The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-07-30
LIEUT.. GREELY FOUND.
Only Six Out of Twenty-Five Men
Brought Back Alive.
Another Thrilling Chapter Of Arc
tic Exploration

Dispatches received by the secretary Of the
navy and General luzrn at Washington from
Lieutenant Grccly aud Commander Sch'cy
the safe arrival of the Grccly Re-
lief expedition at st. Johns, n, f.
Tho expedition had been successful, but the
success, was married 10y sorrow, as eighteen
out of the twenty five mcu who formed the
Grr'ly party had persisted from uunScrod
exposure before the relieving party reached
them.
When rc,curd on June %, the survivors
were in amost dpporablo condio many
having been frost bitten and all dying oi
hunger. In forty eight hours more all would
have been d,al Sergeant Ellison had both
hands aul feet $50 badly frozen that they had
20 b. auputatcd hut he did not long survive
tn operation, and he die on July C. The
others are rapidly improving IN health.
Thr vessels that composcd the relieving cx-
n~tou We're tine Turt-, commanded hy
Commander Srhcy; the Bear in command |
vi lIcutcn-ut Emory. and the Alert, com. |
mnulci hy commander Collin. |
Both expeditions are regarded, from a Sclcn- |
Ulic standp int. HS the most successful that
have ever been made into the frozen regions
Of the North and rs all of the records OF OBJ
gcrNatIunS hearing ON the researches of Lieu
tenant Gre 'iy have been preserved, the impur-
ancc of In, intelligent efforts cannot be over
stimutcd For the first time in period Of
| three centuries america can claim the proud
| distinction OF having penetrated to point
| nearer tine pole than n, other country on the
| glubr The first N,u .I lrcWcnt of the safety
| II Lieutenant t'Iuu.N va~ made In the follow
| ng dispatch from tummtn Ter Schley to Sec
rclHry Chun!l r. GJ.u at st. Johns:
Ho0 w. r. Chowic,, Secretary Of tn,
NuuH UudUgioa.
The lhntis, Bear and Lock Garry arrived
! hrr' to-day from West Greenland. All arc
! r"Ii Nrsrwraicd from the Alert 1870 miles
| north du'mg Il -lo. Al y f., ", June -, live
m'r- oY cape "a ,iuc, IN Smiths sound, the
TuHi AID Bear rescued alive Lieutenant a
| ". Glcnly S"r-l Glaluurd Scrgt lrcdcr
i.k, tc,..t Long. II sw'al Steward Belcr.
back. Private Crnucl aud Scrgt Ellison, the
oulv survivors If the Lady franklin Bay ex
petition. jrrgt Ellison had lost both hands
uuj fees hy .ru,tiilr, and died July at God.
haven. lhInr days after the amputation
which lnl become Imperative.
| Eighteen of the twenty five persons com
posing tJ, .Nlc l'inu p'rl-hyd hy starvation
| at thr point where found, one was drowned
while scnug 10 procure food. Twclvchudics
Of the dead were rescued and are now ouh ard
the lhrts AMI Bear, Onc fsquimau Turns.
viz, w.,- buried nt Disco, III accordance with
lh' '"9T. "l Ih Inspector VI western ,'iteIi
Iand rive h" IrN buried III the zee iort near
the camp vrr, swept away to sea by winds
and currents htlorcmy arrival and could moi
| hc cr,cuycrcl The names Of the dead which
were recovered, with the date Of death
arr %. follows. Sergeant Cross, Janu
nry / le,I; NclcrIck, Esgumau, April D
Sergeant LINN, Auru o. Lieutenant Lock
wo"L AWll .; SERGEANT Jewell Aprl l.
luNul" Is. VIA. ~; Sergeant kaS,on' May
-: lrNa', Nm-hn, May y Sergeant Israel
MaN -: Lieutenant Nmgshurv, June ; fri
vatc Henry, June e; Private Schneider, Jun'
ls Na, e., OF dead buried IN the ice fort
with date ot death, where bodies were no
r recovered, as follows: Sergeant Rice, Apr
l. q, l~>i; Corporal Salon, june 3 ; Privnt
Bender, Iuuc lj; Acting Assistant Sergcan
y layy, June q, Sergeant Gardner, June i
l. Drowned whlc breaking through the newly
formed lee while scaling, Jcns Edwards, h
, uuimau April -.
y | would urgently suggest that the bodi,
. now on board he placed in metallic cases hei
. forsalcrand better tran .portation in seawa
This appears tome imperative. Greely abai
doncd forl CnnSer august y 'ioS!,and reaclle
s lallu lnIe' 'til''IlSr - io',oNi"s, WV
ID me 'h,Ie IaIll WIZ re auu,o.o" "
O. us p"''S "'t "GG, "t"v ~, '''i "'Sa 49,, y
70 an ice nee III 'lh,'u9 SUM ms ", ,u.r ,mi
10 ncn' 'nnn Wa' cS'AhISlNd V',on'r Il, ION
At Il T. Nu'Io ne W''' loU.u . nurl,.s .,, III,
In mhiu''. g.. Flt'l had u" HNe upon " sI,' w
M hlI"W"u % Z" '"'u plouITO ,, lio'i' ~, r.U
IN tNiS' u 'i"' "lui i,it ~ ~ @ t,," ,
A. 10y '' " . s;,,, ~, -, ia, I'I
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D.. - ,,l 'r.,, ,I, ,yrr,l, of thc protc,
+ e. 'u' SN|' "I ','' "ito" ri ", I,," ~,
{, IN lNN'', tlt' l''liN' " ~ 'HN'' N'' 'N'' "
. C,,,'.I ..,.n,,J When these provisions ye
70 ,,.,,,,,.,I Ina i,.r,y WA, forced to live ,ipt
Is i'i1'g'' ,rrin from tbnir sr,lsk
y r''' " 1u i,,.i,,,rs ,,r,so,.vcd
1..',h.r when thry wero stror
ut E'" .r. .',',,r', ovr,,inr As 3Ol shrim
n ,,.,,,, ~, ,,,i,rd :, fll II gallon measure Il
e- I,hor was "a cyhpusting to depend up,
hs i nuo. ,,,,.,i, ""S H." ,utirolv Thc chnnr
ry th,'l W S"''''l a. i'.u ,,i,I ;ilotan isInnd
he pc, '",' w. ' l., ,'i.r.r,t ,,,los
NV 49, n' ai, ,nt.,,,s ,t ,h, lnttrr nn
&C. c,',,d mot IrI,arb,l All or Gre Tvs reco
,ry ou"" ,II Ii''' ,,y,'.,n'..t, i.r urb, by him u
IT, I,,t T,,,. -. ,,l,, ,.,r,, red and are on boa
out If ara, i.l,rJ T., smiths sound ha
Six '"'.' ,I .,.,l.,,rlr with ice in
con h'G"i. ~ '"' G,I G' iats,ror. NJ ice "
.o o'ss'''o H'1' -,
~ overcome pN WNVn'uih''N '''u @ ',,l
opportunity 10 ','',, r,,'i'r fI,..n
anu 'u' c'.''l ',l 49,, l,.Ir in ii,
by ness from t.IrG, to six le'.. and when raj
lst. much crrntrr The ThetiS and Bear rcal
be Game Soll; June Is after passage of twcl
was one DAYS i'm Melville Ray with the two
yamcr Sn,% So o, mo ,a g"r Snh,"c % Rsurnmg Sc
. continued 10 'HlM ,'ul'T' 80, ,thnr, nf
able DAYS later, we fell III WIlh seven o''''i' w W
Ool, Acct of WoStCnhu,me lslnnd' AM aillio"l
and Grrcly's rescue Ia them IN order thaI ,
ysi- might not be DELAYED i.o't t,,a e"C, danrer
stns ls gioutirS 81 IN ,o,y ~ tbc reward Of