New-York tribune., 1899-02-12
WAS IT tNUREEf


Another tale of the Arctic aerCnaut comes TO
hand. with ominous dircctncss and circum-
stance. II is discredited by Andree's brother
but to the general public it will appear to Dear
marks of dreadful probability. Briefly it is
this: That some of the Tunguscs of the TAI
mnr Peninsula have found hut composed OF
canvas and cordage. and the corpSes OF three
men near II. with number of instruments
scattered about The head of one OF the Dodies
was badly crushed The instruments were such
as the TunQuscs were unfamiliar win. Now
Andrec WAS accompanied by two men, and his
balloon carried an inclosed car corresponding
with the cabin mentioned by the Tunguses, ana
he had with him many scientific Instruments.
The dcrects are therefore just such as might
he expected of his expedition in case or dis-
astpr
Andree left Danes Island at 2:}o p. m. OH
.Iulv II. 1897. and at 3 o'clock passed out of
sight. sailing on fair wind straight toward the
Pole Since that time he has not been seen.
There have been various rumorS of him ana
If rcports from him. Of which We need con-
corn ourselves with only two all the rest nav
ing hecn discrodited. one was carricr-pigeon
message. which stated that at 1880 p. M. oi
.Iulv r. the second day out. the balloon was
I'm
and was making good voyage eastward. with
all we'll The other was report tha' natives
IN Siberia. I'm the same district in which these
bodies have been found had seen great oaI-
loon pass overhead. Now. Danes Island Is III
latitude 1890 north. longitude ll:"o east Ac-
cor(ing 10 the pigeon message. then, the pal-
loon had in n little less than two days traVeileu
only . degrees 81 minutes northward ana -
minutes eastward He had not quite reached
the furthest point reached by Parry in boa's
and sedgcs. just seventy years before.
Now we do not yet know the exact location
Of the spot whore the Tunguses have made
their CHASTITY discovery. The Taimur peninsula
Is the northornmOst part Of Asia. ana is OF
great extent reaching from the kamennol Us
trow I'm longitude ~ east. TO PreobraShene Us
trow in longitude 113 east It's northern OK
tremity is Cape Chelyuskln. in latitude "fo
north. and il may be reCkOned TO extend sou'h-
ward 10 about the list parallel. Wherever III
this region the vOvagcrs landed. therefore, II
co tbov did their course must have been de-
nectod from due north to the east ana south.
That IS 70 say. they travelled on line nearly
norallel with that of the drift OF the fram but
four or five degrees southwest from it, and IN
the opposite direction.
II is said that police officers have gone 10 'hr
spot to investigate. They will easily he ahle' OF
course. TO determine whether the bodies are
those of Andrec and his comrades or not. ana the
world will await with interest the result OF ther
investigations 1t must be added that the rear
will be general that the remains Will he recog-
nzcd as those OF the aer0nanis. After year
and half of silence hope Of hearing Andrees
living voice again has wellnigh pcrished. and
while II will cause much regret il VIII produce
no surprise TO learn that The most daring OF all
Arctic ventures has come 10 tragic end IN the
dreorjcst region of the inhabited globe.