The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-20

old skipper, who has spent almost
lifetime In the Arctic regions. This
vessel was less fortunate than her sister
chip, the Iodine. which reached Phila-
ielphia on Sunday. and was, for
period Of thirty days. held captive In
tremendous Ice foes which are swiftly
sweeping southwark from the northern
regions. Those forty days Of impris-
onment we're times OF most Intense
anxiety for Captain Jansen and his
crew. They knew not at what moment
their vessel would be crushed te
atoms and nothing would then have
been left for them to do but lie down
on the ice and await death. No efforts
could have been made to reach land
The vessel was miles from the aoasi
and the ice obstruction that surrounded
them was OF such formation az would
have rendered their travelling over Il
impossible.
The Fluorlne brings no tidings Of
any OF other ships OF the fleet except
the sallna. and the impression among
many shipping men Is that they have
become lnoKtricably fast IN the north
ern Ice and may perhaps have to spend
the coming winter In that perloua po-
sltion. The Argenta Captain Smith
left Cadiz May 25 the Silicon, Captain
Andersen. lett Havana April 20. and
the Serene Captain Houghton. mado
rail- from Stockholm June s. all for
lvlgtut, Greenland. but none had
reached there mp TO Juno 20. Nor
had any tidings from them been bad
The Argenta and Serene were hardly
due at that time. but the whereabouts
OF the Silicon is the cause OF much
alarm. Tho Fluorino left Exmoth.
England. April for Greenland. When
twenty days out the first ice was ret
and from then until the time lylgtul
was reached June Il. her struggle was
q desperate one and many times the
attempt 10 reach the northern port
seemed impossible. The cold was in
tense and the spray which was being
dashed on board the vessel by the
cold. bleak winds frozo fast where II
struck until the craft was incased In
q thick coating OF ice. The sails were
frozen as stiii as sheet iron and before
they could be bent Il was necessary TO
hammer them for hours with the cap
tian bars Many Of the sailors were
severely frost-biiten. but they stuck
manfully TO the task.
The Fiuorine worked north among
the ice along the coast 10 latitude GO
north and when about abreast Of Good
hope she got around the corner Of the
north point OF the obstruction and
riccred down for her destination. For
days she was brought TO complete
riandstill IN the ice. The entire coas;
Of Greenland was found to be walled
I'd with tremendous Goes and berFa.
md the noise OF these huge monsters
coming In contact one with the other
fesounded for miles and miles. Upon
reariy every one Of fifty borgs there
we're IN sight on one day there were
lannmerablc seals playing about and
lasking In the warm rays OF the sun.
IRON the time the entrance 10 lvlgiut
gas first sighted Until the port was
reached Il consumed period OF tea
fays to get over a distance OF not more
lhan twenty miles. When the Fluornc
left Iylgtut there we're no other yea
tells In the harbor excepting the Daa-
ish steamship Fox. which could not
venture out on account Of the ice.
Coming as Il did from such high lat
itudcs. the crew OF the Fluorne were
almost Frustrated BY the past weeks
intense heat