Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-08-14
Death ct an Eminent Arctic Navigator


Late English papers announce the deatl, 90
the city of Ems, ia Germany on the 9Th of Jul,
&c Rear Admiral Sir WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY
X. N. one If the most daring and successful o
modern Arctic rxptners.
In the year 1903 Wm. Edward Parry, son ,f
DIR. Parry of Bath England. entered the naval
service of his country ns mdshipman, IN which
capacity as well rs thai of lieutenant. which.
rank he attained IN 1910 he served several yenr~
on the coast of North America. During HIS
period he drew up a little treatise M u,ieal a-
ironomy containing directions for finding ,ha
principal fixed stars visii'le in the northsm hem
isphere. Through the influence OF the late Sir
John Barrow. then SEQ reiary af the Admiralty.
he was appointed early IN 1873 to the Alexandet.
as lieutenant commanding. under Commander
John Ross. in the ISABELLA, for sthe discovery Of
n passage through Davis's straits, along the nor
,herncoust of America = The expedition sailed
IN April, 1873 and returned ln,e in the fall. hay
ing accomplished mnhing beyond yerilcation Of
the Wonderful accuracy OF the old navigator.
William Bailin, in lis descriptions ofihn' mighty
hay which hears his naine and the discovery Ivy
Cammander Ross TINT Lancaster Sound was
merely deep hnyo inlentation of the ooasi -
In january, 1919, Lieut. Parry was appointed to
the command of the Ilecln, bomb vessel, " FOR the
discovery % northwest passage from the AT
lauiie to the Pacific" and in MAY sailed. with the
hrig Griprr Lieut.. Liddon under his orders. 1t
lrrs Sound /, Melville Island, beyond ,chich no.
ship has since psnetroted wheie he wintered, and
after weary Imprisonment Of over ten months
on the dreary shore arrived in England on the 3d
Nov, 1890. On the sl May. 1891, Commander
Parry. in the Fury, bomb, having under his Or
defs the liecll, Commander George Francis
Lyon sailed on his third voyage Of Arctic explo-
ration His orders on this occasion we're tc
proceed toward or into lludson's Strnit. thence
"a penetrate 10 the westward through that Strait
until no should reach, either in Repulse Bay or
some part of the shore Of Hudson's Bay, to the
north ofWager River. some portion OF tho coast
which he should feel convinced to be portion OF
tho continent of North America" Failing in
this. lie should proceed To the northward, seek
ing u practical passage 10 the westward. connee-
ting the Atlantic aud Pacifo oceans, DO. Two
dreary winters were passed among the bowling
tetnpests and terrific dangers OF this horrible re-
eion, undon 18th October. 1898, Parry once more
returned to England His next voyage was as
post captain in tho lIecla. having the Fury,
Commander IL. +. Hoppner, MS his second.---
They sn,ed on the 10Th May 1924, TO explore
Regents Inle, with view to finding passage
hetween the oceans. This voyage resulted in the
l,ss of the Fury, which occurred ON the I'd Aug,
1925 OH the western shore Of Regents Inlet,
now cnlled North Sunnerset. The Hecla arr
rived safe. with the Furys crew, in England, on
tho 18th October. 1925. On the ath April, ltfS1,
Capt. Parry sailed in the liecla for Spitxbnrgsn'
whore he left his ship and endeavored to reach
the North Pole in slcdge boats over the Ice; put
after an absence of sxty.one days from the ship
they got on board again. having succeeded only
in reaching the latitude Of 81 deg. 40 min north,
owing to the rough and difficult travelling over
the ice aud strong southerly current. Arriving
in England the Goth September, 1897, this voy-
nge terminated Capt. pnrry's services afoat.-
since then however. he received the honor of
l,;rh,l,ooa and filed various Admiralty appoint
ments, gradually advancing in the naval service.
until he attained not long since the rank Of Rear
Admiral He was most gallant and successful
officer and has left namo second to none on
what Charles Dickens truly calls the 'unspotted
snow'' of the Arctic fame roll