The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-13
OLD WHALING DAYS

vsrs eow hareiy ahss -
sooa6 he boat Our ounce ana = rs, -
IN ICE 80 70 serve il eli dsy, sas
~ sone cases gyse5iiy 1eweursx =. !. =.
V continue oEt another -acrnsrt a.
,aAsr fiEsss IL vas bearded Is zns 80
s y erumo. .; regular trte-vzI. Az.
ing Inc Gay. a. (. II vas 70 las, Us ,or.v.--
Eorced TO 4 annihali.m.
IN FEBRUARY : the journ2: esn.a.us sAe
had now sunk - low ,h., .,...s
-. oh seemed 70 Be- impaired. On. Of
-He crew. Isaac Cole. werf mad ,.,r-s~s.
aSisisc the 10. cried our shat - we-'Is -. -,
ssFe up tnS' De would 1--we a. ten~ as 49,
"a - sfs0 Then col pss& AT shss u14,- :,
or suH@rinxs suggested that ces.,. -,
shcAao serve az food TIE ren se-.nr
sasfs'h tne only hope o. 2rolonxinx ta4sr
~ ssrrees'. Ne senarzfss ss# - -
hts DOGGY and cot ar tse rasn from -.
pores after which ws oserpa re- t.ssv
1oos oas the heart and Their ef.~ed :.
agar e~s@a u " as f-csnsiy a. sc ~os,,A
Aha committed II TO The sea We nnw e.,
eonnnehceo TO satisfy the srarr4ss,s erav-
80 % nature from the bear. After witch
Ne nuns up the r~na sndsr. Gu, IN .hsn
strips a5o1f the boat 10 sry In IN. 80
We mace fire and roasted scra. OF n "a
serve % during The nAyt day"
mus they Sustained RE 1T February IA
in~y we're then down 70 almost the las,
AoFsei OF bread In this extremity. a.
CLOCK On the morning % reh-s,.rx ~
iner@ was cry of Sal nor' The vessel
proved ia be the brig Indian. 81 Tonso,
me men were rescued. czr~gs.ty tended
aho IN fsr DAYS were eorsssa~zhsx I'm
proved in health They were psckA1 an IA
tafWufe y degrees a. rstzsf.- ~9fsaA. tor-t-
tide 81 ssgress nsfnntes ~ra- sf,e- nsv.
~ ke
Valparaiso
me captains boat. the two survivors IN
u raxlng with hunger and exhaustion sas
picked ap In latitude e degrees south ~
me Island OF s.. Mary ~ she whal~ ship
psnpbin. which reached va1o4rsssa the
isth OF March The second mates boa,
heesne separated from the eaptssn's On
The 18th Of January No trace o. IL va.
ever found. Before tho separation me
provisions were exhausted ana iifs gas
sustained by csasihalisr RE -ssh Of
three negroes who had Sled Of exhaus.lon
being divided between In. TWO boa,a
Dr-wtr~ los.
On the fs' % February afrer ne second
mates hnaf hs6 been lost sight ~. ne zap
tain and tho ,hs@~ ofh~- men xftr n
found themselves once osore wsthouf
uopth.u' ~ fre6 n fhefr nnat They fhau
f@lfb%fate'y trew tots - see wNo @noals
de ard who should ne the s~ernlirn~r II
fe'i upon Owen Conn n, ~antackef. "a n.
ard upon Charles Rswsdsfe 70 say him
Conn was . cousin - Capt Pollard and
the latter beEvef 2srssale 10 XII him IN
st~ad % the doomed man Dat Cowr re-
fused 70 allow the sacrifice. On the ffth
OF February aarrflis Paw sted leaving
Capt Pollard and Ranseals the only sur
vsvors
OF the crew 81 N. mates boat .~o sur-
Ill
tod had left IN. Fsser in th@ three boats
The three men who remained on Dacss's
Island were rescued BY ar English vessel
They too. had endured terrible snfre-sur
and when rescued were siros; too weak 10
talk
dire necessity ~ which the survivors were
rsfnced preceded Capt Pollard to Nan
;ucks..
I vas intimately acquainted with Cant.
Pollard in my youth. ana often al home In
New Bedford. whsr The captain zane over
on a visit from his island home al Nan
tucker. have ionves whre listening 20
other yarns. 20 ask hirs gor tn. story 81
thiS tragic incident htf ne grave thas~a
kindly. vsssge always produced In me an
awe-inspirinR feeling f0rh ialng any anu-
sion to the mournfui subject
II In sas that or his return 20 Man
tuckef after the terrible rxnerfence- Of
thai dreadful voyage The ettAs ana wha~ves
were Inc. with spectators snf that sc
walked 70 his harse through an awe-struck
silent crowd Five moutha from bone on
hts next voyage n the Two Brothers. re
ran her on reef and sha proved total
toss ffs fhen r~ffrSf from The sea ars
died IN iS-a 81 years 90
Owen Chase. re mate was Invariably
fortunate on his subsequent voyages.
The Ann - van ~r
Another whaier sunk by r-rcc'cus
sperm whale was ihs Ann Alexander. -
New Bedford Mass This incident &C.
eurred On Angast -. 1881 lkeSis~ "a TIE
Pacific ocean or what u fs-atiariy known
20 Cd whsisrnen as tho "os-sNors ground"
extending several degrees north and south
% thc equator shaot go miles er the @esi
coast ~ South America
The whale had smashed Two hest- .nt
pursued third % the shIp, a. witch :,
then rushed. breaking large hoe through
her bottom. a. 81 The case ~ tHs Esees.
az hanss were obliged - taSN - The boats.
ant fortunately they were rsscaed h.fore
they were brought - re last e~4rer7fffes
% starvation Five months 's.sr .he whale
was taken sv tse ReNeccs s'ram. ~ New
Bedford Two ~ he snn Al~waatrrs har-
poems being found n fhe carcass
II the same var Csset Capt. Geek. 80 the
favs parke~ g-oak ~ r-esfss-a a~vw fsS--
cred swc boa. FOR a bull -rsren whale
me ANe' ste~r~r ~ the Frsf boat got IN
two irons hu' before 'hs boat could re
hroasN. heal Or the whale hroschet hsf
way ont ~ water ans cars'xNt the craft.
~. lire ecsi'rs ne hoss sseerer's i~s sns
s'r,n.s SWEARING Y from h'- body He Ngt
the sr- srt wss picked 30 WITH 'se rest -
re crew ~ me cfNs- N1sf. wAicA Pulled
~ fh~ bark with th- wac s. pu-sntt
TIE whale then ATTACKED fA~ vessel s'rfx-
ia~ her tvi~e sut killed before ire
esrab'y damaging ne hsrk
vhs. wh~t~ th. ss~s.~~@~o~.
II October fSss NO .htp N~cte- % New
nsssor4 ~aisnt snsvrn wNa'e ans few-
e~~ss FOR rim TIE whale a case took N.
initiative snd strssck ~ rats'~ boat. stsv-
tnr = baby r. ra5tafr's h0af th~r 49,
varre. or 80 whale Th< snn-Sf-r tarrat
in a. ir~san, s~tses 80 htas n 49, AVS
h~sf {, IN era s~f shook g - Pieces TT.
~as~ tns~ a~r-pt - tnsS sresN~~ sffsek
xssN a rscNes -rew. But he wAs's sra3n
sss.,~rsf fte offensive and re arfsr was
given "a Stern 49, for ~ Tes e~ta-
~ss> rAssf~s ne hsat - aNcuf Naf r7fi>.
.nr~e.lrses bringing Hts avs feTe'Art wt'a-
~ q FOO. - y A ,s~t - mats. w. ~as
k.~ntv watching hfs rNarce succeeded Sc