New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-21
CRUHUED N TILE ICE.

THE EZRA MEETS TIE JEANNETTES FEr'F
LEIGH SMITH AND Ills MEN ESCAPE, PASS THE
WINTER IN NUS, AND START SOUTHWARD ~
TnfIR BOATs-PICKED UP BY THE STEAMER
HOPE
LONDON. Aug. 20-'Thc steamer Hope, commanded
by SIR Allen Young. c. b., which left here i'll June
last in search of the crew of the steamer Ezra. has
arrived at Pctcrhead with the entire crew Of that
vessel. The Hope picked them up in Matotshkin.
Straits, Nova Znmba. on August 3, they having
lost their ship oil Franz Josef Land and journeyed
in boats to the straits through the Ico. LIgl
Smith commander OF the Era expedition. gives the
following account OF its experiences.
ON July I3, 1851, we steamed through the pack
ice, and ten DAYS later sighted Franz JOSEF Land.
We proceeded toward CAPE La How. which was
close 70 the pack. 10 the nOrthWHri. On August, 2
1881, we went up Nj ghtlngale Sound. and thence
to Ezra liarb0r. and erected a storchOuse, On the
1G we starred east to look for the Jeannctte, but
were unable to pass Bcrenfs Hook. On August Il
the Era got nirpcd between Il land Hoe ami pack
ice mile east of Cape Flora, and sank before We
were able To save many stores
I'VE built hut on Cape Flora of turf AMI stones,
and covered IL WIN sails. we Wihtere1 Il're ah'i
during the whole time no signs OF scurYy appeared
Twenty-mne walrus and thrty-sIX beans were
killed and eaten. We lett Cape Flora Oh June u,
1882 in four boats. sailed eighty miles with
Zcmba on AUGUST >. " hen the Ezra was
nipped the leak gained SO rapidly that IN two hours
aittr II had been discovered IL Is a. Hcct sSlfS 10
abandon the ship Hardly mad the last man lett
the vessel when The ice easel and tn Ezra rapiily
sank. a tent nrst erected on the Ice and tho
house was subsequently, built"
THE EZRA AND HOPE EXPEDITIONS.
Leigh Smith. whose rescue Is announced in the
foregoing dispatches came into great prominence
as an Arctic explorer in 1880, when he succeeded
IN performing the perilous feat Of penetrating a. far
as Franz Josef Land in his ship The Era. lie was
bcset in tho ice, but managed to eXricate
himself and return unaded. Prompted by
desire TO pursue further his discoveries
OF 1850 in June, 1881, he again sailed in the Ezra
t. the Barcnt3 as the leader Of the Lelgn Smith
Arctic Expod,Ion 1t was supposed in London
that he would endeayor, if the Ice was sufficiently
OPEN again 20 reach the coast of Franz josef Land
The Eira was provided with one years provisions.
but with little or no equipment for winterinG, 1t
was not intended that the voyage should
be continued beyond the nayigable season.
On July TO- 1881, tho Era was seen by Finnish
walrus-hunter of the southwest coast of NOya Zem
bla. Russian captain claimed to have boarded
her in the latter part of the same month of the
coast of Nova Z,mbll, but his statement was not
true one inasmuch n Mr.. Smith now says that ho
sighted Franz Josef Land on July %
When il became evident IN England that the
Ezra had been lost or detained IN the ice,
a company OF Arctic experts, led by
the president of the Royal Geographical society,
represented to the Admiralty the necessity of send
iug an expedition to her relief. Ihr sp caI claims
Of Icigh smith, fouudcl on his previous ecograph-
icll researches, were urged. The Government, how
ever declined TO send or IN any way to D. response
ble for such an expedition but promised Oh certain
conditions to ntributc to any private undertaking
that might be organized.
The friends Of Leigh Smith having decided to tit
out an expedition, +. V. Smith came forward and
guaranteed the cost. As the Government grant
Ga. .OOO) was 50 small "a proportion OF the whole
cost, the expedition became private one IN its plan
and organization The steam whaling-ship Hope was
chartered and provi,oncd for two years, with one
years provisions for the crew of the Era She was
also equipped thoroughly with ice-boats, sIedses'
tents, ETC., it vas considered prudent to have eV