New-York tribune., 1905-08-11
ANTHONY FIALA RESCUED
ONE DEATH IN PARTY.
The Terra Nora Reaches Nor1eay-
Loss of the America.

uoun:ngsvaAg. Norway, Aug. 1o.-The Arctic
.tosuner Terra Nova. which went to the relief
!, the Fiala-Z -Ziesler polar expedition. has res
on,a Anthony Fials and all the other members
- the expedition. with the exception Of a Nor
,5ar seaman, who died The shin America
,hich took out the expedition, was crushed in
,a ice early IN the winter of 10000 and was
last with q large part of her coal and proyi-
sons
Tho th.-ty-seven members OF the expedition
Who returned TO safety are all in good health
sasp;e their privations and long imprisonment
n The Arctic. the party having been severed
.roro all communication with the outside world
s,nce July. 1903.
Anthony F1ala, Of Brooklyn. the leader of the
.vnadition, in a brief statement. says:
The rescue was most timely BY nv order
-. America wintered in Neplitz Bay where
lily In the winter Of 10000 the ship was
crushed in the ice and became a total loss to-
cether with big quantities Of coal and provi-
Supplies of stores left at Franz Josef Land
BY various relief parties saved US from very
serious privations
Three attempts TO reach high latitude failed
The scientific work, however. as planned, was
successfully carried out by William J. Peters,
OF the United States Geological Survey.
Our rescue was due to The splendid efforts of
william S Champ, secretary of the late William
ZieSler. commanding The relief expedition, who,
owing 10 the terrible weather, failed TO reach US
last year and TO the untiring zeal of Captain
Kfeldsen and his Norwegian officers and crew.
who Cor six weeks persistently forced their way
through solid foes OF ice and finally reached
An abundance of stores had been left in the
Franz Josef Archipelago by the expedition COM
manded by the Duke Of the Abruzzi and the
Aneree relief expedition, so that we did not suf-
fer serious difficulties on that score
The most northern latitude reached by the ex-
petition was 50 degrees and l3 minutes.
Anthony Fiala was Brooklyn artist and news
paper photographer when he went with the Bald
win Arctic expedition, in 1901 This expedition had
h.en sent out reach the North Pole. if possible
bv William ziegler. the wealthy baking powder
manufacturer and placed in command of Evelyn
Briggs Baldwin, but, ewing to differences among
,hose in charge of it, returned after year with
out having accomplished anything toward the sue
cess Of Arctic research save TO leave a large
amount Of stores al different points.
After the failure of the Baldwin expedition Mr..
zseier did not lose his interest in Arctis explora
ton but decided TO dispatch another expedition on
,b. same vessel, the America II agreed that
.orne one who had gone on the first expedition
should be in charge and Mr.. Fiala selected
He was the youngest man ever placed at the head
of an exploring party setting for the North
Pole being only thirty-four years old But Mr..
z;egier was convinced OF his fitness from the way
in which he had previously conducted himself.
The America Z steam whaler of 40 tons. was
reftted and restocked. and June %, 1903, the
start for the Far North was made from Trondh-
fem Norway. and three days later from Tromsoe.
There were thirty-eight board, including
the crew Of fourteen officers and sailors, under
Captain Edwin Coffin. of Marthas Vineyard.
Among those in the expedition. besides Mr. Fiala.
Professor William J. Peters, representing the
National Geographical Society; Richard Rudolph
Tafel son OF Mayor Tafel of Cincinnati; Professor
Charles L seitz. Of Evansville. Ind; DR.. George
". Shorkley Of Camden, N j. J Colin Vaughn,
Of Forest EIiu, N J.: Charles E. Rilliet OF st.
Louis. Captain Francis Long, of the NewYork
Weather Bureau; John Bedbe, of Boston; Spencer
". Stewart. OF Brooklyn, and Harry H Newcomb
OF Milford, Mass.
The party took go Siberian dogs. and the plan
vas 10 90 by vessel 10 Franz Josef Land where
,he basis of supplies to be established, from
which dash could be made for the Pole. six hun
dred miles away. The vessel had provisions for
three or four years The plan formulated to
spend the winter OF I9OS-04 in Franz Josef Land
and in the summer of 1904 go by boat and sledge
tar north as possible
About two months after the departure from
Trornsoe letter, forwarded BY a whaler, was re-
ceived by Mr Zegler. In this Mr. Fiala said that
the vessel had encountered great quantities Of ice
4 stop for coal and water had been made at Arch
angel on July !. and a severe had been en-
countered in the White Sea. III which the America
was inperllled. IN the letter Mr.. Fiala wrote:
Seemingly we have indeed struck a peculiar sea
Numbers OF dead birds slreW the ice, and not
only an occasional seal these things either indi-
cate immense ice fields beyond or else open water
Let Us hope il IS the latter
diuon. May ., 1904 William s. Champ sent
BY Nh. Ziegler whose secretary ne had been, in
charge Of a relief expedition. he sailed in the
tlllAlof, a Whaler similar 10 the America, from
IlonSOe on July o, but returned 10 that port or
august Tor coal, Stating that such heaVy pack
ICE Lao been met that no progress could be made
Eut the following day another attempt was made,
ana z feW days later Norwegian whaler reported
the ETlthlof the ice foes about sixty miles south
OF -ape r4Ora, Franz Josef Land. The vessel con-
lnueo the battling night with the ice for month,
but. failing 10 advance more than twenty lilies in
that tine, il was decided again 10 return 10 Nor
IN May Of this year Mr.. Champ was again dis
patched by Mr. Ziegler to search for the Fiala
party. and DR.. Oliver J.. Fassig was sent Green
turned in that direction. A message August Z
from DR.. Fassig, sent from Shannon Island. stated
that member OF the expedition had been found.
M Champ secured the Whaler Terra Nova in
end of Norway with The plan in mind to cross the
ice I'm sledges 10 Franz Josef Land If the vessel
could not get through.
Mr. Ziecler died after the relief expeditions had
Fisla and his party must be found and brought
back and the executors OF the VIII were charged
with responsibility for carrying out this provision
ar. Fiaa. whose home is WI his mother at No.
City. bur when three years old went with his par
eits 10 Brooklyn He was educated In the public
schools there. and became an artist. When the
Spanish American War broke out he went 10 Porto
Rico with Troop G OF which he was member.
Iie took many photographs and after the return
from Porto Rico gave an illustrated lecture on
mat island. After the he a lieutenant in
ne 18Th Regiment. y. G. y. Y. until he went with
me Baldwin eKDedition when he resigned from
tfe command. He took about a thousand photo
graphs on that expedition.
Mr. Ziegler made no provision in his VIII for any
lurlher Arctic exploration.