The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-31
LOClI GARRY'S Log.
THE lMPENETRAsLE BARRIERS.
The ThcNi-, the Wolf aud the nrrNc Men
They Curried-Nhips al wood Amid
the ICcbCrg> Intense suffer-
ing al the Crews, Ltc.

NEW York, July ~ Collier OF the
Greedy relief expedition, of the steam
/ ship Lock Garry arrived Mt The Brook
| Ign navy yard from St John, y, T.,
this evening. The steamer passed up
the bay without any sign Of salute or
greeting in The channel. She passed
| the torpedo boat Alarm, ana the mOn-
! itOr Passaic aud ran mp alongside
each vessel 10 allow Ensign W. II.
! Chambers to speak a few words. Whom
| The Loeb Garry arrived ut the navy
! yard, Ensign Chambers made his report
! To Commodore l'illChrOwn without owl
| dcuCo of the slightest demonstration OF
public welcome. The Lock Garry
! has sixteen Of her plates hulgcd and six
| broken. Several of her butt straps are
slightly started and there the extent OF
| the injury ends. Capt. Robert Jones
said, however, it would have not taken
u much greater pressure OF lee to staYc
| In some of her plates and cause her 10
leak. Commodore Fillehrowu said the
steamer could probably he repaired in
live or six days. She returns with ljO
of the 500 tons of coal she took out. She
brought capt. Schlcy'S full report to the
| navy department..
IuG or THE LOCu GARRY.
NEW YORK July 1.-THE following
| details are from the log of the steamship
| Loeb Garry, of the Greedy Relief OK
petition, furnished by Ensign w. II.
| Chambers, who was In command of the
| vessel during its cruise To the Polm
| regions: con our first day out from -.
Johns, heavy fog set III and we en-
cnuntered large icc-bcrgs. Steering out
! Of the way, we lost sight of the rhetis,
and could only resume our position by
the sound of her whistles.
"May When we were OllCapc Fare
well, we net the first great quantity of
ice, and We were obliged to go ahead
slowly.
MAY 22d we sighted Sisco, but had
much difficulty in finding the harbor.
The island was covered with ice and
snow and landmarks were invisible. We
left Godhavon May 9th in the morning
and stcered through ice along the coast
to- point about sixteen miles below
Hare Island. Here we found ice so thick
that we were compelled TO lay to. Lieu
tenant SchlCy signaled for me to go to
Godhayen and wait for favorable OPP
poTtunity, with east wind, to proceed to
Cpetemicick. We left Godhaven the
second time, May 18th, and encountered
more ice through which we push
Thetis lying to at Hare Island,
having been unable to blast a passage
through the ice. The next morning the
whaIers Arctic and Wolf joined
us and we started ahead. The ice was
heavy and very hummocky, and we ex-
perienced great difficulty in making pro-
gress, and several times narrowly
escaped Il collision with the Wolf.
We were afraid to back very much, for
our propeller was only II four-bladed
east iron one, and had we, broken the
blade ii would have been all up with us.
1--WE finally succeeded in going ahead
and the Wolf followed in the opening
we made. The Thetis was now out Of
sight and we set our course for
OOmOnack Ford; here we sighted the
Thetis ten miles ahead. We overhaulGd
the Thetis May 18th. Capt. Schley
hailed us and said, go to Upcrnavick,
calling at Pronin. If you meet the Bear
coal her with dispatch. During the
lead and while returning to open water
to try another we met the Thetis and
proceeded together in the midst of
binding storm, which lasted all night,
to Upernavick. On arrival there,
May 10Th, we found the Bear
and coaled her. The vessels
remained in the vicinity for nearly a
ceeded northward, while we waited
for the Alert, which arrived June
lith, the Governor of Uper-
navick told us there was no
hope Of getting through Melville Bay,
as the season was unusually close. We
left the Alert June 2lst and reached
Berry island June 23d. We went ahead,
pushing through ice all the way, and
June 18th reached Horsehead. Here
the Alert got nippod in ice, and in trying
TO ret her out we lost so much time that
the pack had become impenetrable. We
lay hemmed in ice Off Stuck island I'M
til June 18th. We worked on the night
of the 2Sth at blasting and saving ice,
and finally got away into open water
"June 30--We are off Wilcox Head,
where we had more hard pushing to get
to open water beyond Devils Thumb.
While busy here we sighted the Thetis
and the Bear coming toward us, and we
knew at once from signaling that the
Greedy explorers had been traced, and
that the survivors, if any, were on board,
for Capt. Schley would never come back
without having accomplished his work.
We returned to open water and thick
fog set in and it was some time before |
could get on board the Thetis and learn
the news of the rescue. We then pushed
south with all haste possible and arrived at
Upernavick July y. Capt. Schlev there
dispatched the Alert and Loeb Garry TO
Godhaven: while the Thetis ana the
bear put INTO UpernaVlck, tne former 10
shift her broken rudder and the latter
TO get coal. At Godhaven the Alert's
machinery was repaired and we buried
there one of the Esquimaux of Lieut..
Greely's party. We left Godhaven
with The Alert i'll tow and Off the coast of
Newfoundland we encountered Il gale
and the steel barrier parted three times.
The Alert was finally cast adrift, July
Is. We dropped anchor at ST. Johns AT
$ u. m, July H."
CEREMONIES OF WELCOME.
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