Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-14
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shin Gau,,c has anchored ut st, John -
y. +. Her tidiugs arc lamcntahc No
wrId has been received from Greedy or
any of his party. Tho steamer rrutouS
Was crushed III tlbc leo At tho entrance tn
Smtth's >uuud on July 90, Captain llGo,
his crew aud the scientific party arc
passengers 10y tho lantio.
The whole 'rutcuS party were ~ good
hvlith aud fair spirits They had hron
exposed thirtty-uuO days aud nights IN
boats, making some stuppagCs at lntcrmc
diatC harhOrS. The lrOtcus was crushed
| IN u Hoe OF icc ut II. m, July ~, and sank
within four hours Fortunately tho men
had time 10 save clothing, provisions,
compass aud other uccCSsarics to meet u
prOtractrd voyage. On July %, the boats
being equipped, pruvisiOncd aud manned Il
~ II was made,
The scene Of the disaster was s miles
northwest of Cape Sabine, lat. ~ 81 y.
! over GOO miles ui icc aud irigid sea was
| passed before Upcrnavik was reached. No
provisions were landed from tho steamer
| nor were any caches made, and all the
| stores iutrudrd for tho Arctic colonies 10
! lici went down III tho steamer.
| While vt anchor IN Danish harbOr, On
| AUGUST f., the governor of ElboTE came
ON board the lautic and reported that tue
| Danish steamer sophia had arrived there
! from u harbOr 80 miles north of Cape
! York, and that her captain had stated that
! auAtiyC EsQuimauN had told him that two
| natives who had been with the Greedy TX
| prdltiun arrived thCrc ON slCdgcs last win
tee aud reported that the party were all
| we'll except DR.. Pay. who had died. This
native went back to Lady Franklin bay.
Another ESQuImauN, who arrived from
4 .tiF fNH 1t A
| officers had been murdered hy the meu
| Neither ut these reports Is reliable, - the
! luntucsS ct tho ESquimauX fur lying and
sensLtluuINsm places them ia the ratagory
| OF fiction Captain Pike says that rs far
| North as Cape Sabine there was II, trace
| of Lieutenant GrCely OF his patty, aud
his failure To come South To LIttlrtou Is
Idud To meet the relief steamers this sum
mcr eyOkes grave appruhcnsIous "a to his
! pTubab1c fate.
The PruttuS WAS rrtreatiug home when
the ice mp overwhelmed her. She got
barely fifteen miles north Cf the scene ui
the shlpwrcck. The prospects Of the
Grrcly colony cucuunterlug the rIEO,s Of
. fourth winter beneath the Arctic circle
are mnurntul u contemplate. Tho crews
Vt the lLn,lc aud Prutous arc IN excellent
health. Ono death only only occurred
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sop, gunury's mate ut the lanuc, from
apup'eNy.
The Lisuteuaut'r Report.
The Sigual officer at Washington las rc-
rrl,ed the following dated 81 Johns, y.
| F., Wednesday from Lieut. Garllugtun, ia
charge OF the GrccIy relief expedition
| Il is my painful duty to report total
| failure hf the expedition. The Hrpteus
was crushed IN pack in latitude = degrees
,! minutes longitude - degrees, -
| minutes, and sank On the afternoon Of the
% Of July. My party and crew of ship all
| saved. Made my way along Smith sound
and along eastern shore To Cape York,
thence across Melville bay 10 tprrnavik,
arriving there eu the eth day. Tho Yam
! tic reached Uperuayik Goth day Of sept.
! aud lott same day, bringing Uu'iro parry
homc to day, all well.
CSmmAuIer wiIdc'- statement.
! Commander Wilde, Of tue United States
steamer IautIc, has madU the tollowlf b,
report under date uG 81. Johns, y. F.,
IN regard u tue failure of the Grecly .c'rci
| expedition
Ii,o. ulHt1u EthGlrEry, Sc,.rlury o, Nu,v
b0'ttHg'yu.
United States steamer Yantic has ar.
rived, bringing Captain Pike and crew oi
Greedy relief party. All well. Steamer
PrutCus WAS crushed in ice, six miles
north of Cape Sabiuc, July %. Crew aud
rcIlof party, after depusltug records AT
LlltlctOn lrland Pandora iar Dor, retreat
cd south ~ six boats to Uperuayik, suffer
iDs much haidships in Mellevlle bay
! GautIc reached LittletOn Island 80, with
mu,h difficulty. Found records aud i'm
medlately proceeded southwark. Searched
coast and islands thoroughly 10 Saunders
islands. Ice pack then closed in and could
neither get around nor through, and wa,
/ obliged TO retreat under leo of Northum
bCrland Island. August 0-Southward
gales having lUOs sened pack, was able tC
get through and continue search, Coast
about Cape York filled with ice packed
closed. Could not get within twenty mile,
of land.
August l0.-llaving ice in all directions
but southeast, proceeded to Upernavik
Note Probably Intended for Tessussak
"A small settlement between Cape Shack
Teton and Upornayik, and about forty
miles north of the latter. and whale boa
To Cape Shackleton. twenty second
Sailed for Coal Mine, thence tn GOdhaven
Thirty first-Lieutenant Caldwell arrived
in launch from upernavik, having beef
thirty nine days in open boat had sepa
rated under orders at Cape York. SailcC
same day for Upernayik. Found part,
arrived. September 2--ProGeeded home
ward. Rough passage. Permission gr5n'e
to coal here.