New-York tribune., 1899-02-16
.NANY MILES on AN ICE CAKE.
TERRIBLE JOURNEY OF THREE MEN
AROUND THE NOSE OF
LONG ISLAND.

Greenport, Long Island. Feb 15.-The two
youths and the man who were carried out to
from East Marion on the icehoes Monday
night are alive and safe They received no seri-
Gus injury through their exposure but they had
many hours Of anxiety and dread and were in
constant danger of death. They are in their
homes in East Marion tonight. and heroes
in the estimation OF their friends When they
arrived here this afternoon they received a
warm greeting and when they reached East
Marion almost the whole population Of the viii
lage had turned out to welcome them.
Their experience was particularly harsh one
They drfted for hours the ice in the dark
ness, with the wind blowing a gale and the snow
driving hercely. Every moment they expected
their uncertain raft would go 10 pieces and
throw them into the frozen waters Of the bay
They kept anoat. however, and after thirty-six
hours Of anxiety. suffering, danger and hunger
they succeeded in reaching land
The three were Herman Kuehne. caretaker
and florist for /. A. Fish, Of Brooklyn Edwin
Tuthill. son of Captain Z. Tuthill and Daniel
Brown. son Of Atwood Brown, all of East
Marion
on Monday afternoon Brown and Tuthill. who
are youths. went to a point on Mr.. Fishs place
to shoot ducks, which had gathered in great
numbers in a clear stretch of water near by.
They killed several and Kuehne. who had joined
them. went out with them in boats to gather
the birds. Kuehne had boat, and Brown
and Tuthill were in another
While they were out the ice closed in around
them, and when at dusk they tried 10 return TO
shore they could not force their way through
the closely packed ice. They were held there
until about midnight they think About )
o'clock they heard shouts from the shore, and
knew that a search for them had begun. They
responded, but realized that no help could reach
them in the night.
Fortunately. they We're warmly dressed, MS the
boys had expected rough, cold work shooting
ducks, and Kuehne had been working out in the
open and had wrapped himself up well. All
had good warm gloves Recognizing that II
would be useless to try longer to get to shore
in the darkness they sculed about the small
open space and selected the thickest and largest
piece Of ice On this they crawled and drew
their sharpes after them. They cleared the
snow from the ceatre and piled it so as to make
a cradle for one of the sharpies. The other was
turned bottom up, and placed top Of the first
Precauti1n had been taken to pile as much snow
as could be safely gathered on the Windward slde
/ Of the frail and uncertain shelter. Between the
two boats the three crawled. and MADE theh-
selves as comfortable as possible.
About midnight there appeared TO be change
in the direction Of the wind. and within snort
time the three knew they were moving IN
what direction they were not sure, but rghty
supposed it was toward the open sea.
Dawn OF Tuesday found their big raft OF ice
well down the BAY, and within sight Of Mon
tauk. The boats were put oNerooato' anu m
al effort was made TO row to the land lhey
rowed for hours along the coast without peIhs
/ able to effect a landing owing 70 the thlchly
/ packed ice along the shore.
/ Giving up hope in this direction. they turned
/ northward and roWed toward tlshers lslahd'
arriving near there in midatternooh lhes
tried for miles to effect a landing but could not
| and finally in despair. later in the afternoon
they headed for GARDENERS Island. They had
little hope Of landing there. but their only
salvation was 10 keep on rowing. as IL kept
them from freezing. They had the ducks when
/ they had shot and these they ate raw, as there
vas mo- possihilitV Of cooking them FOR crlhh
trev took snow from the top Of floating cakes
Of ice. When darkness fell they were stil head
ing for Gardeners Island. Meanwhile. thelr
fathers had chartered the steamer Ieuuy, anu
a trip through the bay as far as MontauK FoihO
was made without result ne steamer d.
eoorobed around Fishers Island without result
ord at darkness put back to Greenport. The
search was then considered hopeless' put ,i 1liS
,.,o.r.inq other steamers were IN service. Inc
o,aa,-going tug Alert was brought from New
London to aid I'm the search ana she lou"
and picked up the young men
Tbey reached Gardeners Island about a.. 1T.
.o-day almost exhausted. II IS estimated that
tba, rowed and drifted fully forty mlles. Inc
islsrd X deserted except for the United states
Ar,,,. ororloves and engineers engaged IN con
e,r,ctfrg the dcfences there. These were souSnt
ont and the three casta"ays recelNeu SHeIlel az"
80 R,. The time they were found, at noon TO-
49,. had almost recovered. Kuehne and
,r,ti,iI 10 rot appear to be any the worse for
tbe adventure Browns face was frostoltten