The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-02-19
ALL MET DEATH
EXPLORES DIEssAFTER FINDING
SOUTH POLE.
PARTY OF five PERISH
CHIEF OF Expedition and Foaf Com.
panions Probably Starved to Desfh
While Returning 70 Rsse, Bat the
Details Of the Awful Tragedy Have
Not Been Received.

Details Of the Awful Tragedy Have
Not Been Received.
A London cablegram says et q
meetino = the Royal Geographical
Society, day evening announce.
ment was Of the disaster whicl.
has overtakel ct. Robert r. Scott'e
Anarctic expedi.fcn. resulting IN the
death Of Capt. Scots, Dr.. e. A. VIII
son. Lieut. H. r. Bowers, Capt L. E
G. Oates and Petty oAeer 2. Evans,
Capt seott's party, said Douglas
W. Freshfeld, yice-president OF the
Geographical Society. In making the
announcement, found Capt. Resld
Amundsen'o hut and records at The
South Pole On the return trip.
about March 20. 1912. eleven miles
from One Ton Depot, a blizzard ever
whelmed them. They had suffered
greatly from hunger and exposure.
and the death OF Scott, Bowers and
Wilson was virtually due to that.
They died after the blizzard swept
down on the party.
Oates died from exposure q few
days later. The death OF Evans re.
suited from e fan. The other meu-
bers Of the expedition are reported to
be in good health: 4 searching par
ty discovered the bodice Of the vic-
TINS and records some time later.
A London dispatch says news OF
the death Of Capt. Robert F. Scott
and his four brave companions, who
succeeded by q final dash in reaching
the South Pole, only to and proofs
that Amundsen had forestslled them.
came IN a brief dispatch from Lieut..
G. G.. Evans, Of the Royal navy. who
was second In command when the
expedition started. and who BOW
signs as commander Of the e1Dedt-
ton.
The message was signa1led from
the Terra Nova. returning from the
Antarctic regiona while passing
Oamaru, New Zealand. The stasges-
ing effects Of the news on the public
mind Is all the greater, as 1t was BE-
lieyed that modern science and recent
experience had completely aivested
polar exploration Of its former ter
rors-
No great surprise would have bean
felt had Capt. Scott failed to reach
,h< pole, but that he should perish in
his hour Of triumph was the very
last thing that could be anticipated
and, in view OF the terrible dangers
which still exist, the fate OF Capt
scott and his companions is likely to
discourage further attempts to reach
the pole, now that both have been
s1tained and the circumstances OF
hurried dashes prevent valuable
scientific results from being obtained.
No detailed facts are yet known,
But It 10 believed the records OF the
scientific material collected, together
With the explorers bodies. have b. "a
recovered. 1t also is understood
that gallant attempts were made BY
other members, Of the expedition to
succor the Scott party, but these we're
defeated BY severe weather. condt-
tons and lack Of food.
It seems practically certain that
the explorers starved to death The
fact that Capt. Amundsen reached. his
base from the pole in 80 days. which
tie Scott party had been travelling
more than two months when the dis
aster overlook them, Is believed to
show that Scott nust either have met
some misfortune, possibly In q crew
asse, or encountered succession OF
Billiards. The feet that Petty Or
fcer Evans died from conclusion oi
the brain as early as February II
seems to indicate some such activity,
possibly involving the loss OF q por-
ton OF the equipment
Capt. Oates died on March H.
which clearly shows that the party
was In dire straits and must have an-
dergone terrible su3erings during
the remaining 12 days. No news has
been received as to how the fate OF
Capt. Scott and his companions was
discovered, but 1t Ia assumed that q
rescue party was dispatched from the
base.
Capt. Scott's main travelling party
was to consist Of 16 men besides
himself, while groups OF four men
each were to return at different
stages Of the journey, leaving Scott
and four others to complete the Haal
dash to the pole. This would indi-
cate that some Of the members Of the
party who had been left at the va
rious bases were not included among
the victims OF the disaster and that
it was through them they communi-
Gated to the world the tate OF the e1'
petition.
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