The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-25
MIRANDA HIT AN ICEBERG.
ARCTIC TREASURE PARTY THROWN
 INTO 4 PANIC.

Weasel Had to Turn Baak-so Badiy Dam aged That Some Aboard Give Up the Trip -Ths New Haven Men in the Expedition -ynrious Of the Yale Men and Others Land to Go a-Huntins.
 The Miranda, which sailed for the Arctic regions from New York July 2. having among its party of over fifty on board, Professor Brewer of Yale, James D. Dewell. Robert DeP. Tyler. and others of this city. struck big iee- berg at the entrance to the Straits of Belle Isle and had to turn back. and will have repairs made at St. Johns, Newfoundland. The particulars of the mishap are as follows:
 St. Johns. N. F., July 2.-The steamship Miranda. Captain Farrell. carrying the Cook Arctic expedition to Greenland. consisting of fifty-four per- sons-professors, scientists. university students and others-for the purpose of exploring West Greenland. which left here on Sunday, July 15. returned this morning disabled. She collided with a huge iceberg at the entrance to the Straits of Belle Isle.
 The accident occurred at 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning last, when the Miran- da was about eight miles north of Belle Isle, in thick fog. The ship was going at full speed. No danger was anticipat- ed, when suddenly a moster iceberg was sighted by the seaman on watch.
 The alarm was immediately given. En- zines were reversed and the speed of the ship was partly checked just as she struck the great mass of ice. She struck with her bows on. The force of the collision drove in three plates of the starboard bow, destroyed about twenty feet of her deck rail, completely smash ed the hawse pipe and rendered the starboard anchor useless.
 The. captain decided that 1t was not safe to venture further north with only one anchor, and decided to return here and have the damage to the ship re- paired. The managers of the expedi-
 
 Charles harbor, near Belle harbor on the Labrador coast, where temporary repairs were made.
 Plates were riveted on over the aperture, and the inside timbers were strengthened. The ship was stove three feet below deck, but considerable above the water line. There was no damage below the water line and the water did not enter the hold.
 It is expected the damages to the ship will all be repaired in ten days, and another attempt will be made to carry out the object of the expedition. Nearly all aboard decided that this accident will not change their determination to reach Greenland, where the ship will proceed directly upon completion of re- pairs. The preliminary cruise along the Labrador coast will be abandoned.
 The ship undergoes inspection by Lloyds to-day. Some of the passengers contemplate abandoning the trip and will return to New York. The great majority, however, will continue the voyage.
 There was an exciting scene aboard the ship when she hit the iceberg. Some
 
 others were in bed, while a few were on deck. In a few seconds after the col lision the deck was crowded with pass engers, who feared the boat was about to founder. Some of them ran to the davits and began cutting the lashings, getting ready to launch the boats.
 The few who took the situation calm ly soon managed to pacify their fellow passengers, and assured them there was absolutely no. danger. The passengers are all in good health now, and little the worse for their exciting experience.
 When the ship reached Cape Charles she landed the party from the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, under Profess sor Charles Hite, who intend exploring Grand Falls, Labrador; also party of Yale students, who intend to spend couple of months in hunting, and another party, who go some 200 miles north by mail steamship to hunt bears.
 The accident occasioned no surprise here, as it is considered 8 great risk to take an iron ship north.
 The Miranda was chartered for two months and half. The plans were,
 
 Cape Breton, to cruise around New foundland, and across Davis strait to the west coast of Greenland, where some of the scientists of the party could disembark to explore the fords and to examine the fossil beds, the ruins of the Norsemen and other things of interest.
 Later the Miranda was to enter Mel vile bay and the headquarters of Lieu tenant Peary, and perhaps the sites of the winter quarters of Kane, Greedy and Hayes would be visited.
 The return voyage was to be along the coasts of Greenland and Labrador to this city, the Miranda being ex- pected to arrive here on September 15. Ample opportunities, it was expected, would be afforded the sportsmen on board to shoot polar bears, reindeer and other big game.
 Prior to the departure from this city Dr. Cook, the leader of the party, thought that there would not be any danger from ice, as he anticipated the Miranda would meet nothing but rotten ice at this time of the year.
 A published statement coming from Philadelphia intimating that the ves- sel was not strong enough for such trip was ridiculed by the doctor. The Miranda is a vessel which has made previous trips to the north, and has al-