The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-28
L0CH GARRY'S LOG.
The Ensign's Story of the CLASSY
Arctic Region.
THE lMPENETRABLE BARRIERS.
The Thexis, the. Wolf and the Brave Men
They Carried--Ships of Wood Amid
the Icebergs-lntense suffer-
ing of the Crews, Etc.
THE lMPENETRABLE BARRIERS.

ing or the Crews, Etc.
NEW YORK, July 27,--Collier of the
Greedy relief expedition, of the steam
ship Lock Garry arrived at the Brook
lyn navy yard from st. John, n. F.,
this evening. The steamer passed up
the pay without any sign of salute or
greeting in the channel. She passed
the torpedo boat Alarm, and the mon
ltor Passaic. AMI ran up alongside
each vessel to allow Ensign w. II. j..
Chambers TO speak few words. Whom
the Loch Garry arrived at the navy
yard, Ensign Chambers made his report
70 Commodore Filebrown without eyi.
dence of the slightest demonstration of
public welconie The Lock Garry
has sixteen of herplates bulged and six
broken. Several of her butt straps are
slightly started and there the extent of
the injury ends, Capt. Robert Jones
said, however, 1t would have not taken
a much greater pressure of ice to stave
in some of her PLACES and cause her to
leak. Commodoro Fillebrown said the
steamer could probably be repaired in
hye or six days. She returns with $50
of the 500 tons of coal she took out. She
brought Capt. Schley's full report to the
navy department.
LOG OF THE LoCH GARRY.
NEW YORK July H.-The following
details are from tie log of thu steamship
Loeb Garry, of the Greely Relief ex-
pedition, furnished by Ensign w. II.
Chambers, who was in command of the
vessel during its cruise to the Polar
regions: "On our first day out from st.
Johns, a heavy fog set in and we en-
countered large icp-bergs. Steering out
OF the way, we los; sight of the Thetis,
and could only resIme our position by
the sound of her whistles.
"May lS.-Whenwew were off Cane Fare
well, we met 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 Godhaven MAJ 9th in the morning
and steered through ice along the coast
to II point about sixteen miles below
Hare Island. Here we found ice so thick
that we were compelled TO lay TO. Lieu
tenant Schloy signaled for me to go to
Godhaven and wait for = favorable OPP
portunity, with east wind, to proceed to
Upetemicick. We left Godhaven the
second time, May 18th, and encountered
more ice through which we push
cd our way and found the
Fhetis lying to at Hare Island,
| having been unable to blast passage
| through the ice. The next morning the
whalers Arctic and Wolf ioined
us aud we started ahead. The ice was
| heavy and very huinmocky, and we ex-
perienced great difficulty in making pro-
gress, and several times. narrowly
escaped a collision with the Wolf
We were afraid to lack very much, FOR
| our propeller was,@>'fiy f1ut-blAded
cast iron one, and'F .ad We broken the
eve finally succt ded in going ahead
and the Wolf follo. sd in the opening
we made. The Thisis was now out Of
| sight and We set our course for
Oomonack Fiord; here we sighted tho
Thetis ten miles ahead. We overhaulod
the Thetis May 18th. Capt. Schley
hailed us and said, go to Upernayick,
calling at Pronin. Ifyou meet the Bear
coal her with dispatch. During the
fog which came on We got into false
lead and while returning to open water
to try another wa met the Thetis and
proceeded together in the midst Of a
binding storm, VIII. III lasted all night,
to Upernsvick. on arrival there,
\
and coaled her. The vessels
! remained in the vicinity for nearly u
! week, when the Thetis and Bear pro-
! ceeded northwsrd, while we waited
for the Alert, which arrived June
l4th, 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 sd. We went ahead,
pushing through iee sll the way, and
! June 25th reached Horsehead. Here
the Alert got nipped in ice, and in trying
to get her out we lost 80 much time that
the pack had become impenetrable We
lay hcmmed in ice off Stuck island un-
I'll June 18th. We worked on the night
of the 2sth at blasting and saving lee,
and finally got awav into open water.
| June 30-We ar OIL Wilcox Head,
whore we had more hard pushing to get
TO open water beyond DEVILS Thumb.
While busy here We sighted the Thetis
and the Bear eomiIig toward us, and we
knew at once from signaling that the
Greedy explorers hhd been traced, and
that the survivors, II any, were on board,
for Capt. Schley would never come back
without having accomplished his work.
we returned to open water and thick
log set in and 1t 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 u Capt. Schlev there
dispatched the Alert and Loeb Garry to
Godhaven: while the Thetis and the
Bear put into Upernavick, the former to
shift her broken rudder and the latter
to get coal. At Gadhaven the Alert's
machinery was repIired and we buried
there one of the Eaquimaux OF Lieut..
Grooly's party. We left Godhaven
with the Alert in 10 and Off the coast OF
Newfoundland We encountered gale
and tho steel barrie. parted three times
The Alert was finally cast adrift, July
To- We dropped anyhor at st. Johns al
0 a. M, July in
CEREMONIES Or WELCOME.
PoRTsMoUTH, N. H., July N.-The
following Is the plan of the ceremonies
upon the return OF tie Greely relief ex-
pedition rs has been determined upon
On the arrival OF the vessel on the
morning of Saturday, August 2
the Naval reception will take place
in the outer harbor in which
the ships of war are lying. These
will participate, intending the training
squadron, and practice ships from An
napolis, and also the North
hhhltlc squadron. On Mon-
day., August lth, reception
will be given on the shore TO the officers
] and men of the relief expedition
by the city of Portsmouth and State au-
thoritios ofHew Hampshire. The officers
and men of all the naval vessels
are 70 tako part in the parade
In the afternoons, In the evening
10 public meeting will be held
and addresses Of welcome will be deliv
cred. No special invitations TO the eere-
monies will be sent outside of the State,
but all who desire 10 come will be made
welcome. Lieut. Greoly, having by the
advice OF his surgeon declined any pub
lie reception on account Of his physical
weakness, will bo taken 10 Newbury-
ps'' rs he h. sum NAV o nssssr wsS u s%V" or remaSSS SS
ON board the vessel and be taken 10
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