The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-05
with an Immense Ovation at
Portsmouth, N. III.
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The Hero and His Comrades
An Affecting Scene.
Some New Particulars Of the
Arctic Expedition.
A Graphic Description of a
Terrible Trip.
GreeIy-rhe Demonstration

GreeIy-rhe Demonstration.
New Castle, N. H., 3-"I have
not had so scuud and refreshing
nights re.t for over three yesrs,~
said Msior Greedy to Lieut.. Powell,
of the s gnal Service Corps ana
General Hazen's aid, ss the latter
greeted the explorer in fr-nt OF Ad-
naIrsl Luce's residences this morn
inc. nIt makes me feel go strong
and hearty, that l could almost for,
ret my weakness" At about IL
o'clock this morning, Major and
MRS. Greedy and Admiral and mrs:
Luce drove through the navy yard
and around by the FONT, through
fine CITY OF Portsmouth, to look at
the decorations which everywhere
abounded. Greedy was looking bet
fer than he has at any time since he
was rescued. The distinguished
marty were recognized by but few /
nersons on the streets. and the car
rIare returned SOON to the navy yard, !
without stopping anywhere. An
old fellow, who stood On Klheny
bridge, alone recognized Greedy and
taking off his rough cap gave three
cheers, which no one heard except
the distinguished party themselves
Greedy, in recogni ion, politely III
ted his hat, The day was generally
spent very quietly. A great many
neopie visited the navy yard and
about everybody tried to get a
glimpse of Greedy, but no one nearer
than Picking railing, which en-
closes the ground around the ad
rniraI's residence. The enclosure,
however, was constantly surrounded
with people, who seemed content
with gaping at the hero as he sat on
the lawn under the trees with his
family and close friends around him
Ever since early morning all sorts OF
water craft have piled between the
CITY and the lower harbor, laden
with visitora to the vessels at
anchor. The interest, of course,
was centered in the Arctic feet,
and it is estimated that 5000 or
9.0Oe persons inspected the Bear,
Thetis and Alert to-day. The other
survive rs walked about the naVy
yard in the cool of the morning, and
during the heat of the day lounged
idIy about the deck Of the old
Constitution. The Authorities have
decided to permit Greedy and his
little party to participate in to-mor,
rows demonstration. They vii
leave the admiraPs re idence at II
a.m.o and be taken to Portsmouth
under the conduct of L. G. Powell
at Portsmouth wharf, Gen. Hazer
and surgeons will meet them with
a large Tally~ho coach, They vii
then be driven to the large speakers
stand that has been erected In tn
public sguare, where they Will re
main during the day. The SUI
geons will be constantly in attend
ance, and if the faintest signs c
WEAKNESS are observed among tn
survive the party will bs conduC
ted Immediately back to the nav
yard. To night the entire party al
we'll aud in the best Of spirits
The city is absolutely packed viii
strangers. The hotels have MOI
applications for rooms than the
can possibly fill. Nearly ali Il
buildings are handsomely decorate
and it is expected that to~morro
the display will be the most ma
ni6cent in the history of Port
mouth. All relics of tho expec
tion were exhibited on the deck
the Thetis to-day, and were visit
bv hundreds of visitors. At t
stern of the Thetis was wood
mole. the thickness OF an oar,
which were nailed three pieces
cloth, one a c9lore1 handkerchi'
another a pieca of calico, and
other a remnant of q wooden shi
This was the distress signal OF I
rescued men. Their siedge '
shown; it was composed OF t
rough pieces of plank, shod W
rough pieces of iron, resemble
hoop iron, Joined by clumsy cro
bars: and another object view
with great interest was a bag
reindeer skins used by one of
psrty TO sleep in. Greedy was
heck for two hours, this morni
and was introduced TO MANY v
tors. He appeared weak and b
tated little in his speech a:
FINN WEAKNESS. During the II
nOOu Iu6 AOlSudtSu VI VIZ -
was raised and the metal ssrcoG
ras for the dead we're revealed.
each, about in the middle, is p
far the name of the deceased
near the top is a beautiful Al
scene on a plate of FURNISHED sil
In fine tank of the Bear are
bodies of the dead heroes, bu'
one is allowed to view the rema
From one OF the crew of the I'll
were learned a few details of
expedition yet unpublished.
sail they encountered their hrs
batween Disco and Llttleton Isl
but that the thickest was foun
Melville Bay. where it average
feet. At Melville Bay the first
difficulty was experienced, and
use was made of torpe
and dynamite. Neither was Il
tn work well and RAM
the ice produced the best res
Backing the Thetis good dist
and putting on full head ST
Che would crash into the ice
s shock shaking her from ste
stern. and rocking her masti
otCAD3 Cow cfiupc IL co