New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-30
THE CREW OF THE PROTEIS
ARRIVAL or LIEUTENANT DARLINGTON.

ARRIVAL or LIEUTENANT DARLINGTON.
WHY THE STARCH FOR GRERLY WAS ABANDONED
THE CONDUCT or THE EXPEDITION DEpEgDlp.
At anchor. yesterday, midway between Governors
and Elliss Islands. about o. mile from the Battery
ley the United States steam sio0p-of-waI Yantic,
which arrived about noon from ST. johns, N. r.,
having board the relief party by the Govern
ment TO assist Lieutenant Greedy aai has men, WHO
have been IN the Arctic regions for more than two
years The members of the relief party were Lieuer-
ant T.. A. Darlington. TN Cavalry; Lientenaet J. e.
Collwell, United States Navy; DR.. J. 5. Harrison.
surgeon; Sergeant John Kinney. 7Ch Cavalry; Cor
poral Francis EIwell. Company T., 3 Infantry; r.
Moritz Company A, 18th Infantry; Private John J.
Murphy, Company i, 11th Infantry Private
Richard Royce Company ii. 30rh Infantry PHI
Yates w. IL Lamar and +. w. Ellis, Signal Corps
United States Army.
The Yantic left the BROOKLYN Navy Yarl
in June and carried the relief parry TO 81.
Johns, n. +. The party was there transferred 10
The whaer PrOteus. which had already been tried
and proved seawOrthV In the Arctic regions.
The Proteus was a steamer built expressly for
service in ice-bonnd seas sad had been used in the
whaling and sealing trade. Ste was Of 600 tons
burden, 1913 feet long and % feet wide Hcf
bow seven feet thick, and she was sbeathed
from bow 10 stern with iroDwood having also
layer of iron plating on her bow to force passage
by repeatedly steaming at full speed against the
packs of ice. The steamer also had three extra
propellers aud rudder aad carried
700 tons of coal. Her crew consisted of twenty.
two men, for whom nine months provisions
had been laid in store, for the crew. besides a
ffteen-months' ration for forty men, which had
been supplied by the United States Government.
Captain Pike commanded the Proteus and Captain
he far al
been fitted out the two steamers left ST. Johns on
June 30. The relief party had been increased by
three men, aud at Disco two Esqun9ux
added to the number. making fifteen men in
The party. The steamers proceeded together as far
as Godbavep, when the Proteus pushed ON
alone to carry out the instructions given her COM
mander The provisions supplod by The Govern
ment were not opened, the members Of the party
paying for their board on the snip in or Ter 10 have
The greatest possible amount of food to leave at sta
tons along the route. This precautiOn was un-
necessary, as on July % the Proteus was caught In
the ice and went down.
A STATEMENT FROM SURGEON HARRISON
DR.. J. 5. Harrison. the surgeon OF tn, relief
party. a practising physician IN Washington
al the time of his appointment acting assist
ant surgeon, ia June. To a reporter OF IHR
TRIBUNE he gave brief account Of the voyage.
and described the wreck Of the Proteus and the
hOmeWard trio.
why did you not leave a cache of provisions on
your outward trip at Litteton lslandF asked the
reporter.
because that would not have been following out
onr Instructions IL was intended to begin deposit
ina caches above Cape Sabine on the West Coast
Where did you first meet the iceP
In Melville Bay, but it DID not interrupt our
course. Before Us Law al open until Sunday.
md
Pandora harbor All THAT day we endravOred
IN find an opening IN the ice, but on
Monday we endeay0Ted TO force our way through
fine mex but we dId not succ ed. AbOus O'Clock
mat afternoon two imo 'nse foes came together
and uIpued the Yesse,. which dlt NOT lItt as tne
Neptlue had done the year nr YiouS when caught IN
"A similar manner. She renamed wedged IN by the
in1oeasuraDe pressure on either side. and IN i've
hours me does separated and tue snip sank. Inc
crash at first had broken her sides beyond an hop,
or repair but sac was not des r.aa
Gentenont GarlingtOn himself went below and
rred the men to save IS much of the cargo as pos
sIblc while Lieu enant Cowcli saved our ,three
Whale boats. A cache OF clothing was made "a
Monday ey, ming, and one OF PROVISIONS On tape
SABINE Much OF the PROVISIONS ana clothing tuAt
was thrown out OF the snip was ios1 on me
and provisions and reduced our supply OF clothlHg
9s ,iIch AS possible. On the 10Th we left Lltlet0n
Island and re"cnrd npe'na''G a. are. "e ons
lima tor sixty hours without landing. We had
ieft a record at LIttletOn Island detailing the loss
of the Proteus. aadthen Lieutenant Colweli was
ordared 10 proceed at once 10 Cape York. Tue
Yauti. nass.- Us and found the record t1at sc had
t.'a A., ,hen furned around and overlook IL, ine
t,vo /, GuinalIX were left IN Green nj, the three
men en- LACED at It. johns were rel ned there, ana
the Ten hat left NewYork IN June are all here safe
ana we'll" -. uoshin,,,on,y
"Prohably on Monday. has been asked why the
Yaotic dld not remain at LittetOn Island or push
an 70 relieve Greedy; but she was explicitly
no q
men, ana Was DOT plovlSlohed lor winter DUCK
"c"sW What did you hear about the Greedy party 7"
Nothing but Iudehhte runOrs.
THE JOURNAL OF Az OFFICER.
Following is a transcript of the diary ofone Of the
officers OF the relief expeditions
ST JOINS Newfoundland Sept. 20. 1888
Left Godhaveu 4:30 IA M Monday. J To- 1883.
nile coasflnk along Ia log we struc& upoa
sac wing rock, tearnga port1n OF me ffoteus K"e'
Forrunatelv very little damage was done. Lay
Disco tlord few 1ours ant !ooA sDoaIu h h
which tie Inspector had prOmlse1 US Suoek a heayy
Ice noe ON IN nOr1ing II the 18Th IN Melville Bay ana
had great difficulty IN getu"g .ro c WIosr
very mild Reached Carey Islands Lieutenant Gar.
ngfon went as aud examined arm let Oy Mares
ara tae nome Of unumera0le cider ducks aud guS
II DrInS an th"ns,nds OF nests Reacaed PandOsa
Harbor Sunday morning where record was leit;
to ptver narDOr where We la a Few notrs; arung
in Tie afternoon, when we encountsEeG large
Hoe exteuNthS as la az ~ " - .,.
Having discovered open water al0n2 tae shorc we
ST ,rte Tor il; as the Ice closed In rapidly we were
Obliged TO turn back and try another direction. Ne
S,.,1f the entire night dodnng in and out Now and
IN w. eudeayored TO force way by batting the ice,
which wuulc close up behind ,
W. con fiuuel thus untIl about the afternoon OF Tbs
%" AZ :3O o. m. TWO he res closed Oh Ble PtOte 49,
irg IN e on ~ the level 81 TIE decks, an1
az a her DIES Were crushed In and her Bold ued WI
wn.r a.d at 49, p. the two noes srpsrada tne
Proteis sapk rapidly. Finding there was no hoJe
If saving the snip tine matches were broken
ana provisions aud clothing were tGr0wn On
20 lao an MIN Sides the greater part of when LOST
Inv Messing be the vessel sui sGtc ent quantity
VA .avr1 Lieutenant COwel went Usncre IN one or
the whale BOATS and maze cache of provisions aud
cIot.lng lt was ATTENDED WITH the greatest
danger The last of the party was landed On tns