Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-11
Had Lived Would Have Had A Tai
To Tell Of Courage OF My Me-
That Would Have Stirred The
Heart Of Every Englishman, : Write
Commander OF Terra Nova As FL
Lies DyingIn Bleak Hut In The FrozeI
South Land
IAssoeiated Pres. cableI

LONDON England Feb H-News received via Oamarn
gives further details of the finding Of the bodies of Capt Scott
and his companions who persisted In blizzard the fozen
heights c the Antarctic continent The Captains last write
words penned in rough notes. and found by other members
tho Of the Terra Nova, were: s@ss
Had lived should have had tale Of courage har
hood and endurance the part of companions which
would have stirred the heart of every Engishman is
these rough notes and dead bodies tell that tale but
lsurey great and rich country like will that hoe
dependent upon properly provided for
Deeper and deeper grows the feeling of sadness fc
death of Captain Scott head of the iate Antarctic expe
ion and his associates in the The last written word
of the commander have been made public by British new
Syndicate to which Captain Scott sod aganee the stor
l his adventure into the sodh polar regions The pay
nent for the ceenn trip oaye been written
he returned to civ zation to have been deI amnns
the members Of the the member
of the party which aectmpanieth Captain to the south
Already arrangements being made here to take o
the wives and families of The members Of the expedition who
reported have died The governments will give pen
sion to Mrs Scott and her and subscription lists be
started all the empire for the benefit of those depend
lent upon the other victims of the Antarctic rigors
In the brief of the commanders report of the dis
aser, which after another his party whcmDo
the members with Illness and finally overpowerng them and
beating them down DEATH Captain Scott is quoted having
said that he attributes his last great defeat the loss Of bis
transport first and then to the sickness of te
seamen Evans the unreasonable weather. and last the
countabc shortage of fuel at the supply depos
The tale told III the short snappy sentences OF OF
i0n jerks vivid gmpsc Of the terrOrs of the trip under
taken by Captain Scott and his After leaving the Pole
The little party about fiftytwo strong started north again
hoping reach of the depo where fuel and supplies had
been stored In this last they hnered and delayed by the
need Of caring for Evans WhO overtaken with scuryy
but pless load and drag the rest Of the party Capt
Scott reports that time and time again did the big BEG
to be left ehn and time a time he refused and
the party continued it's march against time and its fight
against the elements
But the resisting power of all had been weakened as the
Commander points by the less Of the transport which
blow that fell during March of 1911, and told heavily
upon the party delayed the movements and curtailed the
supplies and held up the until almost late in the
Partly because of this delay and partly because the
unusually the party encountered gale after gale
and temperatures that fell during the warmest parts Of the
day low thirty degrees below the the cengrade
hc' m"m"rr and at night low fOrtyseyen degrees
On the bitter northwar march the supplies began to fail
Them AS after another tho supply depOts reached
found that the 0 'd and fuel shorter than
had been counted upon. and this putting every and
beast upon short ratiOs. Then the last stop and the
Ing of the big izza in which the fuel and the tenn
"ratu' dropped and dropped until the frozen fingers Of the
Captain could pen that his country would care
for the dependents Of those the killing fast.
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