Show STEAMER ESCAPES FROM i ENORMOUS FIELD OF I ICE E I 4 New Y York ork May ray 23 All All tales of icebergs ice floes and andice andice F Fice today when tho the Scotch tram tramp ice peaks at sea were eclipsed p r steamer Madura l from New Castle dropped anchor off Lib Lib- Liberty Liberty f erty Island and her skipper Captain R. R T T. 1 I produced the to log of her hor voyage orage The rho Madura l emerging from seas seRS of summer mildness ness and I warmth last londa l Monday ran an into Q the beginning of an nl enol enormous us I field of ice from froin which she did not emerge until Wednesday uy ay t At times she ahe was wa held fast an and could do nothing but drift along with the pack At other times Um she he found herself herself her her- self In between bergs berg towering over her a as Broadway office structures structure tower tower tow tow- tow tow- So tightly y er r over oer a trolley car that Jammed was wu she be once or twice that the theT scraped and dented her T h. h e monsters sides widen I A change of or wind at tot t such auch moments mo mo- menta ments would nave hay caused her to be bet t trims rushed d. hr Tin The It lee field t then was wa southeast t of Newfoundland and aad just JUlit north norm or of the iho lane ane that the Europe Europe- passenger passenger pas pas- ner ships are now using Hy By y this time It IDa may be directly In line le or even evell s south of ot it Other vessels eNels caught Inthe in la inthe lathe the the Imm Immense n. n sea aea of ot Ice ke may not Dot have havn had the wonderful good fortune of or th the Madura Matura her commander believes believe Ina In Ina Ina a d donee nM fog last lt Tuesday lie fie heard th the whistle of or another ship due north of ot Mm him a and also alo In the Ice Ift Not being equipped with h he sent her br herC a C Q J. J U. U I in whistle hl blasts Mp ou on lu Pauo Tito 11 u. u t I I j STEAMER ESCAPES FROM ENORMOUS FIELD ENORMOUS FIELD OF ICE Continued from roam luJo One out Vho Who aro arc you OU 1 The Tho stranger In Inthe inthe the tho Morse code tooted v o v o Th The Tl i U 1 a tramp steamer from Glasgow ow ona De and anI was isas bound for Monti cal She ho has not been heen reported yet yot Tue lne Madura Malura also signaled with her hol whistle the tho Mongolian tho big passenger liner Iner which later latel was caught In a n great ice Held field feld off of Halifax Wo Vo loft lol Now Castle Caste on May Ia 9 0 In fair Cal weather Ith a crew of 3 32 said Captain Hosley Hosle and hind had easy casy going oln until the afternoon of ot Ma May 17 when whon wo we were tere In Long north Lat 50 west Then Theno o wo ran ron into ice at 4 In half hal an nn hour wo we o mot met pack Ice co and small bergs The bergs wore feet reet high Playing about on the pack Hack and In the water were any number number number num num- ber of or large seals Vo Wo were completely surrounded as asfar asfar fR far Car as the eye ee could reach by Ice We Vo changed our course from southwest to duo due south so tO as to go 0 pong with wih the Held but we wo hud laid only emily made six miles when whon we wo were completely locked in I It and had to shut down the engines Then Themi we struck a stretch of ot clear clearwater clearwater cen water and amid circled about All Al hands were piped to watch vatch then All U night wo we steered a n zig-zag zig course skirting bergs When hen came we were among bergs that seemed mountainous I got out the sextant and took observations of them These bergs were In tho the neighborhood af or feet high It I was tho the same thing timing all al day We c kept going cr very slowly and amid dodged the bergs Could Not cot ot Gh Give Aid 11 At 9 o'clock the tho next morning looming we wo morning heard the time log fog whistle of another steamer This proved to be he the tho Devono Devona De Time Tho log tog prevented us from seeing her hel lut But she wasn't far away from us Wo We couldn't do anything for Cor her he oven If 1 wo got to her so 80 wo we went on Just after aler this o wo sighted the giant Siant Ice Ice- berg berg- This was nothing less than a mountain It I did thid not appear to be moving so we figured it was fast on the bottom of ot the ocean Measured b by the sextant this was w In tho the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood of or feet high Not ol far tar off or was a berg that measured men men- 1300 feet teet high and 1500 1600 feet long There were several others from to 1000 feet They seemed tn tiny compared to the monster This was Tuesday Tuelda morning After passing through a fend of or nine large and eleven cleven small smal ones wo we came to water open to careful navigation at noon Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day morning we got out Into free water wa wa- wa- wa ter tot The Time I last t section of ot tho the Ice field trough through which we passed had 1 17 largo lano bergs In a cluster |