The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-11
Captain and Two Comrades DiA
Of Starvation in Polar
Blizzard
OTHERS SUCCUMB
ON RETURN TRIP
British Expedition Arrives at
Destination Only to Find
That Amundsen Has
Been Before Them

LONDON. Feb 10.-Captain Robert
r. Scott, British explorer and veteran
Of two Antarctic expeditions together
with four members of his party, died
as they We're returning from the South
Pole. Scott reached the pole on Jam
uary IS, 1872 He died on March
29th. 155 miles from the base of sup
plies at Cape Evans
A blizzard overlook the party fresh
from their success, and in its grip
they persisted Besides Captain Scott
these are the men that died:
Or. Edward Wilson.
Lieutenant Fl. r. Bowers.
Captain l.. E. G. Oates.
Petty Officer f. Evans,
The tragic news came to this city
today. first in unconfirmed rumors
from the Southland, and then in
cablegram from Camaru, n Z. The
cable station there reported that the
Terra Nova, the vessel which took
Scott and his expedition South, had
gone again into Antarctic waters to
bring the explorer back, had sent the
sad news by her wireless. She am
nounced her early return because of
a grave calamity to the Scott expedi-
ton" then told the few facts of the
disaster and proceeded to the port
of LyttIeteff, where she Is expected On
Thursday of this week.
Find Amundseu wins.
Captain Scott came to the very spot
at the South Pole where Road Amund-
sen. the Norwegian explorer, had stood
one month and one day before the
British expedition arrived. The Nor
wegian flag. which Amundsen had
planted there. was found flying by the
British naval officer Documents
found on the body Of the dead tell
these facts
The disaster has shaken London and
cast gloom over the city that it has
not known since the death OF King
Edward The first reports received
here made the disaster seem more
terrible than ii really is, for they told
of the death OF Captain Scott and his
entire party"
More than fifty scientists ard ex-
piorers were left in the Antarctic by
the Terra Nova upon her return TO
New Zealand. and it was thought at
first that all of them had persisted,
but later it appeared that the men
of the Terra Nova had found but Ave
of their colleagues frozen to death.
Three Die i'm Blizzard.
Captain Scott. DIR. Wilson, and
Lieutenant Bowers died OF exposure
and starvation in blizzard on
March 29th. eleven miles from the
"One Ton" depot, and l55 miles from
Cape Evans. Captain Oates, of the
FilntsirIfiing 'Dragoons, died OF expo
sure on March nth. Seaman Evans
died from conclusion of the brain on
February nth. The Terra Nova re-
b poIleu lital the IFIIidtIlLltS AtGfh1Lk =
of the expedition were well. These
men were members of the Southern
party, who had pushed on under
Scott to the pole the picked five
chosen to take the last lap of the
race, who had won the race, and died
! before they could get news of their
victory to the world.
/ 1t is believed that their bodies are
/ being brought back to McMurdo
/ Sound on sledges.
! Mrs Scott left London five weeks
ago for New Zealand to meet her
husband there She left San Fran
cisco last Wednesday aboard the
Aorangi with the dead captains
child, whom be never has seen. The
first port of call OF the Anrangi Is At
/ Papeele, Tahiti. where there Is no
cable station. Unless the wireless
overtakes her with the news of her
husbands death until she reaches ths
Antipodes.
King Hears News.
Lord Curzon.sas president OF the
Geographical Society. teiegraphed this
tragic news to King George. The
king replied:
II am deeply grieved to hear the
very bad news you give me OF tho
loss of Scott and party, just as wG
were hoping shortly to welcome them
home from their great and arduouA
undertaking.
II heartily sympathize with the
Royal Geographical society in their
loss to science and discovery In TIM
death OF these gallant explorers.
Please send me any further particu-
lars"
/ The society called special meets
ing Of the council this evening. -