The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-13
4 LIFE OF PERILS
Terrible Trials Of the O0cers
and Crew Of the Essex.
4 WHALE RUNS rne snip Down.
DsugeF- ERoouatere1 While Aesemos.
ing TO Pat the 'lrons" Int
the CeIAceuns.

snx.ns soys ages fscsssc in INA Article
xsyx gathered from extracts Of loxo,o<..
al yeTs and records In the .os.ss-
s.of Of Capt. Henry A. Ho~lAnc. OF sss
Dsefcrc. A4ss.. Shc for many years nAs
GAG ne position a. 1aAnASsF-ia-eh.sf Of
the 'compani2 cni.sne Dc BA4lsnsros II
Valparaiso. Chile. and In ~ aosx ONCE in
thai city was enabled 70 make copies and
uAe notes Of the VARIOUS inssrsst.Is snc.-
denis
+ The thrilling story OF the loas Of the Es-
Ae1 and The subsequent terrible sufyerlnss
81 The surviving members OF her crew n
] one Of me darkest tragedies OF The nigh
sexs and forms the s2ddest chapter In tae
shose whaling Alstory. The original diary
kep. b the tlrsi mate. Owen c8ase. 10 in
tie possession u r c. Sanford. Of Nam
traset. Mass. . copy OF which Is in Val
rafa.so In the aforementioned whaling
scnyany's office.
The ship Essex. Capt George Pollard. Of
Nantucket. sz..so August Il. isis. on q
WANG voyage. Nothing Of spsclas note
occurred Qagil after the vessel had rounded
Cape Horn and Was nearing The equator in
the Pacific.
On November IL. In latitude degree
souin. longitude lis wsst. while the beats
we're In sh0si Of whales the mates beat
vas stove 10 by a whale and had 10 return
aboard the vessel for necessary repairs.
TIE mates intention beng 10 na-. . piece
o. canvas over the hole and then 70 Join
the osher boats Al once Accordingly he
turned the boat over OF the quarterback
ard vas In the act OF mating on the can
va Ssen ne abssrved monKsroGs sy~rn
shae aeasf sRhlE- Eve teei 10 length ~
rs sboir * yards OF The weather bow.
fa a ~ - - ina
10 80 diary the mate says "Hs spouted
sso N sArss tines and taen disappeared
II rs than tNe 2f three seconds ne came
" again about me length OF tns Enip on
ard msas Directly for az al the rate OF
sboas sars= knots the ship sas tnen going
zifh sbopl the sam speed. His appear
shcs and attitude gave us 81 irst NJ 2larra,
eas While ] stood watching his NOV. nents
and observing h M but = ship's length on.
coming down Tor us with great cslerify,
.nsoEntsgly ordered The BOY a. the helm
20 pat It hard up, Intending to sheer OF
ard AVOID him The words were scarcely
cut OF my mouth before he came down
epon us win fur sasef and struck the ship
siih his head, just forward OF the fore
chains He gave such an appalling and
tremendous jar as nearly threw as all on
oar faces. The ship brough, up as sud
denly and violently as II she had struck
rock. and sremblei for few seconds like
. leaf We looked at each other with per-
Feet amazenent, deprived OF the power OF
speech Many minutes elapsed before We
were able 20 realize the dreadful accident
during which time he passed under the
shin. grazing her keel as he went along.
came up Alongside % her 10 ieeward. and
la on the top Of the water, apparently
stunned BY the violence OF the blow, for
the space 81 a minute. He then suddenly
started or In direction 70 leeward.
After few moments reflection. and re-
covering IN some measure from the sudden
conformation that had seized US Of
course concluded tha, h. had stove a hole
n the ship and that e would oe necessary
70 act the pumps going. Accordingly they
we're r'rged. bal had not hesn In operation
More thar minute before perceived fhs
Nead 81 the ship 10 be gradually settling
down N the water. then ordered thr
signal % be set for the other boats. which
had scarcely BEEN done before / again dts
covered the shale. apparently In cnnvul-
sions. on top of ne water about zoo yards
70 'eewatd lie was envsieped IN the foam
q ne sea that his continual and violent
tttsshs-w aboNt In the water had created
sreanS bin. and coela distinctly him
frap MS laws together "a - distracted
r'ih rage and fury He remained = short
tine In lhis situation. ard then started 81
w';h great rsriaitv across the bows OF the
thip 20 windward.
Anofhc~ ttrHck.
by this time the shfp had settled down
considerable distance in the water. and ]
sss her up sor lest I however. ordered
pumps 20 be kent constantly going and
Favored 20 collect my thoashts for the
aslon. | turned - the boats sso %
Which We chen had wifn tire ship. with fhs
srienilon e clearing them away and get
sing a things ready 10 embark IN them II
Mere should he no other resource left
Nhiie my attention was thus engaged for
moment 7 ~as aroused by ths cry Of
man a. ihr hatchway; Here h- is' he n
taklnr FOR us again" turned around
tna saw Aim about SO yards directly
saesa - us. coming down sppsrentiy with
TWICE BIS ordinary speed and 20 me. 81
'hs, moment. g. appeared with tenfoid fury
ara vengeance I'm Ma aspect The water
new N a. directions about him. snt his
course toward as marked hv white
Foam rcf in width. whirN he nisds with
th~ continual viaienf thrsshlng 81 his tail;
MS Read was ahqu' half out ~ Mater ana
n hs' say Ne came upon and again struck
ihe sfip He struck her 20 wtnavara IL
'reiv Under he caihesa. and completely
sHFe n her bows He asset under fhs
sAip sgan went or 20 isewar5. ana we
Sos 10 ~sn~- IT him
The mate cut 80 spare boat sdritt ard
FAC rs scorer launched hsr han ne strip
e. e'sr on Ter A~arn en1s ruil Of water.
~ NA1's'H snf he second mate has 90
serf~f that some sudden ratastrnph- had
nee len ne sAip and fh~lr boats naw ar
fiVrsi uron 'hs scene sf the disaster The
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