Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-05-31
THE LOST P0LARIS.
Tic Statement O The Steward and 0thcr Survivor;
The Sickness, Death and Burial oi
Captain Hall.

| captain 6a!l.
John Heron, Steward of the Polaris
makes the following statement concerning
tho sickness, death and burial of Capt,
| lIsll;
"Capt. Hall had good health up to The
time of returning from the sledge expedi.
| ton. lie was not sick when ho came on
board, but complained soon afterwards,
and said that tho heat of the cabin affected
him. asked what he would have; was
anxious to get him something nice. Ile
didn't care about anything but n cup Of
coffee and did not drink even that
he WAS SICK
fortnight and talked very little; be was
perfectly delirious the last few days.
ihin,: he was paralyZed on one side. There
was nothing sudden about his death. lie
was attended by Dr.. Bessels and Mr.. Nor
ton, who did everything in their power to
alleviate his sufferings. His death made
us all feel very sad." Capt. Tyson, speak
ing of Capt. Hall's death, says: "llall was
sick fifteen days. He was insensible for
some time before be died. He started from
the ship on n sledge expedition nortbward
on the 10th of October. IIo was absent
fourteen days, and returned on the 9th
OF October to the ship. On the 9th of No
vember he died, and was buried on the
1lth.
HIS GRAVE
bore south to southeast and about five hsn-
dred PAGES distant from the Observatory
in Polaris Bay, which was in Latitude $40
So, longitude go 45/, on shore. We erect.
ed board over his grave with an inscrip.
ton giving his name, age, (tifty years)
date of death, and command of the North
Polar Expedition. All hands except the
cook attended his funeral. 1t was dark,
dismal, cold, windy and disagrecable day.
The wind was bowling, and the hearts of
all were enveoped in the deepest sadness.
held lantern, and by the light of 1.-THE
beautiful service of the Episcopal Church
was read by Mr. Bryant, Few of those
present at the burial viii forget the deep
ly affecting scene. Old sailors, whose
faces had been bronzed by tropic suns,a and
froxen in arctic seas, wept aloud.
CaptaiA Hall was universally beloved,
and his death, at time when the enter
prise promised so hopefully, was felt by
his survivors TO be an irretrioyable loss.
Those thoughts we're uppermost in the
minds of all, and when the funeral party
returned to the ship, there was hushed
silence attending tho performance of every
duty.
EsQUIMAUx JOE,
in his published statement, speaks in a
disappro wing way of Captain Buddington,
the sailing master of the Polaris, and says
Hall was poisoned, and that Hall so ex-
pres sed himself to him, saying there was
something bad in the coffee which he
drsM on returning from the sledse expe-
ditionS that it made him sick, and that he
had affirming sensation. Hans Christian
sta tomont is the same. The prevailing
i'm preston among the unfortunate nine
teen who were left behind, was that Bud
dington had wifully abandoned them to
their fate.. He had been anticipating the
BRKAKiAG ur OF THE ICE
for some time, and if he had wished to
have Tyson and his companions on board
he could easily have represented matters
to them in such light that they would
not have ventur6d to be absent at so crit
ical n juncture, but no such intimation
was given TO the men on the ice.
The vessel did not drift away so sud-
denly that the men could not have been
rescued from their perilous position aud
could have escaped.
Tyson says; 81 could have got aboard
the vessel that night, nnd been their now.
but would. not leave the women and
children. My duty was on the ice. ]
though, he would come back to us next
day, which he could have done The
breaking away was caused by the foe to
which the ship was fastened drifting in
between the land and SONG icebcrgs that
we're jammed. The jam broke up the foe
and
"THE VESSEL BROKE Away.
at was about 8 or 10 o'clock in the
night. Temperature about zero Thatcven
ing it had been nineteen degrees above.
TEE REASON.
Cart Tyson thinks HE ill-feeliug and
bad designs of Buddiagion and few o tn
ers who were his necomplices had con.
tinued from the first, on account OF Capt.
Rails determination 10 60 as far north ~
ana Buidingtons determination
from fesr or whatever oiheI cause, that he
shou,d not. Aner Halls death most ofthe
othafs we're ir favor OF continuing push
ing north, aud Tyson seys that Bndding-
ton sovernl times expressed his determine
alton to send tb0m dyson AMI his partly
on the road TO hell, IS soon "a an opportu-
nifty offered. lie eharncterizes Building
ton as "a
GREAT seoUSDREL.
and declared that be purposely abandoned
them to destruction. lie gives Myers TIE
character Of beiag on3rgetic and qualified
in his department, bat thinks he was not
saaiciently aware Of the condition Of af-
fairs at the time Of the separation, and the
OF getting rescued 70 be able
10 give An opinion upon it.
GERMANS RULED.
The Germans, according to his account,
ruled the ship after Hsls death, aud there
was neiihs- law nor systsm on board, eve-