Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-07-24
LIRUrENANT eREELY sAFE.

Description of the search. win some
Dispatches From Greedy Concerning His
Expedition.
The following telegram was received
at the navy department this morning:
ST. johns, N. F., a. m, July II.
To Hon ". T. Chandler, secretary at Washington.
The Thetis and Bear and Lock Garry
arrived here to-day from West Green
land and all are well. They separated
from the Alert $50 miles north during a
gale at 8 p. M, June 22d, five miles off
Cape Sabine in Smiths Sound.
Lieutenant A. w. Greeley, Ser
geant Brainard, Sergeant Fredericks,
Sergeant Long, Hospital Steward Beider-
back, Private Connel and Sergeant
Ellis who are the only survivors. of the
Lady Franklin Bay expedition.
Sergeant Ellis had lost both hands and
feet by frost bite and died July 9th at
Godhaven three days after the amputa-
ton which had become imperative.
Seventeen of the twenty-five persons
composing the expedition persisted by
one was drowned while sealing to pro-
cure rood. Twelve bodies of the dead
were rescued and are now on the Thetis
and Bear.
One Esquimaux, Turnwick, was buried
at Disco in accordance with the desire of
the inspector of western Greenland.
Five bodies were buried in the ice near
the camp but were swept away to the
sea by the winds and currents before my
arrival and could not be recovered. The
names Of the dead recovered with the
date of death are as follows: Sergeant
Cross, January LIST, 1884; Wederick, an Es-
quimaux, April 9th; Sergeant Linn, April
9th; Lieutenant Lockwood, April 9th.
The names of the dead buried in the ice
fort with the date of deaths, whose
bodies were not recovered are as follows:
Sergeant,-April 9th, 1884; Corporal
January Sd; Private Bender, June 9th;
Assistant surgeon Parry, June 9Th; Ser
geant Gardiner, June 18th. Drowned
by breaking through newly formed ice
while sealing, Jeans Edwards, Esqui-
maux, April oath.
1 would urgently suggest that the
bodies now on board be put in metallic
cases here for safer and better transpOr-
tation in a sea way. This appears to me
imperative. Greeley abandoned Fort
Conger August 9th, 1883, and reached
Baird Inlet September 29th, following,
with his entire party. He abandoned
his boats and was adrift thirty days on
an ice foe in Smiths Sound. His per-
manent camp was established October
2lst, 1883, at the point where he was
found. For nine months his party had
to live upon a scant allowance OF food
brought from Fort Conger that was
cached at Prayer Harbor and Cape Isa-
bel by Sir Geo. Mares in 1875, which was
found much damaged by the lapse OF
time, what was cached by Beebe
at Cape Sabine in 1882, and a
small amount saved from the wreck OF
the Proteus in 1888, and was landed by
20 NOl ryoll he
beach near where Greely's party was
found.
When these provisions were consumed
the party was forced to live upon boiled
seal skin, stripped from their seal skin
clothing, and Ichens and shrimps, caught
in good weather, when they were strong
enough to make the exertiOn. AS it took
1900 shrimps to ill a gallon measure
the labor was too exhausting to depend
upon them to sustain lite entirely. The
channel between Cape Sabine and Little
ton Island did not close, on account OF
the violent gales, all winter, so that FAC
ratiOns at the latter point could not be
reached. All Of Greely's records and all
the instruments brought by him from
Fort COnger are recovered and are on
board. From Hare Island to Smiths
Sound / had a constant and furious
struggle with ice In impossible foes
These solid barriers were overcome by
Watchfulness and patience. No Oppor
tunity to advance a mile escaped me
and for several hundred miles the ships
were forced to ram their way from leaC
to lead through ice varying in thickness
from three to six feet, and when rafteC
much greater.
The Thetis and Bear reached Cape
York, in Melville Bay, June 18th, after {
passage of twenty-one days, with two
advance ships of the Dundee whaling
feet, and continued to Cape Sabine
Returning seven days later, fell in will
nine others. This fleet was off Weston
hOlme Island, and announced Greeley
rescue to them. Returning across Mel
vile Bay fell in with the Alert, and tool
Garry off at DEVILS Thumb, struggling
through the heavy ice. Commando
Coffin did admirably to get along so ia
with the Transport so early in the sea
son, before the opening of the lead oC
Cured.
Lieutenant Emery, with the Bear, ha
skllllulness and un1inching READINGS
accomplishing the great duty of relievin
Greeley.
The Greeley party have much i'm
proved since their rescue, but were crit
cal in the extreme when found, and fo
several days atterward. Forty-eigh
hours delay in reaching them woul
have been fatal to all now living. Th
season north is late. Smiths Sound wa
not open when left Cape Sabine. Th
winter about Melville Bay was the mos
severe for twenty years.
This great result is entirely due to tn
unwearied energy of this expedition, fC
the work it has had the honor to accom-
plish. [Signed]
w. s. SCHLEY, Commander.
General Hazen, Chief Signal Office
received the following telegram:
ST. JOINS, N. F., July II.
For the first time in three centurie
England yields the honor of having gon
the farthest north. Lieutenant Loci
wood and Sergeant Barnard on Nav l3t