Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-12
Nan VINO Left the Wrecked Far
allan TO Procure Relief Finally
Brought Into Seward.
THEY SUFFERED TERRIBLY
r,eir Hardships We're Almost Beyond
Endurance, Their Courage
Almost Beyond Belief.

uyoru and exhausted og "'iii''N ii'
ann. bardships, and bearing the
,a5spble marks Of weeks Of battling
...,h tb. icy gales they encountered,
,...- of the dauntless crew Of six men
M nm Jan. left the wreck Of the
,....roD op Cook Inlet and in a small
-....,o,f undertook the desperate task
!, r,,rinr 90 procure relief for their
.,rpani5ns. were brought into Seward
,,st before midnight on the revenue
...,,er Taboma. which for almost three
,.,.rs has been searching for them.
the Tshoma also brings word that
che two remaining members Of the boat
crew are alive and safe.
FOUR HEROIC MEN.
Tn, four men on the Tahoma are:
cu. Swanson. second mate Of the
wrecked Farallon.
charles Peterson. seaman.
otto Nelson. seaman.
aibort Bailey. passenger en- route TO
Kodiak o,.-,.-
r7oarne. "a resident Of Afognak, who is
now at Kaniar bay.
can't wedding. master or the lauhch
Sea wolf remained at Kodiak to take
charge Of his craft
ORDERS OF the Tahoma report terrific
gales during almost the entire time the
I'M was out on the search.
Tbe cutter left Seattle Feb. s under
orders from the navy department TO
vsto a search Of the Islands scattered
,srourb Cook inlet in the hope that
tbe men had made camp on some shell
ON March 2 as the tug was leaving
Varluk straits. the schooner Matte,
nom ifvnk. was spoken, and from this
.-booner IL was learned that the boat
r7rfv has been az Uyak. leaving there
two lavs previous In a dory headed Tor
Afocnak
me- Tahoma put in fun speed and
reached Afgonak and found the men ON
March 4 The vessel then preceded To
Kodiak. where Pilot Brown was
droDped wedding also left the Ia
boma there 70 Join his launch, the
Sea Wolf
From the men brought TO Seward. a
rory of hardship and suffering, to-
gether with logged courage almost be-
You'd belief Is gathered
a NAilA1 Ut AiAthAfHlAAAH
The little party Of six lcft the wreck
at NJ o'clock on the morning OF Jan.
e with y light but fresh wind blowing
north by northwest. This increased dur
ing the night 90 a gale that compelled
the men 10 beach the boat at Ursus
Cove, where they camped until morn
ing
40 daylight with n light northeast
Wind and in "a heavy snOwstorm, they
LETT ursus Cove only to have the wind
suddenly vecr around 10 the northwest
and fast reach the proportions Of a
heavy gale.
Al every interval that could be
snatchod from the toll at the oars, the
men were compelled TO keep bailing out
thc boat with the heavy sea that was
running the little craft WIS fast be-
coming a mass Of ice and sinking UNI
der the weight
An six men were drenched through
ana through with the spray which In
turn froze 90 Ice, until they resembled
animate iCahergs
At shutdown the boat reached a little
shelter on Cape Douglas but al tho
same tmc ran into % mass Of hcavy
PACK Zee which soon had the boat In a
sinking condition.
They managed 10 reach dry land at
cape Douglas, but not until the boat
had sunk under them with nearly an
The provision IL carried
The water fortunately was shallow
END after wading to their arm pits in
me ley water. they contrived TO reach
the shore Ice.
By this time Il had grown dark and
bowling gale was blowing. Swanson.
according 20 the others lost an courage
and throw himself down on the ice
dyins that he was freezing
Nelson was snow blind and only able
70 grope his way about Wedding was
20 cramped with rheumatism as 10 be
hardly capable Of motion.
Al daylight the party managed TO
reach the Cliff above the beach and
Mere mdkeshift tent was rugged up
and fire kindled. All were terribly
irost bitten. The wind again increased
70 a blizzard, and. huddled together.
tg fiat on the frozen ground. they
passed the next 3s hours
A TRAPPERs CAMP.
When the wind moderated somewhat
Iney seq on down the beach, and only
tNo miles from where they had spent
we night found the camp Of Michael
iaolov o trappor, with a schooner
hauisd out on the beach.
no amount Of persuasion would in
ul'e iablov 20 attempt crossing the
STRAITS Two hundred dollars was Of
Tered him, but this he refused. de-
caring the attempt meant certain
death. as he well knew the fury OF
'nose waters in "A storm.
Ianluv, however, deprived himself OF
provisions to share with the men up 90
lhe time he LEFT them The partS>of six
remained at the trappors camp storm
pound until Feb 7, when they started
out once more.
Bailey led the way 20 Kaguak. along
ln' beach with swanson Peterson.
t'urue and Wedding. who were unable
n walk following I'M "A native bidarka.
shortly after leaving the camp Nell
SOD again became snow blind. and in
i'Ne way bccnmc separated from his
.'mpanions, and though they retraced
the'r steps 20 search for him II was
not until the next morning that they
found him. Reaching Kaguak the
l.t,y found an old slyin which they
'u" out OF the snow and in this they
noe their way TO Kaniar bay. living
me entire time since leaving the trap
p'rs camp on whale oil and dried
ish Hour
CROSSING THE STRAITS.
AZ Kaniar bay they managed 10 XIII
seal and this furnished the FIRST
remittance OF fresh meat that hud
PASSED their lips since Lowing the