The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-18
AN ARCTIC RESCUE
The Finding of the Survivors of
the Greedy Expedition.
STAYED THE HAND OF DEATH.
The Seven Starved and Half Craxsd
! Dying Men Were Wearily Waiting
For the End When Came the Shout
That Told Them Relief Was Nigh.

mat 100 nom Neiier was Nt9n.
In his story of the rescue of the rem
nants Of the i'll fated Greedy expedi-
ton at Cape Sabine in 1884 Frank B.
Copley in the American Magazine
gives a dramatic description Of the ac-
tual finding of the starving survivors.
On June 81 furious gale blew down
the tent, which the despairing men
had not the strength to raise again.
On the 22d the gale continued, and the
men felt that the end of their long
struggle had come.
In the evening all the men were In
their bags, waiting for death. Greedy,
Frederick, Biederick, Ellison and Con-
nell were under the fallen canvas of
the tent. Bruinard and Long were
under the fallen canvas of the adjoin-
ing shelter. 1t remained light, of
course, the sun at this season being
continuously above the horizon. Con-
nell passed into the unconscious state
other six men, supremacy Indifferent
to everything. lay idly doing.
But the evening still was young
when, seemingly from distance, there
came sound that forced itself upon
their attention. Once came the sound!
| Twice came the sound! Three times
came the sound! Each time it was a
long, insistent screech.
At first it was annoying, as any
sound is that gradually forces one to
leave ones pleasant dreams and awake.
But with the second repetition of the
screech Brainard and Long sat up and
looked at each other.
From under the canvas of the tent
came the complaining voice of Greedy,
"Brainard did you hear it?"
"Yes, SIR"
"What was it?'
81 think-I am pretty sure-that II
was the whistle of a steamer"
There was something of a stir under
the fallen canvas of the tent. Bieder-
bick had aroused himself and seized
the bag containing their last bit Of
brandy. Two spoonfuls were left
Biederbick forced one down the throat
of the dying Council. If they actually
were going to be rescued Connel
should have q chance to live. The
| other spoonful of brandy Biederbicl
offered to his commander. When Gree
low the other spoonful down the throa
of Cornell.
Greedy now asked Brainard and LonI
: If they could get out from under thei
canvas and report If anything was t
be seen. They said they felt able t
climb to the high, rocky point on tn
ridge where Brainard had set sigma
: flag.
| do your best" said Greedy.
t Slowly and painfully Brainard ant
Long crawled up the narrow path Il
the snow to the point which command
ed a broad view of the sea. Their
was much open water, but nothin
was to be seen on 1t save the oil
. mOnotonous foes and bergs.
{ Long said they must have been mis-
taken in the nature of the sound the
had heard Brainard agreed. After
few minutes Brainard, chilled through
said he would go back and report t
Greedy. Long, who was more warml
clad, said he would stay up there
while longer.
a When Brainard, in reporting to Gree
~, again expressed the opinion tina
{ they had been deceived the opinio
y seemed to be accepted by all the me
under the tent Brainard crawled bac
into his bag, fully believing that h
u never would leave it again and full
, resigned to the prospect.
O Presently Biederbick began to argu
that the fact that no ship was to b
seen from the point above them di
not necessarily indicate that they ha
been deceived In believing that tn
sounds they heard were those of
). ships whistle. He suggested that tn
ship might be in Payer harbOr, whic
could not be seen from their ridge.
Greedy aroused himself sufficient
to say that he did not consider thi
probable Biederbick, however, wen
on arguing in his persistent Germa
way that help was near. At lengt
Greedy, whose nerves were wrec
and whose mind was fast giving way
turned ON Biederbick and cursed hir
for making a disturbance.
"Shut up" he ordered, ''and let u
die in peace"
So once more there was quiet.
Lying outside in his bag, Brainar
vaguely wondered If he ever agai
would see Long.
Presently he heard footsteps.
Some one was coming.
1t could not be Long.
Whoever was coming was running.
God-he was running!
Then came a shout-the shout OF
hale and hearty man.
"Greelyi Greelyi Are ye theref
There was no installing the voit
with its Scotch Irish accent III
voice was that of James W. Norman
Ice master ON the Proteus when thu
steamship transported the Greedy q
petition to Lady Franklin bay thre
years before.