The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-20
STEER SOUTH OR WARE ICE
TEE CARLISLE WIPED IN a Tlsr
FIELD OF RRRGs AND FLOEa

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II wss zee MILES Across, Msr c.p.s,. says.
sss nrirtise ssuth-Hss Net ths See
nssn Gals Ne is 80 Opisios thss ne
Wssis Never Rave wsrkss out 81 n.
The Atlantic liners may have much lee to
contend with In what IL now con sidsrsd the
safe route 10 the westward. for the Ice loosened
from the coast OF Labrador By the fierce north
westers Of the winter will probably come down
nearly 80 low asst did in the unexsmpled Ice
season OF 1890. when nsvigators found big
beras In latitude l0o.
CAPT George Gibbs OF the iron freight steam
ship Carlisle. which arrived from Rotterdam
Yesterday. 10 ofthe opinion that the lee embargo
will set in next month. He bases his prophecy
on . nights experience In the embrace OF an
enormous Ice field. dotted with towering bergs.
In which the Carlisle narrowly escaped de-
struction. She was caught and held for twelve
hours. from Just after niehtfall on March IL
until the next morning.
At dusk. the man In the GRO nest scanned the
horizon to the northwsrd fori signs Of ice He
saw none. and 80 reported to the skipper. The
Carlisle was taking the route she usually pur-
sues. about 120 miles north OF the lane pre-
scrlbed By the photographic ofies for pas
senger steamships. She had cone over this
route on her previous VOYAGE TO this port, and
found It perfectly clear. IL is the habit Of
frelehters. particularly those that do not
make more than IL knots an hour. to take
high northsrly courses in order to shorten the
voyage. and thus save coal.
The Carlisle's skipper did not know that Ice
was near until her iron nose stuck into 1t in
latitude 4o'. longitude 48S. II was coming
down on the Labrador current running to the
southwest silently and swiftly. and the steam
ship was surrounded within ten minutes after
she first penetrated the field. There were at
least dozen bergs. the Hottest Of which had
peak twenty feet above the main truck Of the
vessel that sbe. WAS forced to steam ahead A.
ts the Toe .9Sd hp n Ssds
the starbosrd side. dentine in the plates and
.crspine on the red paint below the water
just just before . 9'eloek the steamship came to
stop Sho had hit an inverted berg which
water ns The water as 'pS How snS
the fore peak. The sliding doors Of the col.
ssc ana ssS ny
sdns si nsn :nsn wsrs kps
with big and little Ssrss tht sstsnins him
dom he thought. to let the ship drift, as she
could. with her greater buoyancy. float faster |
sa sseaps eoso on the rigid our
she df III , heipse,s u until dawn AZ
through the night, whlch was OF almost Arctic |
At dawn the Ice stretch cd to all horizons. The |
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be without end. There had been a slight sea |
on 10 the night but at daylight It had sub
sided 80 that the engineers we're able to re-
Then the skipper decided to risk forcing his
way through the icy wilderness. Tho slow
sd hS h 70 ns hss
IN nj
showed that on: q the blades bad BEEN twsisd
been SroE en-. The ship was put on her c COURSE
abe to steam rate 81 abous three n sno:
o. ss so ny The
dentlng the plates Aud making a racket deaf
ening as stage thunder As II hoated on the
By the propeller, the propeller blades smashed
snowy particles The blades were bent and
iiamaged. and the speed oil the ship was re-
Az far as the vision, assisted by powerful
marine glasses, reached to the southwark the
words. he sould not see the beginning nor nor
.nd OF II" Hs thinks Il was fully 120 miles
si.,y miles a through Il e .fssy dssisht
bout there was cisss s s to sSe
e sSas ,hs hsd
isre and there by loose ice. The Captain be-
Tot have made her way through the Ice field II
he sea bad BEEN tumultuous.
There have been many collisions with Ice
Nc rom the spUssrsncs al this season a 81 ed
ce and fcebergs. so close to the westward
teamship route. the skIppers Of the liners
,IsSs ss'' to Keep sharp lookout on their way