The herald., 1898-03-29
The CARGO or CORPSfS
BROUGHT TO PORT By sEALEH
GREEN LAND
Of Three Hundred Seal Hunters OF
Board Half Are Dead or MANNED
by the Cold

ST. JOHNS, N. F., March 2S.-The seal
| ing steamer Greenland has sailed into this
harbor with a grewsome cargo. Twenty
| five corpses were on the deck and IS men
were moaning with terrible suffering in the
forecastle from the pain of frost bitten
limbs. The dead bodies were in tiers on
the deck of the steamer, disfigured and al
most unrecognizable. The effects of the
terrible suffering which they had endured
presented one of the most horrible sights
eyes ever beheld. The Greenland set sail
| from st. Johns about the first of March on
| her fateful voyage. She was commanded
| by Captain George Barbour and carried a
crew of nearly 800 hunters. The steamer
proceeded northward with the rest of the
sealing fleet, but after a couple of hours
she diverged on a separate track and
reached the hunting grounds not long af-
ter. All went we'll until Tuesday last and
seals were quickly encountered and several
good packs were secured. On Tuesday
morning the hunters left the ship about
o clock as usual when the lookout in the
crows nest reported ice plentiful around
them. The men were clad in light cloth
ing, for the slaughter of seals is exhaust
ing work. Scattered over the ice field they
ship and gale and snow storm shut them
out from view. The ice foe parted and
they drifted away from the ship. Ere the
storm subsided many of the unfortunate
fellows had succumbed to the terrible cold
and exposure. Those who did not were
terribly frost bitten and suffered excru-
ciating pain. The long night passed but
morning brought no help, for the storm
GaN~
with snow driven by the gale. Snow con-
tinued nearly all day and the evening
brought no cessation to the high wind.
Another night was passed in untold agony.
Some of the victims had already given up
hope and in despair laid down and died,
and every hour witnessed at least two
deaths. Toward morning the storm SUBJ
sided and clear weather enabled the sur
vivors to see that the Greenland was not
far away searching for the missing men.
The steamer bore down upon the drifting
ice and began the work of picking up the
bodies of the dead and lifeless bodies of
the living. Twenty corpses were taken on
board that morning, but % of the men
were still missing and though the search
was continued all day no more were re-
covered. Thursday night the Greenland
headed for shore, reaching Bay Deverde,
proceeding then to st. Johns. Most of the
men who perished are married men with
large families, who are thus deprived of
all possible means of support.
The dead are: Richard James Maharr
St. Johns; Walter Murphy, Alfred Multy,
Carbonear; William Case, Quidividi; Ed
win Davis, John Thomas, John Pinzent
Safe Harbor; Joseph Borne, James How
ell, Thomas White, William Galloway.
Portland; Charles Raphe, Flat Island; A.
Courada, William Heath, Harbor Grace;
William Wolden Ridge, Trinity; Edwin
Hunt, Joseph Vincent, Cape Island; Isaac
Green, Kenneth Pardons, George Norris.
Henry Curtis, Newton; Fred House, George
Berry Island; Jacob Pold, Green's Pond,
and Walter Norris, Pond Cove.
The missing are: Benjamin Brown,
Doels Island; Albert Bowlen, Theodore
Norris, Pond Cove; George Bungey, Jas.
Hicks, Herbert Norris, Newton; Michael
Hennessey, Heber Ryan, Ship Cove;
Matthew Wells, Lorenzo Wells Noah
Mortimer, George Pinnell, Harbor Grace;
John Wicks, Wesleyville; Alexander An
drews, Cape Island; William B. Lock-
wood, GREEN'S Pond; Stephen Squires, Sal
wage; George w. Pynne. Hants Harbor;
James Mallord. st. Johns; Ambrose Rod
gers, Lower Island Cove; William Saun-
ders, Trinity; Thomas Ricketts,, Kings
owe; William Cullen, Tor Bay; James
Conway, Turks Cove.
The frost bitten number IS. All will re-
cover.