St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-05-16
Halls Arctic Expedition.
SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPTAIN U,I.

the seal llSutl 'll iIl' iI''l I vi -. .IttIr
this morning, bringing news thai r.
steamer Tigrcss had come int" Rohr,
BAY. Il miles from here. HAVING
board 10 survivors of Halls Arctire
petition.
This party which had been land.
from the polaris were driven fr,.
thence 10y GALE which hurst her nI,,.
incs on October 18th. le72. in larIr,.
- degrees 81 minutes. When Nh.
last saw the Polaris she was under >r,...
and canvas. making for larhur uI.,..
east side of northumberland. N, h..
no more boats left of the six Wlirl. i,
brought with her from the port OF ".
York. The Polaris WAS III comm.Df.
Captain Buddiugton who had tlH!r,,
of the crew along with him. and q plr
tjfuI stock of provisions. Her bow S..
somewhat damaged, and 1t Is the olu
ion of the survivors that they vii. b..
unable to get clear until july. aud r,.-
then if the ship is unSeawortul tie.
would have 10 make new boats a..
effect al escape.
q, the 18th of October hi. 10 M.
ludc - degrees b minis. long. Il de
cree. IA Minis. Capt Hall died Of .,I..
plcNy. and was buried on shore ~h..
| they erected wooden cross TOMS.
his grave. He had recently lctaa.
| from Il northern slcdge cNpcdi'lul
which he had attained the altiudrr
- degrees IL minis. He seemed il b.
usual health and had called tie cr,-
/ into the cabin to encourage TIN n.,
| hopeS of future rewards. and stimuli
| them to renewed efforts, when he ga.
suddenly struck down and expired
the great grief of those around him.
I'm sept. ISL. the Polali> Gillette
winter quarters. and left August IT,.
/ i~12. The ice was very heavy and ST
/ i'm Il southern direction. She Wa~ togo,
north. and continued dllttln" til. ,.r
/ Tyson and party were driven from .-.
/ Tie rescued party suffered NcI} nl.
/ during their drcary drift from hung
and cold. For the last two moan
they Subsi>tcd chiefly or seal and po
I bear a< thea could get ii. The psI'r
( in charge of the United States COL.
and will arrive in st. Johns oil NuAd
next.
4 The news of the disaster t" thci.
ais reached Washington and atir.r-
the President deeply. a. he had hope
that the enterprise of the g"ycumr-
in this direction would rebound toe,
national honor.
Dr Hayes of New York. >ay> thar
almost looks as if Mr.. Hall WAS bile
I hv one. of his men i'll mutim,. io' b
had never known of any one DYING
/ that region from apopleXy. and ra,.
/ Hall did not look like All apurl..'
man. DIR. Hayes believes that the II.
of the crew are alive and that the b..
/ aris will return here by September
Professor Baird of the >mith~o..-
Institution thinks the eXpcdlrlo- Z.
from failure. and has no doubt l'.
lied many of the objects il 'Icn e
sending ii ont.
FURTHER ACCOUNTS OF SURVIVES
Capt Tyson and the other SURVIVES
OF the crew of the Polalis arrived al =
Johns. y. f., Yesterday. all !oona.
well aud in good spirits. Capt Il>-
has notes uf his adventures since lya.
ing the PolariS. but will not pur.>
them now; ne thinks that the pa.
with the Polaris may get home, eve.
the vessel is destroyed. All on the L..
ariS were well.
Mr. Meyers says that Capt Hall r.
tuned from Il slcdge expedition. oct
bcI -. and was taken i'll the >.i.-
night. The next morning we tnu.
that the left side of his body was !a..
/ lived. He remained i'll that condlu-
three days. then got better foI a e..
DAYS. rclap>cd. became deliriouS auG q,
remained until the morning of Nu,r,..
her :. when he died. When the Iu.-
separated from the ship. it WAS q...s
dark. The darkness continued tu, u.,.
two months. with but couple OF ho..
of light daily. They managed We'll B..
long a> they had Il snow-h"u>c 10 IL,
ter them. but they finally had t" I. a.
IL the boat and get on another Ice lir..
which Wa> too small for Il house. Iar
only kept warm 10y swallowing So. &.
and blood. and burning fat in pa,
The latter WAS used us Il signal al nl.
they suffered the most since the lt' ~
April. On the night of the I'D ui App.
the sea- washed over the ice. all MI.
= with great force. The women a..
children remained inside the boat. -,.
the men outside. trying To keep {.
boat from being washed AWAY Ar
were washed off the ice several iIm',
After being rescued. THEN trct "-,
hands >wcllcd. and they cAP,,Iruo
some sickness. but recovered amt r
now almost entirely well.
VIEWS OF THE WASHINGTON uIII,iN'
The secretary of the nav h.~ TEE
graphrd TO the consul at -. .irhi>
inform the department a> to the hr'
meals q, bringing the survivors "i ..r
PolaIS To Washington. II j." ot.'
c"nNc%anrc l. presented. the g"'c'.
mcnt will dispatch Il steamer 'o .'a
k"hcrt> f"r that purpose. y r"l.~.-..
ton ii the navy department. cot Ties
best acquainted with the constructs"
and equipment of the FoiaIi>. l,la>
the r"nN lotion tiiat no good -i"u'o'
exist for apprehension in rcgaId ,o
safety of the vessel. BY far the ur'
part OF the crew remained in the IA,
and ii * believed 10y naval Offices o..
the fifteen on board will have no >pr..
difficulty i'll navigating the Vs..
Secretary Rohe>um has decided that
Is best. i'll order I" gain the fullc>' p'
>lhlc information, to order Mr. lh>-
and Nh Mcacr. the mcteurolugl~,.
NaShlngton. and this has been done.
telegraph. If. after hearing Ill re-
particulars from Mr. Tyson. It ,lad. 20
deemed best to make Il search tu. q.
P"lariS. an expedition will he fitted ".
ut once. There Is Il very strong cNP
tatlon. how ever, that news OF the ~ir.
OF the P"lariS will shortly he receive.
Henry Grinmcl, long prominent IN r'-
nectl"n with the Attic cNpI"rHlo..'
thinks that Capt BuddinGton aud D.
men, having plenty of proyi>oa- cd
live comfortably on the rolail>. ...
will safely return by the middle
! SCptcmher He thinks tint IHrI ~