New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-11
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aish;ng at Sc. Johns this morning. bringing
Hcws tina. the steamer Jigress bad COME
into Roberts Bay. eighteen miles from there,
having Cd board nineteen suS'1scs' u
S!ali's Article expedltlono
Go Roberts bay 10 learn sui particulars
The Tipress was AT anshOrs and the rescued
s,en were assembled on Che deck. They
gurniehed the following deeply thrilling
narrative Of the adventures OF she eXpedl-
Siono she death Uf Captain Hall. and fhe
anal oscAbe pS the survivors, "hO were
saker q fl ir.m che ice hv the pigress on the
Shir.ie;h uf April lasto IL latitude 49, IVY.
after having speLe l9s days oT Che Hoe.
srhe follow ing are the aames u tbe Rescued:
H. G. Tysons assistant navigator; rTeu'
prHc& Meyer. meteOcologis': John Heron
etewards w e. K"ugero seanano Frederick
oJulkao seamano William L!nGemanDs sea
grano Fred Antinis. seaman; Gustavus 10
Iineaisto seamans 10 Johnston, sealnan'
Win an o?3ckso cooks E-fnimaux joe, the
Snterprcter Hannah and child (Esqnimau1'o
4Iana Christian. Of kaue's expedition, ana
sIaus 8hsistiau'e riSe and four children
9he youngest being only eighs n'nths
oido yhis partly which, had beer ianted
sroro ghs yularse werc Gs1ven ir"ih HtF ~
,, s,aHp qHi,h bu.er her noorings on riis
qfr4an,s o.: acrol~ro 49,, ID latitude - oi'o
when .lso sast saw eLs folarIs she ssas
9lfdey sfeaw and canvaso makiDg toS' a lias,
S,or on sho eass side Uf NORTHUMBERLAND
fsiardo .5es had 40 boats leite OF 'he SIX
(which she brought with her from Ne"
York, two were lost in the Northern eE Pc
si,,i,n, TIVE were landed on The zee Win
Captain Tyson's party, one was tnrnec as
4ircyood to obtain water for the crew. ard
She DINER IS on board the Tfgress
TIE Puiaris was 10 command or laptaih
kuddipgtOn, who had tnlrteen OF the ere"
along with him, and "A plen,itul stock OF
provisions She was making good deal
of water, but Captain Tyson informed Our
correspondent that she was nov more leakt
than when he was on poaFo III! Tue previous
fall and winter.
The Polaris was somewhat damaged, and
il il the opinion of the survivors that she
viii be unable TO get clear until july, and
even then, if the ship is unseaworthy, they
should have TO make Lew boats 10 effect
their escape 90,
On Oerober s. 1871, in latitude 81 3S'
longitude 81 44", Captain Han died OF
apoplexy, and was buried or shore, where
they erected Il wooden cross to mark his
grave. lie had recently returned from
northern eledge expedition. in which he
had attained the latitude 81 10, lie seemed
in his usual health, and had called the men
INTO the cabin to- encourage them with
hopes OF future rewards and stimulate
them to renewed exertiOns, whel he was
suddenly stricken down and expired 70 the
grief of those around, to whom he had en-
Gcared himself by his kindness and seSo
tiono
In September 1871, the Polar. entered
winter quarters, and left august IT, 1877
the See was very heavy aud set III a % u b.
srn direction. She WAS forced south, and
40 continued drifting until Captain Tyson
and party were driven from her.
The sedge party crossed kane's polar
sea- which they pronounced 70 be a strait
about fifteen miles wide. There was al
appearance Of open water to the north.
ihe rescued party suffered very much
iurinS their dreary ds!it aGom hungeE and
colfo
For :he fass sw0 months they ATE raw
seat ard polar bear, as they could get it.
When met by the Tigress, they showed
evident signs of their great suffering, but
during tho nine days they have been OH
BOARD they have improved vastiyo and are
row in fair healtr. The party is in charge
OF fhe tnited States eOnsuls Sl1 v!es arri.e
sE So Johns Monday next.
Tho following statement "as s:vntsilcd !
CUR correspondent by Captain Tryson:
On august 10 1874. We left Tyssinac and !
Wentshrongh Smiths soundo Wesucceedtd
an getting az far north as latitude 81 lG. !
When We returned and wintered ~ yolaris /!
Eav. ut latitud. 81 80, longitude o: A.
we were from SIP until she fifth of Sep
yClbnSRo oU Tue HALu vi SClBDtJ Sdpidlu
slall started on 81 sledge journey north. and
yeturned on the tvsnt; -touE.h. when he
was "a ken sicke and died on the eighth OF
November. He was buried on the eleventh.
Che attack shat CARVED hi,n eft was said to
have been apoyleXv. We passed the winter
at Folaris bays On the eighth of June.
1877. we attempted 10 reach .he Moth with
sws boats
Vs haurG nns other boat en- shore. and !
returned overland on the eighth Of July. !
we started for home on the twelfth Of Au.
gust, and on che fifteenth were beset with |
see in latitude So O2: We drifted from there
siewp 10 latitude 10 So. when ". cncuun.
sercd a heavy southwest gale.
The ship being Under heavy pfe.sa:e on !
Che night oG the fifteenth We commenced !
5anding provisions. etc. oh the Ice The !
vessel being reported as leaking very badly |
&C thas time, we continued landing prOvi. !
eions for 1--WE oy three hours. when the pres. !
enre eeaseds !
Invent on board the vessel AMI asked the !
sailing N FASTER ii the vessel was making any |
more water than usual. He reported she |
was not. then went to the pumps and as !
certaifisd che was not making any more |
chan she was doing all the summer.
wens an the ice again, and shortly after |
II began 70 crack, and in few minutes ale
forward was broken i'm many pieces The !
Sessel broke from her fastening and was |
sooiS 1oss to sight in the darkness and |
stcrmo !
On the broken Gee were most Of our pre-. !
sisions TO sustain the patty during the win.
Ter. and seeing nothing of the vessel, we |:
attempted to reach the shore, in the hopes I
of finding natives to assist US in living |
through the winter. Getting about halt |
way to the shore with our heavily laden |
boats. our progress became hard, by the |
drifting ice, and l was compelled to haul
on tho ice again. At this time ! succeeded |
in saving fourteen cans Of pemnicau, |
eleven and a half bags of bread,
ten dozen one and two pound cans
of meat and soup, fourteen hams, one small
bag of chocolate weighing twenty pounds,
some musk OK skins, a few blankets,
number of rifles, and abundant anlmuni-
scn. In the morning knowing that had
not provisions enough, on TIE abatement Of
the gale | endeavOred to shoot as many
seals as possible for food, light and fuel,
but could only get three owing to the bad
weather having set in. l supposed the
wind to be about southwest. On its clear
ing up found myself within about eight
miles OF what l supposed To be the east
coast and about thirty or forty mites be-
low the ship.
The ice being weak, could not trans
poIt the boat and provisions to the land
until it grew stronger. While here / dis
covered my other boat, bread, etc, and l
saved all. The ice grew firm. made an
other attempt to reach shore, carrying ev-
erything in the boats and dragging them
on their keels. The ice being exceedingly
gOugho We stove both boatse We succeeded
an the first Of November in getting about
half way 70 the Shore Night came on us.
and very stormy weather. In The morning
ahc ice was broken ami wa were drifting
southwark sery fast. We saw no more
land for many days. Bad weather continue
ing all through November We built snow