The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-19
TIE ARCTIC TRAGEDY.
PRlvATloN, To,L AND SUFFERING.

r pRlVATloN, To,k AND suFFkRlNv
}, sefssAns Lopg's Story OF tho D.li,srancs Of (,
. dtts'y PMiy-A Few Hours Dsiay Would
hars bssn faiAl-Ths Bad Death OF
the Arlht Of the Expedition.
sr. JolSs, N. F., July lS-serpea,
Long, Of the Greedy party, who was Il
first to respond to the welcome tone Of II
steam whiatis, says ho and Sergeant Brsi.
ord were the fist to hear the sound, an
thsy helped each other 10 crawl out OF Il
tent. When Long got clear OF the entsr
clement Of the tent, which hnd been swep
to the ground, ne rogo 10 his feet with grea
difficulty, md succeeded In clamberlrp II,
toa a rock that gave HI extensive view Il
that neighborhood. Bsainerd wen
back to tho tent, bu! Long remained look
ing ou! se0rchingly in every direction iol
some strange object. At length he saw sr
unwonted sight, a large black objsct about
a mile diotant, which at first looked like g
rock, but he knsw there WAS no rock in
that line. Suddenly the approaching steam
launch chBDged its courae and LopV
recognized the approach OF their
rescuers. He came down from the
rock and went towards the camp,
and raised the flag pole and the flag which
had been blown down during the gale and
tad 1t for about two minutes, until his
strength gave out and II was blown once
more TO The ground. He then advanced
totteringly in the direction OF the little
steamer, and in few minutes the warm
hand Of Captain Ash had grasped his. In
greeting Maurice Connell, who is still OK.
eesslvely weak, he slated in an interyieg
that f>r some days after his rescue he had
no recollection OF anything that transpired.
He did not awaken atthe scream Of the
whistle. When his comrades shook him
up rem bis PROSTATE position In the camp
and told him OF the succor at hand, lie
wildly exclaimed, "For Gods cake let me
die in peace" A teaspooniul OF brandy
applied to his lips called back tho aeetiny
epsrk OF lite, for 0onnsil could not have
survived more than few hours. He was
by lar the weakest of the eeyen survivors
and the strongest must have succumbed
within forty.eight hours. Y ',e rsGsI
" A STORY or. STARVATION.
The Story told by Conncll from his recol-
lection of their starving experience is sim.
ply heartrending. How they burned the
hair of their gsal skin boats and coats,
cut them into s!rips, boiled them into
stew and ate voraciously OF them till their
stomachs rebelled and nausea mud weak
ness ensued in several cases. Nature gave
no call fcr twelve, fifteen and even eighteen
daye, and then blood hemorrhage and
consequent weakness enEued. The pros.
tration Of the victims lasted Tor several
days., n5 -5ers.
The difficulty in keeping heat in the
body Was very great. The rule Of the camp
was 10 permit no one to sleep longer than
two hours. He was awakened roughly
and called upon to shake himself, beat his
hands aud pound his leet and restore cir.
culatlon. This vas found absolutely
necessary to prsveat torpor and possible
death, the usual accompaniment OF intense
cold. ..sie- rlT7--
The survivors'aro all doing we'll, but still
weak and suffering from nervous prcstra.
t;on. Lieut.. Greely has improved from 120
pounds weight on the 22ad OF Juue to 1853
pounds to-day. Sergeant Brainerd and
others are pulling up proportionstely.
TRAGIC STORY.
Sergeant Iulius r. Frederick relates a
moureful!y tragic story CT The sad death on
the ice covered ground Of George Rice, the
artist OF the expedition, April 9th. Rice
and Frederick volunteered to leave camp
to proceed distance OF twenty-five
miles for scme meat that was
cached" near Cape Isabella. They bad
eled, nile aud ha ches and provisions for
five days. They travelled for three dsys
bus failed to hud ''cacb." On the way
towards their camp Price became weak
and fua'ly gave up. He WAS attacked by
bloody aux that gradually wore him down.
lis succumbed and was inferred
in IN ice grave by his com.
panion. Frederick camp;d out
that night under the fragment OF
n boat and next day revisited bis
companion to pay the last tribute
to his remains. Frederick retained
sufficient strength to drag r,back
the sled with his nil, and cooking utensils
to camp, were be encountered more wos in
the form Of tho death ct Lieut.. Lockwood
and another OF the party. The ;"cached"
meRtthat Frederick and Rice we're in search
Of was brought by them April G
from Cape Isabella and abandoned
tho next day in order 10 drag
Ellison, one OF their party who had been
trczsn, into camp. Rice was the liia of tho
Greedy party, full Of hopo, buoyancy and
energy, and bis death was terrible blow
to them. He died in brave struggle 10
prolong their existence.