Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-29
EASTERN NE WIS.
Details from The Log Of The Steam
ship LOchgarry.
THE NEWS OF THE RESCUE OF
THE GREELEY PARTY.
The Notification Ceremonies to Take
Place at Albany To-Day.
A MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN THE
CHOLERA DEATH RATE.
Investigation Shows No Cholera at
New Orleans.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL.
Log of the steamer LOchgarr.

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New YORK July 2S.-The following are
the details from the log of the steamship
Lochgarry, of the Greeley relief expedi-
ton: On the morning of the first day out
from st. Johns a heavy fog set in and we
encountered a large iceberg. We lost
sight of the Thetis. and could only resume
our position by the sound Of her whistle.
May IS, when off Cape Farewell, we met
the first great quantity of ice, and were
obliged to go ahead slowly. May % we
sighted Disco, but had much difficulty
in finding the harbor. The island was
covered with ice and snow, and all land
marks invisible. We left Godhaven May
80, and steamed through ice along the
coast to a point 10 miles below Hare
Island. Here we found the ice so thick
that we were compelled to lay to. Lieut..
Schley signalled me to go to God
haven and wait for q favorable OPP
portunity TIC proceed to Upernavik. We
left GodhaveI the second time May
~, and encountered more ice, through
which we pushed our way, and found the
Thetis lying to at Hare Island, having
been unable to blast a passage through.
Next morning the whalers of the Arctic
and Wolf Joined us, and the Wolf started
ahead, the ice being heavy and very hum
mocky. We experienced great difficulty in
making progress, and several times mar
rowly escaped a collision with the Wolf.
Finally, we succeeded in gaining the lead,
and the Wolf followed in the opening we
made. The Thetis was now out Of sight,
and we steered for Aomonack Ford. Here
we sighted the Thetis, 10 miles ahead, and
overhauled her May %. Capt. schley
hailed us and said: go to Upernavick,
calling at Proven. II you meet the Bear,
coal her with dispatch" During the fog
which came in we got into a false lead, and
while returning to open water to try an
another, we met the Thetis, and we
proceeded together in the midst OF
q binding snowstorm, which lasted
ali night to Upernsvik. On our arrival
we found the Bear and coaled her. The
vessels remained in that vicinity nearly q
week, when the Thetis and Bear proceeded
northwest, while we waited for the Alert,
which arrived June IA. The Governor Of
Upernavik told us there was no hope of
getting through Melville Bay, as the sea-
son was unusually close. We left with
the Alert June 81, and reached Berry ISL
and on the Esd of June, and vent ahead
pushing through the ice all the way. June
% we reached Horses Head. Here the
Alert got nipped in the ice, and in trying
to get out We lost 30 much time that the
ice had become impenetrable. We lay
damned in the ice, off Duck Island, till
June 70. We worked all night on the
2Sth blasting and cutting ice, and finally
got away into open water. June 80 we
were of Wilcox Head, where we had more
hard pushing to get to open water beyond
DEVILS Thumb. While busy here we
sighted the Thetis and Bear coming to-
ward US, and knew at once by their signal
ling that the Greeley explorers had been
traced, and the survivors, if any,
were on board. We returned to open
water, when q thick fog set in,
and it was some time before we
could 60 on board the Thetis to learn
the news of the rescue. We then pushed
South with all haste. and arrived at Uper-
navick July 2. Capt. Schley then dis
patched the Alert and Lochgarry to God
haven, while the Thetis and Bear put into
Upernavick, the former to shift a broken
rudder, and the latter to get coal. At
Godhaven the ~latter's machinery was re-
paired. We buried there one Esquimaux
OF Lient. Greeley's party. We left God
haven with the Alert in tow. OFF the
coast of New Foundland we encountered a
gale, and our tow line parted three times.
The Alert was finally cast adrift July is.
We dropped anchor at ST. Johns on
July II.