New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-27
THE ARCTIC EXPLORERS.
lTIGE VOYAGE OF TIE LOCH GARRY.

ENCOUNTERS WITH ICE FLoEs-THE REsCUE-EN-
SIGN CuAMBERs's STORY.
"A small steamer flying the British flag and having
her numbers according to the international signal
code displayed at the fore mp the harbor about
p M yesterday and proceeded to the Navy Yard.
II was the collier Loeb Garry which accompanied
the Hfrely Relief Expedition and came back here
Tor repairs and to bring the Arctic house which was
to have been put M ON Iitlcton Island I'm case tho
llcet had hcon compelled to winter IN the North.
she was commanded by Captain Robert Jones aud
manned by crew of Dundee sailors. Ensign
Chambers represented the United States ON board of
h'r lie 'Wasnccompanicdbyt twosaors the United
states Navy Mr. Chambers in speaking with
lRlhuNE reporter IN regard 10 the voyage Of the
Loch Gary sadi
We arrived at oodhnycn Disco Island, ON May -. met
& lo, :" u"lins rc FoluI upnud found the hnlbor mp
c,cr The rhcih and Ucnr lcft Dis,o tor I-ucrna,n,
nt nnu ] wr ]ulloW q, portion of tho nundpc whaling
c' WV, .',",up hh1 ut n +Wu7n hNrf ulht with Ice nll
lhr WY 'r We reached Upcma,lk ON May ~. and
w. r ''u'ln} alongside tho Tlcs aud coa.od her
w lh'h we uU'd the buuRcra of the Bear Captain
scmel Wa enthusiastic nto our gotln4 through So that
t u 1 ''M',l M 9l7 -hlpt with lul huuhora The lhcit
.ihln lon' 4 coal fot tine Alert ana followed Tho Go,
obIV t y, Wv, 'pro, wv N9 afraid thnt We would not he
'1 iuIlW ihl7 lighting with lee ia me- Joke. UG ltuo
AMI in when hgd como NJ got aturk ln Noe.
"' ' Nv aA I" 9ea' the leo nlond her h' tnmnlne We
snl 'u'H elto ly tho of totrroop aud pawa. how
v,W, N"tnt 'oht nud anon nfor cot the Abort clrnr
ln' l1lpou"n' Wcto ot the whole disappointing lhcY
hed l9cM oog ana vcrc ~ IN trrcng ahlpp caught
=" ,,, @ u"u' u' " VIZ lwpnn7ho to olrh ur lr9d' %,
MH.'l ltunuHi the nooa Win tnom, ~ puol, Island
W. mado hu lee dock We went sailing noufn lrad
hrtNorh Two noo7. They began ~ ruao Ia ou us 30
hrI"ir iho nor- onmo together aud stiycd hcio three
through, Al one time We were eoug through lend IN
'u,nlal WI ll the Whher Nurwhnl The lead was hllcl
piece. Tho NurWhal went ON one side Of It oud got
in,ILt", nt the piece was forced down 50 that It
IA Fttf1 flt. .l.
,rncuon ana ruumod through piece Of ice twico the
sup k lcnkln "a mo tno open water of the lead.
. We were OF Dcyil- Thumb June so, when
Grcey'- men or their m b@dIcs had been fonnd Cep
tam Scho slgnacd 10 that he had found Greedy and
a' soon ~ could went aboard. rccy was lying I'm
hulk, very haggrd and weak too weak to Talk much.
'rainad was ia The best condition of any of tncEuryiy
ols. corporal Ellison, wlo you have already
learned had both hands and rect amputated ana died
in me Army Museum at Washington. When We got
back to Upernnyik the greatest change Imaginable had
taken place There was no lee except floating Ice and
bshcIe tnat we could, tle.lacr, ihaye gone back
and steamed rght up to Fort Conger. The way the
Ihctis and Bear fought their way up Capo Sabine
through the Ice was wonderful The spirit 0t Captain
Schcy seemed 10 animate all the men, and ihcy were
ready Ion any thing The two sailors had with me were
equally ready aud prompt willing to work all day ana
when We got into st. Johns the whole town
thrown open to u.s. by singular concdonce han
was outilrr lecture ON TIE GreelN cEpedlilon thr
very night We arrived. He came on To the ships, saw
Sicel' ana "a, us all complimentary tickets to his
iTISlur, mn mn ,H' clN went 10 near nm that hghi,
When LEFT 81 Johns all the survivors were doing well
hut were NOT strong They have been galnln4 IN le,I
more IuhIt th' ~ strength II H. singular IIct unt
Major Grecy and his party arrived in Cape Sabine In
better condition than when they went out Grccy
himself had slight lung trouble when he went TO the
Arctic OF which ne entirely cured when he came back
Ensign Chambers showed the reporter some Arctic
boots of e2.skn, such rs Greedy and his men were
supporting life on when rescued. They appeared
about edible an ordinary boot. He also
showed u photograph of the rescueTs and the
rescued or the heroes and the martyrs they
called at st. Johns The Loch Garry will 90 into
dry dock to-day and he repaired where she was
strained by ner struggle with the ice. Then she
VIII be turned over to her owners.