St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-18
Lieut.. Greedy and Seven Others
All That are Left of the Orig
inal Party.
Sergt. Ellison, One of the Rescueda
Being Badly Frozen, Dies on the
Way Home.
A Description of Their Wanderings, Hard
ships and Perils---Report of Com. j.
S. Schley.
For the First Time in Three Centuries
England Yields the Honor of Getting
Farthest North.

here that the Greely party has been found. 1t is
said that nine alive and twelve dead.
WASHINGTON, July 17.-The acting secretary
Of the navy has just received a telegram from ST.
Johns stating that the Greely relief expedition
had found the survivors of Greely's party, eight
men in all. The survivors of the Greely party
numbered seven instead of eight as previously
reported Their names are Lieut.. Greely, Sergt.
Brainard, Sergt. Fredericks, Sergt Long, Sergt.
Ellison, Hospital Steward Beiderback and Private
Cornell. They were found by the relief ships
Thetis and Bear, five miles off the Cape Sabine in
Smiths Sound. Sergt. Ellison was very badly
frost bitten and died at Godhaven, July 6, after
undergoing a surgical operation. The relief
ships Thets and Bear, with the survivors,, are
now at st. Johns n F. The following telegram
was received at the navy department this morn
ing:
ST. JOHNS, N F., % ny July Ito the
Hon. VIM E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy,
Washington, ID. c.
The Thetis, Bear and Lockgarry arrived here
to-day from West Greenland All well. Separa-
ted from the Alert one hundred and fifty miles
north, during a gale. At 9 p. m June 22d, five
miles off Cape Sabine, ins Smiths Sound, the
1hetis and Bear rescued alive Lieut.. A. w.
Greedy, Sergeant Branard, Sergeant Fredericks,
Sergeant Long, Hospital Steward Beiderbeck,
Private Cornell and Sergeant Ellison, the only
SURVIVORS OF the Lazy frdnRlln bay eXpeQltlOn.
Sergeant Ellison had lost both hands and feet by
frostbte and died July 9th ut Godhaven, three
days after amputation which become imperative.
Seventeen of the twenty live persons composing
the expedition
persisted BY STARVATION.
ct the point where found. One was drowned
while sealing to procure food. Twelve bodies
Of the dead were rescued and are
board the Thetis and Bear. One
Eeki ot will
called Disco, in accordance with the desire of
the inspector of Western Greenland. Five, as
follows: Sergeant Cross, January 1, 1884 ;
Weduck Eskimo, April s. Sergeant Linn, April
8; Lieut.. Lockwood, April 8; Sergeant Jewell
April IL Private Ellis May 10; Sergeant Rails ton
May %. The bodies buried in the ice fort near
the camp were swept away to sea by winds and
currents before my arrival, and could not be re-
covered, with the date Of death, Private Henry
June q; Private Schneider, June 18, The names
Of the dead buried in the ice fort, with date of
death whose bodies not recovered, are as
follows Sergeant Salen June 3 Private Will
inn Bender June u Assistant Surgeon Pavy,
June g: Sergeant Gardner, June IL: drowned by
breaking through the newly formed ice while
scaling; Sens Edward, Eskimo, April 24 l would
urgently request that the bodies board
be placed in metallic cases here for safer and
better transportation in seaway. This ap-
pears to me imperative. Greedy abandoned
Fort Conger August s, 1888, and reached Baird
party well. lie abandoned all his boats and was
adrift. ~
THIRTY DAYS ON AN ICE FLoE
In Smiths sound. His permanent camp was
established october 21, 19S3 Gt the point where
he found. During nine months his party
had to live on n scant allowance of food brought
from Fort Conger that was cached at Payer
HarDor and Cape Isabella by Sir George Mares in
1875, but found it to be much damaged by the
of nd fbotc phadN bv aha OF
Cape Sabine in 1882 small amount saved from
the wreck of the Proteus in 1858, and landed by
Leuts. Darlington and Colwell on the beach near
where Greely's party found.
When their, provisions were consumed the
party was forced to live upon boiled seasRins
stripped from scalskiu clothes and lichens and
shrimps caught in good weather, when they were
strong enough to make exertions. AS it took
1900 shrimps TO fill n gallon measure the labor
was too exhaustive to depend upon them to sus-
tain life entirely The channel between Cape
Sabine and Gilleton island did not close on ac-
count of violent gales all winter, that the
$40 rations at the latter point could not be
reached.
All of Greeey's records and all instruments
brought by him from Fort Conger are recovered
and are on board. From Hare Island to Smith 5
Sound had a constant and furious struggle with
ice in mpassNble loes. Solid barriers were
overcome by watchfulness and patience. No
opportunity TO advance mile escaped me, and
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 thicker. The Bear reached
Cape York June Is, after passage of twenty
one days in Melville bay, with two advance ships
OF the Dundee whaling ileet and continued to
Cape Sabine.
Returning seven days later we fell in with
seven others OF this fleet OFT Wostenholm island,
ana announced Greely' rescue that they might
not be delayed from their fishing grounds nor be
tempted into the dangers OF smiths sound in
view Of the reward OF $500 offered by congress.
Returning across Melville Bay we fell in with the
Alert and Lockgarry of Devils Thumb, strug-
Cling through heavy ice. Commander Coffin
did admirably TO get along so far with q
transport so early in the season,
before au opening had occurred.
with the Bear, has supported me throu ghout
with great skilltulness and unhinching readiness
In accomplishing the great duty of relieving
Greedy, The Greely party very much i'm
proved since their rescue, but were critical in
the extreme when found and for several days
after. Forty-eight hours delay in reaching them
would have been fatal to all those nov living
Tee season north is late and the codest Tor years.
Smiths sound was not open when il left Cape
sabine The winter about Melville Bay was the
most severe for twenty years. This great re-
suit is entirely due to the unwearied energy of
yourself aud the secretary of war in fitting out
to accomplish. lSigned
]. S. ScHLEY. Commander.
PERSONNEL CT THE EXPEDITION.
New York, July 17.-The Greeiy expedition
was composed Of the following persons:
Adolphus W. Grcey, first lieutenant dfth cav
airy, acting signal officer and assistant his wife
Is at present resident OF San Diego, Cal
Frederick T. Hisslingbury second lieutenant
1lth cavalry, acting signal officer; widower with
two children.
James b. Lockwood first lieutent Cd infantry,
acting signal officer Washington, D. c.. unmar-
ried; is a son OF Gen. Lockwood (retired) U.
) \.
DR.. Octave Pavey, medical officer, married
wife's address, Ntaryvillc, Nodaway county, No.
Edward A. Reiso, sergeant signal corps, kala-
mazoo, Mich; unmarried, born ut Kalamazoo,
Mich.
Winfield $. Jewell, sergeant signal corps, un-
married, born at Lisbon N H.
George ". Rice. sergeant signal corps, Wash
ingtou, p. c.. unmarried, born at Sidney, Novs
Scotia.
David c. Ralston. sergeant signal corps; un-
married; born at Bloomfield. Ohio
Hampton :. Gardner sargeant signal corps,
Philadelphiv, Pa, unmarried; born st Philadel-
pnia
VIM. II Cross, sergeant general service, Wash
ington, d. c.; married; born at Washington,
D. c.
David l. Braiuard, sergeant Company 1, I'd
cayaly; enlisted at New York city; born in 0s-
wego county, y. y.
David Lynn, sergeant Company c, Cd cavalry
enlisted At Philadelphia, born AZ Philsdelphis.
Nicholas Major, corporal, company II, Second
cavalry enlisted at Cincinnati. o.. unmarried
born at Luxembourg, Germany.
Joseph Ehseu, corporal. company E, Tenth
infantry; enlisted at Fort Wayne, Mich. born in
Germany.
Charles B. Henry, private, company E, Fifth
cavalry enlisted at Cincinnati, %. born in Han
over, Germany.
Maurice cORnen, private, company B, Third