Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-19

Nl6tOn Asland-OraVe rearS IoE Aho
! BeIesguered Party at Lady Franklin
Bay-Renewed Efforts to be Made to
Reach Them-HistOry of the Greeley
Expedition.
ST.. JOINS, N. F., September 10
Che United States Greeley relief
steamship Yantic has just anchored here.
Her tidings are lamentable. No word
has been received from Lieut.. Greeley
or any of his party.
The steamer Proteus was crushed by
| foe-ice at the entrance to Smiths
Sound on July 23d Captain Pike and
his crew and the scientific party are pas
sengers on the Yantic.
The Yantic and Proteus left st. Johns
at 4 P. NJ. on June 29th. The Proteus
arrived at Good Haven Bay July 9th, the
Yantic at the same place on July 18th.
The necessary preparation was made,
and the Proteus sailed for Cony, arriving
on July 10Th. She left there on the 21st
and two days afterward was crushed,
sinking at 7 P. NJ. July 23d. While en-
deavoring to force her way through to
clear water, the vessel was caught be-
tween two immense foes. These press
ing on at both sides, quickly crushed in
her stout walls. Her hold filed with
water and it was soon evident efforts
would be of no avail TO prevent
her from sinking. Her matches
were broken open and all hands set
at work throwing clothing, provisions
and other stores out of the doomed
ship upon the ice. The greater part of
the cargo thus unloaded fell into the
water and was lost; but enough was
saved to insure the comfort of the party
during their retreat southwark, and also
to make not lnconsiderable cache for
the Greeley party, should it, as now
seemed inevitable, be forced to make its
own way southwark. Lieut. Colwell,
United States navy, also succeeded, and
most fortunately, in saving three boats
from the wreck. As quickly as possible
Lieut.. Colwell loaded one of the boats
with stores, ard with a crew of four men
set out for shore. The trip was
made with great difficulty on account
of ice, but by perseverance and unspar-
ing exertions heforced a passage through.
Several successful trips were thus
made. and large quantity of clothing
and provisions safely landed and placed
in cache. The last trip was made Oh
the morning of July 24th, and, as the ice
had closed IN rapidly, the boat and its
load had to be dragged across two miles
of ice before it could be launched in
clear water. Even then floating masses
of ice closed in so rapidly and so
angrily that the boat escaped being
stove IN only by the narrowest possible
chances. The goods placed in the cache
were rendered as secure as possible, and
the spot marked SO as to be readily dis
covered by party from the fort.
Having thus done all in their
power to carry out the design
of the expedition, the party on
the afternoon of July 10Th set out to
cross Smiths Sound, and after spending
weary night amid the ice, landed
safely on the morning of the 26th at
of the Proteus had gone on to Life
Boat Cove in their own boats in advance
of the smaller relief party, and now, on
the latter's safe landing on the east
shore of the sound, all started forward
again for Pandora -HarboF, which they
reached the following morning The
journey during the night was a most
unpleasant one, hard rainstorm raging
nearly all the time. Thiaking either
the Yantic or the Swedish steamer
Sophia might be at Cape York, the party
next directed its way thitner. The coast
was Rugged asclosely as possible, all the
way the boats being being too heavy laden to
| Venture far frotp!shore! Every might a
Handing was made for the sak5iof safety.
and further delay, caused by several
days of bad weather, during which II
was 7imp possible, to- make any progress.
Ice was troublesome, and oil August
9Th, as the party was passing COnicaT
Rock, the boats had tofbe shauled upon
| the Hoeto avoid total destruction. After
waiting an houtthe Ice opened sufficient
| ~ to allow the boats to be launched
again, but continued blocking
much the boats had most Of the time to
tbe pushed aid dragg along by the
1ereW VS. whqgEaInd footing on the ice
IialonE the sd ess#sa Cap ar was at last
Teaefed sEsTlF serioussgaaccident, but
heheWaslEo sigHth ere of ally vessel, soon
! August 10Th the weary voyagers set out
again for the, south, making y pernaVik
their next objective point. LIEUT.. Col
well with one Sboat set out boldly across
Melville Bay; intending to- keep on a d.
reet,coufse until he could find, the Yam
tic, but Lieut.. Garlington,-with-th
ether boat1s and crewz1ofs the Proteus,
chose a more reircuitous route along the
shore. A heavy, snpwStorm,- set in.-AQ-r
gust I22fHI which wasIfiddetl out byithe
boats ees Z at anchors p The storm Ed was severe
and there were so mary icebergs, the
party had to change anchorage
several times. Upernavik was reached
August 9th, and there the Yantic picked
fup thAsashi treckedsmen and brought
KsherAf lfo a Hbhns. d
fa Th4 Eailufs FTP provide sufficient SUB
slplies iftI5etpn Island is what makes
1.-THE lossof A sPreteas a great misforr
tunaI All rA5ef TIE INSTRUCTIONS upon
f8asshichshe is eabhng 5aTaieut. Greeley VIII
break camp, be said, at ~Hady-F rankin
Bay, about the latter part of September
and enaeavor to make I.hisway to Little
Ikstoa 4slanqq,@ghere he wilIcount on find
ElrIg sPere& fAkasevsrat Stations on the
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