St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-07-24
Lieutenant Greedy Found.
SIX COMPANIONS ALIVE BUT STARVING
NEAR CAPE SABINE.

Thursday the glad news was tele-
graphed from st. Johns, n. F., ia
Washington that Lieut.. Greely, the
commander of the last of the Interna-
tlonal scientific polar expeditions, had
been rescued by the Bear and Thetis.
two of the vessels recently sent ont
from New York to search for him. But
the JOY of the tidings was overshad-
owed by the accompanying report that
only five of the "a souls who accom-
panied Greedy to Lady Franklin's bay
had returned with him alive. Eigh-
teen of the party had given up their
lives to the polar fetch before the
rescue and one, Sergt. Ellison, had
died after the rescue from the effects
of the amputatiOn of both hands and
both feet made necessary by FROST
HcUvIur"6 V''~ .~t'~.U
mander Schley, the chief of the expe-
dition, Lieut.. Greedy, Sergents Brain
ard, Fredericks, Long, Ellison, Hospi-
tai Steward Beiderback and Private
Long, were discovered by the Bear
and Thetis at 9p. M, June %, five
miles from Cape Sabine in Smiths
sound, where they had been in camp
ever since October 81, 1888, having
left Fort Conger August 9, 1888. The
encouragement and hardships of what
must have been Il most terrible jOur-
ney from Discovery harbor to the place
of rescue are only limited at in the dis
patches given below. At the camp
near Cape Sabine the race between
death and their rescuers began. Here
one by one IL men died slowly of star
walton, and one was drowned in at
tempting to secure food for the party.
the survivors were on the brink of
death from hunger, having been forced
for some time to subsist on the boiled
shreds of their seals<in clothing and
the scanty lichen and minute shrimps
native to the locality. An attempt
was made to reach LittletOn island on
the opposite coast of Greenland where
it was intended that provisions should
be lett by the Proteus wrecked last
year in IN attempt to relieve Greedy;
but this was rendered abortive by the
failure of the sound to close with ice.
The meeting of the survivors and
their rescuers was most pathetic. The
weak, emaciated men who had watched
one after another of their companions
succumb to death, and who saw ut the
most only few hours of life before
them, when, at last, the longed-for
faces of their kind were seen, fell IL
weeping like little children, and so
frantically embraced Comrade Schley
and his men that it was at first believed
that they had been crazed by their suf-
ferings.
HOW THE SITRVIVoRS WE'RE EoTTND
Thetis, Bear and Lock Garry arrived
Thursday from West Greenland all
well. Separated from Alert $50 miles
north during n gale. At 9 p. m., June
%, five miles off Cape Sabine in Smiths
sound, Thetis and bear rescued alive
Lieut.. A. w. Greely, Sergeant Brain
ard, Sergeant Fredericks, Sergeant
Long, Hospital Steward Beiderback,
Private Connell and Sergeant Ellison.
the only survivors of the Lady Frank
lin bay expedition. Sergeant Ellison
had lost both hands and feet by FROST
bite, and died July 6, at GOdhaven
three days after amputatiOn, which had
become imperative. Seventeen of the
D persons composing this expedition
persisted by starvation at the point
where found. One was drowned while
sealing to procure food. Twelve bodies
of the dead were rescued and are now
on board the Thetis and Bear. One
Eskimo, Frederick, was buried at Disco
in accordance with the desire of in
spector of western Greenland. Five
bodies buried in the ice-fort near the
camp were swept away to sea by winds
and currents before my arrival, and
could not be recovered. Names OF
dead recovered with date of death as
follows: Sergeant Cross, January l,
1884 Frederick (Eskimo), April )
Sergeant Linn, April 8; Lieut.. Lock
wood, April 9; Sergeant Jewell, April
IL; Private Ellis, May 49,; Sergeant
Ralston May 23; Private Whistler
May 24; Sergeant Israel, May %
Lieut.. kislingbury, June l Private
Henry, June q; Private Schneider
June lS. Names of dead buried in tn,
ice fort, with date of death where
bodies were not recovered, as follows
Sergeant Rice, April 9, 1884; Corpora
Salem, June 3; Private Bender, june
10; Acting Assistant Surgeon Pavy
June g; Sergeant Gardner, June IL