Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-18

RESCUED At POINT on DEATH.
SURVIVORS OF GREELY's PAR
TY FOUND AT LAST.
ONLY SIX SAVED FROM STARVATION.
Commander Thley's Report Of His More-
ments.
DISPATCHES FROM GREELY.
Terrible Chapter Of Horrors in the
Arctic Reesoas.
ENGLAND YIELDS THE PALM.
ONLY SIX SAVED FROM STARVATION.
DISPATCHES FROM GREELY.
Terrible Chapter Of Horrors in the
Arctic Regsoas.
ENGLAND YIELDS THE PALM
History OF the Colony and Relief Erpedi'
tioHe.
lev telerrnnh 70 the pasp.leh.I

rotary Of the Navy has Just received q tele-
gram from Captain Schley, commander OF
the Greedy re lief expedition. dated st.
Johns. n. r., to-dsy. stating that the sur
yivoTs OF Lieutenant Greeiy's signal-ser-
vice Marty were found five miles of Cape
Sabine. IN smiths sound, by The relief
shipS Thetis aud Bear, on the 22d Of June.
Only seven men were alive, as follows:
Lieutenant Greedy, Sergeant Brainard, Scr-
gcaut FNdcricks, Sergeant Long, Assist
anf-Sieward Beberback, Sergeant Ellison,
and Private Council. Sergeant Ellison
was very badly frost-bitten when found,
snd died ut God Haven July 9th, sitter I'M
dergoing ampuiation. The relief ships
Thetis and Bear. with the survivors, are
now al 50. Johns.
Particulars Of shc Reseue.
Captain Schley's telegram, above alluded
10, Is a. follows:
~. JouS's. n. f., July 49, A. NJ
hon. ". z. Chandler, Secretary Of the
Narv: The Thetis, Bear, and Lockgarry
Srriycd here to-day from West Greenland.
Al are well Separated from the Alert
no miles north. during gale, at p. NJ.
lime 22d. five miles OF Cape Sabine,
in smiths sound. The Thctis and Bear
re.cucd slye Lieutenant a. w. Greedy,
Sergeant Brainard, Sergeant Frederlcks,
So,econt Long, Hospital-Steward Beiber-
- private Council. and Sergeant Eli
ION The only survivors Of The Lady Frank
Jin.hay expedition. Sergeant Ellison had
Iosi hands and feet by frOst-bite, and died
Julv G,b al God Haven after three days, by
smfu,.tiop. which had become impera-
tive.
STARVATION AND DEATH.
composing this expedition persisted by star
walton at The point where they were found.
One was drowned while sealing to procure
TODD Twelve bodies OF the dead were res
cued and are now on board the Thctis and
Reor one Eskimo. Turneyik, was buried
al Disco m accordance with decree Of the
INSPECTOR OF Western Greenland. five
bodies buried In an ice bank near the camp
wore swepi 10 the sea by the winds and cur
rents before my arrival and could not be re-
covered.
The names o. the dead recovered, with
date Of death. are as follows: Sergeant
cross. January /. 1884: WedeTick, Eskimo.
April 9th; Sergeant Linn, April 9th Lieu
tenant Lockwood. April 9th; Sergeant
Jewell. April 18th; Private Ellis, May
10th: Sergeant RostOn. May 23d; Private
whistler, Nav 9th; Sergeant Israel, May
9th: Lieutenant KislingbuTy, June LIST
Private Henry, June 9th; Private Schei-
der. June Sth. The names OF the dead
buried i'm an ice fort, with date OF death,
where the bodies were not recovered. are
Is follows: Sergeant Rice, April 9, 1891;
Corporal Salem, jung 3lst Private Ben
der, June 9th; Acting Assistant Surgeon
PAW, June 9Th; Sergeant Gardner, June
10Th. Drowned while breaking through
newly-iormed ice while sealing: jess Ed
wards. Eskimo. April oath. would
urgently suggest that the bodies now on
board I've placed in metallic cases here for
safer and better transportation in .eaway.
This appears 10 me imperative.
HARnSuiPs OF GRBELr's RETREAT.
Greely abandoned Fort COngcr August
10. 1889. and reached Baird Inlet Septcm-
Der 2Mh following, with the entire party
well. lie abandoned all his boats and was
adriit for thirty days on an Ice-floe in
Suhth's Sound. His permanent camp was
established October q, 1883. at the point
where he was found. During nine
months his party had to live upon =
Scanty allowance of food brought from
Fort Conger-that cached at Payer IIar-
bOr and Cape Isabella, by Sir George
Mares, in 1873, but found much damaged
10y the lapse oi time; that cached by
Bcebe at Cape Sbine in 1882, and
small amount saved from the
wreck OF the PrOteus in 1883. and landed
by Licutcnants Darlington and Colwell
on the beach where Greely's party was
found camp-d. When these provisions
were consumed the party was forced TO
live upon boiled sealskln strips from their
sealskin clothing. Lichcns and shrimps
y flats sK~l,.
they were strong enough 10 make the cX
eriion. As 1900 shr!mpS were required 70
MI gallon measure, the labor was too en-
hau>ting TO depend upon them to sustain
life entirely. The channel between Cape
sabine and Littlcton Islond did not close
on account Of violent gales all the winter,
80 that 2iO rations at the latter point could
not be reached. All Of Grccly's records
and all the instruments brought by HIM
from Fort COnger are recovered and are
on board
TIE REsCUERs' STRUGGLE WITH ICE.
From Hare Island TO Smiths Sound
had a constant and furious struggle with
ice in the impossible foes. Solid barriers
Of ice were overcome by watchfulnes, and
patience. No opportunity 10 advance =
mile escaped me, and for several hundred
way from lead 10 lead through ice ranging
in thickness from three TO SIX feet, and
when RATED much greater The ThetiS and
Bear reached Cape York June 18th. after
passage Of twcnty-One DAYS in Melville b Az,
with two advance ships Of the Dundee
whaling feet. and continued TO Cape Sa-
Line. Returning seven days later we fell
in with seven others OF this feet oil
WCstCrholm Island, and announced Gree
Tvs rescue TO them, that they might not
&c DELAYED from their fishing grounds. nor
be tempted into the dangers Of Smiths
sound in view Of the reward OF S25,0
offered by Congress. Returning across
Melville bay We fell in with the Alert aud
Lock Garry off Devils Thum struggling
through heavy ice. Commander Coffin did
admirably 10 get along so far with his
transport so early in the season before the
opening had occurred.
Lieutenant Emory. with the Bear, has
supported me throughout with great skill
fulness and unnlnching readiness i'm accom-
plishing the great duty Of relieving Greedy.
/ would ask instructions about the Lock
Garry, as the charter party held by her
master differs in several respects from
mine.
SAVED IN THg NICK OF TINE.
The Greely party are very much inn
proved SIT &c the rescue, but were critical
IN the extreme when found and for several
days after. For,ysight hours delay in
reaching them would have been fatal 10 all
now living. The season north IL late and
The closest for years. Smiths sound was
not open when | left Cape Sabine. The
winter about Melville bay was the most Sc
we're for twenty years.
This great result is entirely due to the
unwearied energy OF yourself and the Sec
Toiary OF War IN fitting ont this expedr
ton for the work il has had tie honor "a
accomplish.
(Signedl w. :. SCmEY, Commander.
WASHINGTON, July IL The news OF the
scScue OF Lieutenant Greedy and several OF
his party has created much excitement In
this city.
Captain Schley CONGRATULATED.
A telegram from Commander Schley wa
received by Rear-Admiral Nichols, acting
Secretary Of the Navy. who immediately
communicated its contents 10 Lieutenant
General sheridan, scting Secretary 81 War
They proceeded to the White House and
showed the telegram to the President,
who has taken deep Interest In the
expedition. lie expressed great con-
Germ at the sad death OF so many
OF the party. A copy OF the tele'
gram was teiegrapbed 10 Secretary
Chandler ut West Point aud 10 Secretary
Lincoln at New York. The families OF
Lieutenant Greedy, Lieutenant Commander