Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-14

| night amid the ice landed safely thi:
morning of the 26th at cave near Life
boat cave. The crew of the Proteus had
gone on to Life boat cave in their OWL
boats in advance of the smaller relief
party and now, on the latter's safe land
| ing on the east shore of the Sound, all
started forward again for Pandrea harbor
! which they reached the following morn
ing.
The journey during the night was a
most unpleasant one, hard rain raging
all the time. Thinking either the Yantic
or the Swedish steamer Sophia might be
at Cape York the party next directed its
way thither. The coast was hugged as
closely as possible, all the way, the boats
being too heavily laden to venture far
from shore. Every night a landing was
made for the sake of safety, and further
delay was caused by several days bad
weather, during which it was impossible
to make any progress. The ice was trou-
blesome. August 5th as the party was
passing Conical rock, the boats had to be
hauled upon foe to avoid total destruction
After waiting an hour the ice opened
sufficiently to allow the boats to be
launched again, but it continued to
block the way so much that the boats had
most of the time to be pushed and drag
ged along by the crews, who found footing
on the ice along the side. Cape York was
at last reached without serious accident,
but there was no sign there of any vessel,
so August 16 the weary voyagers set out
again for the south, making Upernavik,
their next objective point. Lieut.. Colwell
In
Melville bay, intending to
keep on direct course until they could
find the Yantic, but Lieutenant Garding
ton, with the other boat and the crews of
the Proteus, chose more circuitous route
along the shore. A heavy snow storm set
in August II, which was ridden out by the
boats at anchor to the ice. The storm was
severe and many of the icebergs founder
ed so that the party had to change its
anchorage several times.
Upernavik was reached August q, and
there the Yantic picked up the shipwrecked
men and brought them into st. Johns.
Captain Caslare, acting chief signal Of
icer, said tonight that telegram had
been sent to Gardlngton this evening ask
ing him to state what stores, if any had
been deposited by him in Littleton Island.
He was also requested to give the depart
ment full information Immediately as to
hat could possibly be done to send relief
to- Greely this fall. The department had
not yet received a reply to this telegram,
Captain Casiare said the department
realizes fully the critical situation in
which Lieut.. Greedy and his party
were placed, and that nothing that could
possibly be done to relieve them would be
left undone. He said there was no ground
for hoping that Lieut.. Gardington has re-
ceived any stores on Littleton island, since
if he had done SO, his party after the
wreck of the Proteus, would have wintered
there instead of returning 800 miles to
Upernavik. Lielt. Gardington, he said,
fully appreciated the landing store on
Iiittleton island before endeavoring to
force passage up Smiths sound and
supplementary orders issued to him just
before he sailed directed him to do so, but
the Proteus, having been wrecked about
twenty five miles to the north and west Of
Littleton's island, must have passed the
last-mentioned place. The only way in
which he could account for the failure to
send stores before proceeding northwar0
was that it had been found impossible to
do so. The fact that the Yantic after
wards found it impossible 10 make land in
search of the Proteus' boats
he thought bore out this
assumption. He said Lieutenant
Greely had supplies for his party sufi-
cient to maintain it until next spring, but
added that the question OF the quantity Of
supplies for Greedy at his station at Lady
franklin Bay was moi the important one
The great misfortune was failure to pro
vide supplies for him at Littleton Island
This was what made the lost Proteus such
a disaster.
GONE ASHORE.
FEEEPoRT, L. l., Sept. 13.-The italian
steamship Indepente, from Palermo, was
driven on the shore at Jones' Inlet at 4:3(
this morning, during fog and high sea
She is loaded with 1000 tons of sulphur
and 10000 boxes OF lemons and oranges
and has also 160 passengers and crew OF
board. The captain thinks if the weather
holds as it was this morning she is in
very dangerous position. The wife ant
children of the American consul at Cadiz
Spain, are On board.
A numbe. Of passengers Of the steam
ship Independent have arrived here from
Freeport. 1t seems the Independent ha'
pleasant weather until she entered tn
sound last night, where there was dens
fog, heavy sea with big waves dashinj
against the ship. About A. m. there wa
loud crash, and the captain said the shi]
was aground. Rockets were sent up, bu
no assistance came until morning, when
life-boat came and took off all the passen
gers without accident. The Independen