The evening world., 1894-08-04

iceberg. So large was II and SO thick
! the fog that the outlines could not he
distinguished. Dunphy saw collision
was inevitable, for in the Intervening
space between the berg and the vessel
there was not room to clear ourselves
He grasped the situation with quick
intuition and. hastily putting the ruddel
to the starboard. brought the Miranda
prov so as to meet the formidable mass
with head full on Then there was A
moment of fearful suspense for those
VINO from the bridge waited for the
crash that bade fair to end In sudden
ana perhaps fatal shipwreck
The rapid revolutions of the reversing
propeller made the ship tremble from
| stem to stern as IL it were alive and
shuddered at the irresistible force bear.
ohs on II But so quickly did it all hap.
pen that the vessels speed Stacked little
IL any. Then came the shock
The Miranda's iron prov crushed into
the whitish mass and the ash made
her shiVer like an aspen leaf. There was
"a dead stop. If there were cries they
were drowned by the sound of crumbline
Ice and crushing plates. Then the pro.
peller made itself felt, and the Miranda
backed out from the wedge-lke opening
Il had made and careened to one side.
we thought the boat was filling, but
she quickly righted again, and we knew
'he worst danger had passed.
An examination of the bow revealed
me extent of the injuries which had
been received Three iron plates on the
starboard side were broken in and the
tforWnid sunwale splint cred. The deck
with pieces of ice, but they were mere
CHIPS ana had done no harm.
HE LEDGE SAVED HER.
Inc ship struck a portion of the berg
projecting above water and as a consc.
uuenGe IRE greatest part of the force
Struck struck some six or eight feet above the
wafer line, and there the damage was
natufally heaviest. If the plates below
the water line had suffered to the same
extent as those above, or If Dunphy had
a az the vessel to present her Sue TO
the berg instead of her prov, the result
would have been serious. As It was the
momentum of the vessel carried 1t fully
SiN feet into the solid ice. Later the fog
tinguish the berg somewhat accurately
A fair estimate Of its size placed II about
rs feet high 200 feet thick and from 4Oi
to 500 feet long. 1t was by all odds the
voyage.
After the accident meeting of the
passengers was held in the cabin and 1t
was decided to go to the harbor at Cape
tory repairs could he made. We made
that port about noon.
The plan was to proceed along the
coast to Ind. -44uunt Haruor leaving
there Prof Hite and his party and tne
families of Esquimaux who were return.
ing home from the Worlds Fair.
These plans We're rudely, disturbed
however on Saturday morning when
Capt. Farrell handed letter to Or. Cook
containing his refusal to proceed further
and his determination to put back to St
Johns for permanent repairs. His rea.
sons were the accident had left the ShiI
with only one available anchor, that ii
would not be safe to proceed under the
conditions. and, moreover, to do so might
result In the forfeiture of the vessels in
surance.
The Niiranda's prov was turned home.
ward. and little after midnight on Mon.
trance to the harbor of ST. Johns and
dropped anchor.
STAYED IN LABRADOR.
All of those who left New York did
not return with us. Three different
intending to follow out plans of Their
own. on the night of the day on which
the collision took place five of the
younger men. four of whom were from
Yale. decided to abandon the expedition
and spend the remainder of the summer
hunting in Labrador. The names of the
five were r. II J.. Tytus, Walter S
Root James /. LmeaweaVer and G. =.
Interviewer, Of Yale. and Sanborn q
took one of the hunting boats and ampl,
provisions.
Prof Hite's was the second party left