The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-12-29
THE JEANETTE FOUND.
After Remarkable Voyage Over 4, 900 Ailea
OF Bleak and 1ce.Encumbered Ses-The
Long Missing Steamer Je annette Found in
tho Ice North west OF New Siberia Island.

Virtual CORRESPONDENTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-secretary OF State
Frelinghuysen received to-day the following
telegram from the charge d'anaires Of tho
United States At St Petersburg:
To tho Secretary of State;z Washinaton, D. @. :
The Jeannette was crushed in ice on June IL,
latitude ~. longitude 1877 The crow embarked
IN three boats, which wore separated by wind and
log. Number three. With eleven men, Engineer Mel
vile commanding. reached the mouth Of the Lena
sontelnbcr 10 subsequently, number one. with
Capt. Delonc, DR.. Amber and twelve mon, reached
the Lena In pitiable condition. Prompt assist
ance was scnt. Number two has not been heard
from. (SiRned1 HOFFMAN. st. Petersburg.
In response to the above tho following was
transmitted: - ft..,
Department of State. Washington. D. .C.-To Hotf-
man. Charge d'Ahaires, St. Petersburg: Tender the
hearty thanks Of the president to all the authorities
or persons who have in any way been instrumental
in assisting tho unfortunate survivors from the
Jeannette. or furnishing information toth!s gov-
Secretary 81 State.
how THEY LANDED.
LONDON, Dec 2O.-A dispatch from St Pc
tersburg says: The news reached the govern
ment at Jakutsk, eastern Siberia, that on tho
18th of September three natives of Ouloaso.
near Cape Burhay, 40 versts north Of Cape
Billott, discovered q 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 gor-
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 ths Ameri-
can legation At st. Petersburg that tho
Jeanette was surrounded and crushed by ice
on the 23d Of June in latitude ~ north, longi-
tude 157 east The crew left tho vessel in
three boats about fifty miles from
the mouth Of the Lena. They were
lost by violent winds and thick fogs. Boat No.
3, 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 Bolerlanger,
inhabited by idolaters. Boat No. / 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. party Of in.
habitants Of Bolerlanger started Immediately
for their assistance. Nothing 10 known CT
boat No. q
THE EXACT POINT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-George Herman Of
this city, who como years ago travelled 1000
miles or more up the river Lena, at tho mouth
Of which Lieut. Delong and survivors Of the
crew Of the Arctic steamer Jeanette recently
landed, says:
Who're the Jeanette was lost is $50 miles north
east Of the island Of New Siberia. 800 miles from
the nearest point Of the Siberian main land. and
little moro than 500 from the mouth OF the Lena
It is probable that Lieut. Delong after abandoning
his ship, made for the nearest point the Siberian
Of New Siberian Island and striking
the main land between the mouth Of
Indicirka and mouth of tho 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
did not visit the mainland until after the fishing
stations bad PAD all been abandoned and the fish,
ses wnsr se yses: ~Rch tho a. rivers rue
are situated sou1e distance inland. Atrhe mouth Of
the Lena: there is. believe permanent settle.
and this M to have been appointed
failed to reach tho rendezvous agreed upon. the
conclusion by no means follows that 1t is lost. The
crew may have found an inhabited section nearer
than the mouth of the Lena or been picked up By
Russian native fishing boats and carried or guided to
SOME OTHER PLACE OF SAFETY.
In such z case they might not be heard from
for month or more after the arrival of tho other
boats. The third boats crew should not be given
up as lost until we have heard from all tho valleys
along tho fana and 1ndigirka, and from Nizhni Ca
and quito as accessible as the mouth Of tho Lena.
The retreat of these boats across 500 miles Of ice
encumbered Arctic sea to the Siberian mainland is
paralleed in Arctic history only by tho retreat Of
Barutes and his men from the northern extremity
Of Noysna semlya and of the crew Of tho Tegethon
and his men xer. three months on the ice in open
,,o,.f;c fact wi! which Of S,, itself tell: a
and one xhch than the spSs1 ps6s
condition in which. We are told, belongs crew at
last arrived: The Jeanette crew, if they arrived
at the mouth Of the Lena, would be we'll cared for
coast. They would find warm. earth-enveoped
COURTS, abundant clothing and food and sympa-
thy. and the caro- Of warm-hearted, hospitable
people. AS soon as winter road was established
and the crew were strong enough to travel. they
would probably be brought up tho Lena on dog
sledzes to Gokantock. which Is large Russian
town Of 6,000 to 5000 inhabitants. Her house,
and many OF the luxuries of life, and tho Russian
nish them with TRANSPORTATION. either across St.
Anyoya mountains to Oshkotsk, where they could
be called for by. the vessels Of our Pacific
% sn TS.y % h"
Of thsa Iona. The Journey from
the Arctic seacoast to Yakahtsk will be
Of climate in that part Of Siberia. but It oueet not
to occupy more than month or month and half
and is not attended with any danger to Of such
n Sshn f'''1 Koys to h;n Yatoutsf ts' xe f5S
sn9 ;stssS tsa,T
brought from the mouth q tho Lena by special
messenger up river to Yakoutsk on dog sledces,
thence thence BY Cossack courier travelling day and
eP Eassn spsa and tSsne:
telegraph to St Petersburg. Fhe news has been
fuly two months and perhaps more getting from
hsn the mouth Of the 1Sns Len. to nts and it
'D' crew 0' 8aEsass& Il: f:
man Of cultivation and enlightenment, and il mis-
Jake not. member Of branch of the Siberian Geo
LONDON, Dec. 2o-Ths Times understands
Petersburg for confirmation Of the news and
further details regarding the Jeanette.
PRESS COMMENTS.
The News in leading article says:
Il any spur we're needed to hasten an expedition
e That IN hi
ventures is widespread and deep, ia proved by tho
heartfelt relief experienced at the news that the
AA1JOI IatI uL tue CEoW Oh the JeaQ0ekto are ave.
The Post says:
In every quarter Of the globe tho news that the
brave sailors have reached port Of refuge will be
received with heartfelt satisfaction.
The Standard says:
Though the Jeanette has suffered destruction,
Americans have added additional glory to that they
have already won in the frozen rasions. It 10 more
than possible that Lieut.. Delong may be the
herald Of new race of those who fear not the
spirit which dwsleth in tho land of ice and snow.
The Jeanette sailed from San Francisco in July.
1871 with Lieutenant George w. DelonR Of tho
Onlted States navy in command. Tho Jeanette
was built IN the Pembroke dockyarl in England in
1864 and christeued the Pandora. Before shsgwas
sold to James Gordon Bennett she made three voy-
ages to the rctic regions. the first and second in
third third carving dispatches to tho Alert in Pell's
sound After she was purchased by Mv Bennett
her name was changed to her present title as COM
phnent to his sister. She is a bark rugged screw
steamer OF 40 TONS carrying engines Of 500 horse
power nominally. She was provisioned lor three
years. anc we'll supplied with arms and ammun-
t!on Nothing that experience " scientific fore
sight could suggest left undone to provide for
the safety and comfort of the members OF tho ex.
pedition. Tho route laid down for the expedition
was as follows: Leaving San Francisco ehe bore
away to the northwest for the Aleutian islands, .
distance OF 100 miles, to Ounalaska harbor. on
the north side Of the island OF the .amo name From
the Pacific ocean size sailed through the Unalza pass