The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-13
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4 Ship Raised BODILY Out Of the Water -
. Mountain Of Ice.
Strange stories of thrilling encountr
ers with icebergs have been brought
back from the Arctics by skippsrs
from time to time. but they must Al
take back seat now and bow low to
Capt. Chester, Of the schooner Elwood.
The Elwood lately returned from her
first halibut fishing cruise in the north
ern waterA She left here ON Jsnuery
"a, in ballast, but In order to pick up
an honest dollar ON the voyage, put
into Departure bay and took on car
go of coal for Juneau, Alaska. After
discharging At the latter place, she
headed for the Muir glacier, the pur-
pose being to load the hold with ice,
with which to preserve the f,sh TO be
caught later on. The vessel was pass
ing through the Icy straits and was
just OF Hoonia. says Capt. Chester,
when he espied an immense iceberg
about q mile away--it was fully ten
times the size Of the schooner and APP
peared to have become fast upon reef
which was known to exist at that
place. The captain considered this .
lucky find. for he could now get all
the ice he wanted without having TO
90 to the glacier. fully days sailing
distant The Elwood was headed for
the berg. and when the vessel ives
within q few yards Of IL the anchor
was dropped. The schooner vss then
permitted to swing around until shs
came alongside the iceberg. 70 which
she was made fast with Inca "a.
The tide was at the full At the time,
and to all appearance the weasel was
perfectly safe. A gang plank was
thrown over to ledge in the ice, and
the men set to work to break on huge
chunks of the berg and hoist them
aboard the vessel. All went we'll I'M
I'll along toward evening. About thir-
ty tons of ice had been deposited In the
hold, and Chester encouraged. the men
to work q little faster, ~ he desired to
get the entire load and leave ~ soon
as possible. Meanwhile the tide had
been falling, which caussd the iceberg
to settle heavily upon the reef bensath
and then to gradually tip over toward
the side opposite the vessel. The gang
plank connecting the schooner with
the iceberg began to rise In the air and
had to be made fast to ledge nearer
the water in order to keep II hort:
zontsl.
The iceberg continued to csreen, and
Capt Chester began to suspect that al
was not going to be we'll for him. Hs
ordered his men to get aboard, and
was about to set sail when, with q
grinding roar. the iceberg rolled of
the reef and started to revolve. 1mws
diately there arose on the starboard
side of the vessel. and beneath Il, Z
Jagged spur of ice. which until ther
had formed the bottom Of the iceberg
With a crash the ice struck the keel
The next instant the sstonishsd crew
found themselves and their vssss
lifted out of the water and resting In Z
sort of groove or cradle at the souti
end of the ice mountain. 1t was {
panic-inspiring predicament, to say thu
least, and all hands began to pray fol
their lives.
The weight Of the vessel arrested thu
revolution of the berg, but did not hsv,
the effect Of turning It back again Il
its original position. The reef pre-
vented this.
Chester ordered his men into tn,
boats. with instructions to get out o
harms way as fast as they could Be
fore abandoning the vessel the mat,
cut the lines which held her to the ice
berg. The men then pulled away TO I
safe distance, and anxiously awaited
the fate of the Elwood. The snoho
| held fast and the schooner, as IL real
izing it's plight, and desiring TO escape
tugged at the chain despairingly. Tn,
| tide dropped a few more inches. tn
iceberg careened still further, and tn,
Elwood rose still higher into the air
| Although at first thought this condi
tion seemed to render her condition
still more desperate. it really prove'
| the schooner's salvation. The ten
dency OF the iceberg to roll over an,
raise the vessel brought such an enorm
Gus strain to bear upon the sncho
chain that something had to give way
Something did. and to the JOY Of tn
fishermen it was not the anchor or tn
chain. The iceberg lurched, and tn
schooner was seen to slide several fee
along the crevice 1t rested in. Their
was another lurch and another slide
Then the vessel reached downwar
grade, and the next instant shot of tn
iceberg and into the sea bows on, Ink
rocket. She shipped n heavy sea, Q
the result of plunging her nose be
meath the surface, but quickly rightsd
and. after stumbling over her ancho
chain and tugging viciously to &c
away. settled down to her origina
state of tranquility, to all appearance
unhurt. San Francisco Chronicle.