Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12

! G T. JOHNS, N F., Sept. 11.-Ac-
In cording to Captain Nielsen of the
- fishing steamer Taft, which ar
rived here tonight from Battle Har-
bor Labrador, Commander Peary's
steamer Roosevelt was badly DANA ged
by ice in the north and may not get
to North Sydney before Sept. %.
The Roosevelt struck a rock while
entering Battle Harbor and was fast
for six hours, but was not seriously
damaged by the accident.
The Taft was in Battle Harbor last
Wednesday when the Roosevelt ar
rived from Indian Harbor. The Roose-
velt put in to take on a supply of coal
and also to give Commander Peary an
opportunity to send details of his far
northern trip to the United States.
While the Roosevelt was stranded
Captain Nielsen went aboard to offer
his assistance and was thanked by
Commander Peary and Captain Bart
lett, who decided that they would be
able to work the steamer free at high
water
Captain Nielsen says that Com
mander Peary and Captain BARTLETT
showed him over the ship and told
him that the pole had been reached
When Captain Nielsen asked Peary
if he was certain ne had found the
pole, the commander declared:
Says He Got There
'I got there; you may rest assured
of that"
When the commander of the Taff
asked Peary what he thought of Dr.
Cooks claim Peary replied that Cooks
Eskimos had assured him that Cook
scarcely went out of sight OF land.
Capt. Nielsen says that Peary appeared
to be thoroughly convinced of his own
success, and Nielsen declared tonight
that he fully believed Peary's report.
Nielsen here said that the Roosevelt
was badly battered and that her hull
showed the bruises made by Jagged
pieces of ice. He said that the oakum
was dropping from her seams when she
reached Battle Harbor and that Peary
engaged twenty men there to assist the
crew in giving the ship a complete
cleaning and painting.
He also said that when he left Battle
Harbor yesterday it was the intention
Of Peary and Bartlett to run the Roose-
welt TO Assize harbor, where she would
remain for ten or twelve days, so that
the men would not be hampered in
their work by stormy weather. Capt.
Nielsen said that the expedition ex-
pected to reach Sydney about Septem-
Der 25.
The crew of the Roosevelt are all
we'll Dul lOCh liitIl ttACtf anu az
cording to Capt. Nielsen the most worn
looking member of the expedition is
Commander Peary himself Nielsen
was informed that the Peary party
underwent severe hardships in the final
stages of the dash to the pole. The ex-
pedition encountered blizzards, and ac-
cording to Capt. Nielsen was obliged to
Kill dogs for food. Prof. Marvin was
drowned and an Eskimo was lost.
The party journeyed over 400 miles
IN sledges over fair ice conditions, all
.hough at one time Peary and several
If his men had a narrow escape from
being carried away by a break up OF
IN ice foe. The Roosevelt was moored
n latitude $3.50 during the winter.
Capt. Nielsen said that the rigging
# the Roosevelt presented a curious
light. About forty muskox heads and
reads Of reindeer were suspended to
Try. On the deck are twelve dogs, the
asst of nearly 200 taken poleward.
Above the decks are kennels con-
aiming foxes and other animals which
Commander Peary is taking to the
United States. In the hold of the ves-
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