The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-11

leak or caught fire a part OF her pco-
pie must have gUt away IN the boats.
and il could be- figured ON that az least
one would have reached some island
or been picked up. Aside from the
money loss there were many promi-
nent people among the passengers, and
there was mourning Ia England ana
Australia for many q month after the
ship was posted aH Lost.
In June 1858. sixteen years after The
loss Of the Princess. ! was one Of the
crew N the Boston whalrr IaliSman.
which was trying the cruising ground
90 the south OF Cape Horn. We had
had q fair run 0f luck. when we got
a gale from the north which lasted for
four days aud nights without q break.
This drove us away south among the
lce and ON q dazen different occasions
the ship WAS within hairs breath N
being east away or overwhelmed.
Aftcr the fourth day of the gale there
WAS calm lasting thirty hour. Dur
iug this interval the IalIsman lay be-
tween two monster iccbcrgs, with her
boots down and ready % tow her out
ol ihr way should thcy close In on her
Then We got strong breeze from the
east. which lasted Tor q day ami went
clear around the compass 70 the west
Sometimes we lay moored 10 berg
Tor several hours. again We We're
pounding among the great cakes ~ lee.
which threatened every moment 20
crush in her sides We had been drly-
Ing 90 the southeast Tor three days.
when the breeze fcll and lcft Us on u
hraylng sea. with a monster Iceberg
about two miles away 90 the south
The ship had thus far sustained H.
t,e damage. hut The crew were eX-
haustcd and given an all days rest
and 40 accident occurred until late ln
the afternoon This mass of lcc had
q front a mile long on our Side. with an
average height of 900 feet What ts
width was We could not say. over 10
was floating "a quantity ui smoke. The
smoke did not rise from its crest, but
from the Ear side. No one doubted
that Il came from fire lighted ~
shipwrcckcd sailors. who had caught
sight OF the Tallsman and were max
INK Ter signal
The thld mate aud three men We're
ordered % In one of the whulchoats
a. investigate aud was one OF the
three selected. We took with us a
breaker 81 fresh water. a bottle 81
rum. brad. meat blankets. boat
compass aud q lantern. aud darkness
fell as We pulled away from the ship
We pulled 10 pass the western face
90 the berg aud found % 90 hc about
half a mile long A. we reached It's
southern limit and turned 90 the east
We caught sight OF a small ire on a
ledge about a hundred fcet above she
water As soon MS We got up o. 70 TIE
mate hailed aud was promptly an.
sWcrcd that there were two men ou
the ledge one ui whom had % broken
leg. Thcrcupon was oulered o. u''
main hy the boat aud hold GA. while
the mate and the two men landed ou
the bcrg aud began making their Way
up 90 the ledge
The evening was perfectly quiet and
there was no surf on the south side 81
the berg but the tragedy that followed
was brought about from causes faI
down in the depths II the sea. TIL,
men had not yet reached the ledge
when the great berg suddenly cantcd
60 the north. and 10 prevent the loal
being lifted out OF the water ! had &,
let 20 OF the painter which had a turr
aruund n lump OF ice. As did so
was shot away % distance " IN
feet and nung down un the thwarts
| had just got an car la my hands
when the berg came back 40 me- aud
ihrW was such a cracking. crashing
nul grOanIng that ] was frightened 40
most 90 death Hundreds Of pieces of
lee Tell into the sea around me aud
heard cries of terror from the men VIII,
had landed.
In NY fright I may have pulled "a,
boat some distance away on the SEND
VI the waves may have carried hrl
beyond danger Re that Us 10 may
the berg split fair IN half with rcpof
Ike that of dozen camons fired al
oncc. aud each half turuCd bottom
eide M This movement kicked up
tremendous sea for a few minutes. ant
anything hut a whalchoat would hay,
lccn sWampcd out of hand mus
have been driven mile or more 4,
the south boy the waves.
The mate had taken the bearings o
the ship 10y compass when We lurrrt
the corner OF the berg. and / knew
that She would also run q lantern nlOf
as q guide. hut when the sea qulotu,
down I looked Tor her In vain. As
matter Of fact ] was so confused an,
frightened that ! might not have srci
the light had she been only q quartet
Of a mile away
Twenty minutes after the berg spli
iog settled down. and with 10 cam,
q breeze ! dld NOT know what 90 do
and so laid iu my 0ar, wrapped myscl
Ga a blanket and snt down ON ihc bot
tom of the boat You viii think /
queer lha, ! zen asleep under the cir
pumsiau,us. Tut that Is exactly wha
happened. nor dld ! awake until day
light came again. Then I found my
self ON nn lee iloc extended to the eas
and south as Tar as ! could see, hu
% q mile 10 the north
l,eyond that was clear water, In
the TalIsman was mot In sight. II va
not Ia be- expected that size woul,
leave the locallty without making
daylight scarrh for the buat. aud dun
ing that long day. which was full q
smrhluc. and with hun moderate
breeze. constantly hoprl aud expect
ed TO cite her. II was thrce years he
fow | learned what happened abb. n
Of hcr that night after We pulls
rNay When the berg was hurst II
twain she was almost swampcd hy th
heavy seas and WHEN the brc We cam
she ran 10 the north 10 Get ont &C th
Ice. Next day she returned 10 ses,N'l
the iloc. but hit Il too far cas. 4
sight me.
II she passed me, which uay hav
been the case, the m'sl Using FROM IA
ice. witch Is called lhe "ice blink.
, shut her fmm my view. In the ,Nie
OF the hoe she fonrd an oar from M
boat and scnc boarls. which we've b
-. lleyed 10 he a part OF The fraii crnt
+. aud. judging from these relics that q
boat hal been crushed aud the rrv
lnoI ana naua l.Nu4 1 tIfI arr Ms.Il IlIIt