Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-06
THE MIRANDA SUNK
Cooks Ship Struck a Hid
den Reef.
NO LIVES WERE LOST.
End of the Arctic Expedition for
This Season.
MUTINy OF THE ENGINEERS

Greenland Coast. where 1t Wa. Mt
First Thought the Party Would
Have 10 spen' wintcr-The nj
gel Secured ~ Return Made.
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North Sydney. C. B.f ~, Copy
righted. 1894, by the Ass, 's1ress)
The schooner Rigel OF .1ucester,
Mass, Captain C. w. Dixon, arrived
here today, having on board the crew
and passengers of the steamer Miranda,
which left New York July Z. with DR..
f. A. Cooks arctic expedition. All
members OF the party are well. On
August 9 the Miranda struck rock
near Sukkertoppf, west OF Greenland.
and was abandoned In sinking con-
dillon on August 20 in Davis strait
latitude about 81 degrees Is minutes,
longitude So degrees 40 minutes. The
particulars Of the expedition and it's
disastrous termination are as follows
After repairing the damage sustained
by the iceberg collision OF July II, the
Miranda left St Johns. N. T.. on July
,ord Ntnoh a. -, a.. ~, ,,.o.-...
al, o,,a.,,,,.., ~ -, -
ono ,,r,o ,ha 800, - -" ,'.,..s
nipped in the foes At one time the
r,,ns,a,.,,,,, ..,,rs,,.,...,.., -, 81. -
e.. oroons -, 49,, =, ,,a a.. -
a., roa,o,,. o., ,r,,,,,,,. o,.,,o,i,,tor,
oro., a,,,,.. ~. ,,..,..,,.., ~
III, ,,,u. ,,,,..,. ,,,, ,,s.,,,, "a. =,
,,,,,, A. -. - -
r,,,or IN, ,ortrnato,y hIn n,,ce
a.. ,ta a. 40. $50 "a no s,,tn
a-,,,a,, ,,,,,,,,,,, M ,,,,,t,,,ast ooas,
49,, IL. a..
Vi "'eei'la"u was 30 ''oeN'u W." ~
that no landing could be maze uhul
August Z. when the expedition reached
sulxkertopnf In latitude e5 degrees 25
-
minutes
Leaving this port on the morning or
the 9Th for Disco the vessel had pro-
-. ,i,o,,, sa,,s,, ,,,,ras a, nm sneed
-. r..,
wheh sne STRUCK WIN tremendous .O'ee
| on a hidden reef. Everything loose
went hying forward. The steward, Jo-
-, ,.,,oi. h,, n .r,,n1,
| seph fhtrel' was s'rueh Wy unN
and slightly injured. party at pfeaN-
| fnst found themselves piled up with
/ ~, - ,tora, n. mo and ~ the
u's'e' "''u ~ -, -. ,,s,-
CABIN lhree 'i'ies ''' us" -.
ed the ship and let her down with
crash that shook her from end to
-, a., 81 ,,raat excIte-
end Wheh she "oa'eu Vh
| ment-prevailed, as the vessel was soon
| .asn Ia he settling. The boats were
'NV" .,.a,,,,,,,,,,, r,,oae reodv
SWUNG on anu ,
to abandon the s'euiher' ~ ""'
hnvever that the main injury was be-
-, ,an, which a,Ied
neath the pa'"9' '"'N'
SO rapidly that the pumps could NOT
control the inflow. But the water-tight
bulkhead protected the other compart-
,nents and Esqulmau pilots having at
,....,b .t,,,o az In their kayaclSs the
lehsth e"iiiu ~ -, .afaIv into the
slennler va" ,Sns,dered unsafe TO
harpor; M ,ith the damnged yes
lfocesu ~ . 80 ~ en large n body
SCI w s,smi.'t an his inhospitable
Vi ~, hoins, encouraging. especially
coast nor ucihs 80, +ha, mo DanIsh
when " was iound tnht W 10,
steamer, which regularly NiH,.s ~. -
Element, had been stove IN by Ns a
would not arrive TINS ssitto ,,teht
20 look as II the eNpeult'on ,itl,,.t
nave 10 winter in Greenland ana SNORT
ln, .S catastrophe. It was learned.
ea,a,,er through the Danish governor
Tat several American fishing gS,' seh 0ear
ers were ,, on t 10 miles north.
l,Dls'ein n1ra one OF these vessels, DR.;
To s.'J,.i, Nfessrs Porter, Rogers aud
Cook, Win l,, Me aonr EsItimos started for
the banks In an open p 'a aays thew
found The Rlgsl ana Si.9 9TSSsR stea n
the people on the dis sSers trensferred
and the pa, PASSIVE me Miranda then took
Z, ,S. RI Ris HG in tow and ieft sakert9Pnf
on ene August Il. Intending to pr9GeeS ae M,