Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-23
THE LOST JEANETTE.
Further Particulars Of the Inflated
Vessel.
Tidings from the Crew Received at
ST, Petersburg,

NEw YoRK, December 21-Ihe fol !
lowing is a special to the New York
HearId from Paris, dated the 21st:
Our St. Petersburg correspondent
telegraphs that "the Governor Gen
eral of Eastern Siberia, who hap
pens to be at present in ST. Peters,
burg, having received Information, OF
Of the arrival of the shipwrecked
crew of the Jeanette, in the region
under his command, Immediately
proceeded to Gatschiva and saw the
Emperor, who personally ordered
that all supplies that were necessary
for food, clothing, money and trans-
portation, should be placed at their
disposal.
The Herald has the following tel
egram from London, under date of
Dec. 22d, 3 a. M:
The following telegram was res
/ ceived at the London office at ~
minutes past 2 this morning:
( IRKUTsK, December q, 2:O5 p. III.
/ The Jeanette was crushed by ice
in latitude 7715 north, longitude
1.57 east. The boats and sleds made
good the retreat to fifty miles north-
west of Lena River. where the boats
were separated, and the whale boat,
in charge of Chief Engineer Melville,
entered the east mouth of Lena River
on Sept. II. 1t was stopped by
ice in the river. We found a native
village. and as soon as the river closed
put myself in communication with
the co1nmandant at Bologna. On
October 18th I heard that the first
cutter, containing Lieut. De Long,
Dr. Amber, and twelve others, had
landed at the mouth Of the Lena.
The commandant at Bologna sent
instant relief to the whale-boat's pare
tv, who are all we'll Nindeman and
Norah arrived at Bologna on Octo-
Der 18th for the relief of the first
cutter, all OF whom are III a sad con-
dition and in danger Of starvation. and
all badly frozen. The commandant at
Bologna sent native scouts to look
for them, and will urge a vigorous
and constant search until they are
found. The second cutter has not
vet been heard from. Telegraph
money for instant use to Irkutsk and
Jakutsk. The list of the people il
the boats is as follows: First cut
ter-Lieutenant De Long, DR. Amb
Ier, jerome J. Collins, VIM. Ninde,
man, Louis Norah, Hans Erikeson
Henry Knack, Adolph Bressler, Car
- Gortz, Walter Lee. Neils IvorsoD
: George Boyd, --- Alexia, 4. H
, Lorn Whale boat-Enginee
! Melville, Lieutenant Dannenhower
Jack Cole, Jas. Bartlett, Raymond
Newcomb, Herbert Leach, Georg,
.Banden'acb, Henry Wilson, Manson
Aniquin, and Long. The above az,
| safe. The second cutter, which il
stlll missing, contained the follow
, lug; Lieut.. Chipp, Capt. Dunbar
Alfred Sws etman, Henry Waxen
} Peter johnson, Edward Star, S. B
Awell, and Albert Kaihue.
The Herald has received news 0
the safety Of Jerome J. Collins, scien
tist, and the Herald correspondent
who Is thought to have been in com
II mand of the missing second boat o
:: the Jeannette.
- LONDON, December pa 81
. Petersburg correspondent of tn
le Standard has had an interview witt
IS General Aneutchim, governor of east
:, ern Siberia, who expressed the opir
ion that the remainder of the crew c
the steamer Jeanette have fallen i
with natives and have been hospits
blv treated.