The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-08-06
RELIEF OF THE GREELYI
EXPEDITION.
ONLY SIX SURVIVORS.

ONLY SIX SURVIVORS.
rhro1sh The kiHlness Of Captain Drew Of n,
sehoc1sr ti'-s Srrvctsts which arrived a. Kahafri
July SoSh- We enahled 10 furnish the foiiOzine
news
WGSEINGruS, July iT.-The acting Secretary o.
the Navy received 4 telegram from s. johns
\ p thrsIrcEning, stating that the Greely rclisf
s1pedition had fo1nd the SurTivurs Of TIE Grseiv
party Ihe Survivors number seven men IN ali
Their names are Lieutenant Greely. SerVsant
Barnard, Sergeant Fredsricks. Serreant Iong
SsrSsNns Ellison. Hospital Steward Bieraerbiek
ard Private Cornell 1hey vers found by the -
lief ships Ts-fis and Rsay i've miles o. Care 81
blns II Smiths Sound. Sergeant Ellison Va Wv
badly frost bitten. and died az Godhavsn july eSh
after 5ndsrvoing surgical operation The relief
ships 7 bstis and Bstr with the s1rTivors are nov
az s.. JOHNS. y. +.
he following Is the telegram received at the
Navy Department
ST JOaSs N. p, sam. July lT.-Esu. wv. Z.
LatfliaieI Secrs.rry q tie Mars, NaSh fsgts: Ths
Il,sffs, Beer and EeckprrTy arrived here today
from West Greenland All are well. We seuaratea
from the Alert 10 miles north IN a gale. AtSp
4 June -. i've niles on Cape Sabine IN Smiths
Sound, the Tastls and Bear rescued alive Iieutsp-
ant A. A. Greeley, Sergeant Brainard Serreant
Fredsgicks Sergeant Long. Hospital Ste ward Bier.
bach Private Cornell and Sergsant Ellison, TIE
orly Survivors Of the franklin Bay s1pedition-
Sergeant Ellison bad lost both hands "A fsst ~
trust bite and died July 9Th at Goihayed three
days after the amputatior. which had become in,
psrailve- Seventeen Of the twenty-five persons
comprising the expedition persisted BY starvation
Al the point WHERE found one vas drOsued While
ssaiaS to procure food Twelve bodies OF the dead
Eere rescued aud are now on board the rR,fis ard
81. Oas h-Slaima11. Iurrenlk. vas barred at
DISCO u accofd4nce with The desire OF the Inspeo-
Tor o. Western GreenlInd- Five bodies buriei in
The ice near the camp were swept away 10 SEA bv
ne winds and Currents before my arrival and eould
not Be secured
rHE SANEs or rHE DEAD
Recovered with date Of death. are As tolb,-s.
Sergeant Cross. Jan l, lSS4; wedeuck. an Esuui-
ua11. April 9Th; Sergeant Linn April esh: Lieut.
lockwood. April 9Th: Sergeant JezelL April 18th.
Private Ellis, May 18Th; Sergeant RalSton Nav u.
Private Henry, June 6Sh; Private Schneider. June
18Th The names Of the dead buried in the ice
TORT VIII tho dates Of their deaths. and whose
bodies were not recovered, are as fulious: Ssr-
gslrt Rlcs- April 9Th 1854. CORPORAL salem June s.
Prrvdte Binder. June 9Th. Assistant Surreuu Pkvsy
jane o1h; Sergeant Gardner, June l2th. DrOsnsd
oy breaking through newly formed ice, while sal
nc, Jsns Edwards. an Esquirnaux Aprii 24th
wU1ld urgently suggest that the bodies nov on
bard be placed IN metallic cases here for safer
and better transportation This appears to me
% Be Imperative.
Grsely abandoned Fort COucsr on August 9Th.
ISIS, and reached Baird Inlet September ath. toi-
lowing, with the entire party we'll He abandoned
AZ nis boats and vas adrItt thirty days an ice
noe 70 Smith : sound His permanent camp was
established October lst, iSSSS at the point where
he was found.
OK scANT ALLOWANCE
During nine mouths the party had to live upon
4 sclnt allowance of food brought from Port Con
ger, tGali vas cached AZ Pavey HAEbor and Cape
Isabella by Sir George Mares, IN 1915. bat which
was found much damaged BY the apse Of time
that cached by beebe At Cape Sabine In 1852 ani
a small amount saved from the wreck of the Pro
tsus II lsc3 and landed BY L. P. Darlington and
COlEell on the beach near where the Greeiy usrty
vas found When these provisions we're consumed
the party wds forced 10 live upon boiled sealskin
stripped FROM the sealskin clothing and hcheus
and shrIIps ca1ght In good weather, when thew
we're strong enough 10 make exertious. As it took
l-5vO snriups to MI gallon measure, the labor
was too exhaustive 70 depend upon them to sustain
life entirely. The channel between Cape Sabine
and Littletol Island did not close on acruuu. of
violent gales all winter 50 that go ratous al the
Latter place could not be reached All Of Gresly's
recoTds anu ali Instruments brought by him from
Port Couser are recovered and are on board
Prom Hare Island 70 Smiths Sound had a
constant and furious struggle with the ice in i'm.
pdssable foes The solid barriers were overcome
By watchfulness and patience. No opportunity 10
advance mile ESCAPED me, and for several hun
bred miles the ships were forced to run their zsy
from lead To lead through ice varying in thickness
from three to sl1 feet, and when ritted much
greater.
At CAFE ToRk-
The TAefis and Bear reached Cane YORK June
18th, after passage Of twenty-one DAYS. In Mel
vile Bay they Tell IN with two advances ships of
the Duudse whaling feet. aud Continued 10 Care
Sabine Returning seven days later thew fell in
with seven other vessels of this feet Of Wosten-
helm Island, and announced Greeley's rescu. 70
them, 50 that they might not be delayed from
their fishing grounds nor be tempted 10 face the
tl1gsEs q Smiths Sound IN view of the reward of
$500 offered by Congress
Returning across Melville BAY thew fell in With
the Iisrf and LockgurJy OF Devils Thumb, strus-
Cling through heavy ice Commander Coffin did
admiralty 10 get along 80 far With the transport
50 early n the season and before an opening had
occurred Lieutenant Emory, with the Berr. has
supported me throughout with great skilltulness
and unnInchlns readiness in accomplishing the
great duty Of relieving Greeley.
The Greely party are very mnch improved since
the rescue, bat were critical in the extreme when
found, and for several days after. Si1ty-eight
hours delay IN reaching them would have been
fatal to all now living.
The season north Is late and the closest fnr
years Smiths Sound was not open when left
Cape Sabine The winter abaut Melville Bay vas
the most severe for twenty years.
This great resulrfs entirely dee to the unvearied
energy Of yourself and the Secretary Of War in
fitting out this expedition for the work il has had
the honor to accomplish.
s. ScHLEI, Commander.
DISPATCHES FEoM GEEKLT.
General Hazsn, Chief Signal Officer. has received
the f0ll0Eing telegram from St Johns, n. E.. nm
der date Of to-day: For the first time in thrse r.n
furI=s England yields the honor of having made
the furthest north Lieutenant Lockwood and
Sergeant Brainard-On May 18th, reached lockwood
Island, II latitude S. u Longitude ~ 81 They
saw from 200 feet elevation no land north or
northwest, but to the northeast Greenland extern
dec- Until lost to view. At Cape Robert Lincoln
latitude > 50 longitude s.. Lieutenant Lock
wood vas turned back BY open water On the
North Greenland shore the party barely esraned
drifting into the Polar Ocean. DR.. Pavey in 1852
N f1ll0#Ing Markham's rUute, was adrifr for one
day n the Polar Ocean, north of Cape Joseph
Henry, and escaped to land abandoning every
thing. In l,e9 / made spring and summer trins
into the interior Of GrinnelI Land discovering
Lake HaZaE- about 90 by 10 miles in extent II
drains Rugglss River and Weyprecht FiOrd into
Cony bsare Bay and Anchor Fi0rd.
A sEUUsD DISPATCH
Prom Lieutenant Greedy, dated at St Johns il a.
foloEs Brzinart, BIerbach. Council. Fredericks.
Long and myself, sole survivors, arrived to-day.
having been rescued at the point of death from
Starvation b the relief ships Thetic and Bear,
J une I'd at CImp CLAY northwest of Cane SABINE |
All are H0z In good health but weak, SERGEANT |
tlrsou- who was among the rescued died July sth;
Sergeant Cross died last Saturday Rin, Lock |
zood- Jewell and Edwards in April; Ellis Weston, |
" h1stler and Israel in Nav Ksslinohurv SaJor
Henry, Bender, PaTey, Gardiner and Schneider in |
uae- abandoned Port COnger August 9th vas |
fruZen II the pack of Victoria Head August 29th
abandoned the steam launch September Ilth. |
Eleven miles northeast of Cooked Hat Island |
wien On the point of landing, We we're driven BY |
southwest storms into kane's SEA and finally 1
landed September 18th IN Baird Inlet learning /
oy scouting parties Of the PrOteus disaster, and |
that no provisions had been left for Us from Cape
Isabella to Sabine moved and established t-iufer
quarters al Camp Clay, half way between Sabine /
and Cooked Hat
THE STOCK OF PRovIsI0Sz.
An inventory showed that by daily ratiun of Il
four and one-third ounces of meat. seven ounees /
Of bread and dog biscuits, and four ounce Of /
alscetia ueo1s food the party would have ten DAYS
oil ratlous LEFT for crossing Smiths Sound 70 /
Littleton Island Unfortunately Smiths Souud
remained open the entire winter rendering Cross
ug IInpractIcable- Game failed and desuite daily
hunting from early In February, before the sun
isturned, Only i've hundred pounds of meat sere
JotaIned THIS year. Minute shrimps seaveed |
iassafras rock hchens and sealskin we're rrsorted
% for food, With the results as shown by the mum
81 Of snrTITorz The last regular food issued was
Nay lAth- Only one hundred and fifty pounds of |
neal was left aud was compelled to end IN No /
IeInbeF fOgf men to obtain one hundred aud forty
oar pounds Of English meat at Isabella.
A TEEEIBLK EISrEE-
During the trip Ellison froze solid both hi.
iand and feet and lost them. All survived. h0E-
yer, through that terrible winter and spring nm
Al July cth- The Survivors, owe their fife to the
adoinItabls energy Of Captain Schlsy and Lent
-tnory- Who preceded by three and accompanied
y hys Ehslers- forced their vessels from Uperua-
x through Melville Bay into open water at Cane
FORK With the foremost EhaleE- They gained a
ARD whenever possible, and always held IL |
arIng one Of the most violent gales that had 49,
zen known. The brzts we're haurIfa,1 - = ]