New Britain herald., 1928-07-14
SURVIVORS TELL
 ABOUT SUFFERINGS
Say All in Front Of Italia Were
 Injured

,Copyrlghted by Associated Press 1a2S)
 Aboard the Russian Icebreaker krassin in Arctic. July II tP-Dr. Finn Malmgren, Swedish meteorolo- gist on the ill-tated expedition of the 1irigihle Italia. died from ex- haustion on June 15 and if was not until then tbat Captains Filippo Zappi and Alberto Mariana left him to push on. the two rescued men revealed today in telling of their bitter experiences before being res- cued by the krassin,
 The men said that all the mem- bers of the crew of the Italia who were in the front of the gondola at the moment Of the crash on May 25 suffered injury, Captain Zappi lay three days with a bruised chest.
 For five days Zappi, Mariana and Dr. Malmgren remained with party and then started out to search for land.
 Tn two weeks, Dr. Malmgren succumbed to the hardships and we were forced to leave him on the ice" said Captain Zappi. we walk ed on with the greatest difficulty until overwhelmed by the impas- sable icy hills surrounded by water. Thirteen days before We were sight, cd, our food supply ended and Cap tn jp ttn, .ir.,, l.. that we could move no farther.
 For ten days we remained on the ice cake. hopeless and helpless un- til we sighted Pilot >Chukhnovskys $ airplane, On the next day, Mariana, lying ill on the ice. heard the sound of a siren. We thought that it was a mistake and that we had imag- ined it, but then we saw the smoke of the krassin."
 When the first reports of the rescue Of Captains Mariana and Zap. pi were received from the krassin they were interpreted as indicating that Dr, MaImgren's body had been recovered. Later reports, however. said that the noted meteorologist had died on Brock Island and that his body had been left there while the two Italians pushed on in an eff fort to reach land.
 The two men were first sighted by Pilot Continuously attached to the krassln early this week and it was his radio messages to the icehreaker that enabled her to pound her way through the icefloes 10 the stranded Italians and to take them off Later the krassin picked up the five men under Lieutenant Alfredo Niglieri who had been marooned since May s5 off North East Land near Foyn Island.
 The Krassin also had planned to take off Captain Sora. Italian alpin ist and his companion who were on Foyn Island after long trek from Kings Bay. in an effort to find the 1talia's crew, The krassin how ever, was unable to reach Foyn Island and the two men meanwhile were rescued by a Finnish airplane.
 We never believed that a ship could go so far and had hoped only for rescue from the air. Having no contact with the world we knew nothing Of the many expeditions that had set out With tears. we met our saviors on the krassin."
 The condition of Captain Zappi is satisfactory. Captain Mariana IS in d serious condition although he is improving.
 The Krassln Is going ahead groping through the ice. in an ef- fort to find the group of six men carried off in the bag of the Italia on May 25. At the same time it has sent messages to the base ship Git ta Di Milano at Kings Bay asking for the approximate location of the place where the group is likely to be found.
 The ice. which seemed less for midable the last few days, again is growing heavy.