Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-09-17
STARVING SAILORS RESCUED.
THE WHALERS ARE ALL SAVED
The Bear Reaches st. Michnels With
One Hundred and sixteen "h"t-
ers From the Vessels in the Ice
PacL-Their Ships Were Lost.

Prs From the Nessels IN the Ace
Pack-Their Ships Were Lost.
San Francisco, Sept. ia special from
st. Michaels, Alaska, August %, via VIC
toria, B. c., September II, says;
The revenue cutter Bear arrived IN port
this afternoon with ll6 whalers belonging
to the vessels of the fleet that were crush
ed in the ice pack while in winter quar-
ters off Point Barrow on July %.
She was the first vessel OF the season 10
arrive. She found the surviving mem
bers of the steamers Orca and Jessie Il.
Freeman and the schooner Rosario and
took them on board, giving them the first
square meal they had enjoyed IN many
day. The rescuing party found that pro-
visions on the Belvidere, Newport, Jean
nette and Fearless, the vessels which mad
escaped destruction in the ice foes, were
getting low. Each vessel was given sup
plv sufficient until the arrival OF tenders
from the south.
On August II, having fulfilled her mis-
sion of rescue and relief, the Bear started
south on her Journey to st. Michaels with
the ll6 whalers whose ships were lost.
Shortly after her arrival at Point Barrow
the Bear was caught in the ice and the
pressure was so tremendous that some OF
her planls started and preparations were
made for abandoning the ship.
Fortunately the pressure subsidized, but
the Bear was unable to free herself from
the pack for l3 days after first being
pinched.
Fears Were False.
San Francisco, Sept ia special from
Seattle says:
The news brought down by the revenue
cutter Bear contradicts the recent alarm
ing reports of wreckage of ships and loss
of lives when the ice jam broke this year
in Boring sea. On the contrary, the yes
sells of the fleet which were seaworthy be-
fore the breakup of the ice are all fit for
service, and there has been but one
death among the whalers since the disas-
tiers of the autumn of 1897. In that case
the victim fell prey to an old standing
Going Back to the North.
Neah Bay, Wash, Sept, l3.-The rev.
enue cutter Bear touched here on her way
down the coast. She has on board Lieu
tenants Jarvis and Berthold and DR..
composing the relief party, and
Of members OF the crews of the vessels
that were wrecked, including the crew Of
the schooner Louis j. Kenney.
When the men came aboard the Bear
after she reached Cape Smythe, there
were ll9 in all. Twelve of these exchanged
places with a like number from the Fear
less and IS shipped on other vessels of the
fleet. Two shipped on the Morn
ing Light at Kotzebue sound, six shipped
on some of the Yukon river steamers
when they reached St. Michaels, and two
others shipped on the English ship Illalla
at Dutch Harbor
Besides the loss of the Orca and Free
man last fall, the schooner Rosario was
the only other vessel that was crushed in
the ice The other vessels-the Newport,
jeanette, Fearless and BelVidere-are all
out and either ON their way down or have
continued on their whaling cruise. The
Wanderer, which went into Herschel ISL
and last fall when she found she could
not get out, is known to be safe.
Captain Newth of the Jeanette, who
was taken i'll at Cape Smythe, came down
on the Bear, having. turned his vessel over
to Thomas Ellis and Charles Brewer.
The Bear reports that a petty officer Of
the whaler Rosario committed suicide by
drowning last spring, and in June Phil
Mann of the Jessie Freeman dropped dead
of heart failure. Gray of the Jeanette
died of dropsy A Siberian and a Jap
anese attached to the fleet also died since
the fleet was last heard from.