Show VOLS 1 probations distressing details Be tails of th the 8 sufferings of greely and hia his gallant crew by western asad press to the 1110 HERALD ar JOHNS y N F jelv IS 18 sergt lone of the greely party part who was the first to respond to the welcome tone toile of the steam whistle say lie and S sergeant ergeant brainard were the first to hear the sound and the they helkaa each ench other crawf crawl out of the tile hut when lyllen long lorig got clear le of bf the entanglement of 0 the tile ant biliti 11 which had lad been swept to the tile ground he lie rose roso to ln hia feet with great difficulty and sues suc ceedee in clambering up to a fork rock that gave the most exten extensive jive view in that neighborhood brainard ainard Ur went ba back ek to the tent but long remained lied looking out searching in every diree lion tion strange object at length ha caw saw the unwonted sight of a large black object abndt a a mile distant which at first looked like acock ayock a rock but he lie knew there was no rock 11 that line presently the ap pro preaching aching steam launch changed its course and long recognized ed the approach of rescuers is ho lie came down broin the rock rack went towards the cam camp raising raisin the flag pole role and flag bag which had bg been een blown down during luring the gale and held it for about two minutes I 1 until his strength gave gatre out and it was blown once more to the tile ground lie then advanced ig yin in the direction of tile little et eamer er and in a few minutes till warm liand hand of captain ash had grasped dmd his in iu greeting maurice atras connell n n ell wi alio 1 0 is still excess excessively ely weak stated in an interview that for some days after his rescue he lie lind had no recollection of anything that transpired he lie did not hear the awakening scream of tile whistle wh when en his comrade shook him up from ilia ills apro prostrate strato position po sitio i in in camp and an d told him of the succor at han 1 lie wildly exclaimed for goda gods sake let me die in in peace A teaspoonful of brandy d y I 1 applied to liis ills I 1 lips ia called back the fleeting life spark for or connell could not have survived moie than a few hours he ile was as by far the weakest 0 of f the seven survivors and the E strongest must have succumbed vi within t hin forty eight hours Th the story estory to told I 1 d by con coil 1 null ell from liis his recollect 0 ii of this star starving ving experience is simply heartrending how they burned the hair off their akin kin boots and coats cut them into strips boiled them into a tow and ate voraciously of them till t alie I 1 le rebelled and nausea and weakness ensued in several cases nature gave no call for 12 1215 15 or even IS 18 d days roys and then bloody hemorrhage and weakness ensued prostrating pro the victims for several days the dif difficulty difficult licul t y of keeping heat beat in the body ws very great the rule of the camp was to permit no one to sleep longer than two hours he ile was awakened roughly and called upon to shake himself beat his hands and pound his feet and restore circulation this was found absolutely necessary to prevent torpor and possible death I 1 tile usual accini accompaniment vani ment of anten intense se cold commander schley has received rec elved in instructions from the secretary of the navy to remain at st johns until there are twelve iron caskets constructed ted to receive the bodies of or the deceased explorers the survivors sury ivors are all doing dohig well ivell but are still weak weal and suffering from nervous prostration lieutenant greely has improved from pounds weight it on the of june to today to day ser geant brainard and others are pulling up arc proportionately the weather here is delightful and all that co could uld be desired for the sulTer sufferers ers the mercury ranging between CZ 65 and 75 degrees great sympathy is evinced by all classes alike for the survivors and dead and every token of respect is manifested for them the victia and bear as they ride quietly at anchor in tile harbor at st johns wear a sombre and mournful appearance wi t IL the tile flag of the united states at half mast the war ship marl arrive hero here at 8 pm in her detention wag was caused by fog g and the tile search for the other ships of the tile squadron equa dron all on board are well sergeant julius it frederick relates mournfully the tile tragic story of the sad death on OA the ice covered ground of george rice artist of the tile expedition on april ath rico and frederick vol ered to leave the camp and proceed pr 0 a distance of awen twenty ty five miles for provisions that be cached near cache isabella the they y had a tiled rifle and hatchet and provisions for five days they traveled three throe days day s but failed to find th the e cache cae on the tile I 1 way toward camp ilice itice became wea kand finally gave lip he ile was attacked by bloody flux that gradually wore him down he lie succumbed and iraa was interred in an ice grave by ilia his companion frederick camped out that nigh the tile fragment of a boat and ind next day visited his companions grave to pay the last tribute to his remains remain 97 frederick Frederic retained sufficient strength to drag back the sled with the hatchet rifle and cooking utensils to camp where he encountered more woe in the form of cledeath tle tl e death of lieutenant lockwood and another of the party tile cached meat wl which liIk I 1 frederick rederick and rice rico were in r earch of was brought b by them on oil april ath from capo isabella leaber and abandoned next day in order orde I 1 to drag ellison lillison one of their party who had been frozen into camp rice ilice was the life of the tile greely party he ile was full of hope buoyancy 1 and energy and lib his death was a t terrible blow to them he lie died in the braye str struggle biggle to prolong the their r existence |