Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-03
RANGVALD JARL LOST.
Explorer Wellman'S Steamer
 Crushed by the Ice.
ALL HANDS ARE SAFE, HOWEVER.

The Explorers Were on the Tee Cap a. the
 Tims-wcIIman Sends News by Sealing
 ship and Orders Another Vessel Charter
 ed-The Dash to the Pole Resumed.
 TRoMsO, Norway, Aug. 3.-News of the Wellman polar expedition has been re- oeived. It was brought by the sealcr Malygcn, Captain Pedersen, which arriv- ed at Tromso with news dispatches from the expedition, and also with Captain Bottolfscn and three sailors of the steamer Ragnvald Jarl, which carried tho We'll man party to the Arctic, but which has since been wrecked.
 Captain Bottolfsen furnishes tho follow ing narrative of the experiences of tho cx- petition:
 After several battles with young and winter ice the Ragnvald Jarl arrived on May l2 at Table island, one of the Seven islands group. Tho icc, however, com pcllod return to Walden island. where Mir. Wellman left the ship on May 2i with 13 men, 10 dogs and llO days provisions.
 After the party had established depot they proceeded eastward distance of 60 miles, thence northeast, hoping to reach tho land that is believed to exist in that direction.
 Up to the day of tho departure of the sledgo party tho expedition had had good weather. tho worst being only 20 degrees below zero.
 The RangvaId Jari Sunk.
 The members of the party were in good health when they left tho ship. They in tended to return over tho same route by which they advanced. reaching northern Spitzbergcn on Sept. 15 and headquarters at Dane's island on Oct. 1. On May 2S, four days after wollman t.g, n-Fa .N. n n Jarl was broken up by the ico and totally lost The men in charge of her managed to save some of the stores. \ message | was sent to Wellman informing him of | the catastrophe. and 1t reached him at | Martens island Mir. Wellman, Charles c. Dodge and two others then returned to Walden island. With material taken from the wreck of the ship they built a good house to accommodate the crew and us n precaution in case the expedition was com pelled to winter nt Walden. wcllman left again to join tho sledgc party on May 3l. Hc writes on tho same date. II have decided to proceed as pre- | viously planned, except that l intend tC return to Walden island not later than | Sept. 1 and to Do at Dancs island by | Sept. i5.
 | Brought to a standstiIl- Tho latest news rccCivcd from Wellmar | was OI July | uhIc, WnCn MT W lilsllp a member of tho party, with one man, left tho expedition at spot six miles east o Cape Platcn, whcrc the CxplurCrs had met with impossible ice and werc waiting fol open water. All wcro we'll On the return of Winship tO Walden Is land Captain BottolfsCn and thr'C of thu crew of tho Ragnvald Jarl started on journey southwark in aluminium boat. seeking scalers. They met tho Malygcn and Captain Pcderscn consented to carr! them to Tromso. Here Captain BottolfscI will charter n new vessel and will rcturI as soon as possible to Danes island.
 In the meantime the Wellman party ha
 gone north over tho Ice. Captain Pcdcr sen expects that wcllman will reach Gillc | island.
 | Hycrdahl, ski runner and sportsman
 from tho University of Christiania and
 member of tho Wcllman party, has eel
 sent to Danes island to join profcsso
 Oyon.