The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-27
II HALING FLEETL0ST.
VESSELS CAUGHT ~ THE ICE AND
NEARLY ALL WILL BE CRUSHED.
the fmprtsoned ships Are short Of
Provisions. and Inles. the Crews
Reach Esauimaux Villages They
VIII Be In Danger of Starvation.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. @-Ths news
from me whaling feet Is dlscau-zxsnx.
Nearly 81 The vessels have been eaaEht IN
the ice and some cf them nav rot asst
through the winter. Net since The winter
cf Asss. when 4 feet WAS caught in TIE
Ice or Herald is.and. aaS such whole
sale disaster threatened. Fourteen steam
ers. banks and Echcouers are known 20
Ut IN the pack. ard only FIVE o. them are
supposed 20 have more than two months
supplies aboard The steam yhaler
ThFasher and the bark Charles " Nor
gan have arrived from the Arctic The
Thrasher has on board 500 pounds q
whalehone and so barrels % OIL The
Morgan took three whales and has nearly
81 barrels OF oil Mate J. J. Thatcher.
q the Thrsshsr gives the following facts
regarding the whaling feet:
zone q the foreuaasf sailors. tsken from
the wnaler Navarch which was lost some
time ago. was killed during the trip. The
men were cutting in whale. when the
man rescued from he vessel went crazy
during the trip down.
or October me vessels Alice Knowles
William Eayiss. CarInk ard jeanette
were seer going 70 the westward. and the
last seen of the Carnk she was chaSns
away.
THE tender Jennie and eight whaiers.
expected down this fan. are caught n me
ice and viii not Be abe 10 get cut this
year. The only vessels OF the Arctic feet
which can be looked for are those sighted
by the Thrasher. which were going west
ward The others are caught IL the ice
near HerSchel island"
IL Is reported that eight men from the
crews or the various ships OF the winter
fee; have been frozen 10 death Mate
Thstchsr says:
I've took IN our anchor a; the north Of
S. Lawrence hay, and found the palm of
the bill plated with gold. We dragged
some and the gold worked into the pores
OF the iron.
the Charles W Morgan Tire captain o.
the vessel vas taken sick and left al Ha-
ko9ate. Ten of the men refused 70 do
vessel got out 70 sea. TIE Morgan spoke
the whalers California and Horatio in the
Oskotsk sea on September 90 Both had
fair catches"
VICTORIA. r. c.. Oct. 2s.-The steamer
Bristol from Unalaska. brings news that
four OF the San Francisco whaling feet.
the steamers Fearless Orca and JEANNE
and the schooner Rosario. are ice-bound
Just west OF Point Barrow. and must he
crushed when the fee commences TO pile
up. There are not enough provisions on the
vessels 20 keep the crews all winter. but
they can easily reach Esquimaux villages.
where they can be cared for until spring
releases them.
The day before the Bristol left Unalas-
ka the whaler Alexander reached there,
and her officers told of impending disaster
TO other vessels OF the fleet. The Alexan-
der had had a terrible time in getting out
Of the fee. bucking II for three days. As
each piece was loosened the crew would
tow II from In front Of the bow. Then
the steamer would back Up. and going
full steam ahead. open passage for few
feet more This naturally shook her up
considerably.
The Karluk also got out OF the ice and
was spoken by the Bristol at the entrance
TO Jrnalaska The vessels mentioned how
ever could not be moved. and viii have TO
be abandoned. Besides the Alexander and
KarIuk the only vessels known 10 be free
are the Jeanette William Bayliss. Thresh-
er and Charles Morgan. There are fifty
barrels Of trade -four on the orca, bat on
the rest provisions are scarce. the vessels
having only been fitted out for the sum
mer.