The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-09-05
IN DANGER
EFFORTS BEING WADE 10 ORGANIZE
4 RELIEF EXPEDITIOy.
pEARs ENTERTAINER THAT HE AID
ms rLuCKY WIZ WILL NEXT
DEATH ~ TnE IcR DESERTS
or GREENLAND.

PHILADELPHIA NEpttNlUNFs - ut
members 81 the West Greenland cxpc+
dition that travelled with Lieut.. Pcary
part u the way into the frozen North
returned 70 this city to-day, and all
with one accord agreed that unless a
relief expedition shall be sent out and
prove successful, which latter is BY no
means certain, Lieut.. Peary and his
party Of Greenland voyagers win find
nameless graves IN the Ice deserts that
surround the north pole
There were eight il tho company
that landed IN Baltimore at eight
o'clock this morning from the steam
ship Nova, Section, from st, Johns,
IN. B. They were sent by the Acade-
MY Of Natural Sciences 10 investigate
the geology, botany, and biology q
Western Greenland
Dir. Kelley, one Of the party, ont
lined the story Of the West Greenland
expedition. 1.-THE expedition he
said, twas entirely distinct from Lieut..
Peary's. We went intending to push
to the farthest point north yet reached
BY man. We went merely TO study
| the west coast Of Greenland and 70
bring back specimens. We were ex-
ceedingly successful, but every mem-
Der Of our party, believe, considers
the fate Of Peary and the seven COM
Epanions he now has as most hazardous.
TO make the situation plain, he is now
about 600 miles north Of Upernavika,
the Danish town, which trading yes
sells reach about once d year. His
idea when we left him was to push
several hundred miles northward to-
ward the pole, and 70 get back to
| Upernavik again by August | next.
In the first place north Of Upernavik
stretches Melville. Bay, which has
always baffied nayigators. We in our
little barkentine, the Kite, were for
three weeks packed ii the ice Of the
A bay, and had given up All hope Of get
ting through, when il finally opened
| up. But we brought back the Kite
with us, and Peary win haveto depend
on his whale boat to get him south.
\ The boat weighs about 600 pounds.
He will have ton or so Of freight to
carry, and, with only his men and his
wife TO manage it, II il safe to say the
party viii never get back through Mel
vile Bay. The lieutcnant's party is
made up Of good, hearty SLOWS, but
they are men almost without exception
who have never experienced arctic
life. They must all depend on Peary,
and should anything happen to him !
do not know what will become 81
them.
IA relief expedition alone can bring
Peary and his party back, and the sue
cess Of such an expedition even is
dubious The Academy Of Natural
Sciences was not the prime mover in
Peary's trip, anditwill not, think, back
efparty. Still, the fact that there
is woman there viii arouse public
sympathy and lead people at home, if
anything win, 70 supply funds for q
relicf expedition.
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Ledger, who accompanied the party to
Greenland and has returned on the
Kite, also expresses grave doubts Of
the safety Of the explorers. The menu
hers Of the North Greenland expedition
which remained behind were Lieut..
Robert f. Peary, United States Navy,
Mrs. Josephine Drebitsch Peary, Lang
don Gibson, Elvine Astrup, John r.
lVerhoeff, DR.. f. A. Cook and Matthew
Henson The West Greenland party
are Prof. Angelo Heilprin, Prof. BEN
jamin Sharp, Prof J. +. Holt, DR.. w.
E. Hughes, DR.. Robert N. Keely,
Frazer Ashurst, Alexander g. Kenea-
| ly and DR.. William H. Burk. These
returned on the Kite, which also brings
a large collection Of objects Of natural
history gathered ii Northern Green
land! To add to his difficulties, Lieu
tenant Peary's leg was broken on the
trip by being struck by the ships tiller.
Sadly, says the Ledger correspondent,
tour last farewelIs were said to the five