Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-10
AN ARCTIC RESCUE
The Finding Of the Survivors Of
the Greedy Expedition.
STAYED THE HAND OF DEATH.

In his story Of the rescue Of the rem
nants of the i'll fated Greedy expedi-
ton at Cape Sabine in 1854 Frank B.
Copley In the American Magazine
gives a dramatic description of the ac-
tuaI finding of the starving survivors.
On June 21 a 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 ir
their bags, waiting for death. Greedy,
Frederick, Biederick, Ellison and Con-
nell were under the fallen canvas Of
the tent. Brainard and Long were
under the fallen canvas Of the adjoin-
ing shelter. 1t remained light, Of
continuously above the horizon. Con
nell passed Into the unconscious state
which was the prelude Of death. The
other six men, supremely Indifferent
| to everything, lay idly dezing.
But the evening stiH was young
when, seemingly from a distance, there
came a sound that forced itself upon
their attention. Once came the sound!
Twice came the soundi Three times
came the soundl Each time it was a
long, tnsistent screech. B.
At first 1t was annoying, al any
sound is that gradually forces n to
leave ones pleasant dreams and awake.
But with the second repetition Of the
Bcreech 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'll"
Eyes, sir"
What was it?'
II think-I am pretty sure-that 4
was the whistle of a steamer"
There was something of a stir under
the fallen canvas of the tent. Bteder-
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 ConnelI. If they actually
were going to be rescued Connell
should have a chance to live. The
other spoonful of brandy Biederbick
offered to his commander. When Gree
declined 1t Biederbick sent it to fol-
the other spoonful down the throat
II Council.
Greedy now asked Brafnard and Long |
they could get out from under their {
anvas and report IL anything was to /
e seen. They said they felt able to /
limb to the high, rocky point on the 7
dge where Brainard had set a signal f
ag. +
10 your best. said Greedy. =
and painfully Brainard and s
ong erawled up the narrow path In f
o snow to the point which command
broad view Of the sea There Il
as much open water, but nothing s
ras TO be seen on 1t save the old /
1~onotonous foes and bergs. l.
Long said they must have been mis- |
aiken in the nature of the sound they I
lad heard. Brainard agreed. After q
minutes Brainard, chilled through,
said he would go back and report to
Long, who vas more warmly
clad, said he would stay up there a
while longer.
When Brainard, In reporting to Gree
~, again expressed the opinion that
they had been deceived the opinion
seemed to be accepted by all the men
under the tent. Bratnard crawIed back
into his bag, fully believing that he
never would leave it again and fully
Esigned to the prospect.
Presently Biederbiek began to argue
that the fact that no ship was to be
seen from the point above them did
not necessarily indicate that they had
been deceived In believing that the
sounds they heard were those of a
ships whistle. He suggested that the
ship might be in Payer harbor, which
| could not be seen from their ridge.
Greedy aroused himself sufficiently
to say that he did not consider this
probable. Biederbick, however, went
on arguing in his persistent German
way that help was near. At length
| Greedy, whose nerves were a wreck
and whose mind was fast giving way,
turned IN Biederbick and cursed him
for making a disturbance.
"Shut up" he ordered, "and let us
die In peacel'
So once more there was quiet.
Lying outside IN his bag, Brainard
vaguely wondered II he ever again
would see Long.
Presently he heard footsteps.
Some one was coming.
1t could not be Long.
Whoever was coming was running.
God-he was runniDgt
Then came a ~shout-the shout of a
hale and hearty man =
"Greelyi GreeIgi Are We theref"
There was no installing the voice
with its Scotch Irish accent. The
voice was that Of james w. Norman,
ice master on the Proteus when that
steamship transported the Greedy ex-
petition to Lady Franklin bay three
years before,
AS Norman shouted two big ships OF
the United States navy were anchor
ing just at the foot OF the ridge.
Seven men out of twenty-five lived
until the evening OF June 70. Another
hour and probably only six would
have been found alive. TwoH days
more and in all probability the last
man would have been found dead.
YEa 4 treka t. wufLsRu