Morris tribune., 1881-12-29
THE JEANETTE FOUND.

After Remarkable Voyage Over 5000 Miles
of Bleak and lee Encumbered Sea-The
Long Missing Steamer Jeannette Found in
the Ice North west OF New Siberia Island.
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-Secretary Of State
Frelinghuysen received to-day the following
telegram from the charge d'affaires of the
United States at St Petersburg:
To the Secretary of State, Washington d. c.:
The Jeanette was crushed in ice on June IL,
latitude a., longitude 157. The crew embarked
in three boats, which were separated by wind and
fog. Number three, with eleven men, Engineer Mel
vile commanding. reached the mouth of the Lena
September 10. Subsequently, number one. with
Capt. Delong, DR.. Amber and twelve men, reached
the Lena in pitable condition. Prompt assist
ance was sent. Number two has not been heard
from. ISignedl HOFFMAN. st. Petersburg
In response to the above the following was
transmitted:
Department of State, Washington. D. C.-To Hoff-
man, Charge d'Affaires, St Petersburg Tender the
hearty thanks of the president to all the authorities
| or persons who have in any way been instrumental
in assisting the unfortunate survivors from the
Jeannette, or furnishing information to this gov
ernment [Signed] FRELINGHUYsEN,
Secretary of State.
HOW THEY LANDED.
LONDON, Dec. 2U.-A dispatch from St Pc
tersburg says: The news reached the govern
ment at Jakutsk, eastern Siberia, that on the
14th of September three natives of Oulonso,
near Cape Burhay, 14O versts north of Cape
Billott, discovered a boat containing eleven
men. who stated that they belonged to the jean
nette, and had undergone terrible sufferings
On hearing the news, the district deputy gov
ernor, with doctor and medicine, was i'm
mediately dispatched to help the shipwrecked
sailors, and was instructed to bring them to
Jakutsk. The governor was also instructed to
do everything in his power to recover the re-
mainder of the crew. Five hundred roubles
were given him to defray the first expense.
Engineer Melville has telegraphed the Ameri-
can legation at St. Petersburg that the
Jeanette was surrounded and crushed by ice
on the 23d of June in latitude ~ north, longi-
| tude 1877 east The crew left the vessel in
| three boats about fifty miles from
the mouth of the Lena They were
lost by violent winds and thick fogs. Boat No.
| 8, commanded by Engineer Melville, arrived
| the 29th of September at the eastern mouth
of the river Lena, where 1t was stopped by
blocks of ice near the village of Bolerianger,
| inhabited byidolaters. Boat No. 1 reached the
same port The occupants of these boats state
| that Lieut. Delong and DR.. Amber, with twelve
others, landed on the northern mouth Of the
! Lena, and that they are in fearful condition,
| suffering from frozen limbs. A party of in
| habitants of Bolerlapger started Immediately
for their assistance. Nothing is known Of
| boat No 2.
| THE EXACT POINT.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-George Herman of
| this city, who some years ago travelled ZOO
miles or more up the river Lena, at the mouth
of which Lieut.. Delong and survivors of the
crew OF the Arctic steamer Jeannette recently
landed, says:
Where the Jeanette was lost is so miles north
east of the island of New Siberia, 800 miles from
| the nearest point of the Siberian main land. and
| little more than 500 from the mouth of the Lena.
1t is probable that Lieut. Delong after abandoning
his ship, made for the nearest point the Siberian
coast, passing 10 the eastward and southward
the main land between the mouth Of
| Indgirka and mouth of the Lena. If he reached
| the coast early enough in the summer he ought to
have found Russian and native fishing stations at
the mouths of the Yana, Indigirka and other small
streams which fall into the Arctic ocean in that Vi
cinity, and thus have obtained succor much nearer
did not visit the mainland until after the fishing
stations had all been abandoned ana the fish
Sp xnsr has snrnss arss Which, the rivers us
are situated some distance inland. Atthe mouth of
the Lena, there is, believe. permanent settle
ment. and this seems to have been appointed as a
| failed to reach the rendezvous agreed upon, the
conclusion by means follows that it is lost. The
crew may have found an inhabited section nearer
| than the mouth of the Lena or been picked uD by
Russian native fishing boats and carried guided to
| SOME OTHER PLACE OF SAFETY.
In such q case they might not be heard from
for month or more after the arrival of the other
| boats The third boats crew should not be given
up as lost until we have heard from all the valleys
along the Yana and Indigrka, and from Nizhni Ca
| lyma, which as place of refuge was quite as near
and quite as accessible as the mouth of the Lena
The retreat of these boats across 500 miles of ice
encumbered Arctic sea to the Siberian mainland is
| rRph anhia oaDt md yphir is
paraeled in Arctic history only by the retreat. Of
| Barutes and his men from the northern extremity
Of Noyena semya and of the crew OF tn the Tegethofl
| and his men were three months on the ice in open
boats before they reached the mouth Of the Lena is
mournG fGi .oS m5' Of 1T Sardshp itself and sf suerns
and one which more than accounts for the pitiable
condition in which, we are told, belongs crew at
mouth Of the Would fST for
at any Russian settlement on the whole Siberian
| coast. They would find warm, earth-enveloped
COURTS abundant clothing and food and sympa-
| thy. and the care of warm-hearted, hospitable
people. As soon as winter road was established
and the crew were strong enough to travel, they
sedges to Gokantock. which is large Russian
town of 5000 to 5000 inhabitants: Her house.
holds have
ALL COMFORTS,
and many of the luxuries of life, and the Russian
government of the seacoast province would fur
nish them with Transportation; either across St
|
be called for by the vessels. of our Pacific
squadron or up the Lena to Jurosk and then over
land to ST Petersburg. They will have no serious
th., 1s1a Ths S Journey sg' mGsn faom
the Arctic seacoast to Yakahtsk will be
a. harder one, on account of the severity
Of climate in that part of Siberia, but ouget not
and is not attended with any danger to men of such
powers of endurance It is in some respects
szhn easier koyhs to hsn Yakoua ha' 1se 5S
every winter. The news received to-day was
brought from the mouth Of the Lena by special
thence by Cossack courier travelling day and
night with relay horses to Irkoutsk, the
capital Of Eastern 3. Siberia m and thence by
fully two months and perhaps more getting from
the mouth Of the Lena to Iskantsk. and it is more
than possible that the next information ion
shipwrecsed 'HAs crew at tue YaEoufsk. s The rhe
governor of the sea coast province of Yakoutsk is
man of cultivation and enlightenment. and if mis-
lake not, member of branch Of the Siberian Geo
graphical society.
LONDON, Dec 2O-The Times understands
that the British foreign Office telegraphed St.
Petersburg for confirmation of the news and
further details regarding the Jeanette.
| PRESS COMMENTS.
The News in leading article says:
II any spur were needed to hasten an expedition
to help Leigh Smith, it is provided in the news
about the Jeanette. That sympathy with such
ventures is widespread and deep, is proved by the
heartfelt relief experienced at the news that the
major part Of the crew of the Jeanette are alive
4 The Post says:
In every quarter of the globe the news that the
brave sailors have reached port of refuge will be
received with heartfelt satisfaction.
| The Standard says:
Though the Jeannette has suffered destruction,
Americans have added additional glory to that they
have already won in the frozen regionA It is more
than, possible that Lieut. Delong may be the
herald of new race of those who fear not the
spirit which dwelleth in the land of ice and snow
The Jeanette sailed from San Francisco in july.
1879, with Lieutenant George w. Delong of the
United States navy in command. The Jeannette
was built in the Pembroke dockyarl in England in
1854 and christened the Pandora. Before she was
sold 10 James Gordon Bennett she made three vow
ages to the Arctic regions. the first and second In
1879 and 1874 TO King Williams land. and the
third carrying dispatches to the Alert in Pells
sound After she was purchased by Mr.. Bennett
her name was changed to her present title as com.
pliment to his sister. She Is o bark rugged screw
steamer OF 420 TONS carrying engines Of 500 horse
power nominally She was provisioned for three
years. and well supplied with arms and amrnuni.
ton. Nothing that experience or scientific fore.
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