Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-11
Intrepid Explorer Attained
Goal Month After Amund-
sen; Relief Expedition
Left in December, 1912.
WERE VICTIMS OF
SEVERE BLIZZARD
Signed Message From the
Terra Nova Brought to
Oamaru, N. T., the News
of the Disaster.

London. Feb. 10.-News reached tne
world today that Captain ROBERT r
Scott the antartic explorer, anu an
unknown number of his companions
nerished in the antartic while on thelr
return journey from the south pole.
They reached their goal on January
1S, 1912, about month after Cap,ali,
Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian. mao
planted the flag of his country tnere'
They then turned toward the pase
they had formed on their outward
tourney, but were overtaken. over
vhelmed and destroyed by bl!zzato'
The news of the death OF the eX'
plorers was brought to c1vlllzatlon to'
dav by the captain of the Terra Nova
the vessel which had taken Scotts eS.
pedition to the south and which nao
gone again to fetch them back a1ter
the accomplishment of their task.
A searching expedition recordeo
the bodies and records of the party.
Only a few brief bulletins were sent
TODAY from the New Zealand port OF
Oamaru by the captain OF the Terra
Nova. who related simply the rate OF
the party and then proceeded Win MS
vessel for the port of Littleton, Where
he should arrive Thursday
The disaster came as an utmost sur
prise to London and cast gloom over
the community which has been un'
enualled since the death OF King
Edward.
II is believed here that the disaster
did not involve all of the Scott party
of sixty-six, but probably only Scott
himself and the four others selected
bv him for the final dash to the pole.
These are supposed to be DR.. +. A.
Wilson chief Of the scientific sta1t ;
CAPTAIN l.. E. G.. Oates of the. lnnes.
killing DRAGONS; Lieut.. H. Bowers OF
the Royal Indian marine. the commits
sariat officer. and Petty Officer E.
Evans of the British royal navy. .
New Zealand Reports Disaster.
Oamaru, N. T., Feb. lO.-Cap'
tain Robert F. Scott and his party
were overwhelmed by a blizzard on
their return Journey from the south
pole and the entire party perished.
They reached the south pole on the
18th Of January, 1912.
The news of the appalling disaster
which befell Captain Scott and his
companions was brought to this port
by a signed message from the Ierra
Nova. the vessel which had carried the
explorer and his expedition to the ant,
arctic and which late last year went
once again to the south to bring MIN
and his companions back.
The total number of deaths involved
in the calamity is not exactly known
but it is believed that siXty-six scien'
lists and sailors lost their lives. Cap
tain Scott's party reached the exact
point where Roald Amundsen planted
the Norwegian flag at the south pole
They found the hut constructed and
left behind by Amundsen's party.
These facts we're recorded in the
documents found on the bodies of the
dead explorers when they were re-
covered. r-t
Bodies Enroute to Littieton.
Christ Church, NJ T., Feb. 1O.-The
antarctic steamer Terra Nova, which
is supposed to have on board Captain
Robert F. Scott and the members OF
his south polar expedition did not stop
at Oamaru as was reported yesterday
but merely signalled as she passed.
The Terra Nova is proceeding to the
port of Littleton. where she is eX
pected to arrive Thursday.
Sailed June 10. 1910.
London, Feb. 10.-The Terra Nova
sailed on June 10. 1910, for New Zea
land and the south pole. 1t was join
ed by Captain Robert F. Scott a few
days later at Cardiff.
The expedition consisted Of twenty
eight officers and scientists in addi
ton to crew of twentythree picked
men from the British royal navy.
Reports were current at the time
the Terra Nova sailed for the antarc
tic on December IA, 1912, to bring
back the Scott party that some of the
members of the relief expedition had
expressed grave doubts as to whether
Captain Scott and his fellow explorers
would ever return. No reason was
given for these doubts but they We're
freely bruited abroad
Mrs. Scott left London five weeks
ago for New Zealand to meet her hus
band there.
Sends Message to Wife.
The last direct word received from
Captain Scott himself was brought by
the commander Of the Terra Nova