The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-24
The Welcome Tigress Approaching
to the Rescue.
The Story Of the Steward
in Washington.
MORE ABOUT The POISONING STORY
Buddington's Drunken.
ness Exposed.

Perhaps never in the history OF newspaper enter.
prise has there been a more remarkable instance
OF conscientious accuracy in narrative than was
displayed in the first accounts given by the
HERALD OF the recent Arctic disaster which over.
took the exploring expedition OF the government.
Every detail OF the story as then told has been cor
roborated with wonderful minuteness by the sworn
evidence educed In the official investigation which
has just taken place. But in addition to the tes-
timony already published document is now pro-
duced for the first time which is the most intensely
interesting OF all that has yet been written or said
about this subject The steward OF the Polars,
John Heron, who is evidently worthy seaman,
began, after his party were left so suddenly upon
the ice, journal, which he continued to the day OF
their rescue, and which may claim curious i'm
poriance in the annals OF Arctic pers. In most
simple yet graphic manner he presents an unem-
belished and real picture OF the adventures and
sufierinrs through which they struggled with such
admirable fortitude back into the life OF civiliza-
ton out Of that or horror and dangers. Noone can
read his ingenious pages without at once feeling
enlisted in o warm sympathy with the man who
records his trials in such manly spirit and evnces
such touching faith In ultimate deiverance BY
the power which he believes is omnipotent
The hest portions of the diaIJ OF the steward are
published below.
Diary Of John Heron the Steward.
OCT. 15.-Gale from the s. W.; ship made fast to
noe; pergs pressed In aud nipped the ship until
we thought she was going down; threw provis-
ions oyerboard, and nineteen souls got on the noe
to receive them and haul them mp on the Ice A
large berg came sailing down, struck the noe,
shivered It TO pieces, and freed the ship She was
out Of sight In i've Minutes. We were a1oat on
men we're picked up, myself among them, and
landed on the main foe, which we found to be
cracked in many places. We remained shivering
all night. Saved very little provisional
THE POLARIS STEAMS AWAY.
Oct 1Bs-Morning fine; light breeze from the n
close to the f. shore. The berg, thai did 80 much
damage, half mile to the n. L. OF us. Captain Ty-
son reports a small island little to the N. OF the
berg and close to the land. Plenty OF open water.
We lost no time In launching the boats getting the
provisions In and pulling aroiind the berg when we
saw the Polaris. She had steam up, and succeeded
in getting harbor. She got under the lee OF an
island and came down with sails set-jib, foresail,
mainsail and staysail. Shs must have seen us,
as the island was four five miles of. We ex-
pected her to save us, there was plenty OF
open water, beset with ice, which think she
could have gotten through. In the evening we
started with the boats for shore. Had we reached
II we could have walked on board In one hour, but
the ice set in fast when near the shore that we
could not pull through It. We had a narrow es-
cape In jumping from piece 70 piece, with the
painter in hand, until we reached the noe. We
dragged the boat two or three hundred yards, to a
high place, where we thought she would be secure
pntn morning, and made Tor our provisions. which