The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-23
JUST IN TIME.
THE STORY OF THE RESCUE OF THE
GREELY PARTY.

and Sergt. Brainard were the first
to hear the sound, and they helped
each other to crawl out of the tent.
When Long got clear of the en-
tanglement of the tent, which had
been swept to the ground, he rose
to his feet with great difficulty and
succeeded in clambering up to a
rock that gave the most extensive
view IN that neighborhood. Brain
ard went back to the tent, but Long
remained locking out searchingly
in every direction for some strange
object. At length he saw the UNI
wonted sight of a large black object
about q mile distant, which at first
looked like a rock, but he knew
there was no rock in that line. Sud-
denly the approaching steam launch
changed its course, and Long recog-
nized the approach of their rescuers.
He came down from the rock, went
towards the camp, raised the flag
pole and flag which had been blown
down during gale, and held it for
about two minutes until his strength
gave out, and it was blown once
more to the ground. He then ad-
vanced totteringly in the direction
of the little steamer, and in few
minutes the warm hand of Capt.
Ash had grasped his in greeting.
MAURICE CoNNELL,
who is still excessively weak, stated
in an interview that for some days
after his rescue he had no recollec-
of anything that transpired. He
did not hear the waking scream of
the whistle. When his comrades
shook him up from his PROSTATE
position in camp and told him of
succor at hand, he wildly exclaim~
ed, "For Gods sake, let me die in
peace!" A teaspoonful of brandy
applied to his lips called back the
feeting life-spark, for Cornell could
not have survived more than a few
hours. He was by far the weakest
of the seven Survivors, and the
strongest must have succumbed
within forty-eight hours. The story
by Cornell from his recollection
of their starving experience is simp-
ly heartrending. How they burned
the hair off their sealskin boots and
coats, cut them into strips, boiled
them into a stew and ate voracious-
ly of them till their stomachs rebel
led and nausea and weakness ensu-
ed. In several cases nature gave
no call for twelve, fifteen and even
eighteen days, then bloody hemor-
srhages and consequent weakness
ensued, prostraiting the victims for
several days The difficulty of keep
ing heat in the body was very great.
tho rule of the camp was to permit
ne one to sleep no longer two hours.
He was awakened roughly and call
ed upon to shake himself, beat his
hands and pound his feet and restore
circulation. This was found abso~
lutely necessary to prevent torpor
and possible death, the usual accom-
l,animents of intense cold.
COMMANDER sCHLEY
has received instructions from the
Secretary of the Navy to remain at
ST. Johns until there are twelve iron
caskets constructed to receive the
bodies of tae deceased explorers.
The survivors are all doing we'll,
but are still weak and suffering
from nervous prostration. Lieut..
Greedy has improved from 100
pounds weight on the ed of June
to 169 pounds to-day. Sergt. Brain
ard and the others are pulling up
proportionately. The weather here
is delightful and all that could be
desired for the sufferers, the mer-
curry ranging between $50 and 750.
Great sympathy is evinced by all
classes here, alike for the survivors
and the dead, and every token of re-
spect is manifested for them. The
Thetis and Bear, as they ride quiet
" at anchor in the labor ofSt. Johns,
wear a sOmber and mournfula appear
ance, with the flag of the United
States at half-mast. The United
States war ship Alert arrived here
at s o'clock p. m. Her detention
was caused by fog, and search for
the other ships of the squadron.
All on board are well.
. SERGT. JULIUS r. FREDERICK
relates the mournfully, tragic story
of the sad death on the ice covered
ground of George Rice, artist of the
expedition, April 9th. Rice and
Frederick volunteered to leave camp
to proceed distance of twenty five
I'll, 4. ~xs.-..~ .~oook kLoA -, no1b
ed near Cape Isabella. They had
a sled, rifle and Ratchet, and pro-
visions for five days. They travel
ed for three days, but failed to find
the caches. On the way toward
their camp Rico became weak, and
finally gave up. He was attacked
by bloody fux that gradually wore