Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-09-21
LOG OF THE VOYAGE.
Pleasures aud PcrIls Experienced py
the Cook Arctic Expedition.

Long I-l'llll - 'til'l 'AlIlN'' ~ Al ''''
y. =. Oh Tuc-da, might JuIy l0ta We ar
rived at 81. Johns on Sunlay. Tn"
next step that We mad" was IN Lahra-
dor where We were l,p.u: 70 tax"
ON board somr Of the L-luiuauN |
forgot to say that while "" w"r" wait
| saw the first iceberg while leaving IN" har-
hur Of 81. johns. It was big and u beauty,
On Tuesday, the l7th, the morning WAS very
fogyy and thick: We were unu"r hnll-h"ad-
way. the captain and Mate lmnPhN twho
was the 3d officer on the Kite were On
watch. when suddenly We heard tn" engines
~tnpprd and backed. Hui almost lu h"di itrIy
after there came "a jnr which SHOOK th"st"amrr
from stem - stern. Ih" tlWi"r' cr"aH"i
and Il thrill Of horror spread through MT tn"
ship | looked at the hlanrhrd and color
less checks Of my companions and r"Gainlng
my presence ut mind. which | had mo-
mentnrily lost, ! rushed up on t. tn"
deck and found TINT tine boat had etoy" her
bow into an imm'n~n lr"J'rc that lowered
fnr above Us 30 or 90 feet IN height.
Great excitement prevailed among ~" ter
r0r-strirk"n paSscnEr.s. som" 0i whom madly
rushed for III" small boats and tried 70
launch them. thinking only ot leaving what
they supposed Wa u duhnrd vessel. On rN-
animation Il was found that tn" Miranda
had crushed h"r nose, broken her anchor "N"
in pieces, split twp large plates her bow
nnd had bent several others. Th however,
happily. was the extent II ia" dam
aye. We were inatitudr % deg
After benz assured hy til" captain that the
damage was nothing very serious, we deter
tnrminad to keen on and repair tho damage
at the first harhOr We sighted, which was cape
Charles about 20 miles trom tn" hnrhor "t
Labrador, whore we were 10 remain TIL the
damage had been repaired W" left the
EsmimauN at Capr Charles. Labrador,
ami arrived back at -. johns hdr-
| bor on Tuesday. the 2ith. Repairs
were started immediHt IL upon the
steamer, anil several % tn" party left us Tor
| good. On saturday the 10Th, our repair
having been completed. W" ,'tt at 7. m. The
weather was miserable and cold
We saw large iccherges to the southward
! soon after leaving III" harbor, and about a
/ mile from the ship saw "A large whale, Tues
dav, July 81. We are now about of Cape
! Farewell. Greenland, an will probably b" ut
| Frederick kschahe inside of ~ hours. Our ship
! made 26S miles. whicn is about the average
in good weather and Gear water On
Saturday the 4th 1t wa' determined
to proceed north as far rs DISCO
and try to get in there. Disco is about IL !
! DAYS run from fr'lcrickscanp. P'enty OF
seal is seen in every direction, and the pas
scngers were trying their skill in shooting
them. The steamer left the harbor ut Il II. M,
| intending to make Disco IL soon rs possible.
At745 A. M. while we were straming at full
| speed and the passengers were NJ breakfast,
the steamer strucs on II rocky reel she stop
ped only for "A minute or two. and immedi-
ately was of again. The shock shook her
from stem to stern. The passengers were ter
ribly frightened rushed on deck; tried tt
lower bonts. The utmost confusion prevailed
for IA short time, every one rush
ing here and there The steamer seemed tC
be sinking, and 1t looked ~ If It were AL
upon us We started the pumps and immo
diately headed her back to Sukkrrtoppen,
Blowing the whistle and showing the distress
flags The passengers quietea down, nj
Esauimau pilot met us and here We are at
anchor back in the harbor. 1t VIII III
impossible to examine tn" steamer mere
10 ascertain the damage. She Is takini
water but Is under control OF the pumps
The trip north will have to b. abandoned
as when the Miranda has been repairr,
, II will be too late to get another boat
The schooner Rigol from Gloucester, Mass.
/, Capt George Dickson in command, las JUS
: come alongside DR.. Cook is with them an'
has lust told us that all passengers or eX
cursiOnists will go aboard the Rigel while al
the crew will remain on the Miranda In
: Rigel is n goOd-si2ed schooner oI 2OO tons
| has almost half cargo OF tlsh aboard. Nov
= they demand "A, 900 for relieving us II
the intention to have the Miranda tow he
. either to St. John, n b.. or Sidney, Cap
Breton, either port to be decided on here
after Wednesday, Aug 23-The Miranda
rolling badly and the schooner seems to 1
I doing the same Thursday, Aug. 3-Wel
a here we are. our worst fears realized.
= II 80 last night while was trying hardto g
o to sleep, but with poor success, o
account OF the ship rolling and labo
ing. tho stove in the after cabin upset an
!, - nearly set fire to the ship. The pumps
y that time were unable to control the lea
=, the ship was rocking and laboring terrlbl
a We watched the Miranda out otsight, but d'
\ not SEQ her sink. In fact she looked as II 81
y. was good to stay on top Tor hours, ~
crew OF the schooner worked herocally
their dories, taking supplies, etc, from Il
n Miranda Capt. Farrell and Mate Emersc
: were the last to leave the ship. We are no
: on tho Rige bound orthe nearest port, ,whit
p will probably he some point in Labrado
le wednesday, Aug Give put in last nigl
!. Mt Punch Bowl Harbor, Labrador, and r
l. mained all night, taking on supply Of wat
r. and fish. Monday, Sept. 3. We encounter
the toughest weather crossing the Gun
st. Lawrence We have seen since we lett NJ
York Provisions are now scarce, herrin
potatoes, with slice of bread being the allo
d ance for each man. Tuesday Sept. AT
a. M. we passed Cape North Wednesda
Sept 5-Arrivcd at North Sidnt
n Friday Sept 7-OG for Gloucester on the
r. gel. All the passengers except Rumnell ,hn
at left via Halifax for New York. Saturdl
lie Sept S-At 1880 passed Halifax. Dead ca
ID until 4.30. Wind started up last night. Tu
III day, Sept. lion Cape Sable. Wednesdi
n Sept. 11-Standing Off Gloucester in de
Ie calm. May be able to reach land today sol
ls time. and then will end my eventiu trip
In icy Greenland At l.30 we landed in Gle
npI \ ,vll Inf IN %. DN,l
and from there home to New York.
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