The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-11-14
RELIEF FOR
NHALERS

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. s.-Dowr
from the ice-bound Arctic that now
holds thirteen stout whaling ships In
its grin came the little schooner Mon
terey Yesterday The ice Of the north
srn seas strove to hold the vessel In
ITS clutches, but she fought her way
10 freedom. Tidings OF the imprison-
ed fleet are brought here by the Mon
xerey, tidings that bode i'll for the 500
suckless souls that are doomed to spend
the winter in the endless ice plains.
1t will go hard with the Arctic
whalers IL the words of the crew of
the Monterey prove true. When last
seen the fleet was far to the east OF
Point Barrow and was striving to push
further east in the hunt for the levi
athans Of the deep. And all the time
the ice was fast closing in upon them
the heavy pack moving shoreward to
form an impenetrable immovable bar
rier. Five hundred and seventy-five
miles of ice block the way Of the
whalers to Point Barrow, the nearest
supply station. Unless a lucky fate
has interviewed the ships are now where
no relief expedition can ever reach
tion without hope of succor.
Though far from civilization the
> scebound crews will not lack medical
attention for among them is a sur
geon who has already proved his worth.
Strange was the coming OF the profess
sional man among the rough men Of
the sea. He shipped as common
sailor on board the Karluk. There came
n time during the cruise that there was
need of the services of a physician.
Then the sailor showed to the skipper
his certificate and the degree of a
Harvard graduate. His skill saved
the lives of ten of the whalemen.
1T is a Godsend that such a man is
among those ice-bound whalers this
year" said Captain Foley Of the Mon
terey yesterday HE went north to
overcome his craving for drink and
shipped as a common sailor. He now
occupies the cabin with Captain Nc
Gregor Of the Karluk. The men of the
feet jdolize him."
MONTERREY SIGHTS wHALERS.
On August 10th the Monterey last
sighted the whaling ships. They were
then off Cape Bathurst and cruising
to the eastward. The Monterey with
the Baylies gave up the hunt for
whales and turned their prows west
ward. Three times the Monterey was
caught in the ice. Three times luck
favored her and she worked her way
clear. For eight days the vessel
bucked the ice before she finally reach
Al tIT
Charles Foley's story of his fight te
gave the Monterey from the ice and
of the propable fate of the imprison.
ed fleet:
II left Cape Bathurst on August II
and the entire fleet was there all ready
to go to Banks Land At that tim,
there was ice all the way from Bat
hurst to Point Barrow, n distance o
SIS miles. / arrived at Cape Bathurs
on August and found the ice neal
shore. There was no whaling ther,
SO rather than take any chances o.
being caught in the ice I decided I,
hunt whales to the westward TIL,
other vessels stayed there, hoping tha
the ice would work off and allow then
70 get to Banks Land
bound for three days. The William
Baylies Joined us and we worked ou
way westward between the ice and tn
t. land. The ice was very thick afte
leaving Herschel island, and we wer
compelled to work along the shore
worming passage through every littl
bay and opening. Three times w
were caught in the pack, but manage
to find lead and worked into ope
water. The ships that followed late
= must have found 1t impossible to get ou
for the heavy ice was forming fast.
WHERE SHIPS ARE CAUGHT.
II think the fleet was caught be
tween Cape Bathurst and Bailey is
land. Herschel island is their onl,
refuge unless they can work the ship
behind the giant cakes of ice, whicl
will prevent the heavy pack from
brushing them. If caught in the youn,
Zee the ships will be piled upon tn
beach, for the wind has been steadil,
from the north and the heavy pacl
will pile the young ice upon the shores
3ke cordwood. If frozen in to tn,
Westward of Cape Barrow there is n,
efuge for the vessels.
There is no question whether or no
ne vessels that We're to come out O
he Arctic this season started at tn
anne time. II all came together thel
here will not be much danger fror
narration as some of the vessels wer
provisioned for several years and tn
upply will be divided among thos
hat carried food for only ten month!
can not see how relief expeditio
IAN possibly reach the ships"
The officers of the Monterey stat
hat only the hardest of men coul
pake the trip over the ice to Poir
arrow and they predict great sufferin
case the fleet separated.
The Monterey captured only on
hale and when she left the Arcti
be Thrasher was the only vessel tina
hd captured a whale The schoone
AURA Madsen was sighted by the Mon
}rey on August 29, near Point Bar
w. Captain Foley says that tn
Fssel is frozen in without a chance @
Gaping this winter.
WOULD TAKE RELIEF PARTY.
Captain F. Tuttle. who for seve
nornunan ndad the rayanno ctttte