Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-07-29
FINDING THE GREELY
PARTY.

Rescue.
r The telegraphic accounts of tn
finding of the Greedy party hav
been very meager and the coast pa
| pers have been obliged t
look to the New York exchanges TO
a good account. The following j
taken from a correspondence o
the New York Times, who sent 1
reporter to the Arctic regions OF
the Thetis. The scene occurred
after the Bear had anchored to tn,
ice and the crew had found tn.
survivors:
! The Bear had steamed nearly w
to the ice and people could be seen
running about on shore. Some one
was seen on the ice signaling with
flags. Your correspondent ran for
and took the message as follows:
"Send doctor with stretchers and
Harlow with photograph machine;
| seven alive" When it came to the
; last two words I made him repeat
them. With what careful interest
1 wathed them no one can realize.
1t might be DEAD, but no;
ALIVE waved plainly through
the air, and fate of the Greedy
party was known on board the
Thetis. Boats were lowered at once.
1t was hard pull, but with water
at every lunge and rolling gunwales
under in the short but heavy seas,
we finally reached the ice foot and
hurried to the scene of misery. A
few steps from the landing we met
a black face. with horrid staring
eyes, wrapped in a clean blanket
that contrasted strangely with the
filthy clothes that covered the body
of one of the survivors. 1t was
Fredr;cks, who was strong enough
to walk to the boats-a miserable
sight, but cheerful compared with
the one which met our gaze a few
steps further on. A slight incline
to the left and the busy relief PAR
ties came in view. Passing a small
fire on which pots of milk were
warming we came to the tent, un er
which lay four of the poor fellows.
Two lay outside, one with his face
swollen so that he could barely
show by his eyes the widest ex-
element that filled his being. The
other was muetering in voice that
could scarcely be heard in the
Of the gale his hungry ap
peal for food. Pushing aside the
laps of the tent we saw a sight tire
ike of which we trust never to see
again. Crowded together in the
title of the tent there was left
lay Greedy and three of
MS men in their sleeping bags,
heir faces black with dirt, Their
hollow cheeks and their gleami' (
ives that we will never forget
old story that has but few rivals
n the histories of miserable suffer
ngs. The short glance revealed
our men with the hand Of death
aid upon them; one, indeed, was
,asping his last feeble breath while
God and stimulants were forced
between his teeth. The fate of the
,ther three was a question of a
cry few hours. The gale was kill
hem in their weak and exhausted
condition. To move against such a
Wind was an impossibility. An
BILE bodied healthy man bent to it
It times. So they lay, waiting for
leath, unable to cook the pitiful
alton Of tanned oil scalskin and
ichens that they called their meal.
OUR glance was a short one; work
7as to be done, and all turned to it
nth heart and hands. The poor
uferers were wrapped in
lankets, fed with warm milk, beef
ca, and crackers, and carried to
he boats. A photograph was taken
f the camp despite the time, II P.
l., and the weather. The living
aving been provided for, our next
ad duty lay with the dead. The I
raves were on the summit of a {
idge behind the camp-1O Of .
hem, with their scanty coverings =,
gravel. Each body was care {
lily unearthed and wrapped in
lankets, marked to correspond
18th its number on the diagram
nat was made and carried to the |
oats. II