New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
REPORTED LOSS OF THE JEANETTE.

REPORTED LOSS OF THE JEANETTE.
THE RUMOR NOT CREDlTrD-wBAr CoMMopo"h
COOPER AND DR.. HAYES SAY ABOUT TIE IN
petition.
A dispatch from San Francisco dated September
l. made public yesterday, stated that according ~
o dispatch from Victoria, the bark Malay, r'sin'
days from Ounalaska brought no tidlne' OF .no
Jeanette and repored that at Onnalaska the sa"
nettc IL gwen up for lost on account OF the seVcs
OF last winter. The Jeanette LETT san francssCoo
on an Arctic exploring expedition July ., Ioiv;;
She English-built vessel Of 400 tons c!lrieu
thirty-twO men, and was equipped with every tn'ns
which the experience Of former Polar cxpehitlons
had shown to be necessary for success1ul VoS
Her orders were to go through Bchring Strall, ica,
and then dispatch party across the ice ncids TN
dogs and sledges IN the direction of the foic. lne
w. belong native of this city. he was ,n G.,o.
ak years of age and had served IN the Unteu o'c'
Navy nine years. He was connected with tie ~ ~
laris expedition in 1873. under Captain Il. ~.
Braine. The other officers of the Jeannette
Charles W. Chipp, U. S. n, of KInest%nn'
baneniau aTo U. s. 81 of thiDngo, H. age hr
ty-one engineer, G. W. Melville Us. y, OF In, ms
CITY, age thirty-nme SURGEON. Dr. }. VI. ~. AuDier.
meteorological. jerome j. Collins Of Hudson Gi'y'
\. j., age ihirty-nine; taXlderm.i Kyinonu ic ,o
Newcomb, of Salem, Mass, oge thirtycone; zee,
iorty-six; carpenters William Mmdernan. OF ms
city, age thirty and George w. BOYD. of Pnladel,s
pha. age twenty-fye boa'swan JGhn CPie, of OF
Ireland. agc t1rly-four; macninisi Walter Lee, OF
Providence, r. l., age forty. crew oi sixteen ntn
also accompanies the vessel together WIN th'ce
Chlpanen, rs cook steward and cGbir-b0y ,
The report of the loss of the Jeanette was the
subject of mach comment, especially among llaVai
men. Yesterday. At the Brooklyn Navy YARD /. was
TNRIT>F reporter: I'VE have heard nothing mere
of the vessel. know that Lieutenant belong was
az good man as could have been ionnd III th G
Navy for the expedition. He was man who would
push himself as far as lie could 60 lie may ne
tanned III the lee and cannot send word 10 anyone.
il IL my opinion that be has got SO far that he mas
M means of communication. belong went after
the polaris and made long and daring cruise IN
steam Yacht and do not feel any alarm or uneasi7
ness about him. ! think the Je&unrt'2 was htteh
out for two years. an everything was done Tor ner
AT the Navy Yard at san AancIsco before sac sal eu
to prepare her iirst-class manner or hei WORK.
don't think any Of the persons mentioned III TIE
disnatch have any idea where DeLong has got TO-
lie can only I've heard from now. II al all from INC
natives further north. He is ii very bught, active
man and IL not nov going 10 let 10 without accom-,
psaing something. He Is going to make or break,
believe. But this report - only based on severe
weather. and he may have managed 10 aVoiu
that"
Dr.. Isaac l. Hayes. the Arctic explorer. when
Questioned III record 10 the report sad: " nave
not The slightest belief IN IT, lelohss nnslness VIZ
could not POSSIBLY be liberated IRON ~ until Octo
Der and there Is no possible way OF Heallue lIoln
him while he is so surrounded by ice. Even II
wrecked 10 one could carry word oi 1t nutll tue ice
is broken NJ. | imagine That DcL1hg IS n9W III
latitude T4O or - near NraDgcIl l&Du LUIS ~
on the east; and bears similar relation TO "ilhnell
Land on the west side OF Smith Sound, on the
Davis Strait side. IL begins at latitude ~ I'm,
dersand that Belongs intended course was to ma
Wendell lind first and then to follow its course
northward. 1t was his opinion, think. as 1t Is my
own, that in the event OF reaching the north
ern end of that land ne would hnd open anu
payigable waters. But whether or not the Jean
nctte has reached these waters, believe she has
already gone tar ueyond the ordinary limits OF the
yhuic-shlp cruises. There is no doubt that she Is
where she is aosoutely cut of from communication
with The world. If she had been shipwrecked be-
fore reaching Wrangell Land the crew would have
reached he Siberian coast in boats before tns II the
Jeanette has become frozen amid The ice. as IS pos
sblc she would then drift about with the current
=. ofhor ships have done, without serious injury.
Emf think That sire must have reached Niangcil
LAID last season and Ontcred there, aud then nave
taken a new starr. She cannot possibly get back
nm il November bur even If she does not return at
that time. il will only prove mat the expedition
was not successful with second summer ana that
it had been resolved to Try winter III the Ice ana
another season at the work."