Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-25
FATE OF VIE GREELY EXPEDI.
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TiON.
Another catastrophe has been added
to the melancholy history of Arctic ex-
ploration. The dispatch telegraphcd
yesterday by Commander Schley, Of
the Greedy relief expedition, reported
the arrival of the Thettis, Bear and
Loeb Garry at St. John, n. F., with
Lieut., Greedy and five men, the only
survivors Of the Lady Franklin Bay
party of observation. Of the remain
ing nineteen seventeen died Of starvation
at the point where Greedy and the survi-
vors we're found, one was drowned
while sealing to procure food, and an
other died at Godhaven after rescue
from the effects OF amputation of his
bands AMI feet. Twelve of the dead
bodies were brought back, aud five of
the Others that had been buried were
swept away to sea by winds aud current
before the arrival of the party of rescue.
Lieut. Greedy, with his party of twenty
five picked men. left Newfoundland in
Jvly, 1881. None of the men had
ever before been on an Arctic expedi-
ton, bat they were nearly all volunteers
healthy and strong. and had been Injured
to hard service in the vicissitudes of
army frontier life. The party reached
Lady Franklin Bay in safety, provided
with sy.ll the materials for erecting a
" geological station and with supplies
caienla'ed to last FOR two years. 1t
was Understood that it would remain at
the station during the winter, and when
the spring opened, would make explora-
tions from that point with dogs and
selges under the guidance of Esqui-
maux. The Proteus, after landing
Greedy and his companions at the point
selected for the station, was sent back
to the United States, with the under
Standing that it woull return in the fall
Of 1888. An attempt was maze, how
ever, to reach the party in June, 1882,
with supplies, by Mr. w. NJ Beebe,
With an expedition on board the Neptune
but it failed to reach Indy Franklin Bay
on account of the ice and 1t returned
The expedition on the Pro'eus, under
Lieutenant Darlington, which set out
last wear, was also a disastrous failure
The proteus was wrecked, and Greedy,
with his companions, was left to his
own resources until the expedition which
under Commander Sicily, left the Unit
cd s. ates in May last succeeded ulii-
mately in reseuing the survivors at their
camp of refuge off Cape Sabine in
Smiths SQUAD, on June y. The story
of the handships suffered by the Greedy
party, as detailed in the dispatches
published to-day, is full of all the inter
est that can possibly centre around a
recital Of hardship and adventure Lieut.
Greedy, it appears, abandoned his sta
ton on the 9Th of August, 1888, and
reached Baird Inlet at the close of Sep
tember with the entire party well; he
was subsequently obliged to abandon all
Ibi. boats ami was adrift for thirty days
in Smiths Sound, and he kept his party
to,otbcr until he reached the camp
r5ora he was found The suiferings
who'll they endured we're intensified BY
tho exhaustion of the food they brought
Win Them and of that which had been
tcoebsd IT different RENTS by SIR George
l.ras bv Beebe, and small amount
..naa from the wreck of the Proteus in
HSse After these scanty supplies were
,ono ,bev endeavered to maintain lltc by
Z s,,;nr their sealskin clothing and by
a.,be,;nc iches and shrimps. When
, a. we're discovered seventeen had died
If a,,rvati,n. and the remainder were
{ ,adna.g to such state OF exhaustion
, ,bat mt for the fortunate arrival OF the
: rho N.Y. and the Bear they would short
, " Nave shared the fate Of their eomPan'
~. "1 Il IS in many respects, the story
q yt e. n f,ted De Long and his com
e n n oa9 Of the Jeanette expedition, ovel
re lu'o and it adds another chapter {
,r ,Esnnals of Arctic adventure almos'
Wy anp' and painfal as any that have
r. - as,s saa il. OF the Franklin exPed'
ID pFeceueu one survived: all died OF ex'
"a IiOn l nov and starvation Ut the Dc
!, uauS'ion lnoJition all died except tbos'
!, ! nOa W.l l. boat aud the two men sen
u Hsi' n Long % communicate 1t posi-
n w p natives. OF the GFcely party
ed WIN 'ns now live of the twenty ,ilYe Q
be a shl.h - / was composed sarely . IT !
n a snI'h M - TO M final stop to e1pedl
:" ooW 'lu' he Arctic seas, whether toel
he TONS to u" ant for scientific purposes OF
al, a1 a's view to reach the pole lhn: ar
ID "l'n NJ 10 heroic effort. but 'n9S oos
q tribute ~ the loss Of precious human
wv tlueN~ Y,.,,.e SIM.