Vessels Crushed by Ice.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1464, 25 September 1885, Page 4

Vessels Crushed by Ice.

Four sailors belonging to the barque Bayard have just been landed m Liverpool, and gave particulars of the loss of their vessel, which was crushed by ice, and their subsequent severa sufferings during four days and nights. The Bayard, Captain Anderson, was going to Quebec for timber. When off the Canadian coast the immense ice-fields gradually closed round the vessel, so that she could not move m any direction, and at last literally crushed her and she sunk. The crew had nothing left but to take to the ice, and for their own safety took with them one of the ship's boats. Day after day they traversed the ice and dragged their boat after them, but saw notlrng to cive them a hope of. rescue. The men suffered very much from the cold and from, exhaustion. As far as the eye could reach nothing could be seen hut vast fields of ice, here and there studded with large icebegs. On the tourtli day they sightftd"«n English steamer. She too appeared to be fast m the ice. She proved to be the Mary Louise. The shipwrecked crew were received on board, but they had, only, been there about hal£-an hour when ihey had to leave along with the steamer's crew, as the ice also crushed this vessel, and caused her to founder. Fortunately-on-the same day the Norwegian barque Brilliante was fallen m with, and she rescued both crews, landing them at Quebec. The Bayard was also a Norwegian vessel.