Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-12
TWO MONTHS ON VOYAGE
Part of the Time at Sea and Part
on Frozen Shores.
SUFFERED UNTOLD HARDSHIPS
Started Out to Obtain Succor for
Comrades on Wrecked Vessel
and Barely Succeeded.

and exhausted by almost incredible hard
ships and hearing the marks of weeks of
battling with icy gales, four of six men
who on Janaury left the wreck of the
Farallon in Cook Inlet, and in small
rowboat undertook the desperate task of
rowing to procure relief for their COM
panions, were brought in to Seward just
before midnight last night ON the revenue
cutter Tahoma. which for almost three
weeks has been searching for them. The
Tahoma also brings word that the other
two men are alive and safe.
The four men on the Tahoma are Gus
Swanson, a second mate of the wrecked
Faralyton: Charles Peterson. seaman:
Otto Nelson. seaman. and Alber Bailey.
passenger, en- route to Kodiak. The other
two are Charles Berne, Il resident of
.Afosnak. who is now at Kaf1iar bay. and
Capt. Wedding of. the launch Sea Wolf,
who was left at Kodiak.
From the men brought to Seward. a
story of hardship and suffering together
with dogged courage almost beyond be-
lief is gathered The party Of six left
the wreck Of the Farallon January 7.with
northwest This increased during the
night to a gale that compelled the men
to beach their rowboat at Ursus Cove.
where they camped until morning At
daylight with light northeast wind and
in a heavy snowstorm, they left Ursus
Cove only to have the wind suddenly veer
around to the northwest and fast reach
the proportions of gale
Boat and Men Ice Coated.
AT every interval that could be snatched
from the toll at the oars the men were
compelled to keep baling out the boat
With the heavy sea that was running the
little craft was fast becoming mass
OF ice and sinking under the weight.
All six men were drenched with spray,
which in turn froze until they resemped
icebergs- At sundown the boat reached a
little shelter off Cape Douglas. but at
the same time ran into a heavy pack OF
ice. which soon had the boat i'm a sink
ing condition.
They managed TO reach dry land at
cape Douglas, but not until the boat
had sunk under them with nearly all the
provisions it carried. The water was
shallow and by wadinS to their arm pits
they reached the shore ice. BY this time
II had grown dark and a howiing gaze
was blowing At daylight the party man
aged to reach the cliff above the beach,
and there a make-Shift tent was rigge0
up and fire kindled. All were terrIoly
frost bitten. The winw again increased to
a blizzard, and. hudded together, lying
fiat on the frozen ground, they passed the
next thirty-eight hours.
When the wind moderated somewhat
they set off down the beach and only two
miles from where they had spent the
night, found the camp of Michael Pab-
low. a trapper, with schooner hauled
out OH the beach.
No amount of persuasion would induce
Pablov to attempt crossing the straits.
Two hundred dollars was offered him. but
this he refused. declaring the attempt
meant certain death as he we'll knew the
fury of these waters in storm.
Started Out Again.
Pablov, however. deprived himself of
provisions TO share with the men up to
the time he left them. The party of six
remained at the trapper's camp. storm
bound until February :, when they start
ed cut once more.
Bailey led the way TO kaguak along the
beach. with Swanson, Peterson, Bourne
and Wedding who were unable to walk,
following in a native bidarka.
Reaching kaguak the party found an
old skiff which they dug out of the snow
and in this they made their way to kaf-
liar bay, living the entire time since
leaving the traDpers camp on whale oil
and dried fish flour.
At Kafiar bay they killed seal. and
this furnished the first semblance of fresh
meat they had had since leaving the Far
alIon.
Here they decided TO make an attempt
to cross the straits, and February - in
sixteen-foot BOAT they started. bourne,
however, refused To take the risk and
was left with the natives. The party just
managed to make land at Cape Ugat,
their boat being wrecked in a fierce gale
that sprang up.
Near where they made camp old ma
tive bidarka was found and they made
their way in this 10 Cganek village. There
| they remained Stormbound until March B.
when. in IA dory with two natives they
made Afognak, where the Tahoma found
them.