The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-01


 we dragged the canoe about one mile and a half over the shore ice, when we met water and floating ice-it was then dead low water, On the tide beglnnlhs to rise we soon encountered some heavy ice, which we partly dragged through. After working in the ice for about two hours I perceived two men abreast of Pilgrims lighthouse, standing upon the floating ice We made for them as quickly as possible, and found MT. Richard and his assistant, who had un- dertaken to cross over to the shore Ill a small boat, and were trying to haul It over the piece of ice they were on' They were very grateful for the assls- tance the department had so promptly sent them. We took them aboard our canoe and padded, and got over the ice and water, reaching the shore at St' Andre a few minutes after nine O'CLOCK the same morning.
 i "Mr. Richard informed me that ne and his companion had been in his small open boat five or six hours trying to make for the Pilgrims. Alter ne found that owing to the large accumu- 1 lation of ice at River Du Loupe, ne could not land there, and it was blow ing a gale from the northeast, accom- panied by a heavy snoWstorm, ne ran before the wind trying to reach the Pll- grim It was very dark, and he could see nothing ahead of him, but all or a sudden he found himself In calm water, ! and immediately inferred that they were on the lee side of one Of the is- lands. Fortunately it was the one on which the Pilgrim light is situated, but he only found this out two nights ana a | day later. As the snow-storm contin- lled and they did not dare to leave where they had landed, having no idea where they were, or where they could I better themselves before the weather changed
 "They had some frozen bread, but no fire. The first night they thaWed some pieces of bread by placing them under | their vests to get warmed up by the 1 heat of their bodies. They kept walk ing all night to prevent falling asleep 1 and freezing to death. The next day I they made an attempt to explore the is- land they were on in the hopes of md ing the lighthouse, but owing to the storm and difficulty of getting over the rock. and not really knowing where | they were, finding themselves amongst some trees and some falling branches, they built up fire and remained there, Even with the help of fire, however they did not dare to sleep, MT. Rich ards assistant, man named Quay fell headlong asleep in the snow. Md, Richard aroused him, encouraging and warning him of the danger Of falling asleep. The next morning the weather cleared up and they then saw that they were something over q mile from the lighthouse on the west end Of Long Pilgrim Island. They started for the lighthouse and found 1t locked, the keeper having closed up and gone ashore. They forced the door open and in the lighthouse found food water and wood which made them comfortable for the time being.
 "Mr. Richard ran the lighthouse flag up at half mast, feeling sure that 1t would draw attention and result in as- sistance being sent to them. The next day Mir. Morrin, the Pilgrims light ! house keeper, with four or five friends, SNS the matter. They worked in the ice from half-past seven in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon, but were obliged to give up on account of the heavy ice they encountered but they had seen MT. Richard and the man. and were able to report that they were there in safety. It was the inten- l tion of MT Morrin and his friends to make another attempt the next day, | but our arrival with a large winter ca noe and some experienced men relieved them of further risk. MT. Morrin and his friends deserve much credit for the efforts they made to rescue MT. Richard and his man with the resources they had at their disposal. ."-Montreal Ca zette.