The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
Captain Scott and an His HIS \ ! q.
Had Trying Experience g. /.
SHORT aATloN /: ). !; /, / DAYS rs
pogs Died and Prosrsss Was Seriously
lmpsdsd ~ Fpg Lle,it. s E'la,' ''t
Burst Blood vssssl II HE lungs y.
and Only His Pluck Saved Him.
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y. x4frTuEroN. =. March & ne
i sledsi Il. !, parties OF the British antarctic
\ ship Discovery, whose experiencs''sI were ore
= reported BY the relief ship Morning on
the latter.s arrival here Wednssday. en-
B, saged II, much haaardous work. rs. ! ft'
dash southwark Of Captain Scott, OF the
4 Discovsry, I; II Il result Of which Isl h
reached latitude s2,17 south. w 'aa' at
q tended BY sreat hardships. Tho softenesd
snow told quickly on the dogs. which A!:i
all died. The party had only = months nth
PROVISIONS whom they left tho southern ! n!
most depot, and therefore i vas impo s'sr
4 slble TO continue southwark without In
yIttns disaster. The return journey was 8
IN most trying. T be par were on short
n ratlons tor Ave days and their progress E
4 va. seriously impedsd by fog. Lieute--
nant shackleton burst : blood vessel IN
y one OF his lungs. and only his pluck !t''<,
pulled him through. t55 n tSS$
Tho Grew OF the Discovery are de-
scrlbed a. having palpably assd. owing
tor hard living. but Al are well IN ana
cheerful. H M 53isi y 81
si Another party, AuHuSsss 1Asc 80
4 Barnes was returning from sied6e
4 Journey towards Cape Cro1l6 Wnen e
y blizzard struck them ten miles from
1 home. Barnes abandoned his tents and
4 sled Cos ana loft tho dogs 70 find their
" own way to the ship, Owing 70 9 blind.
Ing snow Barnes and his compa Mons
we're unable to sss two yards ahead.
While they were descending slope one
II 81 the party disappeared, and the mem
bers Of the expedition discovered them
selves to be on the edge OF huge pres
N cipice. Another member OF the party
II fell from sheer weariness and was not
missed for some time. ana he was sven-
q tudlly given up; a. lost by those Of his
s companions who searched for him, But
1T developed that the man slept upder
\ : drift for thirty-six hours and he re- re-.
Joined the ship nnharmed. 7
The members OF another sledse expe-.
n dition, under Lieutenant Armltage, which
Il days. They attained An altitude OF
Y o. 90 feet and descended on an loo slide
10 a glacier 300 feet below. The de-:
u scent was perilous. Tho sledses At one
Il part OF the descent covered 1900 feet In
A a minute and ten seconds, their occu-
Y pants hanging on nv straps TO the backs
OF y the sledres. Lieu tenant Armitage
4 fellfinto q crevasse and hung thirty feet
4 below the surface. But for the fact that
he was haraessed TO- the others he would
4 have fallen z. 100 feet. 4 .ifil Ii u b; tS
sSS2 At Cape Adair the Discovery found
y Bofchgrevink's huts in g good state Of
preservation. sS559
There were some cases Of scurvy dur
q ingy the sledse Journeys, but they dis
q appeared on the return OF, the sufferers
y TO their ship. y s353 ss II l.;s.
There were many complaints about the
u timed provisions, AZ
The places OF lieutenant shackleton
4 and the others who returned here on the
4 Morning were not nlled, for Captain
4 Scott has still forty one mon In the Grew
Il on board the Discovery.