The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-02-13
SCOTT PER|SHEs
At SOUTH POLE
British Explorer and -Four Aids
Die in Blizzard.
FIND GOAL ON JAN. IS, 1912
NeWa Taken to New Zealand by
Steamer Sent to Bring Party Back
Home Which Left June
I, 1910.

con Scott and four of his comrades
are dead-victims of the frozen south.
They reached the south pole Janu-
| airy is, 1912, and then persisted miser.
ably in a driving blizzard on the jour
ney back
After attaining the pole they faced
about for the return to civilization.
For two months they struggled to get
back to One Ton Depot" which they
had established $50 miles north of the
| ultimate south.
! Die One by One.
! One by one they died Seaman Ev-
ans died from conclusion on February
II. Captain Oates died from exposure
on March II. Captain Scott Lieuten-
! exposure and starvation during bliz-
zard about March 90
| The whole world mourns the loss of
! these heroic victims of the terrors of
| the antarctic. One consolation is that
| before they died they achieved their
| aim.
News of the tragedy comes from the
| Terra Nova, which arrived at Christ
! church, New Zealand, with the remain
der of the Inflated expedition, under
command of Lieutenant Evans.
The Dead
Following is the list of the dead.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal
Navy, commander.
DR.. e. A. Wilson, chief of scientific
staff, zoologist and artist.
Lieut.. Fl. b. Bowers Of the Royal In
dian Marine in charge of the commits
sariat.
Capt. f. c. Oates Of the Inniskillen
Dragons, in charge of the dogs and
ponies.
Petty officer Edgar Evans, in charge
| of sledges and equipment.
Thus the British antarctic expedi-
ton, which set forth with such bright
hopes, has ended in tragedy I'M
matched ia polar annals since the dis
aster which befell Sir John Franklin
and 1923 officers and men in 1S47. All
England is mourning today. Nay, from
the shoa.s Of messages arriving at the
Royal Geographical societys Offices,
the whole world is mourning with Eng
| land In the calamity which has be-
fallen her sons. From the king down,
everyone feels it personal loss.
King George Is Grieved.
Telegraphing to Lord Curzon of
Kedleston. president Of the geographi-
cal society, King George, who is the
patron of the society, says:
Il am deeply grieved to hear the
very bad news which you give me Of
the loss of Captain Scott and five of
his party, just when we were hoping
to shortly welcome them home on the
return from their great and arduous
undertaking. l heartily sympathize
with the Royal Geographical society
| In the loss to science and discovery
through the death Of these gallant ex-
plorers Please send to me any fur
ther particulars
The tragic news reached London
early Monday. but was not made pub
lie for some hours. Then the prelimi-
nary bulletih was issued by the agency
|
SCOTS narrative, warning the public
that something was wrong 1t read:
Serious calamity has overtaken
Scott antarctic expedition. Its nature
and extent are not yet known, but il
is stated to be of grave character"
Sad Story Is Told.
Some half an hour later the fact
that Scott and the entire party accom-
panying him on the final dash had per
ished during a blizzard came through,
to be followed later by Central News
dispatch reading:
day.-Captain Scott reached the south
pole on January Is Of last year and
there found Norwegian tents and rec
ords. On their return (word here Is
undecipherable) the southern party
persisted Scott, Wilson and Bowers
died from exposure and want during a
blizzard about March 20, when eleven
miles from One Ton Depot, in latitude
1917 degrees south, or 1856 miles from
the base at Cape Evans. Oates died
from exposure on MarCn II. Seaman
Edgar Evans died from conclusion Of
the brain on February II. The health
through the death of these gallant ex-
petition is excellent.
(Sgned)
"E. r. G. EVANS, Lieut.. r. G. NJ,
Commander"
Such was the blunt, sailor-lke way
of telling the sad story.
Mrs. Scott on Ocean.
The warm sympathy OF the whole
world will go out to Mrs Scott In her
terrible bereavement. She left Eng.
land last month for New Zealand, and
the heart-breaking news OF the calami.
ty awaits her there Her little boy
. Peter, just growing up to years OF un
derstanding, and who Is described az
i the image Of his father, is staying
/ with Captain SCOTS aged mother al
Henly on-Thames. Mrs. Scott left
England IN good spirits and confidence
Party Consists Of So Persons.
London, England, Feb. 1.-THE
Terra Nova sailed June /, 1910. fol
. New Zealand and the south pole. Il
was joined by Capt. Robert F. Scot
q few days later at Cardiff The ex