The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-11-23
LIFTED BY AN ICEBERG.
A Ship Raised Bodily Out of the Water By
n Mountain of Ice.

A Ship Raised Bodily Out of the Water By
n Mountain of Ice.
Strange stories of thrilling %eucount-
ers with icebergs have been brought
back from the Arctics by shippers
from time to time, but they must all
take a 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 waters. She left here on January
"a, in ballast, but in order to pick up
n honest dollar on the voyage, put
into Departure bay and took OF a 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 fish to be
caught later o Z. The vessel was pass
ing through the icy straits and was
just off Hoonia, says Capt. Chester,
when he espied an immense iceberg
about a mile away. II was fully ten
times the size of the schooner and ap-
peared to nave become fast upon q reef
which was known to exist at that
place. The captain considered this .
luChk huh. loT nc COulu uow KcL I'LL
the ice he wanted without having to
20 to the glacier. fully a days sailing
distant. The Elwood was headed for
the berg. and when the vessel was
within a few yards of it the anchor
was dropped. The schooner was then
permitted to swing around until she
came alongside the iceberg, to which
she was made fast with lines
The tide was at the full at the time,
and to all appearances he vessel was
perfectly safe. A gang plank was
thrown yer to a ledge in the ice, and
the men set to work to break OF huge
chunks of the berg and hoist them
aboard the vessel. All went we'll I'M
til along toward evening. About thir.
ty tons of ice had been deposited In the
hold, and Chester encouraged the men
to work a little faster. as he desired to
get tn, entire load and leave a. soon
as possible. Meanwhile the tide had
been falling, which caused the iceberg
to settle heavily upon the reef bsnsath
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 q ledge nearer
the water in order to Keen IL hort.
zontal.
The eberp continued IN c.-een and
Cant. Chester beo.n In su.nect th.t an
was not going To he ,v.lI ~, h,u n.
ordered his men 70 c.t .ho.rd .sd
was about To set sail nm v;thE.
grinding roar, The ceh.ro roli.d -
the reef and started to revo,va Imm..
diatelv there arose on the
side Of the vessel. and b.ne.tb - :.
iacocd snur of ice which until th.n
had formed the bottom Of the ;cebsro
With crash the ice strucL the lasi
The next instant the a.ton;.h.d CO.
found themselves and Their ve...i
lifted ont of the ,v.t.r and -..t,no !, !.
sort of GROOVE mr. c-.al. ~ M. sorth
end Of the ice mounta;n II %. :.
Notwithstanding nredicam.nt IN ..v IN.
least and all bands her.n 20 r-.y o..
their lives.
The weight of the vessel arrested the
revolution of the berg Int ala not h.v.
the effect of turning IL back aonin 70
its original position. The reef nre.
vented this
Chester order.d his man into .h.
boats- with ;nstr,,ction. 10 ct ont ~
harms wov as inst 40 th.r Gould r.
fore abanion;no th. ,ess.i ths ~.
cut 81. ,;nas vh;oh I.,S - $3.50
bero Thsmsn th.n nriisd
safe distance and a-nriou,Iv .,y.;,.d
the fate of the Elwood RI. .n.ho-
h.Ia fas, .nS a.. s.hoon.. 20 ~
;z;ng tic nI;gbt .nS dos;r;nat
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