Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-02-15
SCOTS STORY
OF DISASTER
Tells Of Terrible March Back
From South Pole.
Oates BODY NOT FOUND
Diary Tells Of Suffering and Death Ir
Storm When Within Eleven Miles
Of Safety.

lshed in the Antarctic were brough;
to London in special dispatches
Captain Scott. DR. Edward a. VII
son and Lieutenant II. r. Bowers died
within eleven miles OF the depot OF
One Ton Camp. i55 miles north oil
the South Pole. and their bodies lay
in their ten; nearly eight months be
fore they were found by rescue
party
All of the members of the party did
not die of starvation. Edgar Evans
and Captain l.. r.. G. Oates. who were
the first to go. were victims OF other
agencies. Evans slipped upon the Ice
and succumbed TO conclusion OF tn
brain on Feb. IL last. One month later
Captain Oates. weak from scurvy,
frozen feet. frozen hands and tester,
staggered from the camp one night,
saying that he might not return fol
some time" That was on March II
last He was never seen again aud
his body was not found.
The records of Captain Scott were
recovered by q relief expedition. They
showed that he and his party had
reached the South Pole on Jan Is,
1912. There they found the tent and
records left BY Captain Road Amund
sen when he quit the pole Dec. II. 1871.
Six other men OF the Scott expedi
ton. who had been through n perilous
experience. were found TO be safe and
we'll They composed Lieutenant W.
l.. A. Campbell's expedition. which had
been sent TO make geological investi
cations to the east of Cape Evans
The search party left Cape Evans
after the winter on Oct. 80 last. The
party. which was organized By Sur
geon Atkinson. consisted OF two divi.
sions. Atkinson taking the dog teams
with Wright being In charge OF the
Second party.
One Ton Camp was found in uriel
and all provisioned.
Proceeding along the old southern
route. Wright's party sighted Captain
SCOTS tent on Nov. IL Within II were
found the bodies OF Captain Scott. Dr
Wilson and Lieutenant Bowers. They
had saved their records. hard pressed
as they We're.
From these papers the following Ia.
formation was cleaned:
The first death was that OF Seaman
Edgar Evans. petty officer OF the royal
navy. who died Feb. II at the foot OF
Beardmorc Glacier. His death was nc
CELEBRATED by a concussion OF the brain
Captain l.. f. G. Oates. OF the Sixth
Inniskillen Dragons. was the next
lost. His feet and hands had been
march. Although he struggled on he
roically, on March 10 his comrades
knew that his end was approaching
After Captain Oates gallant death
Scott, Wilson and Iowers pushed or
northward whenei>r the abnormaly
bad weather would permit them t.
proceed. They were forced Ia cam
on March q In latitude 70 degrees ~
minutes south. longitude 1863 degrees
% minutes east, eleven miles sout o.
the big depot al One Ton Camp.
This refuge they never reached ow
tuE w a ullEL1lds - hltOA ttUlll
the records OF the party at Cape
Evans TO have lasted nine days. over
taking them. and their food and fuel
gave our and they snccumbed Ia ex
posure.
In Captain SCOTS diary Surgeon Al.
kinson found the following, written
shortly before his death:
This message 10 the public
The Canses OF the disaster are not
due 20 faulty organization. but mi fur
tune in al the risks which hal To Dc
undertaken
Writing is difficult. but Tor ~,
own sake | do not regret this journey
which has shown that Englishmen
can endure hardships. help one an
other and meet death with as great
fortiiude as ever in the past W,
took risks We knew We took them
Things have come ont against MS. am
therefore We have no cause for com
plant. bmi bow To the will OF proyi
dence. determined still To do our best
10 the last.
But If We have been willing to give
bur lives 10 this enterprise, which is
for the honor of our country. appeal
10 our counirymen 10 see that tho
who depend on MS are properly cared
for Had We lived should have a
tale to tell OF the hardihood, enduf
ance and courage of my compan ons
which would have stirred the heart.
80 ova,v l-u.tfenntap
These notes and our dead bodies
must tell the tale. but. surely, surely
grea, rich country like ours viii see
that those who are dependent on NJ
are properly provided tpf
March 2j. 1912. =. SCOTT
Surgeon Atkinson and his party
gathered the records and effects q
the dead men and read the burial ser
vice over their bodies aud erected q
cairn and cross TO their memory over
the inner tent in which they bnrei
them. A record Of the finding Of their
s.odies was LEFT attached TO the cross.
The party then searched for tweats
miles SOUTH endeavoring to discover