Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-25
Both Were Members
of DR.. Mawson S
Successful Band.
THEY WERE NOT SEEKING
POLE. But UNKNOWN LANDS
One Victim Was Friend Of
SCOTS Companion, Other
Champion Athlete.

I. SYDNEY, \. S. W, Feb. 25.-An-
other was added to the list of Ant
arctic tragedies by the news received
here today Of the death Of two mem-
bers Of the expedition commanded
/ by Dr. Douglas Mawson. The party
left Tasmania in 1911. accompanied
( by a large body of scientific men, to
I explore thoroughly the regions around
the Southern magnetic pole
Once again the British army is af-
fected by the loss of a brilliant Of
ficer, Lieutenant B. f. S. MINIS. of
the famous Royal Fusilliers regi-
ment. He was close friend of Cap
tain Lawrence Oates, of the Innis-
KILN dragons, who perished while
returning from the South pole with
Scott.
Switzerland also has suffered a
great loss by the death of DR.. Merz
a prominent scientist and sportsman.
After winning the ski jumping cham
pionship in Switzerland in 1905. he
offered his services to DR.. Mawson.
Lieutenant MINIS was the expert
/ Of the expedition on surveying and
sledging.
According to a dispatch he was
killed by falling into a erevasse near
lly year ago. His death was prac-
tically instantaneous.
The expedition started out, not with
any idea of rushing to the South
pole, but with the intention of ex-
ploring and naming the unknown
lands of the Antarctic and making
numerous observations around the
magnetic pole.
Expedition Successful.
According to the wireless reports
received from Dr. Mawson, the prin-
cipal objects of the expedition were
attained.
Unfortunately DIR. Mawson and six
Of his companions. after they had
| been picked up by the Aurora, under
took another expedition and were I'M
able to rejoin the ship. which was
compelled to leave them to spend an
other year in the Antarctic.
Professor David, who was mem
ber of Sir Ernest Shackleton's South
Pole expedition. received the follow
ing wireless dispatch from Adele
Land:
"Dr. Douglas Mawson and several
of his men missed the Aurora, which
had gone to fetch them under the
command of Captain J. K. Davis.
This happened owing to unfortunate
circumstances.
Lieutenant B. E. S. MINIS, Of the
city of London regiment of Royal
Fusilliers, and DR.. Merz. who was ski
champion of Switzerland in 1908, are
both dead. All the others are well.
"Dr. Mawson and six other members
of his party probably will winter on
Adele land.
"Some very successful sledging ex-
petitions were made during the So
journ of DR.. Mawson and his COM
panions in the Antarctic"
The last previous message received
here from the Aurora arrived on Feb
ruray II and said that all the mem
bers of the expedition were on board
the vessel. 1t would appear. there
fore. that DR. Douglas Mawson, with
some of his companions, must have
landed and gone on an expedition
from which they were unable to get
back in time to rejoin the Aurora be-
fore the Ice coInpeiIeu hfA " sSe -.
Fifty Left with Nawson.
The expedition headed by DR.. Nav
son set out from Australia in the lat
ter part of 1911. 1t consisted of nearly
fifty men, most of them graduated
from the universities of Australia and
New Zealand. 1t was financed by
popular subscription
DR. Mawson was not seeking the
pole. but proposed TO make COM
nlete geographical and magnetic sur
yev of the Antarctic region between
Cane Adare and Gaussburg, dis
tance of over 1000 miles. The expedi-
tion landed on Adele land which is
q barren tract of what has also been
known as WITHSTAND. after the Amer
ican explorer. and the men there di-
vided into three parties.
From time to time there have come
renerts OF the success of the eX-
1lorers in the discovery of new
islands. and only recently, after hav>
ing been out of communication for
several months. what purported to
he q wireless message was picked
IN from the Aurora reporting 'all
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