Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-10

ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS.
THE ILL-FATED POLARIS.
WHAT HAS BECOME OF HERf
Names Of the Nineteen-Their Life on
floe Of Ice for l9s Days,

NIme &SGo
an Iceberg.
Names Of the Niueteen-Their Life ON
floe Of Ice for l95 Days.
Interesting Detail. OF the Adventure.
OF the Expedition I'm the Arctic
Regions. and the Death Of
Captain Hall.
NEW YORK, May ia special dispatch to a
morning paper, from Washington last evening.
government had been discussed in the presence
of the President, after his return TO this city
this evening, Assistant Secretary Davis acting
Secretary OF state, brought the following dis
land:
sailing ship walrus has just arrived, and reports
that steamer Tigress picked up on ice at Grady
Harbor, Labrador, on 3oth Of April last, fifteen
Of the crew and five Esquimaux OF Arctic expe-
dition. Captain Hall died last summer. Tigress
is hourly expected at st: Johns:
+. n. MoLLoY, United States Consul.
On receipt Of this dispatch the Acting Score,
MOlloy to ascertain the names of the saved,
that those having friends on board might
be relieved from further anxiety. Al the time
of the departure of the Poiaris her fate was pre-
dicted by experienced naval seamen, who have
carefully studied the charts and pronounced
the passage o taken y CAPTAIN Han as only
the Polaris affected the President deeply, as he
had hoped that the enterprise of the govern
ment in this direction Won rebound to our
national honor.
story Of the Rescued Men-How They
Parted Company with the P0larfs.
NEw YORK, May lo.-A special dispatch from
St Johns, Newfoundland, dated the 9Th inst,
says:-The steamer walrus arrived from the
seal fishery at St Johns this morning, bringing
the news that the steamer Tigress had come
into Bay Roberts, Is miles from here, having
on board nineteen survivors of Halls Arctic
expedition. The correspondent immediately
started TO Bay Roberts, to learn the particulars
The Tigress was at anchor, and the rescued men
following deeply
THRILLING NARRATIVE
OF the adventures Of the expedition, the death
Of Captain Hall, and the final escape of the
survivors, who were taken from an iceberg by
the Tgress on the 30th of April last in latitude
so 80, after having spent 1876 days on the foe.
NAMES OF THE RESCUED.
II. Z. Thyson, assistant navigator; Fred. Meyer,
meteorolegist; John Heron, steward; w. q.
Kruger, seaman; Fred. Jamka, seaman; VIM.
Nindemann, seaman; Fred. Antinig, seaman;
Gustavus T. Linguist, seaman; Peter Johnston
seaman; VIM. jackson, cook; Esquimaux Joe,
interpreter; Hannah and child, Esquimaux:
Hans Christian, of kanes expedition; Hans
Christians wife and four children, the Youngest
only eight months old. This party which had
been landed from the Polaris were driven from
her by gale which burst her moorings on the
18th Of October, 1872, in latitude 1885.
WHEN THEY LAST SAW THE PoLAEIs
! the harbor in the east side of Northumberland
| Island. She had no boats left OF six she had
brought with her from New York. Two were
lost in the northern expedition, two were landed
on the ice with Captain Thysons' party ,one was
burnt as fire wood to make water for the crew.
and the other is on board the Tigress. The
Polaris was in command of Capt Buddington.
who had thirteen OF the crew along with him
plentiful stock of provisions. She was making
L q good deal OF water, but as Capt. Buddingtof'
informed the correspondent she was not more
ieahy than nv when he was on board all the pre-
what damaged, and it is the opinion OF the sur
vivors that they will be unable to get clear
until July, and even then ii the ships Is unsea-
worthy they should have TO make new boats to
| effect their escape.
THE SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPTAIN HALL.
On the Sth of October, Is, 1, in latitude 81 So
longitude Gle 4 ~, Captain Hall died OF apo
| plexy, and was buried on shore, where they
1 erected q wooden cross to mark his grave. He
| had recently returned from the northern sledge
| expedition, in which he had attained latitude
| 3lo 1G. He seemed i'm his usual health, and he
| had called them into the cabin to encourage
| them with hopes for future rewards and stimu-
l late them to renewed exertions, when he was
| suddenly struck down and expired, to the grief
of those around, to whom he had endeared him
self by his kindness end devotion.
In September, 1871, the Polarls entered into
winter quarters, and left August IL, 1872. The
| ice was very heavy and set in q southern
| direction. She was forced south, and so con-
| tnued drifting till Captain Tyson and party
| were driven from her. The sledge party crossed
l KANE's POLAR SEA,
which they pronounced to be a strait about
| of open water to the north. The rescued party
| suffered very much during their dreary drift
from hunger and cold. For the last two months
they ate raw seal and polar bear as they could
/ get it. When met by the Tigress they showed
| evident signs of their great suffering, but du-
| ring the nine days they have been on board
they have improved vastly, and are now in fair
health. The party is in charge of the United
States consul, and will arrive in St Johns on
Monday next.
| STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN TYSON
The following statement was furnished the
correspondent BY Capt Tyson:-On August q +,
1871, We left Tissinsac and went through Smith :
sound. We succeeded in getting as far north
as latitude 800 16, when we returned and win
tered at Polaris bay lat. slo 30, long. Gle AZ.
| We were frozen up until the 9Th Of September.
| On the 10th of October, Capt. Hall started on
| oath, when he was taken sick, and died Nov.
| sth. He was buried on the 1fth- The attack
| that carried him of was said to be apoplexy.
/ We passed the winter at Polaris Bay. On the
Sth of June, 1872, we attempted TO reach the
| north, with two boats. We hauled our other
boat on shore, and returned overland on the sth
| of July. We started for home on the 18th OF
August, and on the 18th we were beset with ice
/ in latitude 5000. Wedrifted from there down
to lat. Z. 49, W hen We encountered heavy south
west gale, the ship being under heavy pressure.
| Ont night OF the 18th, we commenced land
| ing provisions, &C., on the ice, the vessel being
reported leaking very badly at times. We con-
Il -
| when the pressure ceased. L went on board the
vessel and ash ed the sailingmaster if the vessel
was making any more water than usual. He
reported she Was not. 1 then went to the pumps
| and ascertaiDed that she was not making any
more than she was doing all the summer.
went on the ice again, and shortly after il began
| to crack, and In afew minutes afterwards broke
in many pieces. The vessel broke her fssten-
| ings, and Was soon lost 10 sight In the darkness
and storm. Cn the broken Ice we're most Of our
provisions to sustain the party throughout the
winter, and seeing nothing Of the vessel, We at
tempted 70 reach shsre, In hopes or finding ma
tivss 70 sssist us in living through the winter.
Getting half way 10 shore, with our heavily iaden
| boats, our proHe9 became hard BY driftiagic
| and Wa compelled 70 haul On ssaice again.
A. this time isucceeded In savine fours..n >sps
| OF Pemmican, eleven and . half bS1 az -, -
s %n ooSsn one ana two pound cans Of mast 49,
.sse, Weighing twenty pounds, sons nS sS CO.
stnss . rev blankets, . number OF risss ~
ABUNDANT ammunition. In The nornins S, ~
spfis snst had Dct Isoy.ons enough. and no
abatement Of as rae 81 eSS@Ran. g: on the
%sny b sss co q R Ssa esa o.
weather having ct n. Tsupnose1 ~ ~ - ~