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toppen, but otherwise the expedition
s Mas failure from a scientists
Of ibe $500, as It was also from that
was without other incidents than ad-
verse winds. the Inconvenience OF close
quarters and insufficient provisions,
having been placed on the Rigel, and
the addition OF the Mranda's crew made
ninety one persons on board this little
craft OF l07 tons
The passengers slept in the hold. on
top of the salt and fish Gulis and
other sea birds constituted the only
tnesh meat of the party fot the last
Too great credit cannot be given to
capt, Dixon and the crew OF the Rigel
, ,pr thelr enortS In behalf Of those whom
.hey had rescued. The party will have
persing,, at which time a handsome tes-
5im,oniai Will be presented to Capt.
The lost steamship Miranda was built
IN ieSi Tor the st John and New York
trade. ,rsL She is famous as the vessel
winch lost the celebrated Leary timber
raIt OFT Long Island Sound For two
she ana had been We. to Cen
IL SAID TO have been insured for $4,000
The Miranda was a steamer OF LIES
tons gross. She was built at Newcas-
tie; England in 1884 She was 200 feet
hs was f ons of ses Se k snf Go. f n dssp S
Messrs. Bowring l. Archibald 's were re her S
agents In this city.
In addition to DR.. Frederick A. Cook.
who was in charge OF the excursion, the
following scientists were on board when
the steamer sailed from New York:
u Prof William II. Brewer, Of Yale;
and, Prof B. G. Jillison, Of Pittsburg,
biologists; L. l. Dyke. OF Kansas State
University, zoologist; Samuel p. Orth
Louisiana, ornithologists; Prof Elias P.
Lyon, Harvard School. Chicago, biolo-
gist; DR., julius F.. Vale; Of St. Louis,
geons: Louis l. w. Joyner, Poughkeep-
sic. entomologist; Russell w. Porter, OF
Boston. and Robert De ?. Tytus. OF
New Haven. surveyors; ii. c. Walsh,
The scientific stan was assisted by
Maynard Ladd, J. r. Fordyce, II. Cleve-
land and Frederick p. Cay, of Harvard.
a %savsr Pu4nns e e hi Hrih hneR
Thompson, A. p Rogers, A. q. Brown
and J. Il. Rumril, OF Yale,
The officers of the Miranda were Capt.
Manuel second oficer Edward Doody
and Third Officer John Dahl
Among the well-known sportsmen who
accompanied the excursion were Robert
d: Perry. Of Braintree. Mass; George
w. Gardner. ex-Mayor of Cleveland;
Walter s. Root, OF Cleveland; Ashley
{: Clover, ex-Prosecuting Attorney. Of
s York LOUIS W Tenney hry of iii of New
Mass. James d. Dewell. of New Haven;
W. II. II. Armstrong. of Newburg, N.
y, DR.. William A. Reeve. of Patchogue.
and DIR. r. o. Stebbins, of New York.
Charles b. Reed accompanied the eX-
Dedition as taxidermist, and F. A..
Kersting, of New Jersey, as photog-
Carl Garretson, the thirteen-year-old
son of Supreme Court Justice Garretson,
Of New York, was the youngest member
of the expedition.
A telegram was received from St.
Johns, N. F., dated July "a, which stated
with an iceberg on July II. at $50 in the
morning. The collision took place when
the steamer was about five miles to the
northward of Belle Isle, during a dense
where temporary repairs were effected,
she arrived on July "a.
On the evening of July 2S the expedi-
ton again started northward. after hay
party left the steamer before sailing
She returned to st. Johns on the same
evening on account of the heavy fog
which prevailed, and remained at an
Choir until o'clock on the morning OF
her voyage. At that time a steamer,
which had Just arrived at st. Johns,
reported large number of icebergs
scattered over large area.
On Aug. u the steamer Grandlake
from Labrador arrived at st. Johns,
y; F.. and brought as passengers Messrs.
Lineaweavers. ,Tenney. Tytus and Root.
who were landed from the Miranda.