From the fantastic Halljean blog "Doing Canadian History" author: George Back 1841 |
A proa se divisaba un acantilado cuya cima se perdía en la niebla. El buque se dirigía irremisiblemente hacia el, y la falta de viento y el timón roto impedían evitar la colisión. Emplearon el bote que habían situado entre el buque y la costa para protegerse de ella para alejar el barco del acantilado. Aún así volvieron a colisionar con las rocas, el timón tras ese golpe se volvió a encajar y gracias a cierta brisa consiguieron orientar el barco de manera que este se alejase de la costa. Cuando pensaban que ya estaban a salvo, el barco pasó rápidamente por el lateral de un iceberg que parecía que iba a destrozar los mástiles. Providencialmente la colisión no tuvo lugar y el barco se zafó.
Take a look to the sketch drawn by Robert Hood about the incident:
Take a look to the sketch drawn by Robert Hood about the incident:
http://www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com/modules/vmmuseum/treasures/?artifactid=107
A rarety founded in the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
Mirando atrás pudieron ver al Eddystone luchando para evitar la colisión siendo arrastrado por tres botes. Pero no había ni rastro del Wear. El resto del viaje hasta York Factory lo pasaron bombeando el agua que penetraba a través de las vías de agua hasta el punto de que tuvieron que parar en la bahía de Hudson para que las mujeres y los niños pasaran al Eddystone y poder recibir ayuda de este barco.
Finalmente llegaron a York FActory el 30 de agosto después de haber intercambiado objetos y saludos con una tribu esquimal que les abordó por el camino y descubrieron para consuelo de todos que el Wear estaba amarrado en el muelle del puesto. Al parecer un iceberg providencialmente se había situado entre ellos y la costa de la isla impidiendo el choque contra ella.
After departing John Franklin from Stromness in Scotland in the ship Prince of Wales accompanied by other two ships, the Eddystone and the Wear the 7th of august in tbe middle of a dense fog at the shores of the Resolution Island in the entrance of the Hudson Bay. Trying to guess the route to follow, suddenly they saw among the mist a cliff few meters away whose top exceeded the top of the masts. The ship stroke the stones and she was thrown to the coast. The hit nearly contorted the helm of the ship and left her useless.
Looking at the bow they saw other cliff whose top was lost in the fog. The ship drives irretrievably to it, and the lack of wind and the broken steer prevented them to avoid the collision. They used the boat that they have put between the ship and the shore to protect themshelves and it dragged theship far the cliff. However they stroke again the rocks, and the steer came again into its correct position and thanks to a certain breeze they achieved turn the ship to the sea. When they thought that they were safe, the ship pass quickly near a huge iceberg which seems to pretend to destroy the masts. Fourtenately the collision didn´t have place and the ship escaped.
Looking back they could see the Eddystone fighting to avoid the collision, being dragged by three boats. But the Wear wasn´t there. They spent the rest of the journey to York Factory pumping water that get into the ship through the numerous leaks, till the point that they had to make a stop in the Hudson Bay to traspass the children and the women to the Eddystone and to be able to receive help from them.
Finally they arrived to York Factory the 30 of august after having change objects with an Inuit tribe that abord them on the way descovering that the Wear was moored in the harbor. It seems that an iceberg providentially had stood between them and the shore avoiding the disaster.
Finally they arrived to York Factory the 30 of august after having change objects with an Inuit tribe that abord them on the way descovering that the Wear was moored in the harbor. It seems that an iceberg providentially had stood between them and the shore avoiding the disaster.