New-York tribune., 1909-05-24
BRINGS TALES OF ICE
BRITISH STEINER HAD 4
N4RROU ESC1PE.
Rsars Scratches from Bcrgs and
Floes Which Imprisoned the
Dclonia and The WOngOLiap.

-,e first accurate account Of the unusual ice
- rrrev.iI.rC n tac nciEhborhood of tho
rr.-,iSf caps. 20 the northeast Of Cape Race,
Aicb has made travel exceedingly dangerous
.. transatlantic vessels. was brought in by the
s-;rish steamer Madura. which dropped anchor
-ssrer5av of the Statue OF Liberty. She bore
So more than a Ceyv scratches along her sides.
A.. according To her crew and the facts re
.o-5e6 in the meteorological report Tor the Lon
A. Weather Bureau exceptional seamanshIp
,-5 mighty good luck. il would seem. were re-
,c~s-ale for ler getting ont of the Ice pack
Il sn
rsrtafn r. T. Horsley was forced TO use his
,t.stle as an improvisod wireless service. and
=, ,vc occasions learned through the Morse
,,5e The names Of two steamers which We're
,s.- him I'm the fog on Naz l.. about :. p m.
surrounded by ice and fog. ne heard the faint
Lrss- NJ a steamer To the northwest. He
,r,,.qp; &, might do some good if he knew who
she was So using his whistle as a uansmitter
.-s 2 rne-arraue as a receiver. ho started up
8 s,-1 of whistle wireless. Within five minutes
81 other vessel understood him and sent hack
word in feeble blasts that she was the DeVonja
-o,wJNIcATEs WITH MoNGOLIAN.
-sutain 75arsley sent ont The name OF his own
,-ssel in code with his siren blasts and then
4e harmed r,.t tire Devaufa Jeff 1liddlesbrough.
England for Montreal and therefore knew she
was u-stfaura The following morning At
O'clock Ge picked un the blast of another
steamer. and 10y using his whis-le-"ireiess
rl.-orgn Tie fag DE learned that this icebound
ysscr.na~ vas the Allan liner Nongolian.
For three days practically ar hands on board
KEN their ears ready t. catch sounds when il
v-s <aEsg and their eyes alert for an exit
,f-asel the 5ee when the weather was clear
Throughout the watch Mrs Horsley. the skip
rcrs wife stood 10y him on tie bridge She
said Yesterday when the Nadura came 10 an
anchor. 4 enjoyed the sight. lut would not
like 20 g. through the experience @sain-'
Tie Naaura left Newcastle for New York in
ballast ON May q and ou May Il ar i 2. m, in
latitude 4Nlu north. longitude -o.%2 west. she
encountered her first iceHere- Half an hour
later she found pack ice from eight To fourteen
feet high and in sections averaging about sixty
fser in length Much Of il was dirty. and seals
were seen swimming about and climbing upon
me foes.
Hv D. m the Madura was completely sur
rounded by ice she described a circle steam
ing SIX miles 70 the southward Then thick
t.c set ir. and made the situation exceedingly
tr.fna. an hands kept watch from midnight
a.rta q nm the 18th. when the foE lifted
After skirtiug the lergs and pack Ice for Two
hours the Ma6ura ran Ly two miniature Glib
raltars. the niuety-foot frosty walls of which
were So close that they could he touched from
port and srarhasr1 rails.
MEASURES HUGE HEEGS-
Later she turned 10 The saarleas. and passed
several floating and frosted mountains |"1 feet
high. The ie1es. one of which, seen later, was
a&jl feet long and 4op feet high. We're meas
u-el by the captain and Chief officer Brown
IL THE aid or tie seNraur- An observation made
tg tile rI.1er officer from the forenast with his
glass showed an ice walled horizon from south
10 northwest.
A. $40 a. IN. ou the 18Th the Nadura found
an or,-ninc To- the Southeast. and IN making her
--ar rur she was forced 70 describe the letter
: 70 get past TWO large lerEs.
The steamer Hfs.-g. from Glasgow. Which was
slsa caught in tra fe.. Went into II ars--s dry
dock Yesterday. Sic was caught seventy miles
northeast NJ Cage Race o- Hay l.. and after
losing -rr-a ar rl-- t.rr blades ur L.r propeller
s,e managed To- aa' clear and make this port
Ca -hat -rsa sensation .E travelling ou her
throsel --.- t.e ra.E.f waters WAS much like
that as a -.l- aa d. -v.-r-aserel cart over %
ro,sv ~.aG. Tie crew said they saw several
polar bears an ogre ..a field.
7 MAS sa'G yesterday au the lfadura and on
the Hie.eE thar tr- f.e was drifting southwark
t1'ara -.e lanes ur -he tlautte liners. and
l1iess ~ s.--sa-G and broke .p quickly trouble
1-ght De I.aseI for southeast of Cape Race