Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-29

/ According 30 "A lptier from iNAi...' ''ili
Godthaab was, reached on Juy - N.Y.
was Ten behind on Angus, =" hti
| lorgcnson. governor Of the colony, ,sialel
ihai BiQrlinr there purchased snolkuh
| aud u rifle with the Dcrrs@lry aWmlhl
ton. well az some provisions, clVthllE;
rit.. aud a good boat llc also carried
! gn0d scientific Instruments, ~ pAft
loaned by scicntihc INSTRUMENTS "i
1 Slg'sbolm lilo also seemed % baye nag
1 q sufficient Ffprc OF winter cllihiue' nht
| his provisions were not sufficient Tor
4 wintcring. His last letter arrived more
I than a year ngp. Autumn passed away.
| and tho last Greenland vessel reached
| Copenhagen. but without news from ihe
| expedition. A., however,. . might have
I reached the Danish colonies all'r me
| departure of The last vessel, hnd as
] Bjorling had indicated Che possibility OF
Einiering, no great alarm was irli' Inc
| Swedish foreign office however, took
| energetic measures ia order TO Obtain an
! foruiation concerning the explorers. lt
requested the whalers 10 visit thr Cary
Islands, 10 obtain the documents ro-
ferrcd IN by BiOrIing. and 20 also asked
Peary, who was about 10 start Oh his
second trip 10 koep lpplout for any
traces Of tho missing Swedes. Penry
had met Biorling nclr Godihalh on his
outward trip, but seen nothing Of him on
his return
At last, on November a. 1893. n icle-
gram from Dundee brought The first
news About the middle Of June last the
Aurora, Capt Mckay, passing near the
most southcasterly Of the Cary islands,
discovered near that island m object
looking like a wreck. 4 boat was m-
mediately lowered and r0wcd over The
schooner Ripple was fouud lying on the
shore almost buried 10 ico Not far
away WAS found pile Of Stones, contain
ing tho body Of mnn Ncnt by was
IHaffas fUnUWM mrnIuItNH tho tfamtuu 20 IuFf
there by Mares IN This was found
tin cnn containing four open letters writ
ton 10y Biorlug, and u scaled letter adj
dressed ~ person M ST. Johns. Al
though the vessel l1y cast MP nn the
shore, q was not possible 10 get into It
because The deck was covered With Ice
| iu some places several foot thick. All
| around were found books. articles Of
clothing, etc., which were Nh packed
| IN o box obtained from the wreck
| This box arrived IN Stockholm but CON
tanned nothing thar could givo addi-
| tIonal light
| The open communications consisted OF
| three visilina cards and lnitor, One
/ of the cards contained % request addressed
| tn one Of the Prnry party 10 transmit the
/ accompanying letter tu "A rortniu per
| SON lu ST. Johns THIS was written
! DO ink So was the other visiting card,
| which stated that Biorliug visited tho
7 'Nl1 lHINll'N wv tANhNHI W lHIfAt NV NlIIE
! LETT IndtlnNh lu August -. and sailed
| along The ice IN Raihn bay until the 18Th.
| whpn he passed iu one dny through the
| dreaded Melville buy. This sccms To In
! dlcato that the Ripple was not quite
| 40 fr1ll 04 had hccn thought From
| Cape York the vessel had been driven by
| u storm ne fur ns Cane Parry. whence
they had smiled for The Cnry islands.
| On the last named card there H. an adj
| ditpu in pencil dated August IL. that is.
! tho day after their arrival ON The isl-
/ nuds. Ju 10 Biorlug stnio thar the
| acho@1rr had run aground after the pro-
| visions FROM NnreH depot had been put
| on board A tir1 card states that %
| rip 10y hlot was undertaken norihward
| win the intention Of rcnChing l'oulkc
| hnrl; Tint further information would
ho deposited In Pandora hnrhor and that
their provisions, with the additions from
tho English depot would last ON June.
lS@. The last aud most detailed COM
| munnnt0n is written IN pencil ON "a III.
Tie sheet M letter piper II reads thus.
80 A. YOU Will learn from my cummun-
cations here deposited, tried. after the
los NJ my vessel. 20 reach Fonlkc Gou.
In ORDER tO winter there HUT. after
r1ching Northumberland leland, ! WIS
Obliged Icy scyrrul circumstances 10 return
70 lhc Cnry lslnnds Having been oh.
llged by bad weather 10 spend some
iImc Uu. ih.a island. / am now surfing
~ mrot thr Eskimua ut Clarence Head
" Cape l'nWduy on Eiosmcrr lnud
I'm thc hone that a whnirr win next yonf
visit The Cary lslJuls 10 relieve mo and
my men, shall iry TO roach those ISL.
nnds before thc irgt of July n uo
whulcr appears before July rs. I -m
be n'Giscd, & possible. To 40 90 'bc Danish
colonies Hence, ir you ,is, ths iii.
and later than July ] and do not find
| amy Information regarding any dpurrur0