in Greenland, and short rations
IRE served in anticipation of such In
-astrophe. 1t was learned, how co
er, through the Danish Governor DC
1t several American fishing schoon- OF
were on the halibut banks near
'lsteinburg, l20 miles nopth. To tn
ure one of these vessels DR. Cook, wv,
tn Messrs Rogers, Porter and Dun- ba
lg and four Eskinos, started for tai
banks in an open boat After
.ormy voyage lasting ten days they
nd the Rigel and brought her 10
assistance of the people on She Nc
abled steamship. The Miranda tsui
n took the Rigel in tow and left ito