The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-01-04
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LIFTED sY AN ICEBERG.
A Ship Raised 1%eodnv Ont or 4hs w...- n,
a M |ountain ~ 70
Strange stoI lies of thrilling -encount
ers win lceoj ergs have been brough'
oack from Arctics by skipper
from tHhe 70 Atime, but they must al
axe a PACK now and bow low tc
CaPt- onester, Oh the schooner Elwood
Inc Ea"oou laNeely returned from hel
nrst hallDut hshFfng cruise in the north.
erh waters sne left here on January
a. n oaiiase' Duu in order to pick up
an honest doliar% on the voyage, put
INTO departure oa w and took on a car
GO coal LOT Ju2keau. Alaska. After
oiscnarging at he latter place, she
heaoeu ior the #hduir glacier, the pur-
pose BENG TO load the hold with ice,
Win Whlch TO preserve the fish to be
caugnt later on. The vessel was pass
ing throuSh th3e icy straits and was
JUST on H~oonla says Capt. Chester,
"hen ne esPieo an immense iceberg
aoout d miie AWAY. 1t was fully ten
'A"es II size oi the schooner and ap-
Peareo TO ave ipecome fast upon a reef
"hich vas kn@own to exist at that
Piace' Inc caHftain considered this a
lucky ma, OF he could now get all
the ice he w2knted without having to
20 TO the gi9fcier, fully a days sailing
distant. The Eiwood was headed for
the berg, nYnd when the vessel was
wIthln a re- W yards of it the anchor
WIS oroppeq4- The schooner was then
Permitteo u swing around until she
came along{de the iceberg, to which
sne was mad&e fast with lines.
Inc Iioe pa at the full at the time,
ana to ali Tppearances the vessel was
perfectly safe. A gang plank was
.hrowH oVeS to a ledge in the ice, and
tne men setH to work to break off huge
cnunks OF he berg and hoist them
ABOARD tne3 vessel. All went we'll un-
tai along Upward evening. About thir-
" tons OF ice had been deposited in the
nolo, ~ chester encouraged the men
" "orAa little faster, as he desired to
get ms en%+re load and leave as soon
as poss,pie.k' Meanwhile the tide had
oeen laiiine$, which caused the iceberg
70 se.iie nefavily upon the reef beneath
ano .nen n gradually tip over toward
Inc sioe Opposite the vessel. The gang
pianK conipecting the schooner with
the ICEBERG began to rise in the air and
nao 70 oe lnade fast to a ledge nearer
the watert in order to keep it hori-
zontal.
me iceberg continued to careen, and
capt Snester began to suspect tina all
was not gPing to be well for him. He
oruefeo itis men to get aboard, and
'ss aoout to set sail when, with a
ErAAing roar, the iceberg rolled of
.ne reef athd started to revolve. Imme-
uiaseiy tnfre arose on the starboard
sioe Oh tfe vessel, and beneath it, a
Jagged sbur of ice. which until then
nau iormfd the bottom of the iceberg.
WIN Crash the ice struck the keel.
{ nexf instant the astonished crew
sePnu themselves and their vessel
ififa ouY of the water and resting in a
sor OF Groove or cradle at the south
enc OF 9he ice mountain. 1t was a
pan bring predicament, t o say the
!eas all hands began to pray for
light of the vessel arrested the
reVd n of the berg, but did not have
the of turning it back again to
1us nal position. The reef pre-
ve4ted his.
enes r ordered his men into the
ooa's, 18th instructions to get out of
nArm way as fast as they could. Be-
lore az ndoning the vessel the mate
cut 'he ines which held her to the ice
oerR. he men then pulled away to a
sate al7 hnce. and a~nxiously awaited
.ne az of the Elwood. The auchor
held fast n the schooner, as if real
szins NJ plight, and desiring to escape,
n the cham despairingly. The (
ped a few more inches, the \
reened still further, and the
pc still higher into the air.
at first thought this condi-
to render her condition Q
desperate, it really provedn
her's salvation. The.sa
he iceberg to roll
ssel brought suck&
10 several feet
~ rested in. There G
&hch and another slide. n
ISsel reached n downward =
IA nart tns4ar ~ SH~t - - A. l.