The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-02-14
dies after
REACHING POLE
Capt. Scott and Party Per-
ish in Amarillo Regions.
News Of Tragic Fate Carried by
Ship That Took English
man Home.

Omaru, N. e., February 10.-Captain
Robert +. Scott and h1s party were
overwhelmed by a blizzard pp hheic
return journey f5om the South Pole.
The entire party persisted.
They neached the South Pole ON the
18th of JANUARY. 1912.
The news of the appalling disaster
which be6ell Capt. Scott and his conn
pinlpns was brought 10 this port by a
signailed messae,, fLpm TIE Tlsna Nova,
'la vessel which had clrnraed alle lex-
riout AND his expedition TO the An
lndtp, and which late last yspr went
ONCE again to the south. to tbuimy ihm
and ifs camparfons back. ~,
The total number of daaths iRvplss,d
In tire calamity dis not exautly known.
but it Dis believed that sixty-six s,ien-
lists and salons lost their dives !
Captain Scouts party reac,,ed the en-
act point where Roald Am,hndsem plant
ei Hse Norwegian flag at the South
Pole.
Tfsey found there. the hut npngsanprted
aard asft behind by AgnEmdaeu's pamy. u
These raa.s ware ~eaordsa DIN Mae' doc
uments found ON the bolsss of the dead
explorers. when they ware reaovnrsd.
HIS LAST MESSAGE.
Londnn. Feb. lo.-fT'ie TerEn Nl,ra t,lil-
ed on June /, 1910. for New Zrnaand and
the South Pole. 1t was jointr by Capt.
RobeFx r.. Scott a few days aatsr at
Cardiff ,-.---...-----. '- s.4-ft
The expedition CONSISTED of twenty
edsh7 officers and scientists. In n,1di-
ton to crew of tw'anty -ahnee atcketi
nprI fr''m the BRITISH royal niSy.
Reports were current at the ttfse the
Te:En Nova salad fog the Aiutaurtic
ON Dscenber "A, 1912, to br.ny back
the Scott parity, tina. SOME OF tie rnem-
bsrs Of the relief eNpeditin hnd ey-
pressed grave doubts as to wf14uher
Capt. Scott and his fAfiox eH,1i1 srs
would eyer return. No raaIson was
given for these doubts, but they were
freely bruited abuoad.
Mrs. Scott left London five weeks
for another (wfntsr in oslisr 10 nop1mus
band there.
The last direct word neceh,sd Anom
Capt. Scott himself was brought hV the
commander of the Terra Nova nom
the southern ice regions iwhsn she re-
turned TO Akapoa. New zeulhEa. on
March 81 last year. The bnief mes-
sage was in Capt. SaoN's own R,and-
writing and said:
II am Remaining IN the Antactic
for anasl'er winter inucder to aantinue
ami coulplete my word n e.
0apt- Scott had shortly before sent
hack "a repout to his hlse AK ,Me,<lrdd
Salr,d showing that on Jnhuary 8. 1912.
he f,a1 resched a point $50 miles FROM
tire pa'e land was adj annmg toward his
dssninnMtonl -.
The dtspafeh from Oasnasu. N. e.. this
morning slsaws that in fidteea days
he covered the rsmarnmg $50 maies.
having travelled AT uae rate af ten
miles a day.
IN was 0n his RETURN THAT Ihe pnd his
party were overwhelmed.
The date Of ciptain, S,ott's affair
ment of the South Ppie. january IS, 1912.
SHOWS tlnt he resHhed the spaa of his
exposition almost exantly one month
after Captain Road Amspdsen. ahe MAJ
weig.an explorer captaan AmumdsAn's
report sent to King Haakon. of Nopwas,
read:
Pole attaAnei ltth-l7th Dscember. 1911.
All we'll" .uI 't.
The report of Captain Scott was
destined not TO be received by the wait
ing world until aeter his death. No
details mad come TO aramd this manning
as 70 how the records of Captain Scola
weae found, but that he snrivei at the
pole OH that dats mentionsd was DEF
l,,it.J,, xu.,.yn D.