The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-07-24
SAVED FROM DEATH.
Lieut.. oreely and Six Brave Com
panions Rescued in the
. Northern Seas.
The Remaining Eighteen Members Of
the Expedition Succnmb to Hun.
ger and Hardship.

Sr. JOINS, n. f.. July II.
The Hon. William +. Chandler. Secretary Of isc
Thetla, car. aud Lock Garry arrived here to-
uav inm Nest tire nland. ALI we'll. they
SCI afated from the Alert ise nisos n rsh dniin.
Il ga,e. Al n 4. m. June -. five mites OH Capc
sabine, III smiths Sound. tie The Ii and Bear
rescec alive Lleut. A. ". Grealy, sefgt. Er II.
ard, Sergt Frederick. Serct Long. II spital
Ellison, the only survivors ot the Lady rankin
Bay expedition. Sc gt. Ellison Ind lost 9th
hands and feet by tiost-h bite, a dei July q 4
ted lasen. three dats aitc amputation. which
hal bccom imp,rat Sesent. en- Of twenty
hive persons composing the expedition rari,hel
by starvation a. &c ps.nt where found,
pro ure food Twelve bn lies of the dead
were rescued AMI arc now on boafd the Thetis
nnd Bear tslEtinau Turnefik was buried at
Disco. in accordance " til the desire Of the in
spector of Western Greenland Five bodies
buried III ice near the caun were swept away to
sea by winds and currents before my Arrival and
could not he lscosercd 1ha names Of u. dead
rccos red with dates Of death. are as follows:
y, r1t Cross died Jan. |, 1885,: Wcaefick r .ui-
mau,. April i: s,rgt. Linn, April 4: iient. o X
wood, Arrl =: segt jewell, April z: Private
Ellis, Nav IL: Sc 1T Ralsten ii y -: Private
Henry. June Il. Private Schneider, June Is. The
names Of tie d,ai aud buried iii the ice fort,
with the date of death OF those whose h"iies
were not recovered are ~ follows: Sergeant
Rice. Aprila, iss;: CORPORAL Fallen, June 3: lri-
vat Bender, June q: Assistant surgeon Pavey.
June Il. Sergeant Gardner. June u, 4 owned by
,mv. I.ns E.aar,. NY 1rs',,nan, Anil }.
/ would nrrea,iv suggest that the bodies now
on board be placed in metallic cases here for
Grae,S ah,naan., Enrl aangar amr . iss, ana
reached Ea,ra Inle, Sen, 81 Following. with the
entire party we'll He abandoned all his boats.
Em,,h,s Scnna Ills ,,nrmaneut caynn was
estabiish..l ~. Il issa ~ ina noint
where he was found. During nine moaths
ynna h,nu.ht s,nm, ~, rnnv :. thnt cached ~
payer marhor and Csn, Isabella bv Sir George
Mares IN ,srs Int fonai nn,h dam vcd liz IN, a
NJ ,,ma. .hs, caeh.a ~ Raohs NJ e,ane sabine
IN sssa. an, small amn,,nt saved fron, he wrsck
~ the I,ntsns IN Is.s aud landrd Nv I.ieuts
ia, linp,an an,, COW ii on tho heach near where
t;rcslnss na.tr ,sas f.nna Mhea thass ,.rn,is
Iona ,s.rs sa,..,na a III : ar,v was frfaa IN live
mon hoi,.l seal. .skin s,rsrned from the seal
sktn eln,hinr nna chens mi ,rimns nrocursd
IN ,.noa wn.thar Nh n they ~er, strong enonsh
~ maka .Sart,ams A. Il ,nok All shr;m.s Ia
MI : ,,a,,on m"as.r, tho lahor MAS too exbaust-
inr IL a.nana nnnn tsam III sustain life cn,ir ay.
Island aa e. " On ~ Violent Ale.
ali winter 80 tina. 80 ration- Ut The latter point
From Hare lslani to Smiths Sound had
constant and furious struggle with the ic'' in
inlnassable Hoes Soil !, rtiers wera overcome
~ aaxan,s ~ s',s an eaaad me- and far sasera
hundred miles tic ships were /, reed 10 ram
taeir way from lead to lead through ice VARYING
rs.n. aae, r .. , - a',a, a,i' as.a,s ~
swsa.,.,.ai ,a,.. Il, Masri,a na,. 49,, tue al .
x.nnes sh,,ss :, ,ha nnn.aa ,.nai,nr f,e.., and
canssrna, :, .ana slim na,nrnin, sevan
a.rs ls,ar -, s,s ~ Min ivan cth,rs ~ ,h,s
tscs, an was,ea,,nim Is,sna AM, annannend
Ora l,,a r.s.s,,' ~ sham rha. ihar mighi nnr IL
da,avs,, from ,aa,r t,shins grnnnis nor he
,cmss, ,nsa MN ~ % h,na.rs !, sm,,hs sound IN
vam y, M ~.," -. ~ IL, IN, n..eraa III can.
- " r,,.,s,,,. - - - S,,.,, nas. -. ,st q,
MIN ,hs III - an losk carry IN nexii's
1nmmaudar ra,sn Hi a,im,rahlx - oet along
~ ,ar n,,n ia 49,, ~ ..,,, II tha ssasa
he,n,. ,aa WAN, ha : c,r,,.,, - risnt m.
arr Win tha nnar has su',na,,si mo n 'rnnrn-
naa,nas. "a ,,l,.I,ng ,he .raa, any ~ res
iicS,ms Grnair T'r s;r,.ls Marty ar. - much
imnro,e,i since ihe rescue. hut their situation
"a. .,,.ical n IN .xt,ems when found and tor
snvarsi ,,avs at,ar Ea,tv .eiyhs hnnrs dc,av in
rTschsns Them ~.n,a hsyc hsan fafa, IA ali who
ara nan ,iv,n. Tho .sasnn IN tha nor N h i lata.
nna h.s 49,, ,ha .lassst for yc.rs Smith,
S..nn | ssas ~. .n.n NJ i,i, .ane Sahsns
The Mini !, anant Nalx,,,e nav was The mast
severe .nr ,,snt~ ,.ars
~ ~ : S.uuey. Commander.
~, nus,,. ,,.,.,. : -, III ~ I,n,,as. ia,;
,ue Nieeis l"aS iS"sneu 'ns nisnsst issl-
tuue ever attained by polar explorers. name.
E y, y deg ~ MN The y g soas. s5 Of a areen-
a-. -. - ' -, -. - ~ .. -
interviews Win Lieut. uIeeiy auu o.neI
SURVIVORS of the unfortunate arctic colony
elected the following facts:
After nass;nr two winters AT Fort Conrer IN
scientsns res,.sr.b i.i.nf Cre,v viii his
whole party intact, hrose up the sncampment
and .amn,.nasa a som,hward descent .rhis
Mas ~, mn,ishsa ami ga, ne,ils from ,les
az wind ire. nins and other casualties Can,
Sabine having h,cn reached. tempor. nv
hnms MAS hnilf =, stones ana covered III
the boaf,s sails bronaht along by the
narty In lie sa,h az Sertember wtntel
auartrr, werc estahltshsd Al Cane sabine
The comni,sariat had become very mearer
a. N~tA lxx- VAa
iroeSns las year but 70 rly snpplementeo
,ss ,,, n.y. ,,sa ana haa - he ahan.
donad during the whole winter. The first havoc
In ,he ranks was carly in January. when one q
.ne men drarned on WIN seansy on mn, .ne y. ~.
nho,nsTanhcr snrcnmbsI after : heroic at.
tempt had been made to secure about two hun.
dred pounds Of meat supposed to be cached
snon. sni.asn r,,sna sr,m ,ha an,sn, mani
Israel, the astronomer. persisted MAY y
Lieut. Kislinrbury died June, !. and Or; Pasy
the natarasis', sep, IN oea,n June -. MOI on.
They ~, Il, n~ a,aa ,ranuns, ~ nain,sss aea.h i'll,
| two Esauimaux also pcrished, one of starvation
| The other was drowned. his KAYAK being piercct
os sphe nsMs lesa s % .nus y, si sa,o.m' ,..a
fnr The Starving eSniorers The Esuuimau,
were mos, faithful aud devoted followers ant
helpsrs OF Lieut., Gre.N. .. :.
.r, ,h M.s ss.nsns,, psar ,sas,a ha d,aa fsy
DAYS subsequently. His il an extraordinary in
stance OF human endurance. While away SOM
zen miles irom ~ ans ne aay "a as. % WINTER .n
sern. His hands and feet were frozen to tn
| very bone, and lie was dragg d by his comrade
IA an almost dying csndit,1n TO his hut III III
ss IN" na.as an Wy n n,a ,a.,ih1a s,ase hs live.
through the dismal mouths that intervened be
tween that time and the rescue
dispatch from Il. Johns says; %
bodies OF twelve OF the victims have beel
brought up by the steamers bear and hetls
embalmcd in tanks filled with alcohol. III
! suryiyorS are all doing well and are rapidl
~a;,,;,.s, an ana s,r.no,h I;ant G,aal,
| eeAs nseA a - -. !:
VINO was ~ an eAeeeuinsis cnueai conui
ton when transferred to the Ihetls, Is nov
able to move about. This morning b
drove out for an hours ride to get the coun
| try air. and came hack quite refresed.
The rescue took place on the 22d of June
under circumstances of great difficulty
The Thetis and Bear law of from the shor
about 3Ol wards. There was a terrifi
gale blowing from the southwest. heay
| sen was runninr. and formidable Ice mi