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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacREADYeady , William Charles
MacREADYeady, William Charles
English actor; born March 3, 1793; died April 29, 1873.
See Forrest, Edwin; Astor place riot.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nindemann , William Friedrich Carl 1850 - (search)
Nindemann, William Friedrich Carl 1850-
Explorer; born in Gingst, Germany, April 22, 1850; came to the United States in 1867; accompanied the Arctic explorers on the Polaris in 1871.
the Polaris was caught in the ice in the autumn of 1872, and began to leak so badly that it was found necessary to land provisions.
While busy at this task the ice-floe upon which Nindemann and eighteen of the crew were working broke loose and floated southward for 196 days. On April 29, 1873, they were picked up by the steamer Tigress.
Later he served on this vessel when she went in search of the Polaris.
In 1873 he shipped on board the Jeannette for another Arctic voyage.
Four years later Captain De Long sent him and Louis P. Noros in search of aid. After travelling southward for twelve days they found a native who conducted them to Kumak Surka, from which they sent word to Corn.
George Melville, who later met them.
On March 15, 1882, Nindemann, Melville, and J. H. Bartlett found the bodies o