The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-11
RIALA, 7HB POLEHUHTER,sAFE
TERRA NOVA RESCUES ZIEGLERS
AMERICA EXPEDITION.
One sailor Died-The Rest All In Good
Heaith--Reached NJ Degrees -
Minutes NORTH Their Vessel Lost In
the Ice--Zie gier's Command CarriedOut
Special CabIs Dsspatch TO THE sun.

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the Ice--Ziegier's Command CarriedOut
Special CabIs Despatch TO The SUN.
LONDON. Aug. ,v..-A Nespatch to tho
Epea,n9 N.u. from Christiap!a says that
the steamship Terra Nova passed Hon
nings,aag, near Hammerfest, the most
northerly town In Norway. this morning
with the shipwreuked crew OF the Ziegler
expedition, coming from Franz josef Land.
Tho Ziegler expedition reached 8? degrees
IS minutes north latitude. One Norwegian
Of the crew died The rest Of the crew
are well. The ship America, OH which the
expedition was made. was lost
Mr.. Fsla, In q brief statement. said:
"Tho rescue was most timely. BY my
order the America wintered in Neplits Bay,
was crushed in the loo and became total
loss, together with large quantities Of coal
and provisions.
Supplies OF stores left at Franz Josef
Land by various relief parties saved us very
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
.Our rescue was due to the splendid Of
forts Of William s. Champ, commanding
! the relief ex petition, who failed to reach
| us last year, and to the untiring zeal Of
Capt kjeldsen and bis Norwegian Officers
| and crew, who for six weeks persistently
forced their way through solid foes Of Ice
and finally reached us.
IAN abundance Of stores had been left In
the Franz Josef archipelago by the e1-
petition commanded by the Duke 81 the
Abruzzi and the Andre relief eIpedition,
so that we did not suffer serious difficulties
on that score
The finding Of Anthony lYala was In.
sf ss SRSs S he the hs s's wa% %sn
Mr.. Ziegier died he left special provision
| in his viii providing for the relief Of Fiala
and his comlanions.
Anthony FialA and his party must be
his viii read, ana the responsibility for ia
fulhlnient. was PLACED npon the executors
Of the will. Mrs. Ziesler, the widow, and
Judge William j. Gaynor.
Anthony Fiala was chosen to lead the
expedition after the return u the Evelyn
Baldwin expedition in 1901, in which he won
great praise for his fearlessuess and ex-
ecutive ability. FAla il Of Italian extrac-
ton. He Was born IN jersey City. Is
- years old and the youngest man ever
When he vas three years old the family
made his home with his widowed mother at
sss Cumberland street. In Brooklyn he
p S s0e %hes he ass snd ssn
old he joined Troop c., Brooklyn's crack
regiment. ..o.,,,,,o -. ca,
ish War and upon his return was elected
a lieutenant In the Fourteenth Regiment,
to 70 with the polar expedition.
| Nala left 1romsoe, Norway. on June
| 20, 1903, intending to berth somewhere In
the Franz Josef Land archipelago, He
| L. l., u,k,. las
Of Edgari own, Mass, .und a crew OF Cape
Cod wh"kr-.
The scientific members OF Fla las COM
pany were r. H. Tafel Of Philadelphia,
Charles L. Seitz Of Evansville. Ind; Will,
Society, second In command to Nala; DR..
George w. Shorkley Of Camden, Me-; j.
| Colin Waugh Of Forest Hill. N. j.; Charles
| E. Riliiet Of ST. Louis; Francis Long OF the
John ysdos and asnqG
H. Newcomb, Massachusetts,.
The America. the same boat used by the
Baldwin expedition, was chosen by Fiala.
The last heard Of the party was IN Sep
Ziegler, telling him THAT the expedition was
we'll under way and everything aboard was
harmonious and going smoothly. That
was the last heard from the party until
sy Mr. relief snpeaon
| William s. Champ, who led the resouing
expedition, was born at Hamilton, Ont,
and is 50 years old. He started ae q sales
man for the Price Baking Powder Com
22S iealer SsI private a seeTetarv ,e ' '''
Mr. Champ went to London in May. 1904
and secured the Terra Nova to carry the
relief party. The party left Tromsoe,
Norway. on May ~. This was the third
year after the America sailed the Frithjof,
with Mr.. Champ in command tried to
reach the party, but failed and was forced
to return shortly after for coal. Mr. Champ