The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-02
WHAT IS ANDREE'S FATE?
Startling Theory Of a New Yor
Philadelphia Times.

Two years ago last Tuesday AEdree
left Spitzbergen in search Of the North
Pole. Since chen nothing definite has
been heard oe MIN. That he is dead
is the generally accepted belief, but
as to the manner Of his death no two
scientists agree.
A curious mystery attaches itself to
his disappearance. Andree, when last
seen, was travelling northward at the
rate Of thirty miles an hour, which
should have brought him to the Pole
in less than two days. Since that day
he has made no sign, and his friends
believe that with his ingenuity and
the means at hand he should have
found some way Of communicating
with the outside world. Instead he
has disappeared as completely as
though he had been swallowed up.
A well-known electrical authority,
Newton Harrison, editor Of the Elec-
trical Age, Of New York, has recently
come forward with theory that the
explorer met his death in very sud-
den and awful manner by being liter
ally swallowed up by the earth. Mr..
Harrison researches have led him to
believe that a danger more to be
dreaded than the ice and cold awaits
the intrepid explorer in the form OF
an immense volcano situated at or near
the Pole.
There is mach scientific evidence to
prove that d each Of the earth S axes
there is an enormous opening extend
ing to the interior Of the earth which
menaces the life of anyone who ap-
proaches them
Andree, with his balloon. may have
been swept into this opening or burn
ed tc death by breath from the
heated interior Of the globe. The
man who advances this explanation is
not given to spinning fantastic theo-
ries. He has been known for years as
a writer entitled to all respect on sci
enti6c subjects; he is a man Of schol-
arship, and his opinions and theories
are the result Of careful scientific in
vestigation. One day last week, when
NJ. Harrison was visited by Sunday
Times reporter, he discussed his
theory in great detail, quoting many
we'll known scientific authorities in
confederation.
The theory suggested by Mr.. Rarri-
SON is briefly that the earth is, to be-
gin with, merely great molten body
covered by the thin crust Of earth on
which we live. This interior heat, it
must be supposed, is the result OF
some sort Of combustion, a burning up
Of various gases and molten solids. 1t
is, Of course, inconceivable that this
combustion can 60 on unless it ls ted
By oxygen. and it seems equally clear
that this vast supply Of oxygen must
come from outside space. The line OF
reasoning is clear enough to this point,
when the question naturally arises.
how does this supply reach The inte
rior Of the earth?
The various volcanoes Of the worlc
are as SO many pin points as compared
With the entire surface Of the earth
and the enormous fire which has beer
burning for thousands Of centuries
It is inconeeivable that such frt
could be maintained with such diminu
live drafts and fues. All this point!
inevitably to the conclusion that there
must be somewhere an enormous ven
or opening to the centre Of the world
II there we're such an opening j
would naturally be at the poles, where
there is so much less motion than OF
the revolving surfaces Of the globe
The eartl. moreover, in cooling iron
liquid to a molten and finally SOLE
body, would also be more likely t
have such an opening at these point
than at any other. A perfectly clea
line of reasoning is thus establishes
to explain sach a formation.
The theosy of this eartA chimney i
not entirely new to science. 1t wa
first advanced by scientist name
Sims some seventy-6ve years ago
This theoretical opening has eve
since gone by the name of Sims S hole
A number OF scientists have sine
written upon the possibility of its eS
istepce, and an immense amount
evidence has been collected. MI
Harrison has collected this and al
ranged it in very attractive and cor
vincing manner. He meets all obje'
tions to the theory in discussing
with an array or scientific facts an