Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-07-24
THE GREELY PARTY FOUND
THE HIGHEST LATITUDE EYER
REAUHED.

lHE UhEEL1 L Anil rUUNl
THE HIGHEST LATITUDE EYE.
REAOHED.
Thrilling Tales Of Hardship nm
Exposure Amid Hilis OF Eaernn
Bnow-rhe Open Polar Sea who's
waves mo Keel Has Ever Gut.
WASHINGTON, July l7.-Aoting Score
tary Of Navy has Just received q tele. .rat
from 81. John stating thst the Greedy re
lief expedition has found the survivors
eight In all--of Lieutenant Greedy
ARCTIC exploring party.
SEVEN SURVIVORS,
The survivors OF the Greedy party mum
ber seven instead OF eight, as previuusl,
reported. Their names are Lieutenan
Greedy, Sergeant Brainard, Ssrgesu
Fredericks, Sergeant Long, Sergean
Ellison, Hospital Steward Beiberback ant
Private Connsll. They were found b,
the relief ships Tbetis and Bear near tn
month Of Smiths Sound on the ga o
June.
Sergeant Ellison was very much pros
trAted and badly froBt-bitten when found
and died at Godhaven on the 9Th OF July
after undergoing surgical operation.
The relief ships Thetis and Bear will
the survivors are new at 81. John, N. r
WAsHINeToN, July 1.-THE following
telegram was received this morning from
Commander Sohlsy
ST. JOHNS, N. F., .. M, July IT,
10 w. e Chandler, Secretary Of the Navy
Washington ; Thetis, Bear and Looh
Garry arrived here to-day from West
Greenland, all we'll. Separated from
Alert $50 miles north during gale. Al
8 p. m. June 22d, Ave miles of Cape
Sabine In Smiths Sound, Thetif
and Bear rescued alive Lieutenant
A. W. Greedy, Sergeant Brainsrd, Ser
geant Frederioks, Sergeant Long, Hospi-
tai Steward Beiderback, Private Connell
and Sergeant Ellison, the only survivors
Of the Lady franklin Bay expedition.
Sergeant Ellison had Loaf both hands and
feet by frost bite and died
July 9Th at Godhavsn, three days after
amputation, which had become impera-
tive. Seventeen Of the Is persons COM
posing this expedition perished by star.
vAtion at the point where found. One
was drowned while sealing to procure
food. Twelve bodies Of the dead were res
oued and are now on board the Thetis
and Bear. One Eskimo, Turneuin was
buried at Disco in accordance with the
desire OF the inspector OF western Green
land. Five bodies buried In the los fort
desr the camp were swept away TO sea by
winds and currents before my arrival and
could not be recovered.
THR DEAD AND DATES OF THEIR DEATH.
The names Of dead recovered with date
Of death are ss follows: Sergeant Cross,
January lat, 1884; Frederick Thorly
Christiansen April 9th; Sergeant
Linn, April 9Th; Lieutenant Look
wood, April 9th; Sergeant Jewell,
April 18th; Private Ellis, May 10Th;
Sergeant Ralston, May 23d; Private Whist
Ter, May oath; Sergeant IsrAel, May 9th;
Lieutenant Bislingsbury, June lst Pri'
vste Heniy June 9th Private Schneider,
June 18th. The names OF the dead
buried in the icefort, with dates Of death,
whose bodies were not recovered were as
follows Sergeant Rice, April 9th, 1884;
Corporal Sailor, June Sd Private Ben
der, June 16.h I; Acting Assistant Sur
eeon Pavy, June 9Th; Sergeant Gardiner,
5uub labns 1IuWubu Whtb b1uA1thk
through the newly formed ioe while seal
ing, Jams Edwards, Eskimo, April 2ath.
Would urgently suggest that bodies now
on board bs placed In metallic GASES here
for safer and better transportation In
sec way.
This appears to me imperative. Greedy
abandoned Fort Conger, August 9th, 1888,
and res ohed Baird Inlet September 18th,
following, with the entire party we'll
abandoned all his boats and was adrift
for 80 days on an Zoe foe In Smiths
Sound. His permanent camp was
established October 21st, 1888,
al the point where he was found.
During nine months his party
had to live upon 6 sosnt allowance of food
brought from Fort Conger, that cached
at Payer HaIbor and Cape I5abella by
Sir George Mares in 1875 but found much
damaged by lapse OF time; that cached by
Bsebe at Cape Sabine in 1882
and a small amount saved
from the wreck Of the Proteus in
1883 and landed by Lieutenants CARING.
ton an Colevell on the beach where
Greely's parry was found osmped. When
their provisions were consumed, the party
was forced to live upon boiled seal skin
strips from their seal skin
clothing lichens and shrimps
preserved during good weather
when they were strong enough to make
sxertion. AS 1900 shrimps were re-
quired to fill a gallon measure, the
labor was too exhausting to de-
entirely. The channel between Cape
Gal II skt Iala aA
on account Of violent gales all winter, so
that $40 rations at the latter point
could not be reached.
DIFFICULTIES OF THE SEARCH.
ALI Greely's records and all instru-
ments brought by him from Fort Conger
are recovered and are on board. From
Hare Island to Smiths Sound had
constant and furious struggle
with Zoe In impossible foes.
Solid barriers Of ice were over
come by watchfulness and patience.
No opportunity to advance o mile escaped
me and for several hundred miles the
ships were forced to ram their way from
lead to lead through foe varying In
thickness from 8 TO feet and when
rated much greater. The Thetis and Bear
reaohed Cape York June 18th after q
passage Of 21 days in Melville bay, with
Dundee whaling fleet, and continued to
Cape Sabine and returning seven
days late, fell In with seven others OF
this hsst OF Wostenholme Island and
announced Greely's rescue to them 80
that they might mot be delayed from
their fishing grounds NOR be tempted
into the dangers Of Smiths Sound In
view of the reward Of e25 600 offered by
Congress Returning across Melville bay
they fell in with the Alert and Lock Garry
Of Devil's Thumb struggling through
heavy ice. Commander Coffin did ad.
mirably to get along so far with the
transport so early in the sea
son before an opening had &C
eurred. Lieutenant Rmery with the
Bear has supported me throughout with
great skiliulness and unfiinchiDg readi-
ness in accomplishing the great duty Of
Relieving Greedy. would ask instruo-
tions about the Look Garry as the
charter party held by the master differs
In several respects from mine.
CONDITION OF THE PARTY.
The Greedy party are very much ims
proved since the rescue, but were critical
In the extreme when found and for sew
ersl days after. Forty.eight hours de-
Law In reaching them would have been
fatal to all now living. The season
north Is late and the closest
for years Smiths sound was
not open when left Cape
Sabine, The winter about Melville
bay was the most severe for 20 years.
\ This great result is entirely due to the
unwearied energy Of yourself and the
Secretary Of War in fitting out this expe-
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