The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-24
GREELEY RESCUED.
The Arctic slrnal service Ollcer safe
,ai ~ Johns
WITH ONLY SIX or HIS MEN.
The Others rori.hrd Ir"m Sinr''tl""
The story 1T Ih.ir suffering TN"
rnrty Eclipse. Englnnd'-
Farth,st" Record

WAsuTSGroN, July lie The Netting
secretary OF the Navy has just received
n telegram iglm -. Johns, stating mat
the Greeley relief expedition has found
tho survivors ofGrvplcy's pr,y, eight
men In all. The survivors oi Tue hrcclrN
marty numbered seven instead Of eight,
rs previously reported, Their names
are Lieut.. Greeley, Sergeant l'rninarG,
.,.rpeint FrcdpriCkS, sergeant Long,
sergeant Ellison, Hospital Steward
BicDerhark, and Private Council. They
Were ibund by Tie relief ships .Thotls
and Bear, five miles oil Cape Sabine, IN
smiths Sound. Sergeant Ellison was
very badly trOSt-hlttcn, and died al tod
Havoi July q, after undergoing surgical
operation. The relief ships lhctis and
Bear, with survivors, are now AT 81
Johns, y. +.
FULLER DETAILS.
WASHING r1S, July 1.-THE following
telegram was received ~ the navy De
pIgtmcHt this morning;
Ut. Johns, y. t., y Il. M, July lI,-hon, ~
Z. Chandler, Secretary %! the navy, WASH
Tho Thotis, Bear and Lock Garry ar
rived here to-day from the west 81
Greenland. Al were separated from
the Alert i5r miles north during gales.
AtOp. M, J,.Uc I'D, live miles oil Cape
sabine, In Smith's Sound, tho Th"us
and Bear rescued alive, Lieutenant ~.
W. Greeley, Sergeant Brain1rd, sergeant
Frederick, Sergeant Long, Hospital
Steward Berberbuck, Private Con
nell, Sergeant Ellison, the only
survivors of the Lady Frank
lin Bay expedition. Sergeant
Ellison had lost both hands and fee,
ly frost bite, and died July 18th ut God
Haven, three days after nmpula-
ton, which had become imperative. Sew
~ Ihn fNHntk-IlNn ntrSlll
composing the expedition, persisted by
starvation at the point where found;
one was drowned while scaling to pro
cure food. Twelve bodies of the dead
were rescued and are now ON board
the Thctis and Bear. one Eskimo
(Turyoyicl) was buried Mt Disco, in
accordance with the desire of the In
spector OF Western Greenland. Others
died rs follows: Sergeant Gross,
JANUARY LIST, lSsi: Wcdcnck, NEskinlol
April 5th; Sergeant Linn, April 9th,
Lieutenant Lockwood, April 9th; Ser
geant Jewell, April eth; Private Ellis,
MAY l.; Sergeant Easton, May sd. Five
bodies were buried in al lee tort near the
camp, but were swept away to sea 10y
wi lds and currents before my arrival
ID could not he recovered. With the
GATE of the dcaih of privntc
henry June l0.h), Private Schneider
Dune 18th, the names OF the dead bur
leo Ill tUt ice IbIl WITH ha'' ". t'a'i''
whose bodies were not recovered are as
9Th, issi; Corr oral salem, June
ID; Private Bender, June 9th:
Assistant Surgeon Parry, June 10; Ser
geant Gardner, June y, drowned by
breaking through newly formed ic"
while sealing); Jens Edwards uskimo),
April ii. / Would urgently suggest that
the bodies now on board be placed IN
metallic cases here for safer and better
transportation in a sea way. This ap-
pears to me imperative. GreeleT
abandoned Fort Conger August 8, 1883,
and reached Baird Inlet Sept. ~, follow
ing, with the entire party well. re
abandoned all his boats, ana was adrlIt
for thirty days on an ice-tioc in smith
Sound. His permanent camp was
established October 81, 1883, ut
the point where he was
found. During nine months his party
had live upon a scant lowanco OF
food Drought from Fort Conger, on that
cached at Payer Harbor and Cape Isa-
bella by Sir George Mares in 1875, found
in a much damaged condition 10y the
lapse of time, on that cached by Beebe ut
Cape Sabine, in lSs2, and on small!
amount saved from the wreck of the
Proteus in 1889, and landed by Lieuten-
bach near where Greeley's party was
round. When these provisions were
consumed, the party was forced to live
upon boiled Seal-skin stripped FROM
the seal skin clothing and lichens ana
shrimps caught in good weather, when
they were strong enough to make eNrf-
tons, As it took 300 shiinps to fill "a
hausting to depend upon them 10 sllS-
tain life entirely. The channel between
Cape Sabine and LittletOn Island did
not close OF account Of violent gales all
winter; 40 that DO rations AT the latter
point could not be reached. Al! o.
t.raelcv's records ami al Instruments
thought by him from Fort ConSer are
- re, oVered and are ON board. From
Hare Island to Smiths Sound
we had constant and furious struggle
with ice in imrnss bic HoeS. SOLD
barriers were overcome by watchfu!-
ness and patience, ana 10 opportunity,
TO advance mile escaped. For several
hundred miles the ships were forced to
ram their way from lead to lead, through
ice varying in thickness from three to
six feet, and when RATED much greater.
The Thetis and Bear reached Cape
York June 18th, after the passage OF
twenty-one days in Melville bay, with
ing fleet, and continued to
Cape Sabine. Returning seven
DAYS later, they fell in with
sven others of this fleet of Wooster
holm Island, and announced the rescue
t. them that they might not be delay cd
+ TN their fishing grounds, nor he
,lempted into the dangerous smith
Sound in view of the reward Of S25,o%
offered by Congress. Returning across
Melville BAY, they fell in with the Alert
and Loeb Gary of Devils Thumb, strug-
uiing through heavy ice. Commander
Coffin did admirably to get along 50 far
with the transport so early in the season
before an opening had occurred.
Lieut.. Emery, with the Bear, has sup
ported me throughout with great skill
fulness and unflinching readiness in the
accomplishment of the great duty of re-
lieying Greeley. The Greeley party are
very much improved since their rescue,
but we're critical in the extreme when
found and for several days after. Forty
: eight hours delay 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
about Melville Bay was the most severe
for twenty years. This great result is
entirely due to the unwearied energy OF
Yourself and the Secretary of war IN
lifting out this expedition for the work
IL has had the honor to accomplish.
fSirned] w. $. SMILEY,
ID Commander.
HowTHE NEWS WAS RECEIVED.
The news of the rescue of Lieut.. Gree,
lev and several of his party created
much excitement in this city. The tele
gram from Commander Schley was re-
ceiyed by Rear Admiral Nichols, Acting
Secretary of the Navy. who imnedlately
communicated it's contents to Lleuteh-
nrt-Gencral Sheridan, acting secretary
of War. They proceeded t. the Whlto
Hous, and showed the telegram 10 tne
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