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Show -;0?.?A!jiY.OFTIlAVELEIlS Led by Tro Yc un? Tic men, They Make Thlrteen-ililc Thlrteen-ililc Trip Across Ice Floes. . j , .' ST. JOHNS, N. B., Feb. 27. A party of travelers has Just reached here after ! a thrilling: experience on the ice. The party, was led over thirteen miles of Ice floes from an' Imprisoned steamer to PIctou Island, and thence to the mainland by .two young: Boston women. The steamer Mtnto, which runs from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward island, became Icebound Monday. Among: the forty passen- gers on board were two young women named Dent, who had received word that their parents were dying In Boston. When. they realised the situation of the Mlnto they expressed determination to start out for the mainland on foot. An other young woman and four young men also were willing to Join in the undertaking. under-taking. The distance '.was, finally covered, although, the young women were obliged to constantly assist the exhausted men. After passing the night on the island, the remainder of the" Journey was made to the mainland Tuesday, where the Boston women caught the train. ' |