New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
ARCTIC LOST, FOUND
FAR1LLON MEN SAFE.
ReUenue Cutter Finds Sur
uiuors of Great HWdships.

Seward, Alaska March 12-Worn and
exhausted by almost incredible hardships.
aad bearing the marks of weeks OF battling
with icy gales, four Of the six men who
on January left the wreck OF the Farai-
Ion In Cook Inlct and in a small rowboat
undertook tho desperate task of rowing to
procure relief for their companions. were
brought into Seward just before midnight
last night OH the revenue cutter Tshoma,
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 the Tahoma are Gus
Swanson. second mate OF the wrecked
F'arallon; Charles Peterson and Otto Nell
son, seamen; Albert Bailey. passenger
en- route 10 Kodiak. The other two are
Charles Bourne a resident OF Afognak.
who is now at kafiiar Bay. and Captain
Wedding of the launch Sea Wolf, who was
left at KokiaR.
The party OF six left the wreck 81 the
Farallon January with light but fresh
wind blowing north by northwest This in
creased during the night to a gale that
compelled the men to beach their Towbozt
at Ursus Cove. where they camptd until
morning At dsybresk, with light north
east wind and in a heavy s1owstorm, they
left Ursus Cove only TO have the wind
suddenly veer around to the northwest and
fast reach the proportions of a gale.
At every interval that could be snatched
from the toll at the oars the men we're
compelled to keep baling out the boat.
, With the heavy sea that was running the
. little craft was fast becoming mass of
ice snd sinking under the weight. All six
men were drenched with the spray. which
h,
| boat reached little shelter off Cape Doug
| las. but al the same tirno ran into a heavy
| pack of ice which soon had the boat in a
sinking condition.
| They managed TO reach dry land at Cape
| Douglas. but not until the boat had sunk
| under them with nearly all the provisions
/ IL carried. The water was shallow. and by
/ wading TO their arTnpits they reached the
| shore ice. BY this time IL had grown dark
and bowling gale blowing. At day
! light the party managed to reach the cliff
| above the beach, and there a makeshift
| tent was rugged up and a fire kindled. All
/ we're badly frostbitten.
/ The wind again increased to a blizzard.
/ and huddled 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
/ Pablow. a trapper. with schooner hauled
/ W. on the beach.
| No amount of persuasion would induce
[ Pablow TO attempt crossing the straits
! Two hundred dollars was offered him, but
/ this he refused.
! Pablow however. deprived himself of pro
| visions to share with the men up To the
time ne left them. The party of six re
manned at the trapper's camp, stOrmbound
until February I, when they started GU
once more.
Bailey led the way TO kaguak along th'
beach, with Swanson, Peterson. Bourne anC
( Wedding. who were unable TO walk. follow
! ing in native bidarka. Reaching kaguak
( the party found an old s1irf. which the.
dug out OF the snow. and in this they mad
their way to Kafiiar Bay. living the entir'
/ time since leaving the trapper's camp OIL
whale oil and dried fish flour.
! AT Kafiar Bay they killed a seal. an6
! this furnished the first semblance of fresl
meat they had had since leaving the Farai
! Ion. Here they decided to make an attemp
to cross the straits. and on February 2.
! in a sixteen-foot boat. they started. Bourne
however. refused to take the risk. and wa
left with the natives. The party just man
aged to make land az Cape Ugat. their boa
being wrecked in a fierce gals tina
sprang UT.
Near where they made camp an old ma
tive b,darka was found. and they mad
their wav in this to Ugansk village. Their
they remained stormb,ound until March
when. in % DOR with two natives, the
made Afognsk. where the TahoIna foun,
than