The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-12-28

in the summer he ought to have
found the Russian and native fish
ing stations at the mouth of the va
ra. lndigirka and other smaller
streams which fall into the Atlantic
ocean il, that vicinity, and thus
have Obtained succor much nearer
than the Lena. It is possible, how
ever, he did not reach the mainland
until after the fishing stations had
all been abandoned and the fisher
men had retreated up the rivers to
their winter villages, which, as a
rule, are situated some distance in
land. At the mouth of the Lena
there is, / believe, permanent set
tlement, and this seems to have been
appointed rendezvous for all the
boats. If the third boat failed to
reach the rendezvous agreed upon
the conclusion by no means follows
that it is lost. The crew may have
found an inhabited station nearer
than the mouth of the Lena, or been
picked up by a Russian or native
fishing boat and carried or guided to
some other place of safety. In such
case they might not be heard from
for month or more after the arriv.
al of the other boats. The third
boats crew should not be given up
as lost until we have heard from all
the villages along the Yana and In
digrika and from Nizhni Kolyma,
which as a place of refuge was quite
as near and quite as accessible as
the mouth of the Lena. The retreat
of these boats across the Arctic sea
to the Siberian mainland is a re-
markable achievement, and one
which is parrelleled in Arctic histo.
nv only by the retreat of Barents
and his men from the northern ex.
tremity of Novova Zemblya, and oi
the crew of the Tegetthoff from Franz
Josef land. The fact that DeLone
and his men were three months al
sea and on ice in open boats before
they reached the mouth of the Lena,
is a fact, which of itself tells 3
mournful story of hardship and suf.
fering, and one which more than ac
counts for the "pitible condition" ir
which we are told belongs crew a
last arrived. The Jeanette's crew al
the mouth ofthe Lena would be wei
cared for. At any Russian settle.
ment on the whole Siberian coas
they would find warm earth, EN-
banked "yourts," abundant clothins
and food and sympathy, and thu
care of warm-hearted, hospitablt
people. As soon as the "wintel
road was established and the crew
were strong enough to travel, they
would probably be brought up tht
Lena on dog sledges to Yakoustk
which is large Russian town o.
10000 to 5000 inhabitants. Here
they would have all the comforts
and many of the luxuries of life
and the Russian Governor of the
sea-cost provirce would furnish
them with transportation either
across the Stananoi mountains in
Okhotsk, where they could be called
for by one of the vessels of our Pa
cifc squadron. or up the Lena te
Irkoutsk and thence overland to st
Petersburg. They will have no Sc
rious difficulty in getting home from
the mouth of the Lena. The jour.
ney up the river from the Arctic sea
coast to Yakoutsh will be q hard one
on account of the severity of the
climate in that part of Siberia but
it ought not to occupy more than a
month or a month and half, and j;
not attended with any danger tC
men Of fair powers of endurance.
1t is in some respects an easier jour-
ney than from Nizhri Kolyma Il
Yakoutsk, which is perfor med by
scores of Russian traders every win
ter.
The news received to-day was
brought from the mouth of the Le-
ma by a special messenger up the
river to Yakoutsk on dog sledges,
thence by Cossack courier travelling
day and night with relays of horse:
to Irkoutsk, the capital of Eastern
Siberis, and thence by telegraph to
st. Petersburg. The news has
been fully two months and perhaps
more getting from the mouth of the
Lena to Irkoutsk, and it is more
than possible the next information
we get will be that of the arrival OF
the shipwrecked crew at Yakoutsk.
The Governor of the sea cost pro-
vince at Yakoutsk is man of cult.
vation and ENLIGHTENMENT, and if
mistake not a member of the Siberi-
an branch of the Imperial Geo.
graphical Society.
NEWS PROM ONE OF THE SURVIVORS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Mr. w.
w. Danenhaurer. of this city, re-
ceived tonight a telegram from his
son, Master John w. Danenhaurer,
third officer of the wrecked Arctic
exploring steamer Jeanette, an
nouncing his safe arrival at the
mouth of the Lena river in eastern
Siberia. The dispatch was proba-
bly, sent up the Lena to Irkoutsk by
the messenger who brought the first
news of the loss of the jeanette, and
has just been forwarded by the gov
ernor general of Eastern Siberia to
Master Danenhauer, as the jean
cites third officer would naturally
have command of boat No. 8, which
was the first to reach the mouth OF
the Lena. Boat No. l was under
command of Lieut.. De Long, and
No. 2, which is the missing boat,
was very likely commanded by the
Jeanett's second officer, Lieut..
Chipp. Lieut.. Danenhauer's tele-
gram gives no particulars of the dis
aster, but says that letters have been
forwarded by st. Petersburg.
THE CARS GENEROSITY.
New YORK, Dec. 21.-The fol-
lowing special dispatch to the New
York Herald is furnished by that
paper
paris, Dec. 21.-Our st. Peters
burg correspondent telepraphs The
Governor General of Eastern Siberia