New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
CRIPPLED SEALERS
ARRIVE IN PORT
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Grass ia q very slow ship. able TO steam
ii, ave knots under the best coiu'-
.ion and ~ driven far by the gaze II
vould take her some time 10 WON
into communication with the rest Oh '"e
feet. r.vidson
IL tina absence OF Governor pa'iuso"
-, preuier Morris, the acting fIe"'i'''
A.. ponnett. directed the work OF ca'i'ie
80 ,,,o aaad and wounded. Every phSs'-
clan and rurse in the city No'un'ee''s - 49,
serv,ce. They were aided by squ'u' ''o
tho naval reserve ship calypso anu
rious military organizations.
The disaster which overtooN ,"e
,oundland's hunters was unaVoiuaoie'
cord,nr TO Captain Randel OF INC 30
,.o,,ure Tuesday dawned sohie"""'
orarcas, hut with no hint OF ollzSaiu 'o''
~, ia said. SO that IL was quite pei
'-,,as,,,e % mt men on the ice after seais'
Four ships were within sigh' VI M u,roI
Newfoundland, the Stephaho' 'no
ard the Bellaventure. These hao TO-
., n thousand men on the ice iiiS Wv"
hunters had encountered smail oouS "
I'll. soon after leaving the ship ana were
out for only an hour .,,o
Tho storm broke with Vpica' Ale'0
.,,1dorress The hunters from the DEL
,a,,o,,,re and the Florizei were fortunate
',,a, 20 reach their ships safely Inc
stephano's men, being nearer inc ri0'
rel than their own VESSEL ho'i'eu
hoard her. The Stephano meah"n's
e,oaued toward the spot where the cre"
,,ad baen seen before the snowfall oesah'
Headed Back into Storm.
This took her away from the Newfouho-
lands group. who were far from their own
chin AS soon as the Stephano WAS ho'i
6ad nv the Florizel's wireless Oh the
noso,,, ~ her own men, she headed PACK
go Tho storm TO pick up the Newfound-
lands hunters. .,
II was impossible to see ships leng'h
oboad into the snow curtain, ana wheh
~. stenhanos captain thought ne was
,,i,h,r a mile of the stranded hunters he
low IN and kept his whistle going IN 'he
hope that they might be suiaea 'o"S'o
him. ..
A hours passed and not q man report
ed he concluded all had reached ther
49,, chin Rut the Newfoundland had no
wireless. and all that day and all Wedhes-
dav while the blizzard ragged win una
hated fury. the feet remained IN ishor-
ance Of the fate Of the l5O men marooheo
on the foes.
On Thursday the weather cleared, and
tho Rellayenture was making ready 10
aalG
lockout in the crows nest reported men
ON the ice. Captain Randell Immediately
ordered every available man iro" the
shin TO the rescue. The main party OF
% ways was four miles away over
broken field OF ice. The Bellaventure was
driven toward them with all poss'pie
speed but so bad were the Ice conditions
that IL required nine hours to cover the
four miles.
Many in a Stupor.
In the mean time his men mad reacheu
tho castaways. Only few OF the hardi-
a., we're conscious and able to help them
sa,ves Many were In a stupor. Some
,yara rav,ng: others had been stricken
with Ice blindness.
Many bodieS were iouhu iioAo" %" i"S'
in the ice that pickaxes were necessary
to chop them out. Two OF tho survivors
were nearly mad from their own suffer-
ings and from grief Each had watched
a brother die in his arms.
BY good fortune thirty OF the New
foundIand's hunters who had not strayed
far from the vessel had been able TO
reach their ship. else the death roll would
undoubtedly have been greater
I'm the mean time the Stephano had
been able to WORK within striking dis
lance and was able to pick up few OF
the survivors and recover a few bodies.
After tho snow filled hollows had been
searched for more bodies the Bellaventure
turned Der PROV homeward, battling Sc
we're lee conditions and second gale
nearly alf-the way to port