The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-18

vic uent ashore again toSsend on the
mon we were to take down. The next
dav most of the men were on Doaru'
hut the drift ice began to get heavy
and we were obliged to move INTO
little blight in the ground Ice 10 escape
IL The next day, however, the VINO
came out from the southwark anu
near was TANNED tight up against the
Ground ice by the pao' and we were In
the ca me position as the vessels were last
faIl only there was hope for US because
a. vas early and the water was not
freezing. The only thing we couio 40
now was to wait for northeast vino
to take the pack off shore. On tne so
the wind increased from the soutiI"Ssl
ond there was a pressure so That the
Co.. side of the vessel was pushed in
pcounle of inches. Luckily, however,
the pressure ceased soon and no serious
san1og 90 was done The Bear was the
eret Vessel to reach Cape Smyth this
snring but the day after she got there
tho Jeannette came along and mace
fast near us, and she was now In the
ama fix we were. Inside the ground
&C. there was open water clear to the
beach and If we could have gotten IN
there before the pack came we would
,aye been all right. Meanwhile the
pa.vedere had freed herself from the
10 that had made around her during
tho winter and was only waiting until
the drift ice cleared from the shoals
outside her to get out and go down.
The Rosario had been crushed in
pressure some time before the Bear ar
lived. the Newport and the Fearless
we're in sight in open water close to
point Barrow and waiting for chance
to get out, and the JEANNE was still to
be heard from. On the evening OF the
3d. however, she hove in sight. and as
the ground ice had gone off above
Cane Smyth all three vessels came
down inside and made fast inside the
ridge we were fast to. On the 7th We
tried to blast through the ridge so as
to get inside. but the Ice was grounded
in fifteen fathoms Of water and powder
had little or no effect on 1t. There was
now long succession Of unfavorable
winds and Gains until the 18th, when
the pack began to loosen and by mid
night there was only about so yards OF
ice outside Of us. The next morning
the ice freed from around the jean
nette, but it was keyed In around us
and 1t took four hours Of backing and
filling under full steam for the Bear to
clear herself, but we finally got out at
noon on the 18th and steamed to the
southwark. Meanwhile the Newport.
Fearless and JEANNE had gone down In
side to clear water and were waiting
for US to get out and give them sup
ply Of provisions and coal. 50 they
could get down'to Port Clarence. where
their tender was waiting for them.
After giving the vessels sufficient coal
and provision to last them till they got
to a place they could procure more the
Bear steamed away to the southwark.
having on board SO officers and sailors
Of the wrecked vessels. We reached
Point Hope ON the both of August.
where we picked up nine more. the
crew of the schooner Louise j. Ken
ney. which had gone ashore at this
place. This made 101 in all. Two OF
these were shipped on the Northern
Light when we stopped in Kotzebue
Sound on our way down and six more
left US at st. Michael when we reached
that place on the 25th Of August. We