The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-02-13
EXPLORER
SCOTT DEAD
He and His Entire Party Lose
Their Lives In a
Storm.
Persisted AT SOUTH POLE

any VI Ldol CdI diIu IIdu IC'
pared to Spend Another Winter
There to Continue Their Re.
search, But They Were Over.
come BY a Terrific Blizzard.
News has just reached the outside
world that Capt. Robert i. Scott and
his exploring party OF 50 lost theii
lives in the vicinity Of the South pole
last wear. The information has il also
that the pole was reached by Scott
during January l3I2. Capt. Scott and
his party lost their lives in grea. biz.
card which swept over that country
Capt. Scott reached the pole JUS! ons
month after it had been reached by
Capt Road Amundsen.
Oamaru, Feb. l0.-The news of the
appalling disaster which befell Cap
tain Scott and his companions were
brought to this :. port by a signalied
message from the Terra Nova, the
vessel which had carried the explorer
and his expedition to the Antarctic
and which last year went once again
to the south to bring him and his
companions back.
The total number of deaths involved
in the calamity is not exactly known,
but it is believed that siXty-six scien-
fists and sailors lost their lives.
London, Feb. 1U.-News reached
the world today that Captain Robert
+. Scott, the explorer, and an unknown
number of his companions persisted in
tae Antarctic while ON Their return
Journey from the South Pole.
Thew reached their goal OH January
IS, 1912, about month after Capt.
Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian, had
planted the flag of his country there.
Then they turned back toward the
bases they had formed on their out
ward journey but were overtaken,
overwhelmed and destroyed 10y bliz-
Yard
News Of the death Of the explorers
was brought To civilization today by
the captain of the Terra Nova, the
ship which had taken SCOTS expedi.
ton to the south and which had gone
again to bring them back after the &C.
complishment of their task.
A searching expedition recovered the
bodies and records OF the party.
Only a few brief bulletins were sent
today from the New Zealand port OF
Oamaru by the captain of the Terra
Nova, who related simply the fate OF
the party and then proceeded with
his vessel for Lvttlon, where he should
arrive Thursday.
It is believed here that the disaster
did not involve all of the Scott party
OF siXty-siX, but probably only Scott
himself and the four others selected
by him for The final dash to the pole
These are supposed 10 be DIR. ETA.
Wilson, Chief of the scientific staff
Capt. J.. +. q. Oates of the Inniskill.
ing dragons; Lieut.. II. II. Bowers, Of
the Royal Indian marine, the com.
missariate officer. and Petty officer +,
Evans, OF the British Royal navy.
The expedition was the best equip.
ped that had ever been assembled fol
such an adventure. Sailing from Port
Chalmers, near Christ Church New
Zealand, on November %, 1910. the
Terra Nova made direct south into
Ross sea- Early in January, 1911, she
forced her wayinto McMurdo sound
where winter quarters were establish.
ed on Cape Evans. The members 81
the expedition had avery arduous task
in putting their stores OH shore and
the work took a week. However, they
were able to make themselves very
comfortable there In houses which they
had carried with them in "knoek,
down form. They at once began theiI
scientific observations.
Provisions for three years stay in
ice regions had been taken OH board
the Terra Nova and these were placed
ON shore.
Captain Scott had with him twenty
Siberian ponies, thirty dogs and two
motor sleds.
t The ponies, dogs and motor sleds
were TO be used alternately for trans
port across the | .500miles between The
landing place and the pole.
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