The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-03-29

ST Johns. y r. March Is The steamer
Greenland has reached this harhor with
grcwsomr cargo Twenty-Five cnrpsrs
wcrc nn the deck and 50 men were moan
INK In terrible suffering IN the hold In the
pain ot frost.b,Jt,n ltnhs and bodies
The dead bodies Wrrc on the decks dts
figured and almost unacceptable The
cfccts of the terrible suffering which they
had endured presented one ut the most
horrible sights human eyes ever behold
The Greenland set sail from ST. Johns
about the first ~ March ON her fatrgul
voyage. She was commanded hy Captain
George Barbour and carried "a GROW of
nearly ~ hunters. The steamer pro.
ccedcd northward with the rest oC the
sealing fleet, but after couple ~ hours
she dtycrgcd ON separate tack ana
reached the hunting grounds not long
after An went well until Tuesday last
and seals were quickly encountered aud
several good packs wrrc secured
ON Tuesday morning the hunters left
the ship about o'clock as usual when
the lookout reported lee plentiful around
them. The men wcrc clad In light cloth
hNustlug work Scattered over the Ice
field they wandered f1r from the protrc-
tIon ~ she ship and salc and snow
storm shut them out from view Tho tee
noe parted ana they drittvd away from
tho steamer. Long ere the storm subsidized
many ~ the unfortunate fellows had sue.
cumbed 10 the terrible cold ana exposure
Those who did not die were terribly frost.
bitten and suffered excruciatlng pain The
long night passed but morning brougn,
no help, Tor the storm still RACED and the
atmosphere ~Js thick with snow driven
hy the gale Snow continued nearly an
day and the evening brought no cessation
90 the hitch wind. Another night was
passed In untold agony. Some of the vie
tins had already given up hope and inI
despair lay down and di,d. and every
hour witnessed az least two deaths To-
ward morning the storm subsidized and
clear weather enabled the survivors to
see that the Greenland WIS not far away.
searching Tor the missing. The steamer
bore down on the drifting Held OF Ice ana
began the work ot picking up the bodies
of the dead and lifeIess bodies of the
living Twenty-Five corpscs we're taken ou
board that morning but p men were suIlI
missing and though the search was con
uuuct no more were recovered
Thursday nighJ the Greenland headed
fpr shore. reaching Bay de- Verde. pro-
ccsdiug thence 10 St Johns Most NJ the
men who perishod orr married wen with
large families who are thus deprived of an
possible means OF support
The dead are.
Richard Pinn.
James Mahar. ST. Johns.
Walter Murphy
Alfred Mulley Carbonecr
William Case. Quldividl.
Edwin Davis
John Thomas
Holm Pinsctt. Safe Harbor.
Joseph Borne
James Howell
William Collaway Potts Island.
Charles White. Flat Island
a. Courage,
william Heath. Harbor Grace
William Woldenridge. Trinity.
Joseph Vincent cape Island
Edwin Hunt
Isaac Green
Kenneth Parsons
George Parsons
Henry Curtis Newton.
Fred House.
Jacob Pold
Walter Norris Pond Cove.
The missing are:
Benjamin Brown.
Albert Bowlon.
Theodore Norris. Pond Cove.
George Bungey
James Hicks.
Herbert Norris. Newton
Michael Hcnnessy
Ilchcr Ryan ship cove
Matthew Wells
Lorenzo wells
Noah Motmcr
George Pynn Harbor Grace
John Wicks Wesleyvlne.
Alex News. Cape Ann.
William Lockwood Green Pond
Stephen Squires. Savage.
George ". Pynn Hants Harbor
James Malard. 81. Johns
Ambrose Rogers. Lower Island Cove
William Saunders.
Thomas Eickctts. Kings cove.
william cullen Tor Bay
JAMES conway Turks cove
The frost-brtton mon number 81. An
will recover