The Evening critic., 1882-10-27
DANENHoWER,s DETAILS
OF the Retreat From the wrecked
Iaaunaffe


OF the Retreat From the wrecked
Jeannettc.
Yesterday afternoon Lieutenant Danonhow.
ers narrative before the Jeanette Board OF
Inquiry ran as follows after THE CRITICS re.
port had closed.
"About IL 80 q. M, on the 10th OF August,
1881, tho captain ordered the boats 70 stop
and the crew TO nll everything With snow from
the highest fields OF leo that could be found.
II was evidently with the expectation Of reach.
Ing open water very soon. The boats thon
stood to the southwark and westward under
sail, and about 10 30 p. m.
The Ice Came Together ana Nippcd
the Second Cutter,
she being the lightest boat Of tho three. Tho
first cutter usually led, and was followed by
tho whalebont and second cutter. In num-
Der OF instances previous 70 that day tho sec.
ond cutter had barely escaped such an accl.
dent. A hole was stoved In her bow, which
was temporarily repaired, and sho was trans
ported over tho ice about onc-half mile,
where tho other two boats were awaiting her.
Tho three got under way and stood on until
about q y. M, whom IL was found impractica-
bio TO proceed further, as the Ice had closed in
before. A piece large enough for tho camp was
found, and the party went Into camp. on the
20th We broke up the sleds for fuel and
divided the stores among the three boats.
The Last Bread
was consumed the day before. on tho 2ist
three OF the men were very sick. About this
time land was IN sight, bearing from south TO
west, northwest true, and estimated TO bo
twenty miles distant.
son August 90 the ra,ons were reduced TO
one and one-fourth pounds OF pemmican per
man.each day. several seals wero killed on
the following days, and on tho Goth we left
the 'Ten-day Camp so called because we
were detained there ten days, and got under
way. We wero now out of tho region Of tho
midnight sun at that time of tho year. We
had six or eight hours OF darkness We
drifted rapidly scuthward down the straits OF
New siberia and Fadejowskoy. Al u. III. on
August 80 there was land In sight ahead. We
coasted around the headland and effected q
landing at 4 p. m. A hunting party was sent
out. Deer tracks were found aud also
Human Footprints,
made by civilized boot. We got undor way
the next morning, and had rough time, not
being able to effect q landing, and at daylight
ON september 1, the second cutter was not In
sight. The first cutter and whaloboat parties
cnmped on piece OF Ice to await tho second
cutters coming, and q few minutes later the
captains tent was washed away by sea
breaking over the Ice, and we again manned
our boats. The second cutter came up, aud
Mr.. Chipp reported everything all right. Tho
three boats then stood to tho southwark.
Shortly afterward the second cutter was lost 70
sight at our stern. The first cutter and whale-
boat parties went into camp at about O p. IN.
on September 2.
A Black Flag Was Hoisted
from the boats mast as a signal for the second
cutter. on September 4 the second cutter was
u III,
Mr.. Chipp and Seaman Kuny were next seen
coming over the Ice to our camp. They first
went TO the captains tent, and then camc to
our tont and told us their experience. Mr..
Chipp said that on tho afternoon Of the list OF
september, In crossing the water space, his
boat made very bad weather, and he had TO
haul up ON piece Of drifting leo. Tho party
was 80 benumbed and exhausted that Seaman
Edward Starr and himself were tho only
men able TO jump out OF the boat
and haul her VI, the ice. Some Of the party
nf rI.sa,t SO
mained ON the Ice on the night of September !
and all day on tho I'd. on the morning OF the
3D. he was enabled to get under way and stand
TO the southeast OF Kotelnoi Island, which the
captain had recommended as place to touch
on September we all embarked and reached
the southeast point OF Kotelly that evening,
campcd and remained there until a. m. on
September g. Parties were sent out hunting,
but the reindeer had all run TO the noun.
tains. There was
A Deserted Russian Hut
and the traces of tho ivory hunters about @
milo from tho camp. On tho 9th we coasted
the Island, and In doing so Mr.. Dunbar fel
with stroke ofheart disease. That night we
camped near the north end OF Kotllma on somt
high bluffs. We got under way on the mex
morning, coasted the island until and tool
our departure from the south, steering so a
TO pass In sight OF stoloovoy. on tn,
boyoy. on september o wo puliet
oil day to the southwark and westward. on
september 10 Semenovsky Island was In sigh
1
about noon TO get dinner and rest our men
| The Captain and others went ashore and foun,
| number Of deer tracks. party Of hunter
| were sent ashore and deer was shot. We re
which time tho boats were prepared for thu
voyage across the coast wator but IL was evi
dent little more ice would be encountered.' :
At p. m. the court adjourned until 10: :3C
this morning.
TO-day's Part OF the Narrative.
This morning Lieutenant Danenhower re
sumed his narrative, beginning with the de
| pnrturo of the party from their temporar.
| camp on semenat Island for their Journey owe
tho coast water.
"The whaleboat being the faster sailor, w
often lowered her sail TO keep In position, an,
| had great difficulty In keeping the seas iron
| breaking over the boat. In reply to an inter
rogatory, the witness here gave detailed ac
| count OF the positions OF the boats during tn
| retreat. Much of the answer Included the de
| scription of drag made on tho 18th of SEP
The Last Separation.
| This answer by witness to the interrogator,
| from the Judge-Advocate covered the point ii
tho narrative whore tho boats were separate,
was In the whaleboat, In which were ais
Chief Engineer Melville, Naturalist anC
Scientist r.. l.. Newcomb, Boatswain JOIN
men II. W. Leach, Henry Wilson, F. L. Nun
sen, Steward Charles Tong Sing, Coai-heave
| John Louterbach ard Dog.driver Anigiun
there being fourteen In the first cutter, eigh
IN the second cutter and eleven In the whale
boat. The boats were lost sight of by witness
| and his party when darkness came on on tn,
| night OF September IL, and tho parties In th'
| boats that disappeared from the sight Of wit
ness have not been seen by him since.
Witness continued: "About 10 q. m. on thl
| 18th noticed now sea was making and
| Judged the wind had veered TO the southeast
About p. IN. we got n glimpse OF tho sun
| which at that time bore south by west, ant
| from It found the wind was southeast.
| MFR. McIville's Watch stopped
| two or three times day and was worry incor
| rect. lcarried II with two charts. had trieC
| TO use the pocket prismatic compass durinl
| the morning but found IL mseless. All th