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Story of the Rescue.l

story OF the Rescue.l
ST.. JOHN, N. F., July is.
The story Of the resculng party, as told
by Captain Ash, ice pilot of the Bear, 1t
as follows:
ave sailed from st. Johns May 4, and
reached Upper Navik on the goth; Duck
Island June 9Th: Cape York June 18th
and Payer Harbor on the 22d. Att p. m.
we had both ships fast to heavy foe in
Payer Harbor and some of the officers
and men left the ship for the shore in diff
ferent directions. An officer from the
Thetis found the record on Brevoot Is
land, stating that Greedy and party were
all well and that they left for Conger Au-
gust and landed at Baird Inlet on the
29th,of September, after driving about on
the ice nearly three weeks In the vicinity
of Cape Sabine. The record also
ter camp. Our steam launch
being out and ready we were Immediate
ly sent away for the camp, which was
about three miles northwest of Cape
Sabine. In the meantime the Thetis
blew her whistle to recall some of their
men. As we
NEARED THE CAMP
we saw one man make his appearance
saw the boat and came down to where we
were going to land. Seeing but one man,
and the way he staggered over the snow we
thought it bad omen. On jumping ashore
the first question was how they all were.
His. answer was: "there are seven OF US
left" Sad news and a sudden reverse of
our cheerful spirits of quarter of an
hour ago. But it was no time to reflect,
we must try to save the living. l jumped
into the launch and at once passed some
food that we were prepared with and we
at once started for the camp. 1t was
blowing gale, the tent was Blown down,
except a stout prop under one end. The
poor fellows had not strength to put it
| up.
SIX MEN LAY STARVING
! and unable to help themselves. Pointing
to one, they said he was dying, but he
rallied and Is doing well now. We cut a
| hole in the canvass to give us room and
| CONNIE need to feed them, serving them
| all round gradually, and not letting them
have as much as they wanted. The launch
was sent off to the Bear, which
was coming. The Thetis was also
close by. A fire was made, the suffer-
ers were attended to by DR.. Ames and
| given plenty of warm milk. Some of
them were soon able to stand and stagger
about. Stretchers had been brought and
the men were carried to the boat. Two
men only were strong enough, to be led
down by men on each side OF them to the
boats. They were taken off, some on
! board each ship.
1t was near midnight, the sun shining
and wind blowing gale, fortunately off
shore, which kept the ice from coming on
us. We proceeded with a good crew to
. a
in blankets, part were taken to each
ship. Ten were buried on a ridge side
by side, 800 yards from the camp,
with. a very high mountain just
back. Two others were lying little dis
lance below the camp, the Survivors not
having strength enough to bury them
with the rest, making twelve bodies taken
on board tue snlps. -Four others were
buried on the ice from the winter house,
but the ice had broken and taken them
with it.
Edwards, an Esqulmaux, was drowned
while hunting. Total deaths since the
party reached Cape Sabine last fall,
eighteen. j. Ellison, who was trying to
get the $50 rations left by the Beebe in
1882, got badly irostDitten. During the
winter both his feet dropped off at the
ankles and his fingers dried up hard. lie
also lost the top of his nose. For few
days he got along finely, but in a little
while he took another change, went wrong
in the head, and finally went to his long
home on the 9Th of June.
The researches of the expedition were
every way successful. Latitude 1924
was reached and second party crossed
the Western Ocean. The party which
went north travelled East to the Oath de.
gree of longitude.
Lieutenant Greedy assured the United
Press correspondent that he had clear
proof that an open Polar Sea existed, one
of his party drifting into it, but was
blown back. He says he agrees in this
with Nordenskjold.
A valley running from near Lady Frank
lin Bay to the Western Ocean about sixty
miles wide wa discovered. 1t Is bounded
North and South by continuous glaciers
aud has no apparent breaks. In the valley
vegetation was abundant ard the climate
much milder than usual. This he states
Is the Eden of the North.
Greedy says that if 500 pounds of meal
had been lett by Darlington, his party
would have been saved. Littleton Island
could not be reached in winter, the Sound
twenty-five miles wide, being open, ano
In spring the party were too weak to GO
The survivors are very weak, but recov
7 erlng rapidly. Greedy is extremely weak
I His expedition, he says, would have beer
7 the most successful on record If fooC
} had been left on Cape Sabine, where il
} should have been.
: The ships had been roughly used, as
/ superhuman eXertions were made to eff
t feet rescue. The party left Fort CongeT