The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-22
FAST In The ICE FLOES
STEAMER PORTLAND PROBABLY
CARRIED INTO ARCTIC OCEAN.
When Last Seen She Was Drifting
North from Nome at the Rate of Two
or Three Miles an Hour.

SEATTLE, Wash. June 21.-The steamer
Nome City has arrived here with the record
Of being the frs steamer to reach Nome
and also the first one to return from there
out Of a feet of thirty vessels The ship
bears many evidences of the fierce battles
with the ice in the north, but is not ma
terially damaged. The north-bound trip
was an exciting one. From May until
month later the ship was fast in a body of
ice fully eight feet thick The ship tried
bucking its way through for two days, but
when within sixty-five miles of Nome it
was again hemmed in. The pack in which
the Nome City was caught was drifting to-
ward the northwest. For several days the
vessel drifted around the Island of St
Lawrence and on May II was raised clear
out of the water by a sudden jam The
iron sheating put on at Seattle before start
ing was all that saved the vessel from be-
ing smashed to pieces The rudder head
was twisted and the ship was badly shaken
up. Fortunately a lead opened on the
morning of June and Captain Daniels
gave the signal to go ahead st full speed.
the ship bucking its way through the ice
to open water and Nome.
Purser Shaw, of the Nome City. SAYS:
I'VE reached Nome June A. after a hard
passage. On June we saw the steamer
Portland far to the westward of US. tightly
incased in a pack of ice She was then
drifting northward through Bering straits.
Subsequently the revenue cutter Thetis
started In pursuit and no further news was
received
Advices from Nome, dated June Z say:
The steamer Portland, Captain Iindouist
the pioneer of the Northern Commercial
COmpanyS fleet, was on June caught in
an ice pack and being carried up Bering
straits to the Arctic ocean at the rate of
from two to three miles an hour When
word was brought to Nome that the Port
land was in the Ice the Northern CONNER
cial Company's officials and people who
had friends aboard were greatly worried.
and as soon as the Thetis arrived a peti-
tion was presented to Captain HeaIy re-
questing him to go to the rescue. The The
tbs left the same evening. If any one can
render the imprisoned ship any assistance
Captain Healy is the man. There is some
danger of the ship being crushed i'm the
straits. If she got through the straits and
failed to find a lead to The eastward or
westward by which she could get clear of
the pack she will be carried into the Arctic
ocean, and, failing to get clear of the ice
may ultimately be wrecked by heavy foes
further north In the event of her not get
ting crushed she will be greatly DELAYED.
and doubt short of supplies and
fresh water.
The Nome City reached Nome June
and departed June 10. On June the steam
er Portland was sighted in the ice off
Cape Prince of Wales Other arrivals at
Nome reported by Captain Daniels. of the
Nome City, are: Steamer Elk. June 3:
United States revenue cutter Thetis June
s; steamer Dora, June s. steamer Sadie
from st. Michaels, June 10 On the return
voyage the Nome City passed the steamer
American in Behring sea June - The
Nome City brought the mail.