The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-24
LAST EDITION.
is WELLMAN'S
PARTY LOST?
Grave Fears for the Men Who
Set Out for "a Dash
to The North Pole"
NO T|D|NGs FOR A LONG TIME.
Experienced Men Believe that
Their Ship Was Crushed
by Ice.
BUT ONE HOPE IS EXPRESSED.
That the Explorers May Have Seen
Able to Find Refuge
on Land.
BUT ONE HOPE IS EXPRESSED.
(By Associated PressD

LONDON. July A-Carl Siewwers
writes to The Standard that he il In
receipt OF advices from Norway that
leave little doubt that the We,,man
Arctic expedition party is lost.
Experienced shippers Just returned
from the spitzbergen seas express the
same opinion, and Col. Fielding, who
accompanied Capt. Nares's expedition in
1875, shares this belief
The Pail Mall Gazette is in RECENT NJ
similar advices from Tromsoe, all con.
flrmins the general belief in the fate Of
the expedition.
The Aperican North Pole Expedition.
In comI4and Of Walter Weiirnan. OF
Washin1ton. left Tromsoe, Norway. on
Doard the steamer Ragnvold Jari, for
Inc Asand OF spitzbergen. on May "a
The expedition included among other
m m Astronomer Owen B. French,
q sh,t the United States Coast and deodetic
known medical man OF Washington, and
artist =. !, t.. Of the United States Navy pe-
In addition. the expedition included
party; Franklin. an American athlete
a neer: sko5 over; wenshIp an English engi-
Il
ana; Alme. a meteorologist; Hyerdahl
ana Juell; ski runners and sportsmen
{som he Rsn University Of Ghristiania and
ecutive officer and ice-piiot The .n mem
e eers OF the expedition had with them
boat. 1 np sx aluminium sledges and
Nothing definite has been heard OF the
gg sjSnh since II touched at Danes
hbs s., on the northwest coast OF Spitz-
nergen, where Prof. Oy4n. the geoiogist,
dog, to await the return s Of the 0 e.psdi
ton and guard the provision depot estah-
lished at that place. The Professor's
store consisted only of enough meat and
On July ! Prof oyen WAS "s seen bv N.
STIeS OF the yacht Saide, of the Royal
f rseht Squadron, and they left him some
q aear Supplies PIE Later, the yacht made
al! the routes badly blocked with ice.
I'm IN experienced walrus hunter. Capt.
sohaannsen: was also seen by the Sadie.
Ragnvold Jarl had been crushed by ice
ana announced his intention of searci-
ing s tor the members Of the expedition in
q a s northwest from spitxbergen.
The Wellman expedition waao )Articu-
larry well fitted out for exploring with
out the aid Of a ship, so it Is hoped
may simply amount to the loss of the
Ragnvold Jarl and that the member
or the expedition will be rescued alive.
The Wellman expedition was distinct
oeing only calculated upon to carry them
as far as the ice. where the real Arctic
Journey was to commence.
1Ss tons, and was built especially for ice
work; She was handled by one Of the
best ice-pilots known.
n the steamer Is,. was to proceed from
pack, probably between 80 and 81 degrees
north latitude. and there Mr.. Weliman
was to disembark with fourteen men.
was then to return to Danes Island,
and the expedition was to push onward,
In sledges drawn by dogs over the Ice.
novel feature OF the Wellman ex-
construction of its boats and sledges
Three small boats were constructed OF,
this metal and were built on the lines
Life-savins Service thus securing great
strength with extreme nshtness. The
boats had sledge bottoms. In order that
On 6hey w. might be S used on land as well as
sledges, also constructed OF aluminium,
could, Il necessary, be converted into
boats Th sss, s q; Were calculated
Mr.. Wellman also took with him q
sc: OF aluminium bridges In order to cross
the ridges or hummocks which rise to
The OF e sTisS.y or thirty feet when
The total weight Of boats. sledges, in
struments. clothing. and fuel taken by
the Wellman sledgtng party amounted
to, according to programme, $500
pounds. Mr.; Wellman, IN an interview
In London shortly before leaving that
city, referring, to the chances OF the
'The only thing that we feel certain
Of. is that we shall return-not only to
spitzbersen in September. but to
Norway and to America before Thanks
giving Day"
Mr. weliman was q well-known news
paper man, OF Washington, D. C. He
made no appeal to the public or to pri-
waite individuals for funds, preferrine to
earn the entire cost OF the expedition.
which Is estimated to be about SIS, 900.
Mr. Weilman was to take what he con-
considered the true Highway 70 the
north-thAt. carved out OF the ice BY the
wsgian Sea. He calculated that ct the
rate Of twenty. milss = day one. could
Pole within . hundred days. ina tkaS Z
LEhAt - eKpHc1ok r = 49, = -. 7 !.